Thread: Khao Manee Cat

Originally Posted by Ayshazen

Originally Posted by Twocam

Was that a Khao Manee in the Bangkok Post "stray cats" article today - white cat with two different coloured eyes? Or are there others that fit this description?

Is the article on line Twocam? I would like to see it. It is very possible it is a Khao Manee. If you have a url for the article I would be very grateful.

Thanks

Chrissy

Chrissy
Every week the Bkk Post run a section on the various rescue organisations and animals seeking a new home. Today the Pic-A-Pet4home people were seeking a home for a white 1 year old male "2-coloured eyed cat". I recalled an article recently in which one of Thailand's top prize-winning Khao Manee cats was a street cat picked up off the median strip of a major road when just a kitten and now wins many prizes, wondered if this was the same type of cat.
Go to the Bangkok Post website and this week's "family" section then "friends in need", the kitty is the second photo on the page - he seems to have a curly tail tho'.

He looks very much like a Khao Manee to me, beautiful cat! Many of the street cats are Khao Manee. I think he has just curled his tail, it doesnt look like a tail kink to me.

He deserves a very special and loving home.

Chrissy

I would take him in a second Chrissy, but we have a mad former street-kitty that is very highly strung and attacks anything she perceives as a threat. White is a bad colour because we would be able to see the blood every time she attacked him....

Originally Posted by Twocam

I would take him in a second Chrissy, but we have a mad former street-kitty that is very highly strung and attacks anything she perceives as a threat. White is a bad colour because we would be able to see the blood every time she attacked him....

ol! At least you would be able to find the areas to treat ;-)

Surely someone on here would love to adopt what looks very strikingly like a lovely Khao Manee neuter boy. What a wonderful companion her would make, and he is still very young.

I live in the UK, but believe me, if he were entire I would have pulled out all the stops to bring him over here. The Khao Manee breed is in its infancy over here, and it is so important that we find good healthy Khao Manee from Thailand to make sure we have a healthy and wide gene pool.

I have three, with two more arriving from California in June. All virtually unrelated. We had our first three kittens a few weeks ago. There are currently only 4 adult Khao Manee in the UK, which will soon expand to 8 (4 are Thai imports and the other 4 are US bred), but in order to ensure the health of the breed, we need to find more.

I know that the Khao Manee is a threatened breed, and we are doing our level best to work with the Thai people to help to conserve them.

Thanks to Thailand, we have the beautiful Siamese, Burmese, Korat and Tonkinese well established now. Its now time to do the same for the Royal Cats, and ensure that they continue to thrive for a further 650 years!

Sorry, I am rattling on, but I am very passionate about this.

Chrissy
Ayshazen Cats, UK

I looked after a B&W kitty for several years on Samui. She had three/four litters of all seal point X kitties. Wow, no problem giving them away.
I like the crook in the tail -- had two gingers with kinks. Reminds me of the princess fairy tale.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

I looked after a B&W kitty for several years on Samui. She had three/four litters of all seal point X kitties. Wow, no problem giving them away.
I like the crook in the tail -- had two gingers with kinks. Reminds me of the princess fairy tale.

Yes many of the Thai cats carry the pointed gene. When mated to another cat that carries it, they can produce pointed kittens. Lovely!

The true tail kink is something we will try and breed out as it is a genetic fault, but so many Thai cats have it, that we are not worried about it in the early stages of the UK breeding programme.

I remember the story about the princess using the tail kink of the Siamese as somewhere to hang her rings :-)

Chrissy
Ayshazen cats (UK)
www.khaomanee.co.uk - Introducing the Khao Manee, a New Breed to the UK

Originally Posted by Ayshazen

We had our first three kittens a few weeks ago.

Incidentally, I have seen a blog on the net that has now been copied several times, saying that Khao Manee sell in the UK for £8-10,000. Total fantasy. When it was written, there had not even been a Khao Manee kitten born in the UK. So if you hear this rumour, please put them right. It is simply not true.

Chrissy
Ayshazen Cats, UK
www.khaomanee.co.uk - Introducing the Khao Manee, a New Breed to the UK
Hon Secretary Khao Manee Cat Club The Khao Manee Cat Club

Our beautiful russian blue had cancer and had to be put down recently.
She was a really clever cat and was forbidden to hunt birds but cleaned up the local rats and mice.
Those white cats look lovely.

Originally Posted by cambtek

Our beautiful russian blue had cancer and had to be put down recently.
She was a really clever cat and was forbidden to hunt birds but cleaned up the local rats and mice.
Those white cats look lovely.

I was very sorry to read you had lost your Russian Blue. They are beautiful cats.

I adore my Khao Manees. I now have 5 adults; 4 queens and stud, and also one 5 month old girl who is deaf in one ear. I love her far too much to part with her so she is staying as a neutered pet :-)

My Khao Manees are very loyal cats, and they talk to me with a mixture of chirrups and meows. They are very purry cats and love to be made a fuss of. In fact if you ignore them they come up and demand a bit of loving!!

I am visitng Thailand in 10 days time, I am so excited, I have never been before. We are visiting Cha Am, Hua Hin and Bangkok.

If anyone is nearby and would like to meet up it would be great!

Chrissy