Re: [CH] Down, but not out

gregor@monmouth.com
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 13:47:49 EST 

FWIW...
When I was growing up, my family had a black female Burmese that lived to 
be about 23 years old. My mother was working for a vet back in the mid 
1950s when the kitten was brought into be put sleep. It seems that 
although the kitten was a pure bred show cat, it was a color (recessive 
genes) that was unacceptable to cat association and so had to be distroyed 
so that it wouldn't breed. My mother protested to the vet who later 
relented and gave her the kitten on the condition that it be neutered.
So, your cat may very well be a Burmese. It may just not be a Burmese by 
the cat association's pedigree stantards.


> 
> I got a real good luck charm two and a half weeks ago.
> 
> A tiny kitten, with a collar, was found by my sister.  An intensive 
search
> for his owners turned up nothing.  He is now ours.  He is black with a
> really lovely, unusual face shape.  Like no other cat we've had before -
> common tabbies, ordinary housecats, a British Blue and two Maine Coons.
> Several people said he is an oriental type cat, with that long and 
elegant
> profile.  So I looked at various oriental cats that have black fur and
> green rimmed iris'.  There is the Burmese and Korat.  However, the 
Burmese
> has chocolate undertones, and the Birman, Balinese and Malayan do not 
come
> in black.
> 
> The Korat does.  They have a no-shed fur.  So does this little fella.
> Their eyes turn green in about 2 - 3 years.  Is his base color silver, 
and
> the hairs silver tipped, creating a silver sheen and aura?  Yes.  Babies
> have a green rim about the iris.  Yes, he sure does have that.  He has
> faint tabby stripes so one relative somewhere was an ordinary housecat.
> Korats are rare.  They are the royal cat of Thailand.  They are usually
> given as gifts to ensure the receiver good luck.  Frequently, a girl and
> boy cat couple are given to newlyweds as a good luck charm for the 
couple.
> The earliest records of the breed date from the 1300'as and they are
> unchanged from that time.
> 
> So maybe I got myself a little good luck?
> 
> Karen
> 
> 
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