RubySaphir

THE CHARTREUX
OF
THE EVENING STAR

Breeders of the famous chartreux cat
Cattery
Saphir L'Etoile du Soir - The Evening Star - is a small family concern for breeding chartreux cats. The chartreux is our only breed, the cattery being founded on our love for this ancient French breed. We welcome you to our site and hope that you enjoy browsing through the photos of our cats and our kittens.

The chartreux is one of the oldest feline breeds in France. It was probably introduced into Europe from the Middle East by the Crusades in the 13th century. It is a cat that was well known by the chartreux monks who welcomed it for its talent for hunting in the wheat silos. It was appreciated by writers and poets and by General de Gaulle.

The chartreux is a blue-grey short haired cat. It has a thick coat with a slightly woolly undercoat. The body is solid and muscular and well proportioned, particularly that of the male. The female is more slender. The male has well developed round cheeks giving him a broad head in the form of an inverted trapezium.
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A promising stud (6 weeks old)		 OUR KITTENS

  • Raised in our home with total freedom.
  • Sociable, playful and lively.
  • Vaccinated.
  • Micro-chip identification.
  • Pedigree LOOF.
The Smiling Cat
The Chartreux is sometimes known as the Smiling Cat, but it is not a question of the cat in Alice in Wonderland. One can see imediately where this name comes from by looking at the photo on the left.

Notice also the shape of the head in the form of an upside down trapezium.

"Please would you tell me," said Alice, a little timidly, for she was not quite sure whether it was good manners for her to speak first, "why your cat grins like that?"
"It's a Cheshire cat" said the Duchess, "and that's why. Pig!"
She said the last word with such sudden violence that Alice quite jumped; but she saw in another moment that it was addressed to the baby, and not to her, so she took courage, and went on again:
"I didn't know that Cheshire cats always grinned; in fact, I didn't know that cats could grin."
The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect.
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