Colorful cat - blue eyes? Ojos Azules!

Blue eyes in cats, you know you only by white animals or animals with Points ( "Siam drawing"). But it is also different: The Ojos Azules (Spanish for "blue eyes") can occur in any color and have blue eyes. An unusual sight.

Except for the deep blue eyes Ojos Azules like "normal" house cats, so the etnsprechen European shorthair type. They come in a short and a long version. All colors can occur, with more white is rejected, because it is not clear whether the blue eyes on the gene rassetyische Ojos Azules go back or in conjunction with white stand. Cats or check points have the characteristic white tail tip of which Ojos. In addition to this white tail tip Ojos also show white spots on the mouth and on the toes of the hind feet. These stains are typically race and also in full no mistake. Lower White shares are to be preferred. So far, the Ojos Azules only recognized by TICA Züchtervand.

When the gene for blue eyes of the Ojos Azules is responsible, is a so-called semiletale mutation. Are the animals mischerbig for the dominant gene, they show the deep blue eyes. For the gene reinerbige cats are not viable. They are born dead and have a pure white fur and have malformations of the head and tail. It should never be two Ojos Azules verpaarte each other, as a 25% probability for such migebildete stillbirths exists. Ojos must always be with other cats ausgekreuzt be. According TICA are only domestic cats admitted that no other race.

The first was a Ojos Azules Tortie-female with the name Cornflower (cornflower), in 1984 in New Mexico was discovered. 1990, there was only about ten copies of the Ojos Azules.

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