Willow's Kittens Update

Well the scamps are growing! They are just 9 weeks now and full of mischief but so adorable.
We have:

• Alexandrite Reese - Silver and White Tabby Female, Reese is just like a little princess but can scamp with the boys!
• Alexandrite Zuri - Brown Tabby Male, Zuri has somehow managed to have all his whiskers chewed off! He is very sweet natured and loves to play.
• Alexandrite Yasmin - Silver Tabby Female, Yasmin is lovely and very chunky. Yasmin has more of the wild look than her sister Reese, but the sweetest of temperaments.
• Alexandrite Zak - Black and White Male, Zak is so handsome and we can see that he is going to be very handsome just like his Dad Mishka when he grows up. He is very adventurous and seems to be the first one up to trouble.
• Alexandrite Neo - Black and White Male, Neo is probably the quieter one in the litter and he is a bit of a Mummy's boy and cries when Willow isn't there! Once he has his confidence up though he joins in with his siblings and loves playing with Neo.

The current situation on this litter is:

• Zak and Neo are still looking for their forever homes
  
• Yasmin, Zuri and Reese are reserved

The babies will be able to go to their new homes mid June, please contact me if you would like any more details.

Show News

Well we have been very busy here, with the family, kittens and still in a mess waiting on the new kitchen to be finished!

Somewhere in between all of the above, we managed to squeeze in a one day at the TICA show held by the UK TICA Alliance location Milton Keynes. We took Paavo along for his first day out and it was also an excuse for us to try out our new Sturdi Pen - Habitat which we got when we went to Frankfurt. They are a bit bigger than the standard Sturdi pen here, but I thought it would be better for the boys to have more space.

Paavo showed like a dream again, and he finalled in 4 rings gaining

• a Best Long Hair Cat - Irene van Belzen
  
• 3rd Best Long Hair Cat - Arline Noel Garel
  
• 4th Best Long Hair Cat - Vlada Beniya
  
• & 7th Best Long Hair Cat - Bridgitte Berthelon
  

Way to go Paavo, we are very proud of him. When he was judged and won Best cat the Judge couldn't believe how relaxed he was, this is what happened

• Andy placed Paavo in his pen for Judging
• Paavo went to sleep
  
• Bridgitte woke Paavo up and carried him to the judging table
• Paavo was placed on the judging table
• Paavo went to sleep
• Bridgitte checked Paavo's profile (still sleeping!)
• Bridgitte stood Paavo up to check confirmation, stance and build
• Paavo lay back down and went to sleep
• Bridgitte picked up Paavo and placed him back in his pen
• Paavo went to sleep!

Are we seeing a pattern! This was the same for when he received his Best Cat too!

Now and again there was some activity especially when he surprised one of the Judges by going from asleep to running up the scratchy post, she said "I wasn't prepared for that!", it was very funny.

Paavo loved his new Sturdi Pen well he slept well in it!

We also saw Melanie there with Snowgum Titan, and Darren and Erica were there with Snowgum Maisie, they are Cimus's little ones so it is lovely to see how they have grown. Both Titan and Maisie did really well, Titan was in 9 Finals and Maisie was in 7 Finals over the two days. Well done to Titan and Maisie x

While we were in Milton Keynes, Susie and Mark were showing Kosi (seal point Birman) and Illyana at a GCCF show in Godmanchester. They both did brilliantly, Kosi got his Imperial and Best Show Neuter and Illyana achieved her Merit and 2 Firsts and a Third in her side classes. Well done to Kosi and Illyana x

So it was a brilliant weekend for us all xxx

Willow babies

I have been meaning to add some up to date photos of Willows bubbas, but with the mad chaos of a new kitchen here and our trip, we just haven't had time. You would be surprised how long it takes to take some photos of the scamps! Well here they are...




The babies are

• Alexandrite Zak - black and white male
• Alexandrite Zuri - brown tabby male
• Alexandrite Yasmin - silver tabby female
• Alexandrite Reese - silver and white tabby female
• Alexandrite Neo - black and white male
  

All are sweet, purr machines and love to play and scamp about. They are all very cute and sound like a herd of elephants running around upstairs!

I have had a number of reservations for Willow's kittens so I will be contacting everyone asap. A kitten may become available from this litter if we can't match the requested preferences.

(photos taken yesterday at 6 weeks of age)