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<body> <p align="center">This page uses frames. Sadly your browser doesn't support them so here's an idea of what you're missing.</p> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="6treefam3.gif" width="394" height="258"> .</p> <p>A Grand Champion is a cat which, whilst unneutered and untitled, won its Open Class and a Challenge Certificate at three GCCF Championship Shows (under different judges) and then - as an unneutered Champion - won the Grand Class at three GCCF Championship Shows (under different judges). Neutered cats can gain titles too. A Premier is equivalent to Champion and Grand Premier is equivalent to a Grand Champion. At the annual GCCF Supreme Show, Grand Champions compete for UK Grand Champion certificates. A cat which wins a certificate at two shows under different judges is granted the title. Grand Premiers compete similarly. Titled cats' names are printed in red on pedigrees.</p> <p>Breed numbers indicate a cat's breed, colour and coat pattern. Here, 24 is Siamese Seal solid point, 24a is Blue point, 24c is Lilac, 32/1 is Siamese Seal-Tabby point, 32/2 is Blue-Tabby Point, 32/4 is Lilac-Tabby and 32/8 is Caramel-Tabby.</p> <p>Siamese carry a special albino gene in their DNA which is why they have blue eyes and are born white. Because their fur is heat sensitive, the white changes to a colour on the coolest parts of their skin - the ears, mask, tail and paws.</p> <p>All domestic cats possess tabby genes but the effect can be suppressed so that tabby markings are almost invisible. This is why some Siamese are solid pointed  and some have stripes. Those carrying the Orange (red) gene can have a tortoiseshell (tortie) patterned coat which can be combined with tabby to give the tortie-tabby pattern. Malikasiam doesn't breed red-series Siamese. </p> <p>Siamese open their eyes early (at about three days); they are said to be the most intelligent of domestic cats - but they have to be reared properly to be seen at their best. </p> <p>'Malikasiam' is our cat family's GCCF registered prefix - it means 'Queen of Siam' in Arabic - only Gill, the registered breeder, may use it as the first name of a kitten.  The breeder is the registered owner of a kitten's mother. A pedigree cat may have one or two given names after the prefix but no two cats can share a name (unless it's a colour)  even if one of them has gone to the big cattery in the sky.</p> <p>By the GCCF's Code of Ethics, kittens must be fully vaccinated (against enteritis, cat flu and rhinitis - ours get Leukemia and Chlamydia jabs too) at least a week before going to their new home. That means they can't move until they're 13 weeks old. They have to be GCCF registered and housetrained too. Ours come with six weeks' Petplan insurance.</p> <p>It's so much better with frames!</p> <p align="center"><a href="index.htm"><<< Home</a>                                <a href="4growing.htm">Growing Up</a>                                      <a href="5links.htm">>>> Links</a></p> </body>