Eastertime

Love Me Tender in the cat garden

Montie discovers the Easter deccies!

Easter Sunday and it's STILL amazing weather. The cats and kittens and of course us have all been enjoying spending some time in the garden. I'm feeling tired as I've spent the past 2 nights on alert for the birth of kittens.

Chilli is pleased to announce the birth of her 2nd litter with Blue Boo on Friday night/Saturday morning (St. George's day babies) and Buffy gave birth to her final litter today, and their Daddy is Greebo. Gethin was very pleased to assist Buffy in her birth by quite literally holding her paw when the first kitten was born- he's a very hands on sort of baby! Buffy always likes to have me beside her when she has kittens and loves to be stroked and hold paws. I think she sees Gethin as a kitten too.



Easter

Well, the weather is fabulous and the kittens have been enjoying sharing the cat garden with us. Gethin and Sookie have a special bond, but she also loves her Daddy Stevie. They've all been exploring and playing under the watchful eyes of their Mummies.
 We still have 3 gorgeous babies from Willow's litter available- see photos below- 2 boys and a girl. Contact Ali if you think you're up to the job of human slave!

                         Gethin and Sookie share their tea

                                              Steve and Sookie relaxing in the sun

                                                   Love Bug- Available

                                              Love Me Do- Available

                                                    Stupid Cupid- Available



Kittens, Kittens everywhere!

Well, all of Anya's lot are now reserved bless them. Steve is still resisting us keeping Sookie, but seeing as she adores Gethin and he adores her... how can we say "no"?

The kittens have been enjoying the lovely sunny weather and Willow's lot have discovered the Big Outdoors because the back door has been open and they've ventured into the cat garden. They're most put out today because it's turned a bit chilly and they can't go out! They've taken to running over us in the middle of the night playing chase.

Anya's babies are all over the house and loving it. They're the most outgoing little souls and love their older brothers and sister.

Love Me Do, Love Bug and Stupid Cupid

New Photos

                           Cat toys work well for babies too! Gethin & his best friend Sookie

And of course, it works the other way round too- kittens LOVE baby stuff!

                                "My work here is done"! Typical kitten chaos chez nous...

The past two weeks we've been decorating and laying a new floor downstairs. As you can imagine, this has been great fun for the kittens and also for Gethin. We've been camped out in the bedroom for quite a big part of it, which has been cosy. It's nearly all finished now thankfully- just some odds and ends to do.

More kittens photos will follow this week as time allows....

Anya's Angels- New Photos

Above: Black Mackerel Tabby Girl- On Hold

                                           Above: Black Silver Blotched Tabby Girl- Reserved

                                               Above: Red Blotched Tabby Boy- Reserved

These photos were taken when the kittens were 2 and a half weeks old. They are all very confident and very mobile for ones so young and I think they are taking their lead from their half brothers and sister. I can't wait to see what they get up to as they grow up- if they are anything like their Mother they will be very strong characters- in fact, they are already. Our Silver Tortie girl is already walking about out of the nest demanding that I pick her up for a cuddle! Both Anya and Blue Boo are very outgoing cats and they're both excellent type, so we shall see.

Please contact us if you'd like to know more.

The Trouble With Tribbles...!



Does anyone remember that classic Star Trek episode where the crew brought back cute furry little creatures to The Enterprise and they took over the ship? Well, although there are only 8 kittens in total, this lot are taking over the Nursery.

We coralled the kittens over the weekend in order to encourage Willow's babies to use the litter trays which has worked really well. But Love Bug immediately discovered how to escape and just climbed in and out at will- he has such character! They all get on well and despite the age difference the two litters are thriving.

Some are now reserved or on hold and some lovely people came round at the weekend to meet the cats and kittens. More photos will follow when time allows. We're decorating next week... that'll be fun.

Anya's Angels Make Their Debut

Well, Anya had her 3rd litter of kittens on 9th March 2011 not without difficulty. She is a lovely Mummy but not great at giving birth and this time had to have oxytocin to deliver her last baby (pictured). But the kittens are gaining piles of weight and they are being looked after Anya, Willow and Sparky- both litters of kittens kittens snuggle up together with the girls and quite often their "uncle" Hugo (our neutered housecat who adores kittens).
She has a Red Blotched Tabby boy, a Black Mackerel Tabby girl and a Silver Tortie Blotched Tabby girl that may well stay here with us if she turns out to be like her Mum. The boy's eyes are already open but the girls won't be far behind. The Silver Tortie girl is the heaviest (250g at 1 week).
It's so nice to have kittens again... Gethin and I spend a lot of time with them playing with them and cuddling them.