Silver cats
Also searched as «silver chinchilla» · «silver shaded» · «silver tabby» · «smoke»
Silver removes the pigment from the base of each hair and leaves it silver-white. On a tabby it gives silver tabby; on a solid it gives smoke; with heavy tipping it gives shaded or chinchilla.
Silver cats for sale now
The SANORIYAT Store first, then breeders' listings.
Shaded, chinchilla, tabby or smoke?
Silver chinchilla (shell) · ns 12
Only the very tip of each hair is coloured — the palest, most sparkling silver.
Silver shaded · ns 11
More of each hair is coloured, so the cat looks darker over a silver undercoat.
Silver tabby · ns 22 / 23 / 24
The tabby pattern stays visible on a silver-white ground.
Smoke · ns
On a solid cat: white roots under a coat that looks solid and shows only when the fur parts.
Silver is not blue
Blue is a dilute colour — the whole hair is an even blue-grey. Silver is a white base with coloured tips. And golden is the same tipped look with a warm gold base instead of white.
Breeds that come in this colour
The number: cats of this colour recorded on SANORIYAT.
Will my kittens be silver?
Silver is dominant: one copy of the inhibitor gene (I) is enough to show it, so a silver kitten has at least one silver parent.
How much of each hair stays coloured (shaded or chinchilla) is polygenic, so it never gets a fixed percentage.
Questions
How much is a silver cat in Saudi Arabia?+
It depends on the breed, the age and the pedigree certificate. The silver cats on offer in SANORIYAT now, with their prices, are at the top of this page.
What is the difference between silver and smoke?+
Both come from the inhibitor gene. Silver sits on a tabby or a tipped coat (silver undercoat with visible pattern); smoke sits on a solid (white roots under a solid-looking coat).
What is a silver chinchilla?+
A silver cat with only the very tip of each hair coloured — the palest silver, with a clear white body and dark-rimmed eyes.
Is silver dominant?+
Yes — a single copy of the inhibitor gene (I) is enough to show silver or smoke.
What is the difference between silver and golden?+
Silver leaves the base of the hair white (a cool look); golden leaves it warm gold. Same tipped look, opposite undercoat colour.