A typical Saturday morning chez Norskwood!

Conchita's Black and White girl snuggling with her Stevie!

Well, another month has gone by- the time seems liquid at the moment with no time to do much. Sometimes I think that I left it a little late to have a baby because Gethin is so active at 19 months that by the time he goes to bed it's all I can do to sit and have a nice glass of wine and something to eat.

Conchita's babies are now exactly one month old. They're growing fast and now that she's finally allowed them come out of their bed, they're very friendly and sociable kittens. Her Black and White girlie especially has the most outgoing and cheeky personality and she will run towards me and squeak until she's picked up for a cuddle. And they all LOVE to climb my leg if I'm on my computer, which is painful to say the least!

Brea's kittens are in the process of leaving us now they're 14 weeks old. I couldn't sleep last night for thinking about them in their new homes even though I know that they'll be worshipped and adored. Photos below are ones I took for their pedigrees.

Talisker

Lionel

Maurice





At last- Conchita con Queso delivers her kittens safely

She kept us waiting for over 2 days (well, actually she's kept us waiting a lot longer than that because she's been mated several times during the course of her 2 and half years until Blue Boo did the trick this time!), but finally Conchita had her first litter of babies last night.

She had 4 lovely big babies and possibly there are 2 girls, 2 boys and 2 Black Silvers (one with White) and 2 Black Tabbies (one with White). I'll check again later on- these things often change with kittens having miraculous sex changes and colour changes! I'm hoping that there will be a special little girl for me (sshhhh- don't tell Steve).

She waited for me to come to bed last night then refused to get in her box and proceded to give birth cuddled up beside me on the bed. And there they remain this morning because she doesn't want to move just yet. Thank god for Pampers changing mats, they're a god send for cats and babies.

We didn't get a lot of sleep- poor Stevie had no duvet! I'll try and coax her into a bed in a minute....

Latest Photos of Brea's Kittens & Sparky's Kittens

I've been really bad about posting recently- there just seems to be so little time these days. Anyway, the kittens are now 7 weeks old (Sparky's) and 9 Weeks old (Brea's) and are just SO naughty! Of course, Gethin doesn't help- he encourages them, and they bring out the devil in him too...

Enjoy the photos in the slideshow....

Blue Boo-Felis Britannica's Best Adult Norwegian Male for 2011

 Last night (Saturday 25th February 2012), I was due to attend the Felis Britannica Awards Dinner in Moulton College, Northampton. Unfortunately, I've been feeling decididly under the weather and couldn't go. Last year's was such good fun and we ended up singing Kareoke (if that's how you spell it) despite the fact that we didn't have any music.... a good time was had by all!

So, I was fed up at missing the dinner, but I had a text to say that our darling Blue Boo won Best Adult Norwegian Male- and he didn't go to 4 of the shows in 2011. That cat is just a star.

It makes up for him not doing so well at the Norwegian Forest Cat Club show last weekend- he looked fabulous, in great coat. But he didn't get placed in the Grand and although he was placed in his side classes I reckon that he'll now retire from GCCF shows because perhaps not many of the judges "get" solid Blues.

(The rest of the gang did well, though. Little Bronwen won her Kitten Open , did well in side classes too. Sookie was 2nd in her Open, did well in her side classes. Ari won her first CC in her first GCCF show and did really well in side classes. And my beloved Greebo in his first outing as a neuter at a GCCF show (neutered for only 4 weeks) won his first PC and came first in all his side classes bar one where he was 2nd.)

Brea and Cracker's Kittens

Well it's about time I added some more photos of the kittens, and they're on the slideshow to the left. They are very attractive kittens and are very sociable. They like to come out of their bed and wander about when they hear me, and are very tolerant of Gethin trying to give them cuddles- he loves them.

Sparky and Blue Boo's kittens are now almost 2 weeks old and are gorgeous too- both Mummies are together and all 10 kittens are happy having the benefit of 2 Mums.

GSD IV Testing

Well, as per FIFe's new rule from January 2012, all NFO's have to be tested for GSD IV.

So, many of our cats have been tested at Langford and all have come back as GSD IV Normal. The cats we haven't tested are offspring of those that have been tested and found Normal, so in effect all of our cats are clear from this thankfully.

So Exciting- Brea's New Babies Are Born!

Well, today Brea had her second litter of kittens, this time to our Cracker. Potentially, she could have had a huge range of colours because she and Cracker carry the dilute gene. As our luck would have it, none of her kittens are dilute! Such a shame as we had little luck last year despite the potential being there for many of our offspring to be Blues or Creams... ah well, maybe another time.

Gethin and I spent the early afternoon upstairs keeping her company, and Gethin took this very seriously to the point where he got into the extra large carrier (that Brea likes to use to sleep in) with her. He then proceeded to stroke her side. I have a feeling that this boy could become a vet (please, please, please- would save us a fortune!).

When Gethin went to bed for his afternoon nap, Brea decided to go for it and gave birth to 5 lovely big babies over the course of the afternoon- very thoughtful of her. I'm getting too old for the all nighters where you get cold, tired and stiff waiting for kittens to be born!

I think she has 1 Red Tabby and White Girl, 2 Red Tabby and White Boys, 1 Black Tabby and White Boy and another Boy that I think is probably our 2nd ever Black and White. Actually, the Black Tabby and and White boy is only the 2nd of that colour we've ever had too. Brea gave birth very easily and the kittens all seem to be thriving so far. Let's hope they continue to do so.