![]() ![]() ( but WOW they are some stunning blue eyes! For some reason it seems like tortie point domestics often have really deep eye color! ) And your kitty has 2 out of the 3, so it is normal for her to have blue eyes. ( Normally the coat colors that go with blue eyes are pointed (always have blue eyes), or white ( they often have blue eyes) or cats with a lot of white patches especially on the head ( they sometimes have blue eyes). Ojos Azules was/ is a breed being developed from some cats that were found who had blue eyes although they ordinarily would not have. and i don't see other things that absolutely rule out recent Siamese ancestry but I can't really tell things like if she has a longer than usual body. Her ears are a bit larger than average but that is not enough for me to guess from photos at a recent Siamese ancestor. but that also means it can be passed down hidden for many generations, since if a cat has just one copy, he/she won't have that pattern but can still pass it on to a kitten. It is a recessive gene so it has to be inherited from both parents. and was also deliberately bred into some other breeds. But since then, the gene for this pattern has been widely spread through the random-bred cat populations in Europe, America etc. Basically the colorpoint/ pointed pattern did originate with cats from Southeast Asia and got to other places in the world when the SIamese cats were imported to other countries starting in the 1800s. or there could have been some ancestors of another breed who got the pointed gene from SIamese. She would have almost certainly had some SIamese ancestry, but there is no way to know how much or how recent - it might be fairly recent, or it might be from a Siamese 70 years ago, and has been passed down via many, many generations of regular "domestics". If it were totally black, then she would just be a blue eyed calico ( called Tortie and White in most cat associations, but CFA does call some of them calico.) but since it looks like there is a difference, I would say Tortie Point It does look like the coloring on the body is slightly muted compared to the face and tail - looks like it is more brown than black in the dark patches on her back. Sometimes pointed cats do not end up with so much contrast between the points and body. or to break it down further, it's a combination of tortoiseshell coloring, plus the colorpoint ( aka pointed) pattern, plus white spotting. This is basically the combination of a calico coat and a pointed coat. the DSH part just means no particular breed or unknown ancestry. She is a Seal Tortie Point and White Domestic Shorthair. Wow! What a beautiful, unique cat she is.
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