All pointed SH cats in the Siamese/Oriental group get the breed code SIA.

The compromise we have chosen to follow is: We simply had to come up with some kind of a compromise in order to be able to register these cats at all. How to handle this issue so that breeders from all clubs will think it is reasonably acceptable? It is particularly tricky to decide in the Siamese and Oriental group of cats, since here some clubs also have restrictions on which colours are accepted to be called a Siamese.

PawPeds does not wish to take a stand in the question of how to handle the breeding in this respect. In some clubs LH and SH with the same type are bred together without any restrictions, while in other clubs they try to keep the SH breed/variety free of the LH gene. It is also handled differently for different breeds. The problem here is that different clubs/associations handle this problem differently. Should we also mark those cats who might be carriers of the LH gene as Variants? But what to do when one or both parents are Variants? Then the offspring might be a Variant, but we do not know for sure. If one parent is LH, then the progeny must be a Variant (carrying the LH gene). There is a problem with shorthair (SH) cats who carry the longhair (LH) gene or who might carry the LH gene. See below! Policy for registration in the Siamese, Oriental & Peterbald database We also had to decide how to register some other types of cats, like for instance cats who are registered as Colorpoint Shorthairs in the CFA but as Siameses in the FIFe. An example: 'ABY n Var' is a shorthaired Aby, but it carries longhair, or it is suspected of carrying longhair, since there is Somali among the ancestors of the cat.įor the Siamese, Oriental & Peterbald database we have had to decide on a policy for how many generations after a known longhair carrier we mark as Var. The term 'Var' may be added at the end of the breed and colour code to indicate that a shorthair cat carries or may carry the gene for longhair. XXH = Hybrid, not known if shorthaired, longhaired or hairless Other codes used to identify non cat populations within PawPeds TRX = Tennessee Rex, not know if longhair or shorthair TOX = Tonkinese, not known if longhair or shorthair SRX = Selkirk Rex, not known if longhair or shorthair SFX = Scottish Fold, not known if shorthaired or longhaired RUS = Russian Blue, but we also use this code for Russian type cats of other colours than blue RGD = Ragdoll type cats, registered as Ragdolls in their association, but they are not colourpoint (33) like the RAG. PBX = Pixie-Bob, not known if shorthaired or longhaired

NEM = Neva Masquerade (= colourpoint SIB) MNX = Munchkin, not known if shorthaired or longhaired KBS = Kurilean Bobtail, not known if shorthaired or longhaired JBX = Japanese Bobtail, not known if shorthaired or longhaired HCX = Domestic cat, not known if shorthaired or longhaired If you have found a code in a pedigree database which is not in this list, please contact one of the maintainers for that database (click on the 'Submit info' link at the top of the page where you see the irregular code to find the maintainers).ĪBX = American Bobtail, not known if shorthaired or longhairedĪCX = American Curl, not known if shorthaired or longhairedĪXH = Asian, not known if shorthaired or longhairedīOS = Bombay, not known if shorthaired or longhaired For instance, we do not use 'non' for breeds that are not recognized by the FIFe. The codes have however been slightly modified, since the codes partly depend on what breeds and colours a cat organisation has accepted. The breed and colour system we use is based on FIFe's Easy Mind System. Codes used in PawPeds for Cat Breeds and Colours

Long haired silver tabby cat