Cat Breeds - Balinese Cat

Cat Breeds - Balinese Cat

Cat Personality

Balinese cats Pretty

Balinese cats are smart, sweet and fun to be together. Like the Siamese, they are known for their ability to vocally communicate sometimes known non-stop, and this breed is not for everyone. High social, are Balinese sensitive to your moods and feelings and are more than ready to cheer you happy with a little chatter, if you are feeling gloomy.


They are agile and Leapers is too often on the shoulders of their people to ride. They love to play and easy to learn, to get kills, throwing the ball or toy back to repeatedly. They will keep you entertained with their antics, but have a caring attitude as well. They can be quite assertive in their applications to breed the attention, but also own a special dignity, especially for the Balinese and Siamese.

Cat Breed Traits

Balinese cats (bed)

The Balinese people should be not with the Himalayas, which bears the pointed Siamese pattern of his ancestors, but has the body style and personality of the Persian are confused. Today's show Siamese Balinese resembles the extreme, which is popular in today's exhibition hall instead of the traditional Siamese-born, that his comeback is among lovers. The Balinese, a longhaired version of the traditional Siamese, recognized by traditional Cat Association and although not popular in the halls, has a growing following of breeders.


The Cat Balinese is only in the four traditional Siamese point-restricted colors: seal, blue, chocolate, lilac, and, if the CFA Association of your choice. Other organizations recognize the Balinese cat in the colors red, cream, tortoiseshell (a mixture of black and red or their dilute colors, as well as tabby) and lynx (tabby) points. In the CFA, but cats are called Javanese in those colors.

History - Balinese cat breed?

Longhaired kittens began appearing spontaneously in the early 1900s in otherwise shorthaired Siamese litters. Some fanciers theorize that the gene for long hair was introduced into the Siamese gene pool in Europe after World War I. Since the Siamese was nearly obliterated as a European breed by the war (as were other breeds), breeders may have used other breeds after the war's end to help rejuvenate the bloodline.

Other fanciers believe that the gene for the long hair is simply a naturally occurring mutation, which is also certainly possible. Both theories have been disputed and both have their reputable proponents, but no one really knows for sure which theory is correct. In earlier years, the words 'natural mutation' appeared in the CFA breed standard, but that wording has since been dropped.

A Siamese with long hair was registered with CFF in 1928, but no one began a serious effort to establish the breed until the 1940s. At that time, several breeders began working with the longhaired cats born in purebred Siamese litters.

These longhaired individualists were named Balinese cat by one of the breed's pioneers, Helen Smith, who likened the cat's graceful movements and sleek lines to those of the dancers from the Isle of Bali. Despite resistance from Siamese breeders, many of whom didn't believe that the Balinese's longer hair was a natural mutation, dedicated breeders like Helen Smith and Sylvia Holland worked to develop the breed.

In the early days, the Balinese cat often had heavier boning and heavier coats than the standard called for, and frequently fell short of meeting the standard in head type and ear set as well. Hampered by the Siamese breeders who wouldn't sell top-quality breeding stock to them, the Balinese cat breeders struggled to refine the body type by crossbreeding back to the Siamese. After years of frustrating work, the Balinese cat improved in type. By 1970, when the CFA granted Championship, all the major United States associations recognized the Balinese.

Copyright © 1998 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. based on
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CAT BREEDS by J. Anne Helgren.