They are cheap because they are over – bred.
There are many blind spots in the cat – trading market. Cats bred by high – end catteries are generally sold after being sterilized and with all vaccines administered. Theoretically, cats are sold when they are over 3 months old but less than 5 months old.
Backyard breeders and low – end catteries in the low – end market generally don’t raise kittens to be over 3 months old, because 2 – month – old kittens are the easiest to sell.
Firstly, customers think that taking a kitten home at a young age is better for building a bond. The younger, the better. In fact, this is unfounded. As long as the cat has a good personality, it can develop a good dependence on people no matter at what age it is taken home.
Secondly, raising kittens is very time – consuming and costly. Raising one kitten is one thing. If a cattery has 10 to 20 kittens, raising them for one more month will incur a lot of costs, which will also indirectly affect the final profit margin.
Thirdly, the appearance of kittens is not obvious when they are young. Generally, the less pure – bred a cat is, the less obvious its appearance flaws are when it is young. Around 3 months old, it enters an awkward phase. If it can’t be fed to be plump, the flaws in its appearance will be very obvious. So, backyard breeders and low – end catteries always believe that the earlier they sell the kittens, the better. If they delay, it may be even more difficult to sell them.
Blue British Shorthairs have a solid – color distribution. If they are bred with blue British Shorthairs, there is generally no development of other mixed – color distributions. At most, the coat color may be lighter, and there may be lilac – colored ones (this depends on personal aesthetic preferences. Some people like light – colored blue British Shorthairs).
At first, the blue – colored variety among the British Shorthairs was the earliest to be hyped up in the cat – breed market. Because of their personality traits and the British Shorthairs’ unique round faces, blue British Shorthairs were easy to be hyped up at the beginning. Coupled with the fact that they are easy to breed, because of their solid color and no mixed – color issues, if a litter has 6 kittens, all 6 will be blue British Shorthairs.
Unlike blue – and – white British Shorthairs, even if the parents have perfect “zhengba” (symmetrical white – face – splitting) patterns, the blue – and – white kittens born may still have many problems such as uneven color – splitting and incomplete back – coloring. If you’re unlucky, there may not be a single blue – and – white kitten with a “zhengba” pattern in a litter. Moreover, the low – end market lacks support for appearance standards. More emphasis is placed on the “zhengba” face and “five – pink” (pink paws and nose) standards. Measured by these standards, sometimes there may not be a single kitten in a litter that meets these requirements. So, the market price of blue – and – white British Shorthairs has not dropped as drastically as that of blue British Shorthairs.
By the same token, if you have a blue – and – white with a perfect “zhengba” pattern and breed it with another blue – and – white with a “zhengba” pattern, it’s possible that there won’t be a single blue – and – white with a perfect coat color in a litter.
Blue British Shorthairs are different. As long as you breed them with blue British Shorthairs, you can get a litter of blue British Shorthairs with consistent colors.
So, the breeding rate of blue British Shorthairs is much higher than that of blue – and – white British Shorthairs, which is why their prices have dropped to the bottom.
And blue British Shorthairs are only cheap as kittens. Generally, you can buy one for 500 yuan on Xianyu (a second – hand trading platform). Blue – and – white British Shorthairs definitely don’t have this price, unless their color – splitting is extremely ugly.
However, blue British Shorthairs in the high – end market still have a high price. After all, good appearance, well – developed cheeks, and good body shape are the key factors that determine the price of British Shorthairs.
To be honest, the appearance and appearance characteristics of the blue British Shorthair of the person who asked the question are quite ordinary. Even in the eyes of some experts, this cat can only be said to be ugly (I don’t think so though).
Moreover, breeding requires a lot of effort. For private breeding, you first need to consider several questions.
First, whether it is really worth doing this.
Leave a Reply