British Shorthair Cat

With the rise of cat shows during the victorian era cat fanciers began to breed the cats to a particular standard and keep pedigrees for them.

British shorthair cat. British shorthair cats and kittens for sale in the uk pets4homes found 639 british shorthair cats and kittens for sale in the uk which meet your criteria. This advert is located in and around pontarddulais swansea. One boy and one girl left. They are quick to learn new things and love to have a daily routine which if changed can stress them out.

At the earliest cat shows british shorthairs were the only pedigreed cats exhibited. Litter trained eat very well. The british shorthair is a compact well balanced and powerful cat with a short very dense coat. She is heavily muscled and has heavy boning.

British shorthair kittens ready now. Pure british shorthair kittens ready now both girls dad is a pure blue and mum is a black tipped semi haired coat kittens have been raised in a busy household with other pets and children. The breed has also been developed in a wide range of other colours and patterns including tabby and colorpoint. The british shorthair is an intelligent cat and as previously mentioned one that likes to be involved in everything that goes on in their household.

These are medium to large cats with a broad deep chest and short legs that make them appear stocky and solid. Read our british shorthair buying advice page for information on this cat breed. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy hcm can be a problem in the breed. The british shorthair is the pedigreed version of the traditional british domestic cat with a distinctively stocky body dense coat and broad face the most familiar color variant is the british blue a solid grey blue coat orange eyes and a medium sized tail.

As a powerful cat all components of this breed should be well developed. They often convey an overall impression of balance and proportion in which no feature is exaggerated. The british shorthair is a medium sized to large cat and she is a very powerful one. The british shorthair is considered to be a long lived cat with a life expectancy of 14 to 20 years.

The british shorthair is native to england. The kittens are very healthy friendly and playful. She has a rounded thick appearance. Pkd polycystic kidney disease once a problem within the breed is now under control thanks to the common use of available dna tests by responsible breeders.