very happy.......

......because Greg has mated his first girl since his arrival........ pity she's not one of mine, but at least he's shown what he can do (I am impressed - he is almost as quick as Elmo!)

Hoping that Nina will call again soon as I have high hopes for potential kittens from the two of them.

Back, finally....

I wish I could be bothered to keep this more up to date!

Quite a lot has happened since my last post - had a great weekend in Scotland over Easter for the show, weather was fantastic and hotel was lovely. Cats not bad either! Only downside was the horrendous journey up on Good Friday, taking 8 hours instead of the usual 6. With 2 cats in the car that wasn't much fun, although they were both very quiet - the stress was too much for me though!

Greg my new Burmese boy arrived at the end of March and is wonderful - couldn't wish for a better temperament in a stud. He does spray a lot though - despite his previous owner saying he didn't! He is certainly the worst sprayer of any boy I've owned.

Cherry's kittens are lovely - I'm really pleased with the type, just disappointed there are no silvers :( Hopefully the blue ticked tabby boy will be shown as a neuter, I think he is the pick of the litter. (bottom left in the pic above)

Kittens 11 days old

I took some more pics of Cherry's kittens today :) I wish the mackerel pattern on the blue girl would show up in the photos but I can't even see it visually now - her tail is well ringed though!

Good match on Sunday BTW - well worth staying at home for......

Excited!

I went to see my new Burmese stud today - he is a 3 1/2 year old chocolate boy called Greg. I am really looking forward to bringing him home - he is a lovely strong, muscular, well balanced boy with a wonderful temperament and superb short coat. He should be a great match for my girls - can't wait to see his kittens. I took my camera then stupidly forgot to ask if I could take pictures! Never mind - all will be revealed soon enough and I'll put his pedigree on my website. It's a very nice pedigree with a mix of recent and older lines - a good outcross for my girls and not above the average inbreeding for UK Burmese.

Am not now going to the Asian BAC meeting tomorrow - so I won't miss the England / France match after all! Of course I may well be wishing that I had missed it by this time tomorrow.........
If England can keep 15 men on the field for the whole match that'd at least be an improvement. And thankfully we won't have the dreaded Kaplan refereeing (as he did the Ireland/Scotland match today!)

Cherry's kittens are a week old and seem to be doing well - all have at least doubled their birth weight and some have their eyes open. The blue Self girl has a ghost mackerel pattern - and it's a genuine mackerel with narrow stripes!!

Gold Top?

I wondered if Cherry is producing it, her kittens have all put on approximately 20g today. All seem to be doing well so far - can't wait for their eyes to open so I can start to get an idea of the overall type. Will post more pics later in the week.

As I'll now be at home most of the weekend, I should hopefully get everything up to date with BAC paperwork and the Lincoln schedule - plus I'll also be able to watch the England/France match (I might regret saying that on Sunday)!!