The colour of a Burmese is determined by the colour of the coat, the nose leather and paw pads. Brown is the original colour but there are now many other beautiful varieties. Brown GCCF Breed Number 27 Coat Colour – Rich, warm seal brown Nose Leather – Rich brown Paw Pads – Brown Blue GCCF …
Burmese cats are the extroverts of the cat world. Their outgoing personality, their exuberance, their trusting friendliness, and loyalty and, perhaps above all, their simple and obvious enjoyment of human company make them the best of companions. A well bred Burmese is strong and healthy with a long natural life span and can live for …
Not many years after the first Burmese were imported from America, they started being exported all round the world. It was from Britain, not America, that most countries obtained their first Burmese cats. For this reason most countries based their Standard of Points upon the British one rather than that of America. Between 1957 and …
The last few years have seen a lot of changes in the world of Burmese. A new breed was started in America using cats from the UK and Europe – so these were named European Burmese. These cats follow the European standard rather than the American one, and the reds, creams and torties are accepted …
By 1969 Chocolate (Champagne) Burmese were beginning to be more widely seen in America and two breeders in the UK decided to import this new colour. Moira Mack (Belcanto Burmese) and Iona Beckett of the Morningstar prefix, discovered that they were both trying to locate suitable cats. Eventually the managed to locate two unrelated kittens, …
In 1963 Pussinboots True Pegu, escaped whilst on call. She was mated by a red tabby shorthair and the resultant litter contained a black-tortie kitten. Robine Pocock, Pegu’s breeder, decided to embark on a breeding programme in the hopes of producing new colours in the Burmese breed. The kitten, named Wavermouse Galapagos, was mated to …
In 1949 Mrs Lilian France, a well known breeder of Siamese cats under the Chinki prefix, decided to import two Burmese cats from America. The male, Casa Gatos Da Foong, affectionately known as Daffy, was a very laid back, gentle cat who won the hearts of everyone he met. The female was Chindwin’s Minou Twm, …
Burmese cats originate from Burma, Thailand and Malaya where they are well documented. Although they have been imported into many countries, along with their close cousins the Siamese, as early as the mid 1800s, it was the striking appearance of the blue-eyed Siamese that was preferred, and the little brown cat with the yellow eyes …
This advice is based on work done by Catchat and is reproduced with their permission. Here is a list of hints and tips on what you should do if you find a cat. Helping the cat to be reunited to the owner and taking care of the cats immediate needs such as food, water and shelter are …
