About the breed

Elegance and style,

classics of feline nobility!

Pure devotion, love, playfulness and companionship

Their beautiful appearance is magnificent with a beautiful black liner around their eyes, lips, and nose and black paw pads! Refined manners and kind nature goes together with beauty! The British Silver Shaded – Chinchilla is a very unique cat, and due to its calm and balanced nature, good manners and exclusive looks are in high demand. They have a bright white coat with just a tip of the hair being colored on the back, flanks, head, ears, and tail, leaving a belly completely white.

The coloring of the top of the hair gives the shimmering silvery effect of the coat. And those eyes…, oh those eyes..., round and magnificent, exceptional beauty of green emerald or blue sapphire.

Longhair and Shorthair

Because the modern British Shorthair Silver Shaded - Chinchilla has among their ancestors Persians Exotics, this breed is both Longhair and Shorthair.

Longhair is still relatively rare. NBC added the British Longhair on 29-31/ 2001 to the British Group by TICA (The International Cat Association), the standard set by TICA in 5/01/2004, and gained full championship status in 2009. WCF (World Cat Federation) recognized the breed in 2008 and 2016 by FIFe. In the UK the GCCF is also making headway in fully recognizing this breed.

The balanced combination of devotion and independence

The cat is wise, has natural intelligence, is dedicated and kind. Doesn't lose a temper easily, is calm and playful! They are like dogs, will be loyal, loving, and faithful. Most likely you will find yourself followed in your daily life in whatever you do, will be supervised and observed from a short distance. Most unlikely they will enjoy lying in your lap but will stay close and cuddle beside you. These cats will surprise you!

Wonderfully natured and well balanced cat

That will give joy, love and happiness

British Shorthair Silver Shaded - Chinchilla is easygoing, very smart, and willing to learn tricks easily, very affectionate and become quite attached to the people they own. Due to their good nature, they go along well with children and other animals. They are more on a quiet end and not much demanding. These cats are usually not fond of being carried, if they won't they will let their owner know that it is time to be put on solid ground.

Caring for British Shorthair Silver Shaded - Chinchilla is not difficult. The coat requires weekly brushing, as the coat is dense and short the cat is easily cleaning and maintaining the coat itself. Nevertheless, twice a year as every other bread cat, British Shorthair will have seasonal shedding and will shed. During shedding periods a daily or every other day brushing is recommended to maintain your living space clean and to prevent blockage by hairballs in cat intestines.

The British Longhair's coat is extremely thick, plush, and semi-long. They have a dense undercoat which sits proudly and crowns the body. Paws have thick fluffy tufts and the tail hair is wide and very dense. They do not need to be excessively groomed but a few times a week the coat should be taken care of.

British Shorthair Silver Shaded - Chinchillas mature very slowly, speedy growth is until 1 year old, after that growth slows down. For males, the growing process can last up to 4 -5 years. Female cats are less massive in a body structure in comparison with the males, and have a shorter jaw, not that massive chins, and reach maturity faster, at the age of 2-3 years. Cats live up to 18-20 years and will look great all their life. Overall, British Shorthair Silver Shaded - Chinchillas are slightly smaller in size and less massive in comparison with British Blue. Males weight between 4-7 kg, females 3-5 kg.

History of the breed

The British Shorthair origin most likely dates back to the first century AD, making it one of the most ancient identifiable cat breeds in the world. These cats were imported to England by the Romans who kept them to keep the camps clear of snakes, mice and bugs. These cats then interbred with the local European wildcat population. Over the centuries, their naturally isolated descendants developed into distinctively large, robust cats with a short but very thick coat, to better withstand conditions on their native islands. The modern British Shorthair is unchanged from this initial type.

Selective breeding of the best examples of the type began in the nineteenth century, with emphasis on developing the unusual blue-grey variant called the "British Blue" or "English type". British shorthair – is a harmonious, medium to large sized animal with a muscular, solid, well-developed body; strong legs; powerful chest; round head with big cheeks; short and thick neck. Although the British Blue remains the most familiar variant, British Shorthairs have been developed in many other colours and patterns.

So, where does Silver Shaded Chinchilla come from?

We have to be grateful to Norman Winder British Shorthair breeder who derived British Shorthair Chinchillas in the early 1970s. He made a crossbreeding of Persian Chinchilla with a British Shorthair cat. In 1973, Winder presented at the exhibition a new breed that was named British Shorthair Black Tipped or British Shorthair Black Silver Tipped, Silver Shaded. This color was recognized by The Board of Cat Clubs in England in 1980. Since then other breeders contribute to Chinchillas and Silver Shaded breeding with some unique color patents.

British Shorthair and Longhair Black Silver Shaded - Chinchilla is an almost white cat, with black color at the very tips of the hairs. Black Silver Shaded British Shorthair cats have 1/3 of the coat hair covered in a color black. British Shorthair and Longhair Chinchilla Cats will have about 1/8 of the hair covered in black. Chin, stomach and underside of the tail should be white.