I realized that I didn’t fully answer the questioner’s question after finishing typing.
In the low – end market, breeding blue British Shorthairs with blue ones is indeed cheap because blue British Shorthairs are the easiest to obtain! But there are many types of blue – and – white British Shorthairs. Choose carefully. Otherwise, you may get a lot of kittens with messy face – splitting patterns, such as those with “Batman – like” faces, black noses, or “sesame – paste – like” mouths. The market feedback for such kittens is even worse. It is recommended to breed with van – pattern British Shorthairs, which can produce more moderate – looking blue – and – white kittens, or high – white blue (with a higher proportion of white than ordinary blue – and – white British Shorthairs).
The following is the original answer.
————————I’m just here to refute the statement that “blue – bred blue British Shorthairs are worthless”. Yes, I’m here to show off with pictures (not of my cats). I don’t agree with dismissing the most classic type in the British Shorthair family with one stroke!
The price range of blue British Shorthairs has a huge gap. For the kind of blue British Shorthairs like the questioner’s, the kittens born are generally around 1000 yuan. Of course, if you breed with a more outstanding male cat, the price of the kittens can be a bit higher.
However, relying only on the father is not enough.
Currently, the reason why blue British Shorthairs seem worthless is just because they are over – bred in the low – end market. But if you say that all blue British Shorthairs are worthless, be careful of being scolded by breeders. Outstanding blue British Shorthairs are the benchmarks in the British Shorthair world, the direction that golden shaded and silver shaded British Shorthairs are striving to catch up with. Their prices can easily crush those of other breeds. It’s not uncommon for them to be priced at 50,000 yuan, 80,000 yuan, or even 100,000 yuan.
The texture of their fur, the amount of fur, their build, eye pigmentation, ear distance… Only those who have seen the real outstanding ones know how amazing they are.
I like to post pictures. Let’s enjoy the works of leading blue – British – Shorthair catteries in China that I admire together.
Look at this kitten. It’s only over one month old, but its build is already astonishing.
This female cat is so plump, and its eye pigmentation is amazing. And a blue British Shorthair should be round, round, round! A round head, a round body, round ears, and a round tail!
This male cat, look at its ears, the texture of its fur, and its well – proportioned roundness.
This female cat, was its tail fed separately?
The evenly distributed fur looks as if it was smoked and permed. Its thick limbs and those thick testicles… Don’t doubt it. Blue British Shorthairs were once the top mouse – catchers on British pirate ships. Just because they look simple and honest, it doesn’t mean they are really stupid…
Of course, the customers for the above – mentioned high – quality blue British Shorthairs are either wealthy cat – lovers, die – hard fans of blue British Shorthairs, or professional catteries. Ordinary people usually choose the more affordable ones for companionship. So, for those who want to do business with blue British Shorthairs, it’s quite difficult to sell them at a high price by following the low – end route. With the same breeding costs, compared with golden shaded British Shorthairs, Devon Rexes, Munchkins, etc., they still fall short. It’s very difficult to attract others’ attention unless they have extremely high cost – performance (either extremely low – priced or cheap yet quite good – looking).
The most common ones are at the level of 800 – 1000 yuan.
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