The breed of cat from the Whiskas commercial

Who among us hasn't seen advertising? Whiskas foodWhere's the cute little gray kitten running around looking for its mother? It's hard to tell who this cute little tabby is.

People have come up with all sorts of ideas. Some think it's just a very handsome little mongrel, while others think it's a straight-eared Scotsman.

But only those who knew cats well knew the truth. So what breed was the kitten in the Whiskas ad?

The correct answer is British shorthair cat.

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1 What kind of animal is this - a British shorthair cat?
2 The colors of the cats featured in the Whiskas commercials
3 Which cats star in the Whiskas commercials?
4 Well, and the ad itself with everyone's favorite kitten

What kind of animal is this - a British shorthair cat?

Nowadays, almost everyone knows what a British Shorthair looks like. And it's hard to believe such a cute little thing could be the offspring of such a serious and plush cat. Some people think British Shorthairs are gray (more precisely, lilac) or white, black, or, less commonly, red. But few have seen tabby shorthaired British Shorthairs. But this is the cat that starred in the commercial.

Handsome British man

The colors of the cats featured in the Whiskas commercials

This striped color is called tabbyAnd it comes in a wide variety. It might seem like simple stripes, nothing special about them, but that's not the case. The ad specifically mentions silver mackerel and marble tabby. But what other tabby patterns are there?

Silver tabby British Shorthair

Brindle. The name suggests the pattern of stripes on the coat. Another name for this color is mackerel.
Spotted. Spots of the same diameter, evenly distributed, all over the skin.
Marble. A stunning coloring. It's not just stripes. It's an interweaving of lines that actually resemble marble, and on the back, the lines actually merge into butterfly wings.

The marble color of the British Shorthair

Which cats star in the Whiskas commercials?

We've already established that this is a British shorthair tabby cat (marbled and mackerel, after all, there have been so many ads over the years). But a more detailed answer to this question is possible.

The first commercial for the cat food was in 2003. It featured a cat named Simba, the first cat bred by the British cattery "Silver Treasure" in Germany. His sons, Jesse and Choby, also appeared.

In 2007, the ad featured British cats named Chiara, Bailey, Sally, and Jamie. The beloved kitten looking for its mother is named Shamu. All the cats featured in the ad were silver tabbies.

So now you know that it wasn't a beautiful tabby cat from the yard that was filmed, but a purebred British cat from the German cattery "Silver Treasure".