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Friday, November 20, 2009

Fascinating Facts About Red Persian Cats















By Cynthia Turner

Unless we put the Persian cats into particular category it will be impossible to recognize them as in recent times they are coming with a mixture of different color coats.

Hence to achieve this eases these families that the Persian cat has been assigned to, are mainly governed by the color of their coats. For instance the Golden Shadowed, Silver Shadowed, Cameo Shaded, and then there are the Red Persian cats.

Originally the Persian cats had white colored under coat with layers of various color tips on the coat hair which is called ticking. But now you can see completely new colors like blue cream due to cross breeding of these cats.

Pure white albino Persian cats are very uncommon and you will see Persian cats with red coats just like ordinary cats. The shade of red that you find in the Persian variety is not a pure shade of red which you may believe but it is more on the shades of orange or ginger with variation. You will find hints of brown or white on the tips or all red. Most of the red Persian cats however have a red coat all over.

Coming to the features of red Persians they have red chin and lips just like its coat. The paws and the nose leather is brick red. When you see the eyes you will find that they are of a brilliant copper shade unlike that of blue-green or green of Chinchillas or Silver Shaded. The beauty of the Persian cats lie in their black rimmed eyes which makes you feel that they are wearing eye makeup and the red Persian have similar eye rims like others.

You would notice that red colors can occur with patches of different colors like cream, white and cameo also. Let us take the Smoke Tortoiseshell Persian which has a layer of white under coat and deep black tips which stand out prominently with random patches of red and cream on the tips too which makes it look like a tortoiseshell.

The extent of color patterns that you can find in this breed of Persian cat is amazing and there are cats of this variety with blazing red or cream tips on the face which many people find attractive.

The Tortoiseshell Persian cat is the only one along with the Red Persian cat family who are pedigree with copper colored eyes. While the other families of the Persian breed, like for instance the Silver Shaded, Golden Shaded or Chinchilla have originally green or blue-green eye color.

apart from the long and fluffy mane that the Red Persians tend to have, they have similar features like other cats of Persian variety like muscularand short legs, strong body, punched face and dark rimmed eyes. Their lips and chin are red colored.

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