Maltese Blue Cats

Information and articles on breeding Maltese Blue Cats varieties.

Maltese Blue Cats

The Blue Cat is called the "Maltese" in America. This cat has been known under various names in England. It was first shown as the "Archangel Cat/' then called the "Russian Cat/' also the " Spanish Blue" and "Chartreuse Blue'' and recently has been called the " American Blue." This latter name is probably due to the fact that the Maltese for some years has been a very favorite cat in America, and has probably been bred more carefully than any other breed of cat, so that its representatives formed a distinctive type of good quality.

HEAD. The head should be small, broad at the forehead and between the eyes, rounded above, and tapering to the lips below. The nose should be long, and the end of it black. EYES. The eyes should be:

Orange-yellow for the Blue Cat ; Orange for the Black Cat ; Yellow for the Gray Cat ; Gold for the Red Cat.

EARS. The ears are medium in length, somewhat pointed.

FORM. The Self-colored Cats should have a narrow, long body, lithe in appearance, with a long and graceful neck on which the head is well poised. The legs are medium in length, with small round feet.

COAT COLOR AND QUALITY. The coat should be short, with hairs of even length lying closely to the body, and silky and glossy, with a rich lustre of whatever the color of the animal may be. The Blue should be a rich light blue ; and it is decidedly preferable in all the Self-colors that the tint should be perfectly even over the whole body, and not shade off into a lighter one.

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