What affects us affects cats
by Michael (London, UK) Beautiful, healthy sable American Burmese cat – photo by michaelbennett (Flickr) This concerns a research paper on the subject of the over representation of Burmese cats in Queensland, Australia, with diabetes mellitus. The abstract, publishers and authors can be seen on this page (link to site broken 2012). This is …
Burmese Or Asian Purebred Cats? by Jackie (Spain) Murphy, Mistral and Slick I have to tread very carefully here, but I want to place this experience anyway, as I would like to hear some opinions. When I set out to find a Burmese kitten 2years ago, I found a lilac boy (which I wanted) …
by Sharna (Australia) Hi, I own a beautiful cat named Opal, she’s a 2nd generation new breed of cat that was developed by breeding the Burmese with the Russian blue. The problem is I can’t recall the name of the breed, I’d ask the breeders but I don’t have any contacts and can’t afford …
by C. Kennie (Kingston, Ont., Canada) American Burmese Cat Candido – this is a photo added by Michael (Admin) – photo copyright Helmi Flick I fell in love with my first sable Burmese kitten. She was bred by Wendy Fulton in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I had to choose between 6 kittens. As soon as …
I like to think that Burmese cat names should be Burmese human names that can be adapted – why? Well, we use human western style names for cats sometimes but often they are names that just sound good or have a suitable meaning. I think the sound of the name comes first and its …
BREED CATS FOR HEALTH! by Ruby (NYC) Lilac Burmese cat – Photo by deeleea – this photo was uploaded by Michael (Admin) to illustrate the breed only. There is no connection to the article. My first Burmese was a cat from the Sangazure line. A tiny contemporary Burmese with a personality that was like …
by Erica Head (Halifax, Nova Scotia) My mother, who lives in southern England, has two Burmese cats, one brown and one blue, who are brothers. They have had long and more-or-less healthy lives, with free rein to go in and out at will (she lives in the country). They are now 16 years old, …
