My oldest cat, Alafair, is a Russian Blue. Unlike most Russian Blues though, she is a blue pointed kitty with blue eyes instead of having the blue coat with green eyes. My father found a breeder at a cat show we went to when I was a child, and surprised me with baby Alafair some time later from said breeder. Being a person that was curious about my cat's origins I looked into the breed, but haven't ever been able to find pictures of cat similar to her.
I was told by my dad (and have heard elsewhere) that quite some time ago the breed nearly died out and cross breeding with siamese cats was done to preserve them, and occasionally you'll get the throwback pointed cat like Alafair. How common are these kittens? We have a picture of Alafair as a kitten at the breeder's home sitting next to her mother (a normal looking Russian Blue) and her brother (another pointed kitten). A number of years later I went to the same cat show and found a breeder (perhaps Alafair's) with two kittens- one pointed and one blue. I assumed that since my dad had purchased a purebred cat she had come with registration papers, but he told me that since she is not correctly colored she was not able to be registered- is this true of these cats? Keep in mind that this was about 17 years ago, but if this is the case, are people actively trying to avoid breeding them? I understand that it's a recessive trait, but I believe that this breeder has produced pointed kittens on multiple separate occasions. How common is the pointed gene in the breed? How often do these kittens show up in litters?
Here is the polaroid picture of Alafair and her kitty family from the breeder. Obviously, she is the one on the left. Mommy's in the middle, her brother is on the right, and there appears to be another little misfit kitty hiding behind the arm of the couch
Alafair nowadays. She's grown up to be a very lovely and beautiful cat (if she likes you. She likes very few people) despite not being the "ideal" Russian Blue
And Alafair and Stella just cause they're cute!
I was told by my dad (and have heard elsewhere) that quite some time ago the breed nearly died out and cross breeding with siamese cats was done to preserve them, and occasionally you'll get the throwback pointed cat like Alafair. How common are these kittens? We have a picture of Alafair as a kitten at the breeder's home sitting next to her mother (a normal looking Russian Blue) and her brother (another pointed kitten). A number of years later I went to the same cat show and found a breeder (perhaps Alafair's) with two kittens- one pointed and one blue. I assumed that since my dad had purchased a purebred cat she had come with registration papers, but he told me that since she is not correctly colored she was not able to be registered- is this true of these cats? Keep in mind that this was about 17 years ago, but if this is the case, are people actively trying to avoid breeding them? I understand that it's a recessive trait, but I believe that this breeder has produced pointed kittens on multiple separate occasions. How common is the pointed gene in the breed? How often do these kittens show up in litters?
Here is the polaroid picture of Alafair and her kitty family from the breeder. Obviously, she is the one on the left. Mommy's in the middle, her brother is on the right, and there appears to be another little misfit kitty hiding behind the arm of the couch
Alafair nowadays. She's grown up to be a very lovely and beautiful cat (if she likes you. She likes very few people) despite not being the "ideal" Russian Blue
And Alafair and Stella just cause they're cute!
