Cold Bronze
A cold bronze is a a bronze that normally has a silver or smoke relative within 3-4 generations. They are genetically bronze but lack the stong rufous (orange to rust color) polygenes of the warm bronze. To get the stong rufous polygenes, one must breed the warmest bronze they have to another warm bronze. Often times this is done by line-breeding in order to set a color trait. Below are some examples of cold bronzes.
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CH Mauraj Amulet
(Still being used in our breeding program.)
Amulet's mom was a smoke that carried bronze. Amulet's father was a warm pure bronze.
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Mauraj Anne War-Uh Spot (aka 'midget')
(Still being used in our breeding program.)
Midget had silver, bronze and smoke grandparents.
She produced the 2003-2004 CFA best of color and Regional Winner.
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Warm Bronze
The warm bronze is the ultimate goal in a color breeding bronze program. It is NOT at all the result of placing Bengals in the program (as some uneducated breeders and judges may believe). The amount of warmth doesn't determine if it is correct or incorrect in regards to the breed standard. Generally the moderate to warm bronze will take the ribbons over a cold bronze as it more appropriately fits the breed standard as written by CFA. The correctness is meerly an opinion of the breeder. Those breeders who color breed will attain more distinct rufous coloring. All warm bronzes have a large percentage of rufous polygenes in their genetic makeup. To get the stong rufous polygenes, one must breed the warmest bronze they have to another warm bronze. Often times this is done by line-breeding in order to set a color trait. After that trait is set, the breeder then moves to a genetically unrealated cat to breed to. Take a look at these pedigrees and compare them to the cold bronze pedigrees. The warm bronze is highly cherished and closely protected by those breeders who work with them simply because it takes hard work and many years to get, not because they are hiding secrets.
The warm bronze coat color is sandy brown in color to a rich rusty orange color. Spots can be dark brown to black. Below are pictures of the various hues of "warm bronzes".
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Mauraj Some Like It Hot of Chantina
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Mauraj Spitfire
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Black Maus
Black Egyptian Maus are very rare. They can be found occasionally in bronze breeding programs or in programs that do not color breed. Our first came to us when two of our kids decided to take matters into their own paws while we were on vacation. It was not a breeding I wanted as I knew the female was a bronze carrying smoke (black) as they say. Well she helped herself to one of our sweet boys that carried the same (smoke genes) as she. So here is what a black looks like! They do have ghost markings and can be easily mistaken for a really dark smoke. Genetically this can only be a black as bronze and blacks are the only products you get in a bronze color breeding program. Here are pictures of him from the day of birth (sorry for the poor quality). He has a very busy pattern that is masked by the black coat. You can see the mascara lines, leg lines and if the light shines just right you can see his pattern!
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Mauraj's Only Black Mau
You can vaguely see the pattern showing through!
Look at those tiny spots all over his back.
Mascara lines showing through!
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CH Emau's Here Comes the Sun of Mauraj
(Now in a wonderful pet home!)