Nala's Kittens

We have finally seen our new kittens! They are, of course, beautiful. It looks like we have two girls and two boys. We can already tell that the boys will be blue and the girls will be blue torties. It will take a little while for us to know the patterns, but we will let you know as soon as we can tell. Nala loves being a mother - and is doing a very good job of it. She is protective of her kittens (like all new moms) - and wasn't too sure about me even taking pictures of them (she was giving me the evil eye in this picture), but later when she realized the flash wasn't hurting anybody she calmed down and started purring! I liked this picture of the kittens best, though - because you can see the faces of two of them. After this picture everyone started eating so you can only see their back side. And they are just so cute - I wanted you to be able to see them!

Christmas kittens

Nala had her kittens this morning! We are away from home for the holidays - so my mom called us early this morning to tell us that we have 4 big kittens! I will have more to tell when I get home and see them for the first time. Nala is apparently very happy! Probably she is very happy to have them out of her stomach (she was huge). I can't wait to see them later this week.

Aww

Aren't they cute! Emma's kittens keep growing and changing - I'm excited to see that we are going to have several that will look like their father, Crispin! He is such a beautiful cat. The kittens are starting to walk around and before long they will probably be running. It's fun to start to learn each of their personalities - as we start to get to know them better we will let you know more about these beautiful kittens.

Bailey

To continue on with our breeder posts I thought I would introduce our new girl. We have not yet had time to even put her on our list of breeders. Bailey is very sweet and loves attention. In fact, often when I'm on the computer typing she will come and find me - and she will rub her face up against my fingers begging me to stop to hold her and pet her. It's funny! She can also be found napping in some of the funniest positions - as this picture attests. She loves to play and often takes off in a sprint around the room for no reason! We love her - and can't wait to get some pictures of her up on our breeder page, hopefully we will have some up soon.

Here they are

Emma is doing really well. She is very happy, purring all the time!

More Kittens!

We are so excited! Emma had 5 big beautiful kittens. Both momma and the kittens are great! We will have more updates on them soon - with pictures and everything.

M&Ma

Yep, that's our Emma's nickname - If you say Emma Nemma really fast it just kind of sounds like that favorite of all candies...at least my husband's favorite of all candies. Anyway, she is a real joy to have around - she's sweet, cuddly, and loves to sleep with us. We took a picture of her in her favorite spot - the bathroom sink! She meets me there at various times of the day - it's her favorite place to get a drink, and yes I indulge her! It's so funny for me to see a cat drinking running water. The more we get to know our M&M the more we love her! She is very pregnant right now, and we can't wait to meet her little kittens sometime soon. Very soon by the looks of things! We will definitely let everyone know when those little ones arrive.

They sure grow up fast!

Cheya's kittens are approaching 4 weeks old and they are adorable! We wanted to let everyone know what we have - on the left is our seal torbie colorpoint girl and on the right is our seal lynx mitted boy. We will be updating our kitten page later tonight with more pictures and information, but I couldn't wait to get this photo out!

My Maya

I'm going to take a short break writing about our breeders to write about Maya. We purchased Maya when she was a little kitten and had planned on having her with us for many years as a breeder. She is wonderful in many ways - so many that I have trouble listing them all. She's funny and playful, she's a snuggler and a lover, she's a lap cat and a nap cat...she is constantly by my side (as is Nala - and they are the closest of friends). Sometimes I will have both Nala and Maya on my lap at the same time! She's beautiful, she's floppy, she's everything you could want in a cat! And then right when we thought she was expecting her first litter, we found out the worst news - she had a uterine infection! And we had to have her fixed to make sure the infection was totally removed. We were so glad that we caught it in time to save her - uterine infections can be deadly! But, now we have to part with her and find her a new home - which has been a sad thing for us (we've been postponing it for 2 months now!). She is just over a year old and a bundle of love - she will do well in any household, especially one that wants to love her! Look here for more on her.

Queen Nala

It wasn't too hard for me to decide which of our breeders to talk about next. Nala was making me laugh today - so I thought I'd write about her. She is a total lap cat! If I'm reading (like I was today) and there is not room for her on my lap - she will just jump up anyway...and then look at me like "why do you have a book - this is my seat". Then if I keep reading she lets me know that I'm not paying attention to her by making the sweetest pleas. Finally, when I put the book down, she is happy - and she is never happier than when I'm rubbing her feet. Yep - you read right! She likes her belly rubbed, and her chin, and her head, and her nose - but when I rub her feet she closes her eyes, starts purring even louder - and sometimes even falls asleep. It just makes me laugh because it is so different from any cat I've ever had. It's like I'm giving her a little massage. Anyway, she's pregnant and deserves some foot rubs I suppose :-). Her kittens are due in about 4 weeks - so we are starting to see her get bigger. It's fun!

Big Boy Crispin

I thought it might be fun to do a blog post on each of our breeders. I'm starting with Crispin because we are constantly amazed by this guy! At 9 months he's a whooping 12.5 lbs...and still growing. He is obviously going to be big - add that to his beauty and his great temperament and you have our dream cat. We are thrilled that he is going to be a daddy! Watch for his kittens with Emma, due the beginning of December - they will be gorgeous!

Growing, growing, growing

Cheya's kittens are growing more everyday - and we are starting to be able to tell what we are going to have (though not fully yet). We have one girl that will be a seal tortie and one boy that will be seal - but we can't tell yet whether they will be lynx or what pattern they are (they will be either mitted or colorpoint). They are very sweet kittens and already love being held!

Spoke Too Soon

So, now we have 2 kittens! Cheya's second little guy or gal (again, I haven't looked yet) was born this evening between the hours of 6 and 8...a full 10 hours after the first one. I had heard that a long delay can occur between kittens in rare occasions, but never thought that I would actually experience it! We are now wondering, will there be more?

Update -
And the final count is....two!

First Kitten of the fall!

It is no coincidence that I'm starting this blog on the same day that we are starting our fall run of kittens. During the non-kitten season, there is not too much happening - but things are about to get really exciting around here. It all started this morning - we have been waiting for the last few days for Cheya's kittens to be born and today at 8am she started her contractions. About 40 minutes later we had our first kitten - and about 3 hours later we realized that it would be her only kitten. It is always a surprise to find out how many kittens the girls are going to have. We knew that Cheya wasn't going to have many (she just didn't get that big this time) - but I expected 2 or 3 at least. So we are surprised - but that little guy or gal (haven't looked to see which yet) is going to be the cleanest and best fed kitten around. I can't wait to find out what its color and pattern will be! Cheya's last litter was huge - her boy was over 12 lbs at 9 months old and the girls were in the 9 and 10lb range...so it will be exciting to see how big this one gets with all the extra attention!