>>> I checked her pedigree
Thanks - what a wonderful combination she is. A quick google seemed to show that the Black smoke with a white mane is a MC trait but I did see it in a few Persians and Norwegian Forrest too.
Your Persian is also beautiful, thanks for showing a larger photo. I know there is a trend atm where you are to discouraged from buying from breeders, but its my belief there are some wonderful breeders out there... and reputable ones are needed to preserve some of the wonderful features and wide variety of breeds that have distinctive body shapes or colours that seldom occur in moggies. Moggies are wonderful, but there are some qualities that only appear in certain pedigrees.
On the flip side I dislike what some breeders do when they breed for a feature I believe is not in the cats best health interest. ie the Ultra Persians. That is not natural, nor is it IMO pretty, nvm the fact it makes the cat liable to nasal & eye problems. It's saddened me to see that they've tried to breed Ultra into the Chinchilla Persian The Chinchilla was supposed to be so distinctive because it only had a mildly flat face when compared to standard persians, but now they've actually succeeded in
making an Ultra Chinchilla become
'normal' for the standard.
FGS Why?
Why on earth turn a breed what looked like this......
into this?
Aside from the coat, the body shape particularly the head is nothing like the original breed. Anyhow I best get off my soapbox. /rant.