Cats of the Seychelles

"There is a native cat found in these isles which I have not seen elsewhere.  Elegant and fine boned with a long, silky coat, pure white except for a few splashes of colour and deep blue eyes.  It's appearance is most dramatic."

Some years ago I came across this description of the Seychellois cats in a book.  There were no pictures but my imagination was alive with the thought of them.  I longed to one day work with these mysterious felines......

Much later I started my first cat breeding project with one Oriental Shorthair and later an Oriental Longhair.  My longer term goal was to produce Seychellois-like cats but it turned out to be an unfulfilled dream.  Bi-coloured Siamese (Siamese with white) were needed for my plans but at that time there were none to be found in the UK.  Bi-coloured Siamese and Orientals have been bred in Europe and America for quite a few years now but are still a new thing here in the UK.  Fortunately for me we do now have some wonderful bi-coloured Siamese and Oriental cats in this country and so my dream lives on....

Teardrop, our Seychellois Shorthair girl, joined us in January 2008.  She carries the all important longhair.

Under current FIFe rules all Siamese and Balinese cats with white patches on them are registered as Seychellois.  Personally, I am aiming to produce something much closer to the original description of an authentic Seychellois cat.  My plan is to breed beautiful, semi long haired white cats with blue eyes and just a few dramatic splashes of colour on the head, legs and tail.  I've a long way to go.... but I'm not working alone, there are one or two other breeders in the UK and many more elsewhere in the world working for the same thing.  Watch this space....

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