Could I be? Also always white feet?

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Purrrrrr

Purred: Fri Aug 24, '07 4:29am PST


	I was looking at photos of cat breeds online and saw this one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/Legolas-02.jpg This one too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imageirman2.jpg It looks just like me. Could I be a Birman? Do all Birmans have to have white feet? I don't. Is that a problem? Maybe I'm a Birman mix. My people suspect I'm pirebred but because I was a rescue they aren't sure. Edited by author Fri Aug 24, '07 4:31am PST

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Maxim

Mommy's little- angel

Purred: Wed Aug 29, '07 11:29pm PST


	Hi! Yes you are a true birman even if you don't have white paws. I am the same and my vet said that white paws are not mandatory.So be proud that you are a true birman. Bye and see you soon on catster.Purrr

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Ollie

Ollie - born to be nuts- and naughty

Purred: Wed Oct 17, '07 9:29am PST


	I have 2 Birmans and as far as I was aware they have white feet. I've never seen a birman without.

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Ollie

Ollie - born to be nuts- and naughty

Purred: Wed Oct 17, '07 1:17pm PST


	The white feet are characteristic of the Birman: Front Paws ..... Have pure white symmetrical gloves ending in an even line across the paw and not passing beyond the angle formed by the paw and leg, and not passing the stopper pad just behind the leg. Colour of the paw pads irrelevant. Back Paws ..... Have pure white socks covering the entire paw and gauntlets tapering up the back of the leg to finish just below the point of the hock. Colour of the paw pads irrelevant. This is off the Birman breed standard for showing. Don't worry you deffo look 99% Birman anyway and you are gorgeous even without white feet.

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KiKi

Kiki bones

Purred: Thu Dec 6, '07 5:15pm PST


	my birman is mostly white, so yeahhh...

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Super Teddy

I'm soarin' your- way Fly Baby.- MEeerooow

Purred: Sun Mar 2, '08 2:13am PST


	So your mamma fooled around....so she dipped her paws into the Siamese gene pool...... You can still join our club...........just wear socks

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Xadreza

Puuuuurrr~!

Purred: Mon Aug 3, '09 1:50pm PST


	Hi! Yes, it is possible for a Birman not to have white paws, even though this is considered a big fault according to the breed standards. Though this should only be relevant to breeders and people looking to enter their cat in shows. The lack of white paws on your kitty doesn't make him any less of a Birman, he'll be just as loving and playful and will make a perfect pet Another thought is that he could be a Ragdoll instead, they look very similar to Birmans, with blue eyes and the same coloration on the face, tail and legs, but they don't have to have the pure white feet.