This breed combines the lush beauty of the Chinchilla Persian with the clever and friendly personality of the Burmese.
The semi-longhair coat requires little grooming effort, while giving the cat a soft yet elegant style. The large expressive green eyes, with the eyeliner reflecting their coat colour are irresistible.
Because the breed was developed using Burmese lines the result is an athletic, intelligent cat; very inquisitive and interested in what its people are doing – yet the Chinchilla Persian lines give it a more substantial build and quieter nature.
You won't find your Burmilla crying for attention or demanding to be cuddled constantly – but you may find that you have a constant shadow, who likes to be involved in everything that you do – and loves a lap the minute you sit down, especially in the colder months!
The Burmilla, is ‘a very white cat' to quote Don Burke. The coat comes in three different patterns, and five colours – but the base colour of the coat is usually a clear white or ‘silver'.
The coat pattern called smoke gives the impression of a solid colour . The shaded pattern has a layer of colour to 25% of the hair length. Tipped coats have only a faint tip on 5% of the strand.
Ideally this should be a very even mantle of colour over the body, excepting the legs and some markings on the face. These patterns can all be found in black, brown, blue, chocolate and lilac, with black and brown being the most common. The standards in some associations allow for the red and tortoiseshell colouring.
Kittens are frequently dark when born, particularly if they have the shaded coat pattern - they lighten up as they grow.
The Burmilla Breed History
The Burmilla longhair, sometimes known as the Tiffanie or Australilan Tiffanie was developed from the Burmilla shorthair breeding program. These semi-longhair kittens occurred in the Burmilla litters - undesirable for shorthair Burmilla breeding but so beautiful in their own right that in the late 1990's a group of NSW breeders applied for permission to develop the breed ... and the Australian Tiffanie's story began.
A tight control is kept on the breeding programme to ensure that not only the appearance but the health of the breed is paramount
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