BLUE-EYE ELF & BLUE-EYE SPHYNX (ALTAI GENE & SEYMOUR GENE)

Jacqui Stevens (Sphynxwillow Sphynx Elf & Bambino Australia) imported Violaflower's Vanessa (born 11-April-2019) in 2019. Vanessa's ancestry is Topaz, so she may have either the Altai gene, or the Seymour gene, or both. Vanessa was bred by Tatyana Lackies in Germany and has a dominant blue-eye (DBE) gene. She is a fully registered Elf in Australia with ANCATS and will be on the show bench as soon as shows resume in Australia after the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown. Vanessa is part of Jacqui's Elf breeding program in Australia. Jacqui is the foundation breeder of the Elf in Australia and has worked to get them fully recognised and registered to Championship Status. Vanessa is an important part of that program. Jacqui will also be importing a DBE Sphynx later in 2021 from Russia from a breeder that is past the 5th generation of that variety. These are the first DBE in a hairless breed in Australia. Vanessa is a blue tabby & white harlequin-pattern with blue eyes and DNA tests show she is negative for the colourpoint blue eye gene.

Vanessa had a litter early in 2021 and gave birth to one DBE female kitten named Sphynxwillow Azure Ono, a blue tabby and white, which has gone to Jane Cockerton (Born Bold), a registered breeder, as part of the breeding programme.

BLUE-EYE SPHYNX (unknown gene)

DBE Sphynx are bred by a number of catteries including Golden Sphynx Cattery (tortie DBE Isabella, born 25/12/2021) and Royal Velvets (TheRoyalVelvets Jean Claude, F4 DBE male; TheRoyalVelvets Sapphire Moon, DBE female) which also breeds DBE Lykoi.