Balinese or
Javanese and why you should own one.
Take one Siamese cat ...
add one ermine coat ...
instant Balinese!
It is generally accepted that the breed originated as a spontaneous longhaired mutation of the Siamese cat. Apparently, Mother Nature decided that the already glorious Siamese could be made even more glorious by adding the long flowing coat to the svelte body lines of this graceful oriental beauty. Coat length is the only difference between the Siamese and the Balinese.
Although it is probable that occasional longhaired kittens had been turning up in pedigreed Siamese litters long before they attracted the interest of a few imaginative breeders, no serious effort was made to promote the longhairs as a new breed until the 1940’s. (Copyright, © 1997 - 2005 Balinese BAC.)
What’s so great about Balinese cats!
Balinese owners believe that their cats are amongst the most graceful and majestic of all the pedigree breeds
Ask someone owned by one of these gorgeous felines why they are so special, and you get a glowing monologue that ends only when the speaker is exhausted. Under the silky ermine coat they wear is this proud, beautiful cat that is all Siamese, and that includes the personality. Despite the aristocratic appearance, they are clowns with a hearts as big as a jumbo jet. To gain an insight into the level of intelligence, you have only to gaze into their eyes which sparkle with alertness and healthy curiosity. While being every bit as demonstrative and affectionate, they are more of a muted volume but just as vocal as any Siamese.
Balinese and their Oriental counterparts and the Variant
Short-haired Balinese, known as Siamese who may or may not carry the longhair gene may also be seen as breeders have constantly bred back to top quality Siamese to improve the type and eye colour of Balinese. Kittens resulting from mating a Balinese to a Siamese have a short, plush coat and are known as Variants. They are invaluable in a Balinese breeding program as they carry the recessive long hair gene which they pass on when mated back to a long-haired Balinese or another Variant. And the same pattern of breeding is used with the Oriental which gives us the Javanese.
The Javanese has the same colour patterns as the Oriental cats in the same way as the Balinese is the same as the Siamese.
Javanese and why you should own one.
Take one Siamese cat ...
add one ermine coat ...
instant Balinese!
It is generally accepted that the breed originated as a spontaneous longhaired mutation of the Siamese cat. Apparently, Mother Nature decided that the already glorious Siamese could be made even more glorious by adding the long flowing coat to the svelte body lines of this graceful oriental beauty. Coat length is the only difference between the Siamese and the Balinese.
Although it is probable that occasional longhaired kittens had been turning up in pedigreed Siamese litters long before they attracted the interest of a few imaginative breeders, no serious effort was made to promote the longhairs as a new breed until the 1940’s. (Copyright, © 1997 - 2005 Balinese BAC.)
What’s so great about Balinese cats!
Balinese owners believe that their cats are amongst the most graceful and majestic of all the pedigree breeds
Ask someone owned by one of these gorgeous felines why they are so special, and you get a glowing monologue that ends only when the speaker is exhausted. Under the silky ermine coat they wear is this proud, beautiful cat that is all Siamese, and that includes the personality. Despite the aristocratic appearance, they are clowns with a hearts as big as a jumbo jet. To gain an insight into the level of intelligence, you have only to gaze into their eyes which sparkle with alertness and healthy curiosity. While being every bit as demonstrative and affectionate, they are more of a muted volume but just as vocal as any Siamese.
Balinese and their Oriental counterparts and the Variant
Short-haired Balinese, known as Siamese who may or may not carry the longhair gene may also be seen as breeders have constantly bred back to top quality Siamese to improve the type and eye colour of Balinese. Kittens resulting from mating a Balinese to a Siamese have a short, plush coat and are known as Variants. They are invaluable in a Balinese breeding program as they carry the recessive long hair gene which they pass on when mated back to a long-haired Balinese or another Variant. And the same pattern of breeding is used with the Oriental which gives us the Javanese.
The Javanese has the same colour patterns as the Oriental cats in the same way as the Balinese is the same as the Siamese.
On the left we have BhaliHi Kanard Tanah son of BhaliHi Jing Mei a beautiful Cinnamon Pt Balinese showing the distinctive plume that is the feature of the Balinese and Javanese breed while on the right we have BhaliHi Mabeob Sonyeo a Javanese Tortie Lynx the daughter of ChTempleton Kiwi Boy
