Whether it is a pet family who wants to buy a cat to keep them company, or many cat owners who are just starting to get involved in breeding, they often fall into a strange circle of only focusing on color.

But is it enough to just look at the color? Each variety has its own characteristics. If you ignore these characteristics and only focus on the color you like, it will only be a matter of time before you are fooled. The appearance of a cat depends on various aspects, including the head, ear position, eyes, color, nose, limbs, bones, tail, etc.

1. The color of kitten’s coat can change

Did you know that the coat color of milk cats changes? Many golden gradient kittens are golden when they are born. At this time, the kittens have almost no tip color, so they look golden and beautiful at first glance.

But as the kittens grow up, the tip color in their genes begins to show, which is why many cat owners complain, "Why are my golden gradients getting longer, deeper, and darker?"

Of course, there are also kittens whose fur looks slightly darker when they are born, but due to strong genes, it will grow longer and lighter.

2. Color number and color temperature are completely different things

Many cat lovers will look up all kinds of knowledge about cats on the Internet, but they often have only a little knowledge. Now many people know "11 colors, 12 colors, 25 colors", but they judge the color number by the depth of the coat color. There is such a person who spent a lot of money to buy back a 12-color "gold gradient" cat, and the result is an orange cat with very good coat color.

The depth of coat color is called color temperature for the time being. This is related to genes, the body temperature of the female cat during pregnancy and other factors.

The color number is to observe the specific color distribution of the cat's hair. For example, the gradient type must have a dark tip color.

You must know that in the competition field, professional referees need to observe carefully to determine the specific color number of an animal, so just judging the color number based on a photo is nonsense. Of course, some senior breeders are not excluded. They can basically guess the exact appearance of a cat at a glance.

3. Use an orange cat to pretend to be a gold gradient

Yes! You read that right, there are already such mixed breed catteries that deceive novices. Often the fur color of these cats is very beautiful, and the golden color is very deceptive. The price is less than half of the purebred gold gradient. Of course, professionals can spot the problem at a glance, but novices who only focus on color will be in trouble.

Therefore, before buying any cat, you must have a certain understanding of the breed, at leastUnderstanding the characteristics of the breed will help you determine whether the cat you buy is a purebred cat.

IV. In addition to coat color, what else do we need to look at?

Key point 1: Look at genes and bloodlines

Each breed of cat has its own pedigree, and the pedigree genes determine the future growth trend of the kitten, including the sweetness of the face, standard physique, good temperament, and so on. So if you want to buy a purebred cat, you must first check its pedigree. The genes of the parents play a very large role.

Key point 2: Look at the breeder’s philosophy

Generally, those kittens from top bloodlines will rarely give up their breeding rights. Most breeders will give limited consideration to neutered pet families. Even if their kittens have reached the breeding level, they will also give limited consideration to neutered families (after sterilization). The price will be much lower than the breeding price).

As for those who hardly protect their own bloodlines, can borrow matings at will, and do not specialize in breeding certain breeds (there are all kinds of cats in the cattery), then these breeders may pay more attention to the economic benefits of breeding cats. Benefit. So you can tell which one is better and which one is worse.

Key point 3: Age of kittens being sold

For the sake of the health of kittens after they go to a new home, regular breeders will not sell kittens that are too young to a new home. Basically, they have to wait until the kittens are fully vaccinated, and the kittens will not be officially sold until they are about 4 months old. New home.

Cats begin to enter the embarrassing period at 4 months old, and the power of bloodline will also begin to show from this time, so those cats with poor bloodline will be sold when they are as young as possible (basically all go to new homes within 2 months, and some cats do not even need vaccines) Not done), because the longer these cats grow, the more they deviate from the appearance standards of their breeds, and the bigger they get, the more they become a hot potato.

Excellent pedigree kittens will become more beautiful as they grow older, so breeders are very confident and will not be in a hurry. No matter how good-looking a cat is, people will like it.