Burmese (cat)

Brown, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac, Red, cream, Brown Tortie, Blue Tortie, Chocolate Tortie, Lilac- Tortie

The Burmese Cat Burmese or is a short-haired breed of domestic cat. She is one of the longest held in Europe oriental cat breeds and originates from Burma (English Burma), now known as Myanmar. There the monks keep it as one of 16 temples breeds under its Thai name Maeo Thong Daeng ( "Copper Cat" ) or ศุภ ลักษณ์ RTGS: Suphalaksa, which means " auspicious character ": It does them good luck. The Burmese Cat is not to be confused with the Burmese Cat, which is a separate breed.

Appearance

The Burmese cat has a medium-sized, muscular and powerful body that is heavier than it looks on the outside. The chest is strong and slightly rounded in profile, and the back extends from the shoulders to the base of the tail straight. The tail of the Burmese shows medium and in the approach of moderate thickness, and ends with a rounded tip. The Burmese cat has long, delicate membered legs with dainty and oval paws. The hind legs are slightly longer than the front legs.

The Burmese Cat has a wedge-shaped head with a broad, slightly rounded forehead. She has a strong chin, and the jaw is broad at the joints. The broad and medium-sized ears are set wide apart and slightly inclined in profile to the front. The tips are slightly rounded. The Burmese Cat has a straight nose, but the approach has a significant indentation. The upper eyelid of the great oriental eyes is curved, the lower lid is rounded. The Burmese has bright golden yellow to amber- colored eyes.

The Burmese cat has very thin undercoat, making her satin shiny coat lies close to the body. The coat is dense, short, fine and should have no pattern, however, the young kitten brighter skin and a slight Tabbymusterung. At the bottom of the sound is a bit brighter than on the back and on the legs. The ears and the face mask are a bit darker.

Color palette

The Burmese is available in ten colors generally recognized;

• Seal - Warm Dark Brown; the nose and paw pads are very dark
• Blue - blue gray with a bright Zinnschimmer; Nose and paw pads blue gray
• Chocolate - chocolate -colored; the colors of the bales range from cinnamon to chocolate brown
• Lilac - dove gray with a slight pink tinge; Nose and paw pads are lavender pink
• Red - warm orange or mandarin; Nose and paw pads are pink
• Cream - light powdery apricot colors; Nose and paw pads are pink
• Blue tortie - blue gray with spots in apricot; Nose and paw pads are pink / blue gray / pink or pink with blue-gray spots
• Chocolate tortie - Chocolate color with apricot colored spots (including legs and tail); Nose and paw pads are chocolate colored / pink / chocolate colored with pink spots
• Lilac tortie - Dove gray with apricot- colored spots (including legs and tail); Nose and paw pads are lavender pink / light pink / lavender-pink with light pink spots
• Seal tortie - all shades of red with brown spots; Nose and paw pads brown / pink / brown with pink spots

Partially recognized varieties: In New Zealand, there is also Burmese in Cinnamon, Fawn, Caramel and Apricot as well as all colors with silver and in the known Tabbyvarianten; including smoke than non-agouti ( Not Tabby ) variety. Except in New Zealand, these colors are recognized in most free societies in the LOOF (France), in Australia and in Germany. In the GCCF some color varieties of Burma are summarized with the Asian who comes from the Burmillazucht. Unlike the Asian and Asian -Silver -tabby may tabby- and silver-colored Burmese only show the Ticked Tabby pattern and must be homozygous for the cbcb Burmagen. More recently, cinnamon and fawn-colored Burmese are also bred in the Netherlands and have been successful there already recognized in the major voluntary organizations.

Character

The Burmese Cat is intelligent, curious and vivacious. She is very playful and affectionate people and is therefore a perfect cat for kids, especially since it also is also less sensitive and loud as the Siamese. Burmese are friendly and should not be left alone, so anyone who works a lot and is rarely at home, purchasing a second cat should consider.

Breeding history

A single Burma - cat said to have been transported in 1933 by the U.S. Navy doctor Joseph C. Thompson from the former Burma ( Rangoon) to California. She is considered the mother of all Burmese and looked like a Siamese cat in light brown tones. In the U.S., a small group of geneticists and cat breeders dealt with this cat and introduced the first breeding program in the history of the cattery on. They tried Wong mouse genetic basic components out and eventually found evidence that Wong Mau was no darker Siamese, but a hybrid of a Siamese cat and another, own race, which they called Burmese Cats. In 1936 the race in the Cat Fanciers Association was recognized. Today, the Burmese cat is mainly grown in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The breed standard varies considerably between the bred in the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand, Burma Cat. The cultured in Europe Burmese are not recognized in the USA, Australia and New Zealand as a race.

The first from the UK imported Burmese cat was born on 29 January 1969 brown Burmese Buskins Fu - Lai, in their pedigree nor the first imported from America to Britain Burmese Ch.Casa Gatos Darkee and Folly Tou -Po are to be found. Importer of first Burma cat on German soil was Hanns Ullrich.

The first bred in Germany Burmese saw on September 30, 1970 in Cologne at the breeder Hanns Ullrich ( Agrippa 's) the light of day. They received pedigrees of the German race Cat Union. There were three blue females and one male. The parents of this first German Burma nest were Gr.Ch.Int.Gragland Blue Star and Blue Gr.Ch.Int.Honeypot zinnia.

Race Typical diseases

In Burma cat enters the Congenital vestibular disease, a hereditary disease of the inner ear with balance disorders and possibly numbness, heaped on.

The Burmese Cat is the most durable of all cat breeds. 17 years can be considered as average, although factors such as diet and outlet can add several years.

In later years tend Burma cats, and many other, often to a higher fluid intake and some time afterwards to loss of appetite. This is usually a sign of nephritis, which ultimately leads usually to the death of the household by kidney failure. The accurate diagnosis and remedies are best determined from a urine sample from a veterinarian.

A familial disease of young animals is the endocardial fibroelastosis, a thickening of the lining of the heart.