I did name him, yes. He was a nameless wonder for about 3 weeks - nothing fit quite right. As he follows me everywhere - I'm never alone - I thought he's my shadow. And so he found his name
Thank you very much - I like "Blue Mackerel Tabby"Oh Shadow is a very beautiful cat
His color and pattern is a blue mackerel tabby. Blue is the word used in the cat fancy to describe grey colors.
His breed is domestic shorthair
The vast majority of cats are domestic's and very few of them are mixes of pedigrees. Most of them don't have any pedigree ancestors at all, in fact very, very few have any pedigree breeds anywhere behind them.
You see the domestic (non pedigree ) cat population did not result from pedigree breeds being mixed together, like in the dog world. Actually it is quite the opposite. Domestic cats were here long before pedigree cat breeds existed - pedigree breeds of cat were created from the domestic cat population for a certain look or trait, not the other way around.
He's the first kitty I've had of this colour and never seen it before, so it's good to know.
I would compare him with a Maine Coon. Especially as he seems to be rather biggish?
He is a pretty big boy - I'd say around 5/6kg - also bigger than our Jack Russell (it's a funny site).
