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    The woman I purchased my Korats from had an Egyptian Mau.
    He was HUGE!  Shorthaired tiger colored with large eyes.
    Very shy, in fact, I only caught a fleeting glimpse of him
    before he ran & hid.  
    
    Aby's would get my vote....they have the same purrsonality
    as my Korats, and are similar in looks and actions, too!
    
    Lynne

    Another vote for an Aby! I've never seen an Egyptian Mau, but I have
    heard from a friend that they tend to be nervous.
    
    Anyway, you should get two so that they can keep each other company ;-)
    
    Lisa who's biased!
    

	My cat book says that the Mau and the Aby may be related.  Both are
	very old breeds, and the Mau is the only natural spotted cat.  The
	book also says that they tend to be a bit shy, but will become
	attached to one or two people.  One thing you could never call an
	Aby is *shy*! :^}

	Sandy

    I know breeders of both types of cats who I would recommend.  I
    dont know alot about the Egyptian Maos but I am in love with Aby's.
    Let me know if you need a reference for a breeder.
      Nancy DC

    
    	       Well my friend i went to see the kittens last night and they
               were very sweet there was 3 one silver female one male
               bronze and one smoke the little female was just gorgeous she 
               look just like her mom who really look like a leopard and
               the eyes on those cats are so nice it's like a very light
               green that type of green that you can only see on wild
               animals.The one that i was attracted to was smokey he had 	
               big ear and he had a sweet expression that i really liked
               but the only thing is that his markings did not really show 
               the woman told me that went he was born he all black but
               since then is getting lighter and his marking are showing
               more every week so he's promising becauce to be show quality
               he got to have those markings.	
                                                	
               Smokey is a nice kitten but i think i will wait until the
               Cat show in Ottawa to make up my mind on May the 12th if i                                        	
               had the money i would get the Aby and the Egyptian-Mau.
               my guest is that i will buy the Aby first and maybe next
               year i will buy the Egyptian-Mau. 
                                                 	
               By the way did you know that the male Egyptian-Mau takes
               care of the babys with the mother!!,quit strange.                                       	
                                                                	

    re: Male Maus.  That's really interesting!  It must be cute too.
    
    

    	
        	
               re:05  	
    
                    I have to make a correction when i told you about
                    what the Egyptian Mau look like and i told you that 
                    remind me of a leopard well they look like a miniature
                    cheeta specially the silver color, the raison that i
                    make the mistake is that i did not know the english 
                    word for the sheeta and thought it was leopard and
                    there is a big difference between the two.

	According to my Cat Encyclopedia, Maus are accepted in four
	colors:  silver, bronze, smoke and pewter.  If I have some
	more time later today, I'll put in the full description of
	each color variation.

	Sandy

	Pale silver ground color across the head, shoulders, outer legs,
	back and tail.  Underside fades to a brilliant pale silver.  All
	markings charcoal color, showing good contrast against lighter 
	ground colors.  Back of ears greyish-pink and tipped in black.
	Nose, lips, and eyes outlined in black.  Upper throat area, chin
	and around nostrils pale clear silver, appearing white.  Nose
	Leather: brick red.  Paw Pads: black, with black between the toes
	and extending beyond the paws of the hind legs.

	Light bronze ground color across head, shoulders, outer legs,
	back and tail, being darkest on the saddle and lightening to
	a tawny-buff on the sides.  Underside fades to a creamy ivory.
	All markings dark brown, showing good contrast against the
	lighter ground color.  Back of ears tawny-pink and tipped in
	dark brown.  Nose, lips, and eyes outlined in dark brown, with
	bridge of nose ocherous.  Upper throat area, chin, and around
	nostrils pale creamy white.  Nose Leather: brick red.  Paw Pads:
	black or dark brown, with same color between toes and extending
	beyond the paws of the hind legs.

	Charcoal grey color with silver undercoat across head, shoulders,
	legs, tail and underside.  All markings jet black, with sufficient
	contrast against ground color for pattern to be plainly visible.
	Nose, lips, and eyes outlined in jet black.  Upper throat area,
	chin, and around nostrils lightest in color.  Nose Leather: black.
	Paw Pads: black with black between the toes and extending beyond
	the paws of the hind legs.

	Ground color suggesting pale fawn.  Each hair to be composed of
	bands of pale silver and beige with black tipping.  Loses ticking
	and lightens to cream on undersides.  Chin, upper throat and nose
	outlined in cream.  Markings charcoal to dark brown, with good
	contrast between ground color and markins.  Paw Pads: charcoal to
	dark brown.  Nose Leather: brick red.  Eyes, nose and lips out-
	lined in charcoal to dark brown.

    There is a person in Digital who gets into here every once in a while
    who's mother breeds both Abys and Egyptian Maus.  I can tell you from
    seeing them that her cats are BEAUTIFUL!  One of her Egyptian Maus was
    best cat nationally in CFF the year before last.  
    
    If you'd like her name and phone number, let me know.  She's in
    Framingham, MA.
    
    Holly
    

    
    	 RE: 10,11,12,13	
                                	
               Great job! you did for the description of the 4 different	
               colours of the Egyptian Mau,that was nice of you for doing it.
                                                                  	
               This weekend if i got time i'll put the history of the                                                          	
               Egyptian Mau.
    
              	
               Jean.

           
           	      PHONE # OF TWO BREEDERS FOR EGYPTIAN MAU
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	
    
       Ottawa Canada - Dr. Susan little @ 613-744-2887.- office 744-2881.
    
       Montreal Canada - Sherley Charboneau @ 514-621-2901

    
    
                                
                                 ORIGIN
                                   OF 
                                  THE
                                EGYPTIAN
                                  MAU
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        	                 /  \               >   |            
                                /    \              |   \_____________     
                       /\      /      \          __/       ))) ____   )
                      /  \    /        \        /__/\_________/_______\
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        The Mau closely resembles the cats in the wall paintings of ancient    
        Egypt;its ancestors could have been the cat loved and worshiped in 
        those times.The modern Mau reportedly dates back to 1953 in Italy.
        There the princess Natalie Troubetskoy saw a Mau a smoke tabby
        male,for the first time.She fell in love with this unique cat,and  
        persuaded the owner,the Egyptian ambassador to Italy,to help her   	
        obtain a kitten from Cairo.This was a silver female named Baba.
                                	
        The ambassador bred his cats with the hope of producing another Mau    	
        kitten ;the bronze tabby male was bred back to its mother producing 
    	a female who was given the name Lisa. Exhibition of these cats took     
        place in 1955,at the Rome cat show.English cat fanciers at that
        show wanted to be able to produce Egyptian Mauin Britain. They were  
        to attempt this by using Abyssinians,Siamese and tabbies.These
        hybrids, however, did not resemble the original Maus. In 1956, the
        princess travelled to the U.S. with her 3 Maus shown for the first
        time in the U.S. the following year, Baba became the first champion
        Mau. The Maus in the U.S. are reportedly descendants from Baba, and
        not from the British hybrids. The Egyptian Maus, however, have a
        "scarab" shape on the forehead; Maus in the U.S. do not, but have a
        characteristic "M" mark on the forehead. A different report claim
        that the first pair of Maus, named Gepa and Ludol, came to the U.S. in
        1953. The Mau had to wait until 1968 for championship recognition in
        some organizations. The fist true Mau brought to Britain from Egypt
        arrived in 1978.
    
                                  TEMPERAMENT
    
    
        Egyptian Maus are active, colorfull cats, curious about everything,
        yet reserved. They love to lap sit or ride on their owner's
        shoulders.  They have been known to "cup" their paws like hands to
        drink water. They are quite friendly and affectionate to the people
        they like but will sometimes shy away from strangers. When the Mau
        is happy, he might wag his tail like a dog. The mother and the
        father cats will both take care of their kittens. Maus make
        delightful pets.
     
        Jean. ^ ^
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    Jean & Sandy...
    
    Very interesting! I really enjoyed learning about these special babies!
    
    Thanks very much!!
    Bonnie

    The Deccie is Matt Goldman and his mother breeds Mau's and Aby's
    - that's Toby Goldman.  As a point of interest, his father is
    Rem Goldman who is a CFF judge and Toby's brother (if I remember
    this right) is Dr. Richard Harris - my vet.  :^)  If anyone wants
    contact info for her, let me know.
      Nancy DC
    

    Just a slight correction Nancy.  Rem Goldman is no longer a CFF judge. 
    He's an ACFA judge.
    
    Holly
    

    OH thanks Holly.  I didn't know that.  It explains why I haven't
    seen him judging in a while.
      N

    
    
    
       Well I just bought new kitten today in Montreal, he's a Egyptian
       Mau with very exceptional color smoke he is so sweet, that should 
       be my last.
    
       I thought I should let you know, and by the way is there any body 
       else in this conference who as one.
    
       Jean.