Balinese cat

Introduction:

The Balinese cat breed is the domestic cat and very lovely cat. It has long hair and soo amazing cat. Long hair Balinese cat with Siamese style point cat coloration and blue eyes. Balinese cat breed is also known as the purebred long hair Siamese cat.

Some cat has the short haired counter parts and genetic distribution is made between old style and modern body types. Balinese cat breed has the different colour of hair. In American standard, colour variants derived from colour point short hair and known as the Javanese. 

There is no connection between these cat and Indonesian island of bali and java.

History and development:

Balinese cat is not actually from bali or any part of Indonesian cat. Its history begins from first Siamese cat that is imported from Thailand to US to UK.

Balinese cat breed originated from deliberate breeding efforts based around this naturally expressed in genetic trait. Long haired kitten in Siamese litters were considered a fault in a bloodlines and sold exclusively as pet. Long haired cat Siamese was first register in 1928.

Sylvia Holland's Balinese kittens circa 1971:

A breeder named Sylvia Holland worked to further establish the breed standard in the 1960s and 1970s. She recognized only cats showing the classic Siamese points in seal, chocolate, blue and lilac as true Balinese refusing to accept others on the grounds that they had likely originated from crosses with other breeds. The American Cat Fanciers' Association had meanwhile officially classified Siamese with the newer red and cream as well as lynx.

Patterned points as a separate breed, the Color point Shorthair, and the long-haired cats derived from these colors and patterns.

Like their Siamese ancestors the Balinese gradually split into two separate varieties based on physical type. As the parent short-haired Siamese gained in popularity a trend developed in favor of a more extremely elongated and slender type with a distinctively wedge-shaped head.

Appearance:

The two types of Balinese are still analogous to their Siamese counterparts. While both are relatively slender, graceful fine-boned cats with long legs and tail, neat oval paws, almond-shaped eyes and large pointed ears, the traditional type is overall the more substantial, with a broader head.The modern type features a noticeably more wedge-shaped head with long tapering muzzle and longer, broader ears, atop a more slender and elongated body.

Coat and color

The coat is basically medium-length and should be soft and silky without the fluffy undercoat typical of most long-haired breeds. The offspring of two Balinese will have a longer coat than that of a Balinese and a Siamese. In all cases, the tail should have a definite plume of longer hair. Eye color ranges from pale blue through sapphire intensity of color can change slightly with age and diet. The paw pad color can be used to identify the color point in kittens. Pink pads are found in chocolate and lilac points while dark pads are found in blue and seal points.

Temperament:

Balinese share the traits of the short-haired Siamese and are notably social and playful cats with an intense interest in the activity around them and a tendency to vocalize often and persistently  albeit at a lower volume. They are reputed to have the highest intelligence of all the long-haired breeds.[12] They are also reputed to be notably acrobatic and to enjoy intimate contact with their owners.

Health Problems:

They are considered a healthy breed with only few health problems.  They are a pedigree breed which means they are developed from such a small gene pool of Siamese with the long hair mutation. The smaller the gene pool, the more chances they are to inherited many unknown health disorders.

 A possible confirmed disease for Balinese is Progressive Retinal Atrophy(PRA), which is a degeneration of the retina in the eye; which may lead to weak or impaired vision. 

There has been some cases of Balinese having dilated cardiomyopathy, which is a disease that enlarges the heart muscles that decreases heart function.  There are also some claims that they are at a low risk for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.