In ancient times, Thailand was called Siam. That's why one of the most famous breeds of cats, which originated there about six hundred years ago, is called Siamese. In appearance, these animals are very similar to Bengal cats , which, most likely, were their ancestors. The history of the Siamese cat breed is quite interesting.
For the first time they are mentioned in the ancient treatise "The Book of Poems about Cats," written in beautiful poems. Once King Siam gave a pair of furry animals to the British General Gould, who took them to England. The couple Phoe and Mia were the first Siamese cats to see Europe. In 1884, the English consul brought a Siamese cat to London, and in 1902 a club of fans of this breed arose in England.
Siamese cat - description of the breed
This animal has a flexible tubular body, a wedge-shaped head, beautiful almond eyes, which have a distinctive bright blue color. Their hair is short, the undercoat is missing. The tail is long, beautiful and delicate. Kittens are born white, but after a few days they begin to darken.
Now there are three main varieties of Siamese cats - traditional Siamese (Thai), classical, modern. They differ slightly in weight, physique and shape of the head. But all of them have one common feature - magical sapphire eyes. In addition, there are as many as 18 varieties of acromelanic coat color in Siamese cats (the main color is different from the color of the muzzle, ears, legs and tail). There are animals with a corpus of ivory, snow-white, blue, apricot, cream and with another interesting shade of wool.
Care for Siamese cats
They are rumored about, many of which are completely untrue. Most of these animals are complaisant and quickly become attached to the owner. With dogs and other animals they easily make friends, but they always prefer to be in company with their mistress. Training they succumb quite easily and remember the team. They are pretty smart, they can show offense. Children are treated well by the Siamese, instead of scratching or biting, they will prefer to escape and escape from the hands of the baby.