Color options for Thai cats

The first mention of Thai cats was more than six centuries ago. In the palaces of Siam lived divinely beautiful animals - blue-eyed, graceful, brightly colored. It was believed that the Thai cats are not afraid of the bites of rats, because their skin had very few nerve endings, it was strong and elastic. In addition, the capillaries of this breed are located far from the surface of the skin, so the probability of infection with a bite or injury is small.

The ruler of Siam strictly monitored to ensure that the sacred cats did not leave the country. But still, once, the British Consul received a gift of two opposite-sex Thai kittens as a sign of special favor and gratitude. So the breed came to Europe and very quickly became extremely popular. As for Russia, Thai cats gained recognition at the end of the last century.

The characteristic features of the color of the representatives of the breed are:

• the contrast of colors on one animal;
• a large number of possible colors;
• unusual shades;
• the presence of a dark "mask" on the face.

How the cat will color depends on genetics. When looking at a newborn kitten, it is difficult to say which tail it will have, as the color will appear with its growth. The breed is known for flowering - this means that kittens are born white, and later spots appear on them. Adult cats can completely darken.

The body of a Thai cat is always lighter than the legs, face and tail. And the color depends on the conditions in which the cat is contained, and what it eats. If there are a lot of offal and seafood in the Thai diet, then it darkens a couple of tones over time. The same effect will be achieved if the cat lives on the street and in the cool.

All members of the breed have sky-blue eyes, this feature appears from the moment of birth. Other shades of eyes are unacceptable, as well as blotches of other shades on blue eyes.

By nature, Thai cats are very mobile, curious, playful, funny. They are good at thinking and easy to learn, they love to play with the owner, they often draw the whole family into their entertainment.. They have excellent intuition and easily find the “key” to the heart of each family member. They are everyone's favorites.

Kittens are very curious.. They need to climb literally into every corner, but at the same time not lose sight of the owner. They love to play with packages. Growing up, they begin to gnaw the wires, so you need to take care that it is not available to them. This is due to the fact that the teeth itch, and the wires do it very conveniently.

When starting a pet house - a Thai kitten, you need to check the dwelling for safety. Windows should not be open, chemicals, tablets, needles and threads in the public domain should not be the same as polyethylene glass. The washing machine should be tightly closed. Screaming at the kitten, if he did something forbidden, do not need it, it will only scare him. You need to calmly show him that you are unhappy and switch his attention to a toy or a claw stick.

The color of Thai cats is characterized by a large number of species.

Classic shades are considered several options.

• Color-point - a typical Siamese color that everyone knows. The hair on the body of the cat is white, and the muzzle, paws and tail are either dark brown or black.

• For seal point a creamy body is characteristic, and the points of the points are brown. This is also a common color.

• Chocolate point - This is a combination of shades of baked milk on the body, ears, head, paws and tail are darker for a couple of tones. The back may be stained or stained with chocolate. Color chocolate point is interesting because the darkening of these cats does not affect, they retain the contrast, which is originally, for life.

• For color blue point characterized by a cold white wool with a tint in blue on the body. Ears, base of muzzle, paws and tail are either light or dark gray. The color of the blue point is characterized by a smoky blue color range.

• Cream point - These are animals of a dairy or beige color with cream or pink spots. The area of ​​the muzzle, ears, paws and tail are painted more intensely.

• Red point - This is a pink color, and spots, points - reddish. The point in the red tone is much less common, which is why it is difficult to make a description of the character and habits of a cat with such color.

• Tortie point - as the name implies, this type of color is tortoise. The basic colors are cream and pink. Tortie is one of the rarest tricolor types of color primarily because there are no repetitions of colors, each of them is individual and unique. In addition, throughout the life of the animal color changes.

• Lilac point - one of the rare colors, it is characterized by soft and smooth transitions semitones. The colors are very delicate, pastel-beige, and cats with this color are very beautiful.

• For color frost point characterized by warm tones of magnolia. Places marking painted gray-pink. Frost-point cats are brighter than all other colors.

• Tabby (tabby point) - color stripes. Americans call this lynx point coloring. The strips are well defined. On the forehead clearly visible mark in the form of the letter M, at the base of the mustache - points, and the eyes and nose circled in black or dark brown. Shades are different - from light cream to dark brown.

Coloring tabby point has several varieties. They are all striped, they just differ in the color of the bands:

• have a power tabby point black color;

• Blue Tabby Point has a gray-blue;

• milk chocolate bars are characteristic for chocolate tabby point;

• orange tabby point, respectively, orange.

The color of the front paws is “broken rings”, and they also decorated the hips. Hind legs - dark monophonic. Ears with a “thumbprint” - a bright spot outside. The tail is also painted with broken rings. The nose is pink with a stroke of the color of the main color. Paw pads are marking colors.

Breed lovers very actively continue to develop it. As a result of crossing, more and more exotic colors appear. Cats of the breed carry the recessive gene, therefore another breed with respect to it is always the carrier of the dominant gene. "Thai" genetics manifests itself only when both the cat and the cat belong to this breed.

The removal of the Neva Masquerade Point happened after the crossing of Thai animals with a Siberian cat.Since there was a mixture of breeds, the wool has changed at a qualitative level - the appearance of the undercoat, as well as the elongation of the hair to medium.

Consider a few more rare colors, in addition to those listed in the section above.

• Cinnamon Point - With marks of cinnamon. In this color the contrast of warm and cold tones looks very impressive.

• Caramel point - a gentle, warm shade of caramel, brownish-gray. Strips are not considered a defect, but undesirable.

• Fawn Point - these Thais have pastel-pink markings, and their body is pale-lilac. This coloring reminds Japanese watercolor.

• Gray-brown point - very contrasting. On a snow-white base, there are clear marks with a base brown-gray color and a pinkish or purple tint.

Defects of the breed are considered dark wool in the abdomen, the absence of any point, no blue eyes, white markings, as well as various stains on the body. In addition, even if the eyes are blue with patches of a different color, it is still considered a defect. The most valuable are animals with reddish and red shades of a point and tortoiseshell cats, regardless of their color range.

To date, felinologists are working in the field of other tabby-colors, most likely, new colors of Thai cats are waiting for us there.

English and Dutch breeders are working to bring out colors ericot point and silver point. But today, these colors have not been recognized, since their appearance occurs spontaneously, for an unknown reason.

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