Buyer question
Is a Burmilla good for beginners?
Yes: our Animal Library rates the Burmilla 5 out of 5 for beginners (easygoing and kind).
Source: the Burmilla page in the Everybarn Animal Library. Burmilla in the Animal Library
The detail
A shaded silver shorthair born from an accidental mating between a Chinchilla Persian and a Burmese in Britain in 1981. Burmillas are gentle, playful and affectionate, with a softer temperament than a Burmese.
- Temperament
- Gentle, playful, sociable
- Best fit
- Families, first-time owners
- Energy
- 3 out of 5 (Playful into adulthood)
- Grooming load
- 1 out of 5 (Weekly brush)
What to weigh
Burmillas like company and dislike long days alone. Persian ancestry brings a polycystic kidney disease risk that testing can rule out.