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.
 
  Bella Donna.. Ladyin Lavender.. Hector...Olympia ..Kaminari ..Mimi..Lindsay..Juno..Cleopatra..Moonstruck...
 

	Horizons  Gd Ch Bella Donna golden platinum shaded tortie Burmilla female born June 10 /07 to   Lavina  platinum /golden ticked Burmilla X Commander  Cream European Burmese  very difficult to see the platinum in these photos first litter with  Stirling single kitten second litter Burmilla kittens born Oct 3 2009 to Bella Donna (golden platinum shaded tortie  Burmilla )X Amrit Champagne Burmilla  - - a precocious ardent young male who suceeded in leaving his mark. 1 red male 1 champagne smoke male 1 champagne tortie smke 1 champagne shaded silver tortie (Moonstruck)
	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) Burmilla kittens born 27 May 09 to Ladyin Lavender(Platinum/Lilac sh Burmilla female) x Hector  Sable shaded silver sh Burmilla male  one bluebaby 1 LH blue golden ticked male 1 champagne smoke (?) female 1 champagne shaded silver female 1 sable self male
.	Horizons Hector Black shaded silver  Burmilla male  born 11 May 08 to Bes Lilac Sweetheart. of Horizons "Sweety"  lilac European Burmese X Silver Phoenix (Red tipped silver) Burmilla top photo Aug 08 then nov 08 we expect his face to square up when the hormones cut in-- see Adonis A determination of colour based on paw pads - -  Jan17'09 .. Above are photos of Hector and Fokker's paw pads dirty, scrubbed, back and front. The front pair showed a greater diff. in colour. Fokker is a sable Burmese. The photos are untouched and are a large file so that any reader can download and expand the file. Both boys are of similar age. Based on these results we believe Hector to be a genetic black cat. He is therefore not Sable as  originally noted and this changes the colour genetics of his sire Silver Phoenix. 5 Burmilla kittens born 27 May 09 to Ladyin Lavender(Platinum/Lilac sh Burmilla female) x Hector  Sable shaded silver sh Burmilla male 1 LH blue golden ticked male 1 champagne smoke (?) female 1 champagne shaded silver female 1 sable self male
photo may 09	Horizons Olympia a Black shaded female Burmilla born 17 Oct '08  to Oprah A (Black) Golden Ticked  F1 Burmilla X Paradox  Sable Smoked Male Burmilla - Burmilla a Black shaded female Burmilla kittens born Dec 14 "09 to with X Ch F indus  ( Sable Shaded Silver short hair Burmilla) 1 Black shaded silver male (we will keep) 2 champagne shaded silver males 1 black golden ticked male
	Bes Kaminari  of  Horizons a Sable shaded Tortie female Burmilla born dec 13 2008 from Horizons Silver Phoenix and Bes Sekmet Nefret the tortie paw photo Oct 09
	Mimosa  Mimi of Horizons born a sable smoke tortie female Burmilla from Adonis X Kiri who is herself from Findus and  Stella photo Oct 09 dec 09
oct 09 dec 09 dec 09	Mimosa Lindsay of Horizons a silver shaded female Burmilla brn July 07'09 from Adonis X Kiri  who is herself from Findus and  Stella
	Juno Platinum golden shaded female (Caramel)  Burmilla  born  27 May 09 to Ladyin Lavender(Platinum/Lilac sh Burmilla female) x Hector  Black shaded silver sh Burmilla male 1 p photo Oct 09
dec '09	Cleopatra  sable smoke tortie female  Burmilla born 31 May 2009 to Conestoga  A (Champagne tortie European Burmese) X Findus  ( Sable Shaded Silver short hair Burmilla) photo Oct 09
dec '09	Horizons Moonstruck Sable shaded silver female Burmilla born Oct 3 2009 to Bella Donna (golden platinum shaded tortie  Burmilla )X Amrit (Champagne Burmilla)  - - a precocious ardent young male who suceeded in leaving his mark.  possible carring LH