Another year comes to an end......

Here we are nearly at the end of 2011 -  yet another year I'd rather not have experienced......

Still, one good thing has been achieved with the setting up of my new business - now I need to get it fully established and earn some money!

I would like to share a few photos of my current kittens -  5 chocolate Burmese,  and 5 Ocicats (4 blue; 2 classic & 2 spotted - and a tawny spotted)

They are now old enough to receive visitors,  so please feel free to contact me if you're considering adding to your family!

Just a thought........

Anyone want a stunning Ocicat kitten?  4 still available, 2 (classics) definitely showable.  Actually I'm thinking I might keep Thunderstone,  a black silver classic -  I have literally never seen such a perfect pattern. He will be neutered,  but showing a neuter is still a good way to demonstrate the qualities of the parents :))

Vervain Thunderstone

Vervain Sielun Veljet

Vervain Indica

Lots of news......

Quite a lot to catch up on!  Firstly and most exciting,  I was finally able to bring my new Burmese boy home last weekend.  Eros de Grainoge had travelled by car all the way from Perpignan when I met his "courier" at Thurrock Services last Saturday.  We then had a further 3 hour journey home!  However, he is settling in and certainly has a very good appetite -  he couldn't have much fresh or canned food in France due to the heat,  so he's enjoying the food here :)
He is still very shy and is changing his coat at the moment - his front half is new, sleek coat but the back half is still fluffy kitten coat!  Goodness knows what effect the change of climate will have,  but hopefully his colour will even out to a nice pale milk chocolate eventually.

I have kept a chocolate boy from Molly's litter -  his name is Sid (Vervain Mocha-Sidamo) and he looks quite promising so far -  I would like to take him to a show or two if I get the chance.  Here is Sid -  I love his wide muzzle, and his nose is short although he does have the dreaded roll-off! Eye colour & shape not bad either :)

Alice's kittens are 7 weeks old now and doing well -  they are eating well and very playful.  I'll be getting them vaccinated at the end of this week if all goes according to plan.   My main concern is being able to find homes for them,  as I've had no serious enquiries so far,  but then I haven't actually advertised them yet!  

Finally -  Greg has been neutered and has now gone back to his previous owner, Lynn.  I took him there last Thursday and was astonished to see that he seemed to recognise the house -  he walked straight out of his carrier and headed upstairs,  ignoring the 2 large Irish Setters!   It has been a great privilege to have owned him for the last 15 months -  I have very rarely met a stud with such an amazing temperament.  I'm so glad he is now going to have a lovely life as a pampered pet!

Ocicat Kittens!

I'm so pleased that my first Ocicat litter since October 2008 has arrived!  Alice has 5 beautiful babies,  born in the early hours of this morning.  The biggest surprise of all is that 3 of them are classic tabbies -  I have never had anything other than spotted kittens and I certainly didn't antiicipate that Alice would carry classic.  She appears to have inherited it through her grandmother's line.

There are 3 boys (2 silver classics and a chocolate spotted) and 2 girls (tawny classic and black silver spotted)

They were all a good weight at birth (mostly over 100g) and seem to be doing well so far.  Alice has had a lot of help from my lilac Burmese girl Cherry (again,  somewhat unexpected because they are not normally the best of friends!)

Here are the first pics of the new arrivals:

Asian & Ocicat Kittens

I took some photos of the kittens at the weekend. They are all together now, it seemed by far the easiest option and fortunately Rio & Evie get on well, although Rio is leaving most of the work to Evie now! Rio can't bear to miss out on what might be happening upstairs......... (not a lot, apart from piles of sleeping cats on my bed)

Well I was right about the All Blacks - but that referee!! He is ALWAYS biased against England, it's blatantly obvious. What can you expect from an Irishman with a French name?? Wales had a great game against Australia, there were even a few tries!

Photos uploaded

I updated my album of Nina & Theo's kittens with a few photos taken last Sunday when they were just over 5 weeks:

Nina and Theo's kittens


And, as promised, I now have some photos from my weekend in Scotland - I've posted them to my picasa web album here:
Scotland April 2008

enjoy!!

AND......... I heard the other day that Teemu is now going to have his registration amended - finally justice (not to mention common sense) has prevailed!!

Updating

OK, now I've got this sussed, I'll continue to post here rather than on livejournal. For anyone wanting to read past entries, the link to my LJ blog is http://kozykatz.livejournal.com/

My last entry on LJ was just before the February Council meeting - well that was a bundle of fun (not). But at least the Ocicat registration policy was restored to its former glory, and therefore Teemu is now eligible for the Supplementary Register, as are his kittens. I wrote to the GCCF office the day after the meeting, requesting that he be transferred - I have yet to receive a reply, so no change there then!

One of those busy weekends coming up - judging at Stevenage on Saturday, staying overnight then on to Slough for an Asian BAC meeting on Sunday. Hope I survive!