Abigail



Cream Burmese

Abby was my baby. She was, and still is, the undisputed queen of her little empire. Sadly, Abigail was run over by a 4x4 outside our front door at 8am on Saturday 18th June 2005. We live in such a quiet place it’s almost unbelievable. She was coming up for nine years old. Abigail was a grand servant to me and I owe her everything.  Without her I would never have begun this business. She inspired me to breed wonderful kittens at a reasonable price, for the pleasure of others. I still miss her terribly and no cat will ever take her place but I believe that I will, indeed, see her again.

  Thank you Abby for this wonderful legacy.
  Rest in peace till we meet again.

Emily 

 Asian Tortie
 

Emily is the first daughter of Abigail. She is just 7 years old and has only three legs. She lost her front leg in a fight with a fox when she was 3 years old and heavily pregnant.  She went on to give birth to 5 beautiful healthy kittens despite her amputation and four days in hospital. She has never moaned about her lot and was spayed to give her a nice quiet cat life.  She divides her time between exploring on Yateley Common, where we live, and my bed, the privilege she has been granted because of her ‘special status’. Emily is an Asian and has a lovely sweet nature. She hasn’t a bad thought in her head. We have to shoo her back home sometimes as she would follow us constantly for walks with the dogs.  In the past if she has continued to walk, we have had to alternate between carrying her and putting her down to walk as she gets out of puff (I know how she feels!) and starts panting, which is very disconcerting in a cat. However, I have to say she is very 'bloody-minded' and we have to lock her up sometimes to make sure she doesn't come with us, else she sneaks through the undergrowth and pops out half a mile into the walk. Then what do we do? One good thing about the winter coming on, Emily will be more likely to default to my bedroom than the common! God bless her determination.

Lydia



Lilac Tortie Burmese

Lydia was the last lilac Tortie I bred from my gentle Abigail. I had wanted a lilac Tortie for three litters and eventually along came Lydia.  She was one of six of the last litter of Abby's. She is one of the line up on Abigail's portrait...but don't ask me which one!  Abby produced three lilac Tortie girls and three cream boys from which I could take my pick. She must have known I wanted one of each.

Lydia has a gentle nature like her mum.  There's not a bad thought in her head. She is just over a year old and we will start breeding with her when she is about 2 years old. She will continue the lovely line that Abby gave to us all.

William

Cream Burmese

William is just over a year old and was born to Abigail in her very last litter. We at present regard him as our 'stud-in-training'. However, he appears to be more consistently interested in his warm bed and what is going into his stomach! We have put him with two seasoned queens but the queen sits and calls and he just lies there snoring! Hopeless!! He is, however, a lovely boy and is only young yet. We are hoping he will get the hang of it by the new year.

William is very affectionate, as Burmese often are, and he is what our vet calls, 'a big girl's blouse'! He is another one who regularly wants to come walking with the dogs and he can do a full one mile walk, running up the available trees at the sight of any strange dog. He is beginning to come to his name, although Willy does work better than William! Hopefully there will be lots of little Williams around once he realises what a delight living in a harem can be!
 

Florence


Chinchilla  Persian

Florence came to live with us when she was quite young. I wouldn't normally have chosen a Persian because of the responsibility of the grooming. However, Florence was left with us and we didn't have very much option.  We find the Persian nature very sweet and wouldn't part with Florence for anything. She doesn't have a tail now. It had to be amputated a couple of years ago.  However, she still gives us lovely Tiffannie kittens. Florence is like Beatrice in that she only seems to come into season once a year and has very small litters of two or three. The Chinchillas look very fierce, like the one in Stuart Little, but they are not fierce at all. They are actually quite intelligent, hardy cats and we love the contrast with our other cats. 

Beatrice with son, Darius



 Birmans

Bea (blue Tortie point) is so beautiful but never appears to have much up-top! She is what I would call 'enchanting' and 'blonde' (with apologies to all those blonde ladies out there).  She is lovely to cuddle and as a semi-longhair doesn't need much grooming, unlike a Persian type cat. I don't think I have ever felt a claw in me or a scratch from Bea, she is just so gentle. She has lovely kittens when put with a Burmese boy. She has had four small litters and only appears to come into season once a year...so she never overdoes anything! Here she is with one of her previous offspring, a blue boy, Olibea-Darius.
 

Bronte & Beth



Siamese & Burmese

Bronte is a chocolate point Siamese and Bethany a blue Tortie Burmese.  As you can see, they enjoy each other's company. However, Bethany loves her comfort more and is certainly not going to give way to Bronte for her comfy place.
 

Bethany



Blue Tortie Burmese

Beth (also pictured above) is a beautiful, blue Tortie Burmese.  She has a wonderful inner beauty. She seems to know when something is wrong with either myself or Hannah.  She is very quiet for a Burmese. When she was a kitten she was brought up in a cage. I didn't buy her as I didn't want a Burmese that was scared and with no social graces. However, I couldn't forget her and the next week went back and brought her home.  It took a lot of effort  just stroking her gently and gaining her trust. However, from a 'rabbit in the headlights' demeanour she has grown into a beautiful and gentle Burmese mother. The months of work have been heavily rewarded and she has lovely babies. She is just the best mum in the business.  She will feed any kitten in sight and with all is most diligent.

Tilly



Burmese Cross

Tilly was not bred by us, she came to us when she was about 8 months old. Her mum was a brown Burmese and her father had been ‘just passing’. She settled well here with all the other animals and although now retired, gave us a couple of litters of kittens which were three quarter Burmese.  She has her own special place for her bed and food … by her own choice she 'lives' in the porch! This gives her quick access to the common where she frequently comes dog walking with us, much to the amusement of our neighbours! 

Tilly  Burmese Cross
&
 Sophie  Burmese/Persian
 

Tilly (in front) and Sophie (behind) coming for a walk on Yateley common. The dogs are all up front with me.