Anyone have a Russian Blue

My first cat was "blue" - but her voice clearly said "Siamese mix"...LOL!! Ironically, she was a great traveler and walked on a leash like a dog!

It was many, many years before microchips were available.

(And for some reason I feel compelled to point out that most of us here with our "mutt" cats have them microchipped. It's not something only owners of purebred cats do.)

Did your Grandmother try taking it to a Vet and have them Scan for a Micro Chip?? We have all our Kids Micro Chipped and many others with expensive Pure Bred Cats do the same.

Michelle.S wrote:
First let me say, just because you have a Blue Cat doesn't make it a Russian Blue.

Agreed, but my grandmother's was definitely a Russian Blue. She looked all over trying to find the owners.

Michelle.S wrote:
First let me say, just because you have a Blue Cat doesn't make it a Russian Blue. Kittens run anywhere from $500 up (typically $750 to $1000), so not that many are just wandering around.
To the OP, find a Cat Show in your area and go talk to the owners and breeders. If that does work for you, go online to the CFA or CCA web sites where you can get info on certified catteries and contact them. Stay away from the Pet Shops and Want adds.
We travel with four American Shorthairs. They ride in a large cage in the TV and usually pass out as soon as we get started. The two younger ones have spent most of their life in the TV and RV traveling with us.

They might be mixed breeds. Some friends of mine recently adopted (actually, the other way around) two adorable Russian Blue mixed kittens (twins, literally) that look to be purebred. Their mixed heritage (I'm guessing the father was a traveling salesman or of questionable parentage himself) and the fact they had to be kept together (they are devoted to each other!) was the reason they were in a shelter.

First let me say, just because you have a Blue Cat doesn't make it a Russian Blue. Kittens run anywhere from $500 up (typically $750 to $1000), so not that many are just wandering around.
To the OP, find a Cat Show in your area and go talk to the owners and breeders. If that does work for you, go online to the CFA or CCA web sites where you can get info on certified catteries and contact them. Stay away from the Pet Shops and Want adds.
We travel with four American Shorthairs. They ride in a large cage in the TV and usually pass out as soon as we get started. The two younger ones have spent most of their life in the TV and RV traveling with us.

My grandmother had a Russian Blue when I was a kid. He was a stray who stayed. I remember him being a very calm cat, but also as a one-person cat. He loved Grandma devotedly and would drape himself around her neck when she was in her rocking chair. But he didn't have much interest in anybody else.

Have a pound cat that has to be a R..blue. Loves to have it's head rubbed and after an hour in the MH it settles down and enjoy's the ride.

We have a Blue and she is fabulous. She likes it the way she likes it. On our cross-country move from AZ back to FL, she rode on the back of my seat almost all the way and when she wasn't, she was on the back of the couch looking out the window.

Don't know about travel......

Many years ago a Russian Blue adopted US (maybe her people moved too much).

First cat I ever had.......wasn't much of a cat person. But she won me over.
Dang good cat.
BUT we didn't take her on trips. She did have her 'routine patrol area' as she was an indoor/outdoor cat and would be gone during the day back home in afternoon/evenings. (maybe she was visiting her other family)