My baby blue! Cat breeds with blue eyes

There’s a whole kaleidoscope of cat eye colors out there, but none are quite as striking as those beautiful blue-eyed cats. But which cat breeds with blue eyes? Well, more than a few, as it turns out! We’ll deep dive into the dazzling display of blue-eyed cat breeds and a few extra furry facts about blue-eyed cats you may not know…

Cat breeds with blue eyes

Turkish Angora

The Turkish Angora is one of the few cat breeds that also have a solid white coat. These regal fur balls have a long, slender body with extra fluff around their necks like a luxurious scarf. While the Turkish Angora is mostly recognized for this floof and their big blue eyes, they’re also known to have other striking eye colors including green, gold, and bicolored. Friendly, sociable kitties, this blue-eyed breed loves a human who can be at home with them as often as possible.

Siamese cats

Siamese cats are famous for two particular traits - their bejeweled blue eye color and their vocalization. Arguably the most chatty cat breeds around, these silky, slender softies like to hold a serious blue-eyed stare with their humans while meowing and chattering. Although these cats can be independent, they do love to be fussed over by humans while they tell them about their day.

Persian cats

Bred to be the ideal lap cat - in fact, this is what most Persian cats will choose to do for most of their day. These blued-eye babies are distinctive with their round smushed faces and incredibly fluffy fluff. They’re admired for their calm, gentle nature and friendliness towards all humans, including children.

Snowshoe cats

Probably one of the cutest named cat breeds out there, Snowshoe cats were created by crossing Siamese cats with American Shorthairs. This blue-eyed beauty holds many of their Siamese relative's traits such as being very vocal, they love to be the center of attention, and they enjoy trying to outsmart their humans if bored.

Ragdoll cats

Alongside Persian cats, the Ragdoll is one of the most chilled-out cat breeds on Earth, hence their breed name. These cats have no issue with being carried around and plonked on laps so long as the attention is on them. Unlike Siamese cats, these fluff-balls are very quiet and reserved.

Tonkinese

A kitty with blue eyes and silky gray fur will always look like it’s ready for its catwalk. Tonkinese are elegant and good-natured, but also independent and active. Their blue eye color often resembles the crackled mixture of blues like a semi-precious stone - basically, these cats are gorgeous!

Ojos Azules

This cat breed literally translates from Spanish to mean ‘blue eyes’! They’re one of the few blue-eyed cat breeds that don’t come in a variation of solid white fur or pointed patterns. Instead, they can have a variation of stripped fur with a tabby or tortoiseshell-like coloring. A relatively unknown and rare breed, they’ve only been around since the 1980s. But, with their gentle nature and good temperament, these cats might pop up more often in the future. 

Himalayan

The majestic Himalayan cat can come in many different shades of white, gray, and brown, but they all have some sort of brilliant blue eye color. Although large cats require brushing each day, they’re relatively low maintenance personality-wise. As long as they’re fed, groomed, and regularly stroked (and admired) these cats are pretty happy-go-lucky.

Blue-eyed cat facts

All kittens are born with blue eyes

Like most baby mammals, all kittens are born with blue eyes regardless of their genetics. When born, baby cats still have quite a bit of growing and developing to do, this includes their eye pigmentation. It isn’t until they’re about three months old that their true adult eye color will come through. Of course, some will never grow out of their big blue eyes which is why this article exists!

The blue eye color is the result of a spontaneous genetic mutation

Our domestic cats’ closest animal relative, the African Wild Cat, has no trace of blue eyes in their genetics. The blue eye color is only seen in a handful of cat species in the wild. This means that blue eyes are the result of a spontaneous genetic mutation, one that can be passed on from breed to breed, or that can suddenly occur in random breeds like American Shorthair or Longhair cats. It’s why you can sometimes find a tabby cat with brilliant blue blobs in their furry faces.

Solid white breeds of cats with blue eyes are often born deaf

A random fact but one that is quite well-known in the vet world. There seems to be a correlation between the gene that creates cats with solid white fur and deafness. As all-white cats tend to have blue eyes, this also means kitties with both these qualities are more likely to not be born with the ability to hear.

Perhaps this is why evil antagonists in the movies always seem to go for Persian cats or the Turkish Angora - they know they won’t be able to overhear their dastardly plans!

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