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Head... Eyes

The eyes are medium to large, moderately rounded, and set fairly wide apart. They are blue in color, the deeper the better.

Birman eyes should have a nicely rounded appearance without the bulging look of those of a Persian or the slant of the Siamese. The ”moderately rounded" allows quite a variance in shape, and creates the different expressions seen on our lovely Birmans. And it's amazing how important "expression" is to each person's preference of "the look" they like.

This goes along with the broad rounded head. You wouldn't want the eyes set close on a broad head. Set plays an important part in expression as well as shape and size.

I believe everyone understands this, its just not always easy to get that dark blue eye color that the Siamese breed have, but they have been working on it a lot longer than Birman breeders. One thing I have noticed when you do see a cat with deep blue eye color, the eyes usually appear smaller than they really are. Especially on the seal points. The slightly lighter eyes stand out more and appear larger. One thing we must try hard to breed out is the greenish-gray cast that is starting to appear in some lines. The best way to judge eye color is to take the cat to a sunny window, the pupil becomes so small that you can easily tell the true color of the eyes.

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