British Shorthair Orange Tabby Cat

The british shorthair cat or british shorthair is large and muscular with a wide back and short strong legs.

British shorthair orange tabby cat. Now read the book robocats no ordinary cats. You can have a golden tabby a silver tabby a cream tabby or a yellow tabby. That is there is no brindle breed but many different canine breeds can and do have a brindle coat. The british shorthair is often referred to as a teddy bear cat thanks to the round face and dense furry coat.

Comes in brown tabby silver tabby and orange tabby with the range of tabby patterns. The british shorthair is the pedigreed version of the traditional british domestic cat with a distinctively stocky body dense coat and broad face. To read the behaviour of the british shorthair click here. The orange tabby cat isn t actually its own breed.

The word tabby refers to specific coat markings rather than demarcating it as a specific breed of feline. Rough date of origin. It s a charming colour especially combined with the british shorthair s orange eyes. Other eye colour combinations are not accepted.

All orange cats have stripe patterns however faint. All british shorthair silver tabbies should have either hazel orange or green eyes. The nose is short and wide resting on his strong and deep chin which together with his deep chest and short and thick tail makes him look strong and robust. The ocicat is another spotted tabby though instead of finding the color red in his breed standard he ll be listed as cinnamon.

The british shorthair tabby cat shares its temperament with other varieties of the british shorthair. A white british shorthair cat can have sapphire blue eyes known as a blue eyed white bsh. These are medium to large cats with a broad deep chest and short legs that make them appear stocky and solid. Initially these cats were supposed to have hazel or orange eyes as non tabby british shorthairs should.

The only british shorthair cat ever to be awarded 00 status in hm secret service silver spotted kitten robo bond is agent 002. Orange cats can have long or short hair. This is akin to the brindle marking on certain dogs. Odd eyed bsh cats must have one sapphire blue eye and one amber or golden eye.

Orange eyed white bsh cats should have copper amber or deep gold eyes. But not every tabby is an orange cat. It has its face cheeks ears eyes and head that are rounded. Over time more green eyed silver tabby british shorthairs started to emerge and their popularity grew.

The most familiar color variant is the british blue a solid grey blue coat orange eyes and a medium sized tail.