The Burmillas
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For those of you who are interested a 'Self' cat  colour is a solid colour with no Agouti (colour banding on the hair shaft ). That banding can be in Silver or the recessive Golden as in the classic tabby. Sometimes a cat can have the silvering without the Agouti gene and is a smoke. Presumably this can happen with the golden as well, although we haven't identified it.
A Self cat can be "Full Expression" or "Burmese restriction". "Burmese restriction" is a "Pointing" gene that that renders the normally black hair colour manufacture, temperature sensitive, so that brown is produced and is evidenced by the darker brown colour on the ears and tail. The Siamese restriction of this pointing gene has a stronger effect so that the body colour is almost cream.
A Full Expression self cat is a Black cat (see below) or its recessive dilute (Maltesed gene) form giving a very deep Blue sometimes called Indigo. Full Expression in a self cat is identified by back stroking the fur and seeing no change or lessening in the colour along the hair shaft as it gets closer to the body of the cat.
Of course if a cat is "Full Expression", and not self, but silvered or smoked it then gets tough to correctly call the pattern as the hair is silvered near the body and the back stroking test is not valid. Smoking and Burmese restriction can be very hard to differentiate.
 
  Findus..Layla..Midnite.. Adonis..Paradox..Silver Phoenix..Bella Donna..Godiva..Oprah.. Ladyin Lavender
 

.	Manillas Findus of Horizons Findus(fin- -dus)comes to us from Maiken Mortensen of Manillas in Denmark via our friend Annemette Jørgensen. He is a Sable Shaded Silver short hair Burmilla male dob 24 Oct 2005. His pedigree is posted.  The reader will note there are no Burmese and no repeats in the 5 generation pedigree, we are very pleased. Thank you all. He is tipped We see the gene profile as [( )  indicates probable] A/(A). B/(B). cb/cb D/(D). I/(I). L/(L). o/x. Ta/ (Ta) Wb/(Wb) and swb/swb. We see this as our opportunity to prove the swb gene conjecture. top photo Mar 06 bottom two Jan 07 with Lavina 6 kittens 1 Champagne smoke M 1 Champagne tipped silver M  - - H. Romulus of Bes 1 Sable tipped silver --Adonis 1 Champagne Golden Shaded M 1 Champagne Golden Shaded F 1 Champagne Golden Ticked F  with Layla 5 kittens 1 Black ticked golden 1 Black ticked silver  (possible smoke) F 1 Black shaded silver 1 Champagne shaded silver (possible smoke) 1 Full expression Brown (Havanna) M (We Think) Burmilla Kittens  Born Jan 22 '08 to Layla  (Black  F + Burmilla female) 1 black smoke male 1 Black golden ticked male
	Horizons Layla (The magic of the night) A Black female,  sometimes call Bombay or Ebony,  F + Burmilla  born Oct 1 05 to Soliloquay (full expression LH Sable Tortie F3 Burmilla) x Constitution  (Sable European Burmese male) Photo Feb 06 and she is at the back with her littermates. gene profile ( )=probable a/a. B/-. C/cb. D/-. (I/-) . L/l. o/o. (Ta/Ta), (Wb/wb) (Swb/Swb) not the best photo The reader will note the unique colour  black but with a brown highlight that can be seen in the sun - thus our preference for the "Ebony " descriptor.   at  6 weeks First litter with Findus 1 Black ticked golden 1 Black  smoke) M 1 Black shaded silver F 1 Sable shaded silver  (Godiva) 1 Full expression Brown smoke (Havanna) M 2nd litter Burmilla Kittens  Born Jan 22 '08 to Layla  (Black  F + Burmilla female)XCh Findus  ( Sable Shaded Silver short hair Burmilla male) 1 black smoke male 1 Black golden ticked male
	Horizons Midnite Black F4 Burmilla male born  April 17 06 Soliloquay (full expression LH Sable Tortie F3 X  Constitution  (Sable European Burmese male)  LH carrier  photos Mar 07   Burmilla Kittens Born Dec 22 07 to the boy and Cloud ( sable LH ) F3 Burmilla 1 Black/ Ebony male shorthair 1  Indigo/ full express blue male longhair 2 Champagne Lh females 2 Sable males 1 might be Lh
	Supreme Master Gd Ch Horizons Adonis  born  Aug 11 06 to   Lavina platinum /golden ticked Burmilla X Findus  ( Sable Shaded Silver short hair Burmilla)   1 Sable tipped silver M  PhotosNov 06 and March 07 Adonis has  had a very good show year often placing in the top 5. He is very personable. He is on loan to Sheoci cattery and has bred twice.
	Horizons Paradox 1 Sable Smoked Male  born Aug 14 06  to Karma (Champagne shaded silver ) F3 Burmilla X  Pluvius SH sable shaded male SH  F + Burmilla photo at 8 weeks  center below photos Mar 07 at 8 months. Paradox is the last of our silver based English lines and he is a smoke  - -so we will learn a lot about smokes. He is powerfully built and gives a lot of love. he has been bred once sucessfully.
	Horizons Silver Phoenix a silver tipped Burmilla male born July 10 02 to Horizons  Medusa  (Red Tipped Silver F3 female) and Mapleleaf (Red European  F+Burmese) This massive boy came back to us "whole" by very good luck. Burmilla kittens born 11 May 08 to Bes Lilac Sweetheart of Horizons "Sweety"  lilac European Burmese X Silver Phoenix (Red tipped silver) Burmilla 4 ticked tabbies +2 others This is interesting the kittens are clearly tabbies - agouti and silver as well. It is impossible to tell by looking at Phoenix , his mother Medusa, or both her parents Aurora or (Far) Horizon we know Far was Agouti therefor Medusa had to be Agouti.
	Horizons Bella Donna golden platinum shaded tortie Burmilla female born June 10 /07 to   Lavina  platinum /golden ticked Burmilla X Commander  Cream European Burmese 1 golden platinum shaded tortie female
mar 08	Horizons Godiva Sable tipped  silver  Burmilla female  born March 8 2007 Layla  (Black  F + Burmilla) X Findus  ( Sable Shaded Silver short hair Burmilla)      -this colour took 4 weeks to develop  and identify
. mar08	Horizons Oprah A (Black) Golden Ticked female Burmilla born 3 May 2007  from Coventry  a Chocolate (Champagne) European Burmese and sire Catsland Elliot a (Black tipped) Chinchilla Persian. Elliot is a North American bred CCA registered Chinchilla Persian. His pedigree is posted with his picture. Oprah is the first of a unique Burmilla line from a foundation of European Burmese and North American Chinchilla Persian cats.
	Horizons Ladyin Lavender Platinum/Lilac longhair Burmilla female born June 26 /07  from Cloud ( sable LH ) F3 Burmilla X Findus  ( Sable Shaded Silver short hair Burmilla)