Silver point, the full name is silver gradient point color, belongs to the British shorthair family and is a color of the British shorthair cat breed.

Silver-pointed eyes must be blue, divided into sky blue and lake blue, the clearer the better, and the paw pads of silver-pointed cats must be dark, black and brown are acceptable. All cats with point colors have blue eyes. For example, Garfield has a point color, hairless white-skinned cats with blue eyes are also a key color, blue cats also have key colors, and so on.

Silver Point is not a big white cat. Its undercoat is milky white, and the top of its hair is brown. This color is generally only found on the head, butt, back, and tail. Silver spots usually only appear on the tip of the hair around 6 months of age. Before 6 months, the kitten looks completely white.

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Silver dot cats are in the process of breeding silver gradient color. Some cats have partial genetic mutations, resulting in silver gradient key color.

The key color gene is a dilution gene that produces an enzyme that inhibits eumelanin. Key color cats are pure white when they are born. As they grow, some parts of the color gradually show color, such as the back and tail. wait.

This dilution gene turns cats’ eyes blue. British short (long) hair cats with key genes. The base color of the fur is white, and the color of the tip is very light, appearing smoky gray and brown. Generally, the point color will slowly appear after 4 months, but it is only one-eighth to one-ninth of the tip color. The point color It will appear on the back and tail, slightly more on the tail.