| GENERAL |
Appearance |
Alert appearance |
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Size |
Medium |
| HEAD |
Shape |
Viewed from the front the head is heart-shaped, with good breadth between and across the eyes; the eyebrow ridges form the upper curves of the heart and the sides of the face curve gently down to the chin to complete the heart shape. Jaw pinch is undesirable. |
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Nose |
Length in proportion to the face with a slight stop in profile. There is a slight downward curve at the tip of the nose and nose leather (lion-like) |
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Jowls, muzzle, chin |
Jowls and chin firm and well developed, forming a good balance for the profile and for the completion of the heart shape. Muzzle neither sharply pointed nor square. chin neither weak nor receding, which gives a pointed shape to the head. |
| EARS |
Shape |
Large, broad at the base, slightly rounded at the tip. Inside of ears slightly covered and outside well covered with extremely short and close hair |
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Placement |
set high on head to give an alert expression |
| EYES |
Shape |
Large, round and well opened, rather oversized for the size of the face. |
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Colour |
Luminous and expressive. Brilliant green colour is preferred, but amber is permissible in kittens and young adults up to 2 years of age |
| BODY |
Structure |
Neither short like a Manx nor long like a Siamese Semy-cobby but still elegant, muscular and supple; powerful but not heavily built; heavier in weight than appearance suggests; back curved. |
| LEGS |
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In good proportion to the body; hind legs slightly longer than front legs |
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Paws |
oval |
| TAIL |
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Medium to long, heavier at the base, tapering to a rounded tip |
| COAT |
Structure |
Short to medium in lenght, lying close to the body; single coat, glossy and fine. Inclined to break over the spine as the cat moves. |
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Colour |
Silver blue gray only all over, without shading or tabby markings; no white hair or patches are allowed; each hair should be lighter at the root, then shades to darker blue and ends with a silver tip; the more silver the better; at the extremities where the coat is shorter, the silver sheen is intensified; silver effect restricted only to head, legs and the paws is undesirable |
| NOSE LEATHER - LIPS |
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Dark blue grey or lavander; some loss of pigmentation should be tolerated in older cats |
| PAW PADS |
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Dark blue grey or lavander with a pink tinge; some loss of pigmentation should be tolerated in older cats |
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| FAULTS LEADING TO DISQUALIFICATION |
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White hair of patches
Any other colour than silver and blue
Shading or tabby markings
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REMARKS |
General |
Females are slightly finer built than males |
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Head |
Too narrow head without enough width between and across the eyes are undesirable |
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jaw pinch is undesirable |
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a nose too short or too long in proportion to the shape of the heard is undesirable |
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Eyes |
Small and lustreless eyes are undesirable |
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Until the cat is 2 years old the eyes colour can be amber to greenish amber; the distinctive colour does not become true until after 2 years of age |
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Coat |
Coats with silver tipping only on the head, legs and feet are undesirable |