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November 2011
Cloudette's kittens are here!
At the Felis Britannica Winners Show on 6th November, Phoenix got his third CAC so now has the title of champion. I'm really proud of my lovely, good natured boy.
He is pictured here with Charles Spijker, a very nice judge.
October 2011
Very sad news to report: My most wonderful, dearest Odo died very suddenly of renal failure last week. The shock and upset was immense but I have come to terms with it now and I'm thankful for all the hilarious memories I have of him. He rests in the sunniest spot of our garden now, marked with the Puddha statue, which we named after him. He was the original Puddha.
On a happy note, a VERY happy note, Lhasa has given birth to our very first litter of Tibetans. They are gorgeous and doing great. More information on Our Tibs page.
Cloudette is getting rather big now as is due to give birth in around 3 weeks time. Stay tuned.
September 2011
Pregnancy news: Lhasa is pregnant to Phoenix. Tibetan babies coming soon!! Cloudette has also mated with polygymist Phoenix. I shall confirm her pregnancy in a couple of weeks.
July 2011
Phoenix got his second CAC at the Garden of England Cat Show in Northampton this month.
June 2011
We have show news! We attended the Aristocats Club show under FIFe rules this month. It was a shockingly bad start to what I had anticipated would be a long, glamorous career for my beautiful boy, Flash. Although described as EXCELLENT in every criteria, Flash's certificate (for title) was withheld because his eyes are more yellow than green. I am extremely disappointed.
On the other hand Phoenix was nominated for Best Oriental and became an automatic winner - Best In Show Category IV. Our latest addition, Lhasa, a Brown Smoke Asian Longhair, also did well and was overall Best New Variety on the Sunday.
May 2011
Cloudette's little cuties are here! We have called them The Clouds.
April 2011
Sometimes I must report sad news: Very tragically we lost all but one of our Ladies litter. Penelope died at 5 weeks and then Ochi at 6 weeks. A bacterial bug was detected and the kittens responded well to antibiotic treatment but it was still too much for the smaller girls. Sometimes, for whatever reason, this happens, some kittens just aren't as robust as others. Every effort was made to find and solve the problem but despite £100s in vets fees a definitive answer has not been available and these kittens were lost. :-(
March 2011
Cloudette is pregnant! A litter of Oriental Longhairs and Shorthairs expected, tabbies and bi-colours. Due at the begining of May. Sire of this litter is Dingy Footman of Puddha's Palace, pictured below.
Rinca's babies are here! Just a little litter of 4 beautiful girls - The Ladies.
January 2011
Hooray, Rinca is pregnant. The first definite signs show this week. Kittens due around the 9th March. Below is a picture of father to be - Esprit Armitage - a cinnamon Oriental Shorthair.
From this mating we can expect black, blue, chocolate and lilac Oriental Shorthair kittens, as well as seal, blue, chocolate and lilac point Siamese kittens. All kittens will be carrying the genes for cinnamon and longhair.
As for Cloudette, I am eagerly awaiting her next call, when she will hopefully be mated with none other than Mr. Dingy Footman of Puddha's Palace. Can't wait for that one.
December 2010
After many attempts, Rinca is not pregnant. I have toyed with the idea of speying her and letting her go early to her pet home. After some thought I've decided to try her with a different stud cat. She is my only proven queen right now and I can't afford to let her go. So on her next call she's be whisked up to Sheffied to visit a very handsome young man.
I am also assuming that Cloudette is not pregnant as the two girls shared the 'boy cat' when he was here. As beautiful as Finley is, he's still not quite mature enough with the ladies. I am still hopefull but no definite sign of pregnancy yet.
October 2010
Well our news this month is all about Rinca. Rinca is in this month's edition of The Cat Collection Magazine along with her very own replica called Mandi the Oriental Longhair.
As for the real Rinca, she went off to stud two weeks ago. She stayed for a while but nothing happened so now she's home and she's brought her boyfriend with her: El Amar's Finley is a cinnamon Oriental Shorthair and is a mild mannered gentleman.
August 2010
Issue number 50 of The Cat Collection magazine is out, featuring none other than our home-bred lovely, Dewdrop of Puddha's Palace (aka Leila the Seychellois). There is even a toy replica of her in circulation!
http://www.the-cat-collection.com/index_uk.html
On the 12th of August, Naillai went into labour (rather quietly) and at some point in the night gave birth to 7 wonderful kittens. Sadly we lost a very special one on day 2. The other 6 are doing really well. They are a lovely rainbow family. I've called them the Autumn litter. My first ever litters were called the Spring Litter and the Summer Litter. Almost a full set ;-)
The Moths and Butterflies have flown! Yes our stunning kittens from Terrie and Rinca have now all found homes and most have already left us. Wishing them lots of love and long lives with their new families.
July 2010
Our handsome boy, Jonas Bjorkman, has retired from breeding at the tender age of 12 months. He sired 3 litters for us so his work is now done. He has been neutered and has gone to his new home to begin life as a spoiled and much loved pet.
Our precious Naillai is pregnant. I am hoping for a very colourful assortment of kittens as is genetically possible with this mating (Naillai x Jonas). Kittens due mid August. Gosh, I do hope we find homes for the others first!
May 2010
Rinca gave birth to 5 baby boys on Monday 24th May. We have called them The Butterflies.
Terrie has given birth to 5 gorgeous little Seychellois kittens. The 2 girls and 3 boys were born on Saturday 15th May. We have called them The Moths as they were born on the same day that my new single was released 'Moth'.
April 2010
Terrie is pregnant to Jonas. Kittens due middle of May. We are expecting a litter of Seychellois Shortairs and possibly the odd Siamese from this mating.
Pretty sure that Rinca is also pregnant to Jonas. Kittens would be due around a week after Terries. We are expecting Oriental Longhairs, Seychellois Longhairs and Balinese from this mating.
March 2010
As of the 28th of March Terrie, aka Firousi Fareeda, is now Champion Firousi Fareeda! We attended two shows at the weekend and Terrie won CAC awards at both, which add to the one she had previously. She was also placed second in an 'all breed' side class, beating some very fine cats. The judge said that she was a 'very classy girl' and that her pattern was like a 'festival of confetti' - what a gorgeous description!
Some excellent news: I have just acquired a rare and lovely cinnamon classic tabby Oriental girl from my good friend, Joann Hanmer. Naillai is pictured below.
January 2010
We have started the year well, Terrie won her first CAC (towards her champion titile) at the Viking Cat Club show in Milton Keynes on Sunday 31st Jan. She has also mated with Jonas so I am hopeful that she is pregnant, no signs as yet though.
December 2009
What a busy year we've had! Our first kittens arrived in February and the last didn't leave until recently so we've had little ones around for most of the year. Now though there is relative peace and I hope it will stay that way for some months yet. We are down to just 5 resident cats now: our 3 Seychellois and our 2 Orientals. Next year we hope to have a litter of Seychellois kittens from Terrie and Jonas then later a litter of Oriental Longhairs from Rinca, who will go out to stud. For now, we wish a very happy Christmas to all of our kittens in their new homes, to their families and to all Puddha's Palace followers.
September 2009
Isla has now left the building. Our beautiful, loving, not to mention very naughty, girl has left us to join her new family (Paul, Karen and Chino) in Buckinghamshire, where she is no doubt running the house! Her partner in crime, Teardrop, has also been 'put out to pasture'.
August 2009
We are delighted to announce the arrival of Firousi Fareeda our new Seychellois girl. Terrie, as we call her, surprised us when she suddenly became available after her breeder, Di Brown, decided not to keep her herself. We hope she will be wonderful addition to our Seychellois programme.
July 2009
Our new litter are here and what a litter they are, Orientals and Seychellois and at least three of them are harlequin patterned, which is very rare in this breed. I'm delighted with them. They are called The Wimbles as they were born during the Wimbledon fortnight.
To balance out this happy news I must report that Naib, our Siamese neuter, has left us. Naib was not happy here with the constant coming and going of kittens and didn't like sharing his home with so many other cats, so after much consideration I very reluctantly let him go. Naib is such a special little man and will always have a place in my heart, if not my life. He is now being spoiled rotten by Julie, Bai, Rosie and Sam (close family friends) in Yorkshire.
June 2009
Isla's kittens are here, they were born on 8th June. We have called them Las Isletas (the little islands).
Breaking news: Teardrop is expecting again, kittens due late June. Isla is very heavy and busy nesting, any day now her litter will arrive. We can't wait to see what we've got.
May 2009
Iorek Byrnison has now been neutered and has gone to live with his Sister, Lyra Silvertongue, in Bristol. Iorek sired 3 litters for us.
April 2009
Wonderful news: Isla is pregnant to Iorek Byrnison, kittens expected early June. She is currently padding around the house purring and looking for laps to settle on. We could get Orientals, Siamese and Seychellois kittens in both shorthair and longhair varieties. Fingers crossed for the right combination.
February 2009
They are here! Teardrop has given birth to a lovely litter of kitties 'The Droplets'.
January 2009
Excellent news: we are expecting kittens from Iorek and Tear. Expectant mum Tear is taking things really easy and just lazing round in the warmest spots all day. Her tummy is really taking shape now. Kittens are due around 31st January and we can hardly wait to see what is produced from this exciting mating.
November 2008
The news is - no news. But as my last entry was in June I thought it only right that I should update the website to keep our visitors up to date with events (or should I say lack of events?) Our lovely Teardrop was calling her head off all Summer and driving my neighbours nuts but it was all in vain as Iorek was still too immature to do anything about it. Now, however, I have faith in him. He is behaving in a very manly way towards the girls and I think he is just waiting for one of them to call. Tear has been silent now for a few months so I'm becoming a bit worried (not to mention impatient) for her next call. Sadly though we shall end the year without kittens. I'd had a lovely idea of them running around on Christmas day through all the wrapping paper but it is not meant to be, for this year at least. Isla is looking very well. She is a really big girl, probably bigger than Tear or even her mum, Myla. So I shall allow her to breed on her first call. They can't keep me waiting forever, so stay tuned.
June 2008
We have had a wonderful time this Spring with our two litters of fabulous kittens but now they have all moved on to their new homes. We have kept two babies for ourselves: a boy from Ola's litter and a girl from Myla's litter and these two kittens should become partners later in life, hopefully producing some beautiful babies of their own. First though, we hope to breed Iorek, our bi-coloured Oriental boy, with Tear, our Seychellois girl, once he is mature.
March 2008
Myla gave birth to a lovely litter of Balinese kittens on 18th March. All doing well.
Hooray, our first litter of kittens in quite some time are finally here. Ola's bunch were born on 22nd February.
February 2008
Well our gorgeous new girl has arrived. Teardrop is here but is still being treated as the 'newcomer'. She has had a bit of a bumpy begining with us but is starting to settle in now. Although she is an adult cat we won't be breeding her until later in the year.
Miss Myla has been back from stud for around 3 weeks now. I'm supposing she is pregnant. Kittens should be due in March.
January 2008
We are delighted to announce that Applejack Viola is pregnant. Kittens are due to be born at the end of February.
Some other wonderful news is that we are soon to be joined by a new girl - Adajan Teardrop, a beautiful seal tabby Seychellois.
Myla will be going to stud at the end of the month.
December 2007
After a summer of fun our girls, Ola and Myla, are now one year old, fully grown and ready to breed. I hope to take them to stud very soon so that we shall have kittens in the new year.
May 2007
We have now moved into our new home in Wales. It was a very smooth transition and all the cats settled immediately. They love it here. The boys (neuters) have free access to miles of countryside from our back garden. Whereas the girls await their new run to be built outside so that they can enjoy the fresh air and lovely view!
March 2007
We have been joined by two beautiful new girls, Applejack Viola and Mylynn Powdernpaint. The two girls are already great friends, they are just one month apart in age and around the same size. They are practically inseparable and have so much fun together. They are looked after by Naib, our Siamese neuter, who is really good with them. Ola can't decide if Naib is her boyfriend or her mum and regularly tries to 'milk' him, which he actually seems to enjoy.
All being well, our girls should be mums-to-be themselves by the end of the year.
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