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<blockquote data-quote="katya02" data-source="post: 325750" data-attributes="member: 2884"><p>The fact that so many breeds are created or recreated is what irritates me about the insistence on only totally 'pure' Siamese bloodlines, to the point where the entire breed is getting ready to collapse. It's like royalty, Know what I mean?? The gene pool needs some chlorine. When the Siamese cats in Thailand have multiple point colors and extra patterns, you know they've crossed with other genes, yet people who bring a cat here from Thailand talk as if they've got the original, pure-for-a-thousand-years cats. Actually I think bringing in those genes is a great idea, I just don't like the political stuff about how no other cats are really Siamese, when these cats are clearly crossed with others. However! </p><p></p><p>As you say, the partial albino, temperature-sensitive gene can be carried in other breeds. We had a Siamese who got sick and ran a high fever for five days - his mask came in almost white. It took months for it to regrow and come in dark again. Another cat got stressed during a move and got white hairs all over his body, salt and pepper sort of thing. That also disappeared in a few months as the hairs turned over. </p><p></p><p>I finally got to bring my little guy home yesterday, a day later than they said. His entire left hindquarter is shaved to his hock - looks a bit poodle-ish! The trumpet collar is not making him a happy boy. But he's still got his sweet personality going (charmed all the hospital staff). I'll get his exercises done every day and try to keep him from injuring himself, and hope for the best. He's already walking on the leg very well - incredibly well. It amazes me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katya02, post: 325750, member: 2884"] The fact that so many breeds are created or recreated is what irritates me about the insistence on only totally 'pure' Siamese bloodlines, to the point where the entire breed is getting ready to collapse. It's like royalty, Know what I mean?? The gene pool needs some chlorine. When the Siamese cats in Thailand have multiple point colors and extra patterns, you know they've crossed with other genes, yet people who bring a cat here from Thailand talk as if they've got the original, pure-for-a-thousand-years cats. Actually I think bringing in those genes is a great idea, I just don't like the political stuff about how no other cats are really Siamese, when these cats are clearly crossed with others. However! As you say, the partial albino, temperature-sensitive gene can be carried in other breeds. We had a Siamese who got sick and ran a high fever for five days - his mask came in almost white. It took months for it to regrow and come in dark again. Another cat got stressed during a move and got white hairs all over his body, salt and pepper sort of thing. That also disappeared in a few months as the hairs turned over. I finally got to bring my little guy home yesterday, a day later than they said. His entire left hindquarter is shaved to his hock - looks a bit poodle-ish! The trumpet collar is not making him a happy boy. But he's still got his sweet personality going (charmed all the hospital staff). I'll get his exercises done every day and try to keep him from injuring himself, and hope for the best. He's already walking on the leg very well - incredibly well. It amazes me. [/QUOTE]
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