Unusual cat colour

A very nice guy I know through flickr has several cats. One of them is Chewie a medium haired (with a very fluffy tail) I would guess blue mcTabbie or ticked tabby with aqua eyes. They look almost milky blue sometimes.

He can hear just fine and see and everything. Has anyone seen a cat like this before? Any breeds that have that combination of coat and eyes? I know Chewie is a moggie i.e the man who owns him owned Chewie's mother as well and that litter of kittens was an accident.

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He's a spectacular cat. Absolutely gorgeous. I think he'd do well in HHP but I don't think he'll ever be shown.

Anyway am I right when guessing his colour? What sort of genetics would produce that colour combination?

What a lovely blue mac tabby and I agree that his eye coloring (aqua I would guess) is very unusual! He would definitely do well in HHP I'm sure

I have seen that shade of blue before - on Maine Coons.

My genetics is no way as learned as GK's but I would hazard you'd need blues and silvers (or carriers) to produce the color!

I suspect there may be some pointed in the background. Tonkinese have aqua eye color and they are out of pointed and solid colored cats (siamese/burmese).

My first cat Mitten was a blue mactabby/white (but really a lot more of a ticked tabby) with deep green eye color. There could have been Russian Blue in the background to give him that kind of eye color. He also seemed to have a silver type of ticking in the coat (another feature of the RB's).

It is very unusual eye color - and agree that if shown in HHP would do well if he enjoyed the shows. The judges would remember that eye color

Ah good point with the tonkinese mention. I'd forgotten about their colouring. I guess there must be some complicated recessive genes etc. at work in Chewie.

If it were easy to get aqua eyes into what looks like non-pointed colours it'd be common in cat breeds because it's very striking.

Aqua is a mix of blue and gold eye color The weird thing (and maybe it has to do with the pointed gene on the blue eye color) if you breed a blue eyed white to a gold eye white you never get aqua color eyes

He is absolutely STUNNING! I love the eye color in combination with the blue fur

the eye coloring is AMAZING..i just had to comment *wink*

Whatever you call the colour, I call the cat magnificent! He's GORgeous!

What amazing eye colour...I haven't even seen many Tonks with such brilliant eyes....

Oh my!!!! I WANT that cat!!! Absolutely beautiful!!!!!

The only cats I have seen with that coat and eye color are the solid or mink ragdolls or a ragamuffin. He is beautiful and would do good as a HHP!

What a gorgeous kitty! Of course, I'm biased as he reminds me quite a bit of my Stanley. Stan's just a regular old DMH tabby with probably a dash of MC mixed in. His eyes are a very bright green, but not that gorgeous aqua.

Maybe the cat is part Somali I see the build and eye stripes of the Somali.

Not pureblood of course but my guess is he's part somali.

beautiful kitttty!!!!!!!! gorgeous eyes!!

Originally Posted by Barblynnp

Oh my!!!! I WANT that cat!!! Absolutely beautiful!!!!!

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I wouldn't mind having that cat around my house neither.
Verrrrry pretty.