Siamese

  In 1793 a German traveller reported to have seen a cat with darker ends, like those of the Siamese, to the west of the Caspian Sea, but we ignored when they appeared those for the first time of this type in Europe.

For 1871 they were already exhibited in the Crystal Palace of London, but there is registry of the first no exports of cats from the Thailander cut, where been they had established by centuries, but until 1884.

Paintings of the Thailander archives as resulting from show esbeltos cats with dark points very limited - such time the climate. To the density of the coat of the Siamese the climate affects so much to him as the age, but an originating illustration of the region of the Caspian one presents/displays a heavy animal, and the exhibition cats were at the outset much more corpulentos that the modern Siamese.

A continuous change has occurred towards a more agile animal, so those that we know
now they are extremely light.

The old Siamese frequently had also a cross-eyed torsion in the tail and eyes, but these a long time ago they were excluded from the race and they can consider imperfections. Nevertheless, a high proportion of original Asian cats of the Southeast still has twisted tails.

The Siamese must be a medium cat, balance, of long lines, esbeltas, agile and muscular.
The effect of the gene albino to remove the color of the warmest parts of the body, being restricted the darkest areas to the ends, which must appear in clear resistance in legs, tail, ears and a face mask.

The Siamese has the reputation of being a friendly, intelligent companion, parlanchín that can demand much attention. Often he has a strong voice and an insistent reclamation that some people seems to them annoying.
The Siamese cats used to take part from the funerales of the Thailander kings. It was placed them within the tomb of the monarch and when they left by an orifice left for such intention, one said that the soul of the king had entered the cat as it leaves from his trip for the following life.

Body: Of medium stature, long and esbelto; the back legs more slightly elevated than the advantages; small and oval claws; long tail and narrowing itself towards the end.

Head: It releases and well proportionate on an elegant neck, the head and the profile in wedge form; the ears raised enough, great and wide in the base.

Eyes: Almendrados of Eastern type, distanced to each other. They always must be blue and if he is more intense better.

Coat: Short, of pleasant and bright texture, patch to the body.

Colors: General pattern of clear color in the body and dark extremities. Point seal, blue, chocolate and lila. Reddish, cream, tortie, point atigrado in these colors.

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