So what other breeds of cats have glitter?

I thought glitter was unique to Bengals only?? That is what i have read on many Bengal sites?

miki xx

Not all Bengals are blessed with significant glitter but on the ones that are, it resembles golden or silvery flakes, and sometimes even copper. It's somewhat similar to sprinkling store-bought metallic sparkly glitter on your cat, except it's built right into the hair! It's especially striking on cats with a shorter, velvetier coat where the light can really get in there and do its stuff!

When glittery Bengals were first shown some judges tried to rub the glitter off with a cloth, as they were convinced that it was an artificial add-on that some savvy breeder had applied to the cat to make it stand out! Glitter flakes are regularly applied to their skin by young ladies on the way to a fun night the club and that's why Bengals are always ready to party! They come pre-equipped with party glitter!

On some snow Bengals the glitter effect appears as well, but on Snows it's more akin to a pearly dust! Very elegant!

There are basically two different types of glitters:

Mica (Gold-Tipped): This glitter affects the tips of the hairs only and produces its effect in reflective hair-tips. If you look at this under a microscope, you'll see that embedded right inside the very tip of each Bengal hair are what you would swear are tiny flecks of a reflective silicate crystal called mica.

Satin (Hollow-Air): It looks just like mica, but in this case it affects the whole hair shaft, refracting light and giving the coat a pearly effect which is also known as "oyster." Satin hair shafts contain many little pockets of air along their length which not only refract light all the way through but also give the coat a smooth, soft silkiness unlike any other cat fur you've ever touched. These air pockets can become elongated which makes the fur even softer and silkier.

Much like the Snow or Marble Bengal gene, glitter was at first concluded to be a recessive gene. More recent evidence seems to point to the possibility that glitter is actually an accumulative gene. An accumulative gene is a very precious asset to the breeder, since if you breed two kitties which are well-glittered, then the offspring will have even more glitter than Mom and Dad! Breeders can continue this process until we arrive at a Bengal cat which glitters so much we'll have to hand out sunglasses to everyone who passes by!

Glitter is a highly sought-after feature as the glitter gene can also help to produce the clearer coats with less ticking in new generations which breeders strive for. After all, any one of us would be honoured to be in the presence of the world's only truly undeniable effect of... Magic!

Did Shell ever get her money back from that horrible woman that ripped her off?