Birman's are thought to have originated from the temples of Burma and is sometimes known as "the sacred cat og Burma". They are a gentle, well behaved cat who gets on particularly well with other animals.

Birmans are beautiful pointed cats with long, silky coats that aren't prone to matting. While a Birman looks a lot like a Balinese, it has symmetrical white tips on its paws. (The front paws are called gloves, while the back are called gauntlets.)

Birmans are good-sized cats, huskier than Balinese. They have thick bodies, legs, and heavy paws. The fur on Birman's stomach often curls and their coat does not matt. Their heads and shoulders are broad, and their cheeks and ears are round. Birmans have blue eyes. Birmans are also available in exotic colors like red and tortie, but these colors are hard to find.

Breeders

Mrs Mary Holder The Ark Pets Hotel Woodville Arbroath Angus DD11 3RJ Tel:01241 890260 . Ark Birmans Seal, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac,Cream and Red Tabby Point in all colours

Mrs. Vivienne Belfield The Orchard Bishops Caundle Sherbourne DorsetDT9 5NF Tel:01929 471917 Seeteeze. Oriental Black' Blue, Tabbies Havana. Siamese Seal, Blue, Chocolate,Tabby

Mrs Val Holley The Dell Station Road Semley Nr. Shaftsbury Dorset SP7 9AH tEL:01747 854013 Ballybran Birmans Cream, Red, Blue Seal also Tortie and Tabby point Siamese Seal, Blue, Chocolate, Red, Lilac Also Tortie and Tabby points Oriental Spotties/Black & Havanas Caramel, Blue & White

Mr. Mrs D. I. Griggs The Devons Brays Lane Rochford Essex Tel:01702 531286. Churston Birmans-Seal, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac

Mrs M L Smith Kahb Farm Durham Road Rochford Essex SS4 3AE Tel:01702 548586 Glitterpanz- Chinchilla Birman British shorthair

Mrs Gail Jones 1,Mercer Court Rawlinson Lane Heath Charnock Lancashire PR7 4EE Tel:01257 474793 Domusfelium Birmans-Blue, Seal and Tabbies British Shorthairs-Blue, Creams, Blue-Cream, Bicolour

Miss Gill Parker 58a Cromwell Road Wimbledon London E6 3BQ Tel:0181 9406270 Tolura Birmans Seal, Chocolate, Blue Lilac. Tabby

Mrs E. S.Reynolds 36 Glenfield Road West Ealing London W13 9JZ Tel:0181 5794752 Sylfox. Blue and seal Birmans

Mrs Pat Sandford 31 Pickwick Road London SE21 7JN Tel:0171 7334928 Patwick. Birmans-Seal Blue

Roger & Doreen Dobson 81 Sutton Road Tadcaster North Yorkshire LS24 9HJ Tel:01937 835876 . Maysula. Birmans-Seal+Blue, Chocolate Lilac and Tabby Norwegian Forrest Cats

Dr. kathryn Robson Wych end Millwood end Long Hanborough Witney Oxfordshire OX8 8BP Tel:01993 882428/ 01235 813147 Shwechinthe Brimans Chocolate and Lilac Points Blue tabby points Other colours sometimes available

Mrs. Dorothea Uebele Hyde Farm Nurseries Marcham Nr. Abingdon Oxfordshire OX13 6NX Tel:01865 391247 . Applause. Birmans-Seal. Blue Tabby and red points Also Ragdolls

Pat Spooner Brockton Villa Brockton Stafordshire ST21 6LY Tel/Fax: 01785 851485 . Tsukeskyann Birmans-Lilac,Red Blue, Full range of Tortie Chocolate, Seal, Lilac, Blue Red Cream. Chinchillas and Golden Persians Exotics in Golden, Tipped and Silver Tabby Persians in Pewter, Smoke, Selfs Occasionally experimental colours available

Mrs. Ann V.C. Mott Jandouglen Boarding Cattery Half acre Bowbeck Bardwell Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk IP31 1BA Tel: 01359 221200 Jandouglen Birmans- Seals, Blues, Chocolate, Lilacs, Reds Tabbies in these colours

Mrs. A M & Miss R.L. Sales 7 Brook Close Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 8DL Tel:01502 585844 . Bespoke Birmans, Persians and colour Points Rackshna Siamese and Orientals All colours including Torties and Tabbies

Ms A Saye 1 Rogerthorpe Cottages Thorpe Lane Badsworth Yorkshire WF9 1AB Tel:01977 640010 / 0589 760408 Esaya. Birmans Blue and seal point Blue Tabby point Seal Tabby point Chocolate point.