#Photo of tabby siamese cat full

The kittens sparked much interest and Greta Hindley bought Tansy, a female kitten from the litter. Mrs Alexander took her tabby point kittens to the Croydon Cat Club Championship Show and placed them in the Any Other Variety class. The mating produced a litter of six tabby point kittens. Once mature, Patti was taken to Samsara Saracen, another seal point Siamese owned by Mrs Buttery. In theory, a female cat can have a litter of kittens each of whom has a different father. The number of kittens delivered is usually the same as the number of eggs the female cat releases. Therefore if she mates with several males, each egg has the potential to be fertilised by any of their sperm ( superfecundation). Female cats release several eggs per ovulation, and these eggs are released after she mates and survive for 24 hours. Interestingly, cats are induced- ovulators, which means that the act of copulation induces ovulation. Because the Himalayan (pointed) gene is recessive, both parents must carry the gene to pass it on to their offspring, meaning the unidentified male carried pointed. The resulting litter of five kittens contained one kitten named Patti who had a Siamese coat with tabby points, indicating that Lady Me had mated to an unknown cat prior to her planned mating with Druid. In 1960, Lady Me, a Seal Point female owned by Eileen Alexander disappeared but was found and taken to Druid, a Seal Point Siamese stud owned by Mrs Buttery. A female named Teenyweenyone and a male named Tambu of Gwent went to live with Kristie Buckland who continued to breed for several generations, sadly there appear to be no further records of these cats. Mrs Vernon Green continued the Lynx Point experimental breeding programme after Mrs Hood’s death. Mrs Hood kept one of the kittens, a pointed female, who was mated to a Seal Point Siamese resulting in several tabby pointed cats. The kittens were described as having mackerel coats with the Siamese body type. In 1952, Mrs Hood of Kutjing Lynx Points brought a Seal Point Siamese to England, who was accidentally mated to a male moggie. Related: Flame point Siamese, Seal point Siamese History United Kingdom

Other examples belonged to Mrs Hood in Scotland in the 1940s and Mary Dunnill has photos of early cats between 19, which were referred to as Silver Point Siamese. Frances Simpson, author of The Book of the Cat mentions them as ‘ Any Other Colour Siamese Tabby‘ in 1902.

These cats carried many names including Shadow Point, Silver Point, Tiger Point and Atabby. The lynx point was developed in the 1960s, although there are records of earlier lynx point Siamese existing as far back as the early 1900s. The tabby pattern was introduced by crossing Siamese with tabby cats, the recessive Himalayan gene resulted in the tabby pattern being confined to the face, legs and tail.

#Photo of tabby siamese cat full

The gene is recessive to full colour, which means the cat needs two copies of the gene (homozygous) for the Siamese colour to show up. Siamese cats carry the Himalayan gene, which is a mutation at the C locus (a fixed position on a chromosome where a particular gene is located), causing partial albinism on warmer parts of the body. Lynx point refers to the coat pattern, and occurs in a number of cat breeds, but is most often associated with the Siamese. How much is a lynx point Siamese worth? $1,000 – $2,000Īlso known as tabby point, the lynx point Siamese is a Siamese cat with tabby markings on the face, legs and tail and the characteristic tabby M on the forehead.

Suitable for: Families, singles, retirees.Temperament: Talkative, intelligent, affectionate, loyal, dog-like.Origins: England and United States of America.