Siamese is one of the miniature breeds

2015-07-01 (last modified: 2021-04-12)

by Volodumur Gyzhyi

Before they were brought to Europe, Siamese cats lived in their native Thailand. This cat was a special relic there, it was worshiped in temples, guarded by Reigning laws and was considered sacred. By the way, it was forbidden to export Siamese cats outside Thailand. In the royal family, Siamese cats were very appreciated and used for pagan rituals. Siamese cat is Thailand's beloved character in legends and stories. In ancient times, the feature of the Siamese cat was considered the presence of pinches and nodules on its tail. In fact, it is a sign of degeneracy, crash in the genetic program caused by crossing close relatives. Now, it is considered a defect. A cat of Siamese breed usually accompanied the princess of Thailand while swimming in the river. At the time of washing, precious rings were strung on a long tail of the cat. Accidentally, the cat has lost one of the rings and from that time, the princess decided to tie knots on the tail of a cat. There is a theory about the origin of the breed of Bengal wild cats. Siamese cats, like their wild ancestors, have long gestation - duration - 65 days, in others breeds pregnancy lasts 55-65 days. At the end of the 19th century, a British consul as precious gift imported the Siamese cats to Europe from the King of Siam. These animals were recognized in London. The standard of Siamese cats was established in the first half of the 20th century. Other countries were able to admire their beauty and grace later. Now, there are about 40 varieties of this breed: cream, purple, bronze, black and blue, and other colors are found among one-color variations. Siamese cats have shiny, short hair. Siamese cats have a flexible, elegant, fine boned body, strong, muscular thighs and shoulders. Siamese have convex skull, slightly long wedge-shaped head, slim snout, straight nose, middle chin, perfect body proportions, the fore feet are slightly shorter than hind feet. Footpads and nose are small. The tail is slightly knife-edged at the end, long. Ears are broad, long and pointed. The main feature of the Siamese breed are bright blue and almond-shaped eyes, the eyes are slightly oblique. On the head, the eyes should not be set too far and rollout. Sometimes Siamese cats have a squint. The snout of Siamese is painted in the form of a pretty mask. The main feature of the breed is the last color. The ends of the body have lower temperature and hair growing there contain more dark pigment. The keeping of these cats in low temperature leads to darkening color throughout the body. The character of the Siamese is special. Inherent hot temper, native-born hunting instinct, independence, make these cats pretty stubborn. Despite this, Siamese cats are very fond of its master and loyal to him. They can be jealous of other pets. They sense all changes of mood of the master and they are distrustful of strangers. They say the Siamese can attack even their masters, but this is not true - on love and affection, they will respond in kind. They love to play, love attention and calmly tolerate the loneliness. Try, if possible, to pay attention to your pet, talk and play with it. Occasionally, cats will give voice, do not agree with you, because they are freedom loving and independent. Siamese longhaired and Balinese cats are the result of crossbreeding different kinds of Siam. Balinese cats have a strong, lean body, the head is wedge-shaped, eyes are bright blue, in any case, not oblique. Balinese cats have no undercoat, it is easy to take care of it. Balinese cat by nature is more balanced and calmer than ordinary Siamese cat. Many admirers of Siamese cats will love this breed, with fluffy hair and a sweet character.