The Winter Litter
Here we have a litter of Balinese and Oriental Longhairs from Cloudette and Phoenix.
1 North Wind - Seal Point Balinese male - Reserved
2 Ice Crystal - Seal Point Balinese female - AVAILABLE
3 Lace Frost - Blue Silver Tabby Point Balinese female - Reserved
4 Snowdust - Blue Point Balinese female - Reserved
5 Cool Dusk - Blue Smoke Point Balinese male - Reserved
6 Winter Solstice - Silver Tabby Oriental Longhair female - Reserved
7 Goddess Skadi - Silver Tabby Oriental Longhair female - Reserved
1st February, 2012
I'm back and I'm led to believe that nothing terrible happened in my absense, well nothing terrible that doesn't usually happen anyway ;-)
The Winter kittens have all paid their final visit to the vet now, some yesterday, some today. It was mayhem to be honest: Microchip numbers were getting mixed up and having to be re-read, not all the vaccination cards were made out properly and a couple of kittens had a reaction to the anaesthetic. Lacey and North are still very much sleeping off their op as I write. Still all done and dusted now. Well we will be once I've done the worming. I don't like to do everything at once as it means lots of medicine all in one go so I'll do that tomorrow. How I look forward to the joy of giving pills to kittens and having my fingers bitten.
Some, actually most, of the babies are leaving me this weekend. It will be quite a shock to be down to just a few cats again. It is always nice to have a bit less to do but I do miss the kitties and I shall really miss the Winter Litter as I'm not keeping any of them. In every litter there is one who breaks my heart when they leave but I won't tell you which one it is this time. Just know I will be a little bit sad as always. You may notice that Crystal is still available. I have had around 6 enquiries for her but I am yet to find someone really suitable. She is such a little treasure, she deserves a home where she'll get lots of attention.
Puddha's Palace have now had a litter named after all four seasons. So farewell to the Winter Litter and farewell to our followers for now.
Snowdust looks like she's got some real attitude but she is actually very sweet natured.
Lacey, all sleepy after her op earlier today. Tomorrow normal activity will be resumed :-)
North is also looking very woozy here
Winter is a very elegant young lady
Skadi is such a cutie and purrs like a tractor
Pretty Crystal is full of fun - always
This picture shows off Dusk's colouring beautifully
20th January, 2012
Tomorrow our Winter kittens are 10 weeks old and soon they'll be leaving me :-(
Yesterday I could hear them mooching about in the bedrooms. As it was an unusually bright sunny day I thought it would be a good time to video them. I ran upstairs with my camera and saw the mess that is my daughters' bedroom, complete with a drawer of pjs all over the floor. Please excuse the mess and focus on my beautiful babies just going about their business. Of course the big cats are all hanging around too. Generally wherever I go they go so you'll see Phoenix, Flash, Lhasa and Cloudette all in there too.
Nothing much else to report. The kitties are all well and happy and are suitably gorgeous. Winter's eye is much better. North Wind has become available again so the perfect opportunity for someone to grab two wonderful kittens from the same litter.
There won't be an update next week as I am going to Centre Parcs. Don't worry though, the kittens are being cared for by my good friend, Andy, who is house-sitting while we're away. Andy is a real cat lover and will have little else to do other than lounge around kooching kittens so I expect they'll be spoiled and very demanding when I get home.
Early the following week they will be going off for their final health check and vaccination. They'll receive their microchips at the same time and those going purely as pets will be neutered then too. Once we're done I shall report on their wellbeing and post the final pictures of the season. Until then I hope you enjoy our mini movie. See the link below.
11th January, 2012
Well it's a little over due but... Happy new year to all our followers! At last I have some yummy new photos of the Winter Litter along with some news.
Last Friday they went off for their first health check and vaccination. All went smoothly. Our vet, Sarah, is not usually an Oriental cat person. She loves the personality but not the look but when she met the Winter kitties she was full of love for them. Each one I took out of the basket brought yet more gasps and exclamations of "beautiful" from her and the vet nurse, Anne. They really were cooing over our babies and praising them for their good behaviour.... well of course!
These little guys are going great and no longer seem like the babies as they are fully capable of everything the Tibs are. They all have their main 'punking hour' starting around 8.30-9pm, just as I'm trying to settle down for a read or a film. They tear around the lounge and up and down the stairs like elephants crossed with monkeys. Last night I fell asleep on the sofa and was rudely awakened by a kitten landing full force, claws and all, in my face. So will I miss them when they are all gone? But of course.
The night before last I put out their supper and closed them downstairs and went up to bed. While in bed I heard tiny rustlings and scratching, it sounded like rats in the loft. I called, "kittens" but none came out so I couldn't work out where they could be. My ear led me to the chest of drawers. I opened the bottom drawer to find Crystal and Lacey frollicking inside. No idea how long they'd been there but they must have got in by going underneath the chest and up into the back of the drawer. I think they were glad to see some supper still waiting for them.
Poor Winter has sustained a small injury to her eye and is squinting in all the photos due to the application of drops. Be assurred full glamorous posing will be resumed shortly.
North Wind, Skadi and Crystal with the Tibs
Pretty Snowdust
Snowdust, Lacey and squinty Winter
North Wind or North as he's more commonly known
North and Crystal
Snowdust and Lacey having a tumble
Dad with his babies
Dusk, Skadi and Crystal
Dusk between the twins
Dusk seems to be doing some kind of Can Can in this series of shots
Now he's got the Tommy Cooper hand thing going on
Syncronised dancing?
Skadi showing off her stripes
Snowdust and Lacey
Those two again
Crystal sleeping peacefully
Pretty Lacey in a basket
31st December, 2011
Well it is the last day of they year and I've finally got round to editing and uploading the Christmas video. Our house is in a bit of a state with my girls moving furniture, cushions and so on to make their dens and as for the tree... it is looking rather worse for wear. Still we've had a wonderful Christmas and the kittens have helped make it so much fun.
The Winter Litter have really grown over this past week and are much more independent now. They are really taking shape and next week will be heading to the vets for their first vaccination and health check. They are super babies, so full of fun, as all kittens should be, but really cuddly too. Some of them have an amazing purr already.
There is plenty of footage of all 7 kittens in the video but I'll think you'll find it hard to tell the matching pairs apart ;-) Click on the link below to spot your kitten.
19th December, 2011
On Saturday morning, with unusual bright sunlight in the house, I filmed the most gorgeous video of all 11 kittens from the two litters playing together. I have just discovered that I accidentally deleted it from my camera, thinking it was a photograph. I'm so annoyed with myself. I shall attempt to make another video in the next few days. In the meantime I can report that all 7 babies are doing really well, eating solids, using the litter tray and reeking havoc on my Christmas tree and home at large. More soon....
Snowdust
Cool Dusk with Crystal behind
Lace Frost resting her paws on the back of North Wind
Crystal being cute and cuddly 
Winter Solstice
The Goddess Skadi with her stripes appearing
...and then showing off her toothypegs
North Wind
Dad with his babies
Crystal is Daddy's girl
11th December, 2011
I can't believe these little babies are four weeks old now. But off they go exploring the world. They can no longer be contained by their box and manage to get themselves outside for a noisy mooch about. They seem very keen to get out but once they're there I'm not sure they like it very much. They walk around yelling their heads off, which is very distressing for their poor mum, Cloudette, who feels she has to find them and retrieve them from wherever they are.
I have decided to introduce solid food to them this weekend. They all have nice full tummies but it is really taking its toll on Cloudette feeding such a larger litter. She is looking so skinny despite eating constantly so I am trying to help her out. They all take the mushed up kitten food quite well with no real complaints but so far they aren't showing any inclination to actually go and find it themselves. They are getting really playful, however, and give a very good account of themselves when fighting their older half siblings, the Tibs.
Here is Lace Frost, she is such a pretty cat
This is Cool Dusk the blue smoke point boy
Goddess Skadi
Snowdust, our blue point Balinese girl
North Wind and Ice Crystal
North Wind and Lace Frost
Winter Solstice and Ice Crystal
3rd December, 2011
Click on this link to see them on video
Our Winter litter are 3 weeks old today and are just smashing. They are all doing great. I have discovered that we have 5 girls and just 2 boys, which was a bit of a blow as I am hoping to keep a boy and would have liked a wide choice but this is the way things work out. When you want girls you have a litter of all boys and so on.
I have listed the kitten colours below but these are just provisional and should not be taken as absolute. I still have difficulty telling the seals from the blues and am further confused by tabby points and silver, so please bear with me.
On Saturday 12th November, Cloudette's second litter, the Winter Litter, were born. Seven gorgeous babies who have thrived from day one. All but one were born in breech, so my assistance was definitely needed at the birth. She doesn't have an easy time giving birth so I might make this her last litter. She is a wonderful mum though, no doubt about that. This litter concludes our 'Seasons themed' litters.
She was so funny during the birth. I had her in a basket in the back room, where it's nice and quiet. Next door Lhasa and her Tibetan babies were all mooching around in their house and Cloudette could hear them. Cloudette would produce a kitten then pick it up and try to dig her way out of the back room and into where Lhasa and the Tibs were. It was so stressful for Cloudette that I gave up keeping them separate and let her be where she wanted to be. I put fresh, clean towels down in the Tibs' box and in she went with her kittens and happily produced the final 3. Lhasa was so helpful with the birth, licking the kittens clean as soon as born and even severing the cords. Afterwards she lay next to Cloudette and groomed her as Cloudette snuggled her kittens,cuddled up to Lhasa and the Tibs. Since then all 11 kittens feed from both mums. It's a delightful scene. They are joined, of course, by their dad, Phoenix and Uncle Flash - who is the most wonderful babysitter. Taking care of the babies' bottoms as if he were their mum. They are ten days old today and here are the first pictures of them.
