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Premier Breeders of ASH Classic Silver Tabby Cats and Kittens
At SilverShorthairs.com, we’re passionate about preserving and promoting the stunning Silver American Shorthair cat—a breed known for its striking silver coat, easygoing personality, and excellent health. Whether you’re searching for a loving pet, a show-quality kitten, or reliable information about the breed, you’re in the right place.
About the Silver American Shorthair Cat
The Silver Classic Tabby American Shorthair is one of the most beloved and recognizable coat patterns in the breed. These cats are admired for their:
- Bold black markings on a shimmering silver background
- Strong, muscular build
- Affectionate, intelligent, and calm nature
American Shorthairs are low-maintenance, adaptable, and great with kids and other pets, making them a top choice for families and individuals alike.
What We Offer
- Healthy, Home-Raised Kittens
All of our American Shorthair kittens are raised underfoot in a loving home, never in cages. Each kitten is well-socialized, vaccinated, vet-checked, and litter-trained before adoption. - Champion Bloodlines
We breed from pedigreed, show-quality American Shorthairs to ensure kittens meet breed standards in appearance, health, and temperament. - Ongoing Support
From choosing the right kitten to welcoming them into your home, we’re with you every step of the way.
Based in the Pacific Northwest — Serving the U.S.
Located in Mount Vernon, Washington (about 1 hour’s drive north of Seattle, WA) in the beautiful Skagit Valley, we offer safe, reliable transport options for families across the country looking to bring home a Silver American Shorthair kitten.
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Meet Your New Best Friend
Visit our Available Kittens page to see current and upcoming litters, or join our waiting list to be matched with a future kitten. Our priority is placing our silver beauties in safe, loving, lifelong homes.
📩 Reach out today to learn more or reserve your kitten.
The Silver Tabby American Shorthair cat – Your next companion
American Shorthair Cats are an easy to care for breed of cat. They have no congenital health issues, no special diet requirements and are happy, social pets. They are hardy, intelligent, affectionate and make ideal house cats.
Mature American Shorthair cats will usually weigh 11 – 15 pounds for the males and 8 – 12 pounds for the female.
We have been shipping our pets on the airlines for over 20 years. We offer guaranteed, safe, airport delivery of your kitten, or you can pick up your kitten here on the farm. Please follow this link: Available kittens to find more information about our cats and availability of kittens.
A little more about the American Shorthair Cat
At our cattery we specialize in the beautiful classic silver tabby coat with emerald green eyes. Though we can’t guarantee every kitten will develop the stunning green eyes, many of our kittens will exhibit this feature.
Occasionally, we may also have other coat colors available.
The American Shorthair is well known for its general good health and good disposition. American Shorthairs are basically low-maintenance cats. Males are larger than females, weighing 11 to 15 pounds when fully mature. Females weigh 8 to 12 pounds when they fully mature (at 3 to 4 years of age). American Shorthairs can live as long as fifteen to twenty plus years if living indoors and given proper health care.
American Shorthair cats come in more than 80 different colors & patterns ranging from black to white, and a variety of colors between. We raise the Classic silver tabby, which has black markings set on a silver background, (the typical bullseye pattern seen on the side of the cat). American Shorthair cats consistently ranks as one of the ten most popular breeds of cat.
The ASH Breed was developed in America. It is thought that its’ ancestors came to North America from Europe. It is possible that the “Mayflower” carried several shorthair type cats to hunt the ship’s vermin. For hundreds of years, these “working cats” lived with their owners on farms and rural areas and eventually established themselves as the native North American Domestic shorthaired cat.
Early in the 1900’s those persons who deeply appreciated all the values of the North American Domestic cat carefully collected the best examples of the cat and began to raise them as a breed keeping the original good health and stature and temperament in mind, being careful not to infuse the new longhaired and other breeds that were being imported from Europe at the time. The Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) officially recognized The American Shorthair as one of its first five registered breeds in 1906.
Originally known as the Domestic Shorthair, the breed was renamed “American Shorthair” in 1966 to differentiate it from any other shorthaired breed. The name “American Shorthair” also reinforces the idea that our native North American shorthaired cat is distinctly different from cats that may be found in the streets, neighborhoods and barnyards (which are often crosses of many different breeds of cats).