In this forum, members can ask any questions that specifically relate to the Burmese Breed of cat.

Answers and additional information can be provided by those who have specialist knowledge in the area.

My cat is a 5 year old Blue female. My question is about eye colour....
Up to a year ago, her eyes were a deep gold, but I´ve noticed that now they are much greener. The change has been gradual.

Is this normal? I don´t care about any qualities that relate to "show cats" (I think gold eyes are "correct" for the breed)... I´m just interested, and would like to know if this is normal.

I her green eyes!

Hi Matilda, & what beautiful green eye´s you have, I them too.

Your eye´s are absolutely normal gorgeous girl,
Burmese can have any eye colour except blue, gold is the most common but blue coloured burmese often have green eyes or change to green. Alot of our guests at work often come in as kittens with gold eye´s and then as they mature they change gradually to green, then by adulthood they are completely green.

Hi Guys, I was wondering if anyone had some advice on cat biting? I think I´ve taught Harry to bite me - he does it a lot more than he used to and now I don´t know how to make him stop! He bites me on the face quite often when we are having a cuddle. I don´t think it is aggressive - one friend suggested it was a dominance or ownership issue. He will actually put his paws on both sides of my face and pull my head towards his mouth as he bites me. He´s never really hurt me, but I hate him doing it. I don´t want to just put him down and ignore him because I don´t want him to start thinking he just has to bite someone if he wants to be put down - and I´m pretty sure he doesn´t do it for that reason anyway. He always seems quite happy and contented when I´m cuddling him - he gets the urge to bite. I´m thinking about getting a water pistol to see if that works. If it is a power thing, how do I get him to understand that I am the boss and it´s not ok to bite me? Thanks Guys..

Oh Harry, what are you doing to you Mummy, you must really love her.
Your friend was right it is a dominace thing, if he does love to be cuddled I would just put him down (not even put him down, maybe push him off) as then he might realise he´s not going to get any attention or cuddles with bad behaviour.

How old was Harry when you got him from the RSPCA?
Something could have happened to him as a kitten for him to do this.

Please give your Mummy kisses instead of bites Harrison....

I have the same problem with Philly biting! Its good to see I´m not alone and got some advice to stop it.
Jess.

Well Guys, Mummy bought me a very special present today - a spray water bottle! Would you believe she´s started spraying me with water (which I hate!) whenever I try and bite her face? After only four squirts this afternoon I´ve learned very quickly that biting only leads to that nasty spray of water. Might have to rethink that whole ´I´m the king of the castle´ thing.

Ps. Mummy got me from the RSPCA on the 1st of September last year and I was 7 years old at the time. I think Mummy has taught me to bite though, cause we like to play and wrestle and I didn´t really bite when Mummy first got me.

That´s a great tip Woolen. I might give that a go, even though I´m going to miss wrestling with Philly!

Hello all you beautiful burmese babies!!!

It´s not a good idea to wrestle or play rough with your kitty as this does have a huge impact on your kitty being aggressive, believe me all the cats that come to work and have been rough played with like a tiger all have an aggressive play streak in them (I also have one at home ´Mack´ not burmese though who my husband rough played with as a kitten now he is very rough at playtime and attacks my 4 year old son Lochlan just to play, we found Mack in our swimming pool at age 6 weeks when Locky was 10 weeks old, so they have grown up together).
****Try making a toy & string attached to a stick, so hands can be removed out of the picture all together and always reward good behaviour with possitive talk & maybe some treats.

Why do they call Burmese "dog cats? My burmese retrieves and walks very happily on a harness. She is also very attentive and bonded to me... Is this the reason?

Morning beautiful Matilda, yes that is the reason, they do love to chase things like a dog and bring them back, they love to carry things in their mouth, love to roll over onto their backs for a tummy rub and are very people orientated.
Another saying is ´You never own a Burmese, they own you!´ & also ´If you go Burmese, you never go back!´

Sorry, but another question:

My cat is 5. She came from a small litter of only 2 females. She has been only with me since I got her as a kitten, and is very bonded.

I give her a lot of attention, but would like to get her a little feline friend. If I was to get a burmese female kitten, what are the chances that she would accept the new arrival?

I would give her extra special attention at the time, to try to make sure she knows the kitten isn´t replacing her, but rather, a little friend for her.

I really think she would be fine and really loving to a new little kitten, it´s so much easier introducing a baby kitten than an adult cat.

Our cat Mack (he isn´t the friendliest of cats) was 3 when we got our two burmese babies Minoosh & Phoenix and he´s fine with them , he even joins in the racing games every day and not once have we had a cat fight of any description, Mack & Phoenix snuggle together too sometimes.
We are one big happy family!

My theory is ´the only thing better than owning a burmese cat is owning two or more´

If you are looking for a burmese kitten, just cat mail me!

My little boy has become more noisey as he gets older. He´s not desexed and I was wondering if we got him desexed it would make him more quiet. I´m just scared that he wont be the same Philly if he gets the chop.

No, he probably won´t be the same... he will be a little quieter, less subject to agression when he is older, and probably more settled and happy with not having to deal with the mating drive issues....

BUT... he will be just as lovable and playful!

Give him the chop! He will be a new little man because of it!!!!

I have a question about my "burmese" Shakespeare. We bought him out of the newspaper in december last yr and he was 8 weeks old and on his papers he is a "lilac torti" which i wanted as my 2 girls are tortis so i thought it would be cute if i had all three as tortis. The people had the mum and i have no doubts that she is a burmese but now that shakes has been getting tabby markings on him (he even has the ´m´ on his forehead) I am starting to think that maybe he isnt full burmese. That wont bother me as he has the burmese personality and eyes and we were never planning on breeding or showing him but i guess id feel slightly ripped off as i paid a lot of money 4 what i believed to be a full burmese, dont get me wrong shakes is totally worth every cent we payed and more but the point of this post is to try to find out what other people think, is it normal for a burmese to have tabby markings? Feel free to look at his photos and tell me what u think
Thanks everyone marissa and Shakespeare

I have a question about my "burmese" Shakespeare. We bought him out of the newspaper in december last yr and he was 8 weeks old and on his papers he is a "lilac torti" which i wanted as my 2 girls are tortis so i thought it would be cute if i had all three as tortis. The people had the mum and i have no doubts that she is a burmese but now that shakes has been getting tabby markings on him (he even has the ´m´ on his forehead) I am starting to think that maybe he isnt full burmese. That wont bother me as he has the burmese personality and eyes and we were never planning on breeding or showing him but i guess id feel slightly ripped off as i paid a lot of money 4 what i believed to be a full burmese, dont get me wrong shakes is totally worth every cent we payed and more but the point of this post is to try to find out what other people think, is it normal for a burmese to have tabby markings? Feel free to look at his photos and tell me what u think
Thanks everyone marissa and Shakespeare
Hi mollybellashakes, your shakes is just absolutely gorgeous, the burmese breed only has solid pure colours like brown, blue, lilac, champagne, red, cream, torti, (they are not supposed tabby markings of any kind), maybe a stray snuck in at the breeders, as a litter of kittens can have different fathers.
He is so sweet though!!!

Torti burmese are like my avatar picture, she is a champagne torti.

Mollybellashakes, your boy Shakespeare is really beautiful! He has the sweet face and features of a Burmese... I think the slightly unusual markings (maybe a tiny bit of tabby?) make him look unique and extra special.

I´d say he´s mostly Burmese, and while you may not have got exactly what you paid for if you were buying a purebred cat, I think you were really lucky with him because he is so lovely! He´s sort of the best of both worlds - he looks enough like a Burmese if you love the breed, but he has a point of difference that makes him stand out.

If Matilda had a slight bit of tabby in her, I would have been delighted! I didn´t get her to show or breed, I just wanted a nice natured, intelligent cat that would adapt well to an indoor lifestyle.

Thanks 4 that guys. I didnt think his tabby markings were typical of burmese cats but he has the intellegence and personality (and the very loud meow) that comes with the burmese breed so we´re very happy to have him! He is a wonderful member of our family We never wanted to breed or show him so him not being pedigree or pure bred isnt a problem I was just curious what other burmese owners thought. Thanku 4 ur comments
Love and purrs from Shakespeare and Marissa