Mandalays and new colour Burmese
Mandalays were developed from Burmese in New Zealand in the 1980s. They are identical to Burmese in every respect except coat colour - they come in the same range of coat colours as the Oriental shorthair. Colours are more intense than in the equivalent Burmese - for example, the chocolate Mandalay is a rich dark, uniform chocolate brown, whereas the chocolate Burmese is a soft fudge colour with darker shadings on the face and ears. NZ Cat Fancy regulations allow Burmese and Mandalays to be freely mated together.
We were instrumental in expanding the range of colours available by introducing the cinnamon gene through a planned breeding programme in the 1990s. The caramel gene was also introduced at the same time. These genes have resulted in new colours in the Burmese range as well as in Mandalays.
Please consult the NZCF Mandalay Standard of Points document (Word doc file) for more information on the Mandalay breed standard.
Please note that most of our Mandalays have now been incorporated into our Russet breeding programme - see that page also for Mandalay cats
Please note that most of our Mandalays have now been incorporated into our Russet breeding programme - see that page also for Mandalay cats
Our current Mandalay and cinnamon Burmese breeding cats
Studs:
Rafoej Happy Accident
Happy is a solid chocolate Mandalay, carrying cinnamon and Burmese. He also has a shadow, strongly "trout spotted" heterozygous ticked tabby pattern, which I hope means he carries classic pattern as his mother did. He is the completely unexpected offspring of Solo and Tabari. Solo had stopped breeding years before, despite many attempts to get a litter from her and Tabari. Thinking there was no possibility of a pregnancy, I had Solo and Tabari living togther for company some of the time, then lo and behold, she produced a litter. While he's not the best example of the breed I've had, I've kept him as an important representative of my older Mandalay lines. Photo soon.
Rafoej Happy Accident
Happy is a solid chocolate Mandalay, carrying cinnamon and Burmese. He also has a shadow, strongly "trout spotted" heterozygous ticked tabby pattern, which I hope means he carries classic pattern as his mother did. He is the completely unexpected offspring of Solo and Tabari. Solo had stopped breeding years before, despite many attempts to get a litter from her and Tabari. Thinking there was no possibility of a pregnancy, I had Solo and Tabari living togther for company some of the time, then lo and behold, she produced a litter. While he's not the best example of the breed I've had, I've kept him as an important representative of my older Mandalay lines. Photo soon.
Queens:
Rafoej Kismet
Kismet is a blue spotted/mackerel tabby Burmese, possibly caramel and possibly silver (it's very hard to tell with both the dilute and Burmese genes bleeding out the yellow tabby undercoat). She will carry non-agouti and chocolate. It's also possible she may carry russet and/or classic pattern. She is the granddaughter of Thistle; her mother Jazz had the one pedigree litter in her pet home with my friend Henri before being spayed. Her father is a lilac Burmese owned by Julie. She has superb pattern clarity, lovely type, lovely eye colour and a superb temperament. Tabby Burmese are not showable in any pattern other than homozygous ticked, so she will not appear on the show bench despite all her good points, but she will be very valuable for Mandalay breeding. She's shown below with one of her kittens by Sam.
Kismet is a blue spotted/mackerel tabby Burmese, possibly caramel and possibly silver (it's very hard to tell with both the dilute and Burmese genes bleeding out the yellow tabby undercoat). She will carry non-agouti and chocolate. It's also possible she may carry russet and/or classic pattern. She is the granddaughter of Thistle; her mother Jazz had the one pedigree litter in her pet home with my friend Henri before being spayed. Her father is a lilac Burmese owned by Julie. She has superb pattern clarity, lovely type, lovely eye colour and a superb temperament. Tabby Burmese are not showable in any pattern other than homozygous ticked, so she will not appear on the show bench despite all her good points, but she will be very valuable for Mandalay breeding. She's shown below with one of her kittens by Sam.