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Int.Ch. D-Shiva's Ashea
Breeder: Michael Gähle,
D-Shiva's cattery, Hannover, Germany
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The points can have many different colours:
 | seal point, blue point, chocolate point, lilac
point
These colours are called the 'traditional' colours. |
| red point, cream point |
| cinnamon point, fawn point |
| and all tortie points |
| and all those colours with tabby points |
| In some federations also points with the Dilute
Modifier are recognized: caramel
see GCCF. |
Remarks:
In CFA and CCA Siamese only have the traditional colours, all other
colours are recognized as separate breed:
Colourpoint
Shorthair. |
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Okonor Agraba
Owner: Wendel Stoop,
Silver
Fox cattery, Günsberg/Solothurn, Switzerland |
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| A special colour is white. These
Siamese are called Foreign White. |
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CH Jesicat's Serendipity
Breeder: Melissa Gorham,
Jesicat's cattery,
Southern Maryland, USA |
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Eurocatfancy
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| Breed profile |
The Siamese is of medium size, the body is
slender and long, yet with a very well developed muscle strength, which is
quite hard and firm. The legs are high (long) and slender with fine oval
paws. The boning is fine and delicate.
The head builds a long wedge which tapers to a fine muzzle. The nose is
absolutely straight and long. The jaws are fine built. When viewed in
profile, a long straight line can be seen, which starts at the top of the
head and continues straight to the tip of the nose. When viewed
from the front, the outer edges of the head build a long triangle.
The skull is not supposed to be flat, it is rounded, as if the cat would
wear a round helmet.
The neck is long, slender and graceful, thus emphasizing the elegant lines
of the Siamese.
The eyes are almond in shape and slanted to the base of the ears. Their
colour is of a striking deep blue. This combination between the almond shape
and the oblique placement of the eyes emphasizes the oriental appearance of
the Siamese.
The ears are very large, very wide at their base, thus completing the
triangular shape of the head and continuing the outer lines of the head.
The coat is extremely short, very fine and lies sleek to the body. When you
stroke the coat you get the feeling of pure silk. The main characteristic
of the Siamese is the coat colour, the Siamese is a pointed cat, i.e. the
colour is restricted to very few parts of the body. In the face there is a
mask, ears, legs and tail are coloured, the rest of the body is almost
white. This contrast between the coloured points, the white body and the
deep blue eyes makes this breed very attractive.
The tail is very long, rather thin and tapers to its tip. |
History
It is supposed that the Siamese is originated in Siam (Thailand). On ancient
paintings one can see an elegant cat, whose ears, paws and tail are dark
coloured, with a mask on its face.
The Seal Point Siamese was
known as the Royal Cat of Siam, because it was found in palaces. It
seems to be well known in the ancient city of Ayudha, the ancient
capital of Siam, founded in 1350 and destroyed by fire during the
Burmese invasion of 1767. "The Cat Book of Poems" (1903 describes Seal
Point Siamese with pale coat, having black tails, feet and ears with
white hair and blue eyes.
An early description of the Seal Point Siamese in 1676 calls the
breed "Vichien Mas" ("diamond mouth") and drawings show an extreme
expression of the colourpoint pattern (dark ears, nose, paws and
whiskers).
In 1884, the departing British Consul, General Gould was given a
Siamese cat by the Siamese king, which he brought to England, and
its progeny were exhibited at Crystal Palace in 1885.
The early Siamese of England and America resemble very little the modern
type of today's Siamese. Those Siamese had a shorter body, round eyes and a
round head, and were called 'apple head'. See the
Siamese breed standard by Harrison
Weir of 1892.
The first champion Siamese,
Wankee, was born in Hong Kong in 1895 and exhibited in 1898.
"The Book of the Cat" of 1903, edited by Frances Simpson, includes
contributions from several breeders of Siamese cats, acknowledging
that also blues, blacks, whites and tabbies existed in Siam, but
states that only the "Royal Siamese" and "Chocolate Siamese" were
recognized in England at that time. The first Siamese fanciers club
was founded in Britain in 1902, at which time they were apparently
variable in type. Early photos show different types, the "compact"
cats and the "lithe" cats.
Breeders in the USA, end of the 1960s, and breeders in Britain
worked with different colours of Siamese-typed cats e.g. ebonies,
reds, chestnuts and lavender. Lynx-points (tabby points) were bred
in Britain. Tabby Point Siamese had been mentioned as early as 1902
in Britain. Between 1944 and 1949, they were bred in Scotland and
known as Silverpoint Siamese. In 1966 the Tabby Point Siamese was
granted recognition by the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF).
During the early 1960s, the
"robust" Siamese lost out to the longer thinner type, and by 1986
the old-style Siamese had vanished from the shows.
In the 1960s a large amount of
Siamese could be admired on American exhibitions, 50 up to 60 cats were
quite usual. This started to change in the 1980s, and today already a class
of 10 Siamese is considered as a large class. |
Temperament
Siamese cats are talkative cats, they can get quite loud sometimes. Females,
which are in heat, and lonely studs can cry with an ear splitting voice. The
Siamese loves to communicate with her owner. They are active cats, who like
to play. If they feel lonely without any playmate, they create one, and
anything will be dedicated to become their playmate. Siamese like to jump
quite high, but they keep their balance between the narrowest things with
great elegance, thus disrupting or disturbing very seldom something.
Siamese are no outdoor cats, they like a cozy warm place - their normal body
temperature is 1°C higher than in other cats. They like to sleep on top of
radiators, the television or the computer, or anything which creates heat.
Siamese love their owners and demand attention and affection, they enjoy
riding on their shoulders or cuddling on their knees, or to cuddle in bed
under a warm blanket.
These extremely intelligent cats make very good companions for people, who
like to have constant companionship. Siamese will follow you, wherever you
go, if you sit down, they will sit on your lap, if you eat, they will sit
besides you on the chair, without being demanding or begging for food, if go
to bed, they will enjoy to sleep in your bed with you. Siamese will be your
friends for a life time. |
| Grooming
Siamese require little grooming. Rubbing their coat with chamois skins will
remove dead hears and will produce a silk-like glistening coat. |
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