Giggs was hot as well............

There will be kittens

Some photos of Star feeling fat and hot (and pregnant).

Almond's first birthday

Thanks to Almond's owner for this photograph. She reports that Almond has learnt how to use the toilet, rather than a litter tray. What a clever cat!

Will there be kittens?

Hattie's daughter Star visited Gr. Ch. Brunnbäcken’s Leon over the weekend. After initial shyness they mated enthusiastically. If she is pregnant we can expect to see the first signs in early May. Paws crossed............

Star and Hattie

 

Update on Almond

Almond's new owner just sent me some new pictures of him. He must have learnt tops of doors and computer keyboards from the cats here but I'm really impressed to see him walking on a lead.

   

Abyssinians on Top

Christian with his Bengal friends, Baboo and Lunar

                  

KITTEN NEWS

Both kittens have left home now, have new names, and are settling down with their new owners. As usual I'm missing them but their mum isn't that bothered. 

So here is Almond, in London:

 

And here is Thomas Tallis, near Lancaster:

                 

Proud "mothers"

Fun in a box

Kittens playing

Sorry about the music - need to load some more tracks onto the computer to give me more choice

Kittens at 8 weeks

Lots of progress. The kittens are BOYS. Confirmed by the vet when they went for their first vaccinations. They weigh more than a kilo each. Star's mouth is recovered, and so have her nipples, probably because the kittens are more interested in solid food now. She is still very interested in the kittens though. They get thorough baths, and she attempts to drag them back when she thinks they have strayed too far. They are a bit big to be carried now so end up gripped by the neck and frogmarched.............

And a few weeks ago: Kitten with diamond on brow to left, kitten with stripe on right. "Stripe", (maybe he should be called "Comet") was first born and is a little heavier, more round headed, "Diamond" (maybe Nebula, or the name of a constellation?) has a more pointed face.

KIttens update

Just over three weeks old now, eyes open, and the biggest weighed 430 grams last night, nearly a pound. They can walk - or toddle - rather than crawling, and spend quite a lot of time exploring. Star has had a few health problems - her chin became swollen, perhaps because she spent so much time shredding the cardboard box for several days before and after the birth. Then she got a sore nipple, so off to the vets twice for antibiotics. Today the largest kitten managed to climb out of the box into the pen, which Star found quite disturbing. Just made a ramp so it will be able to get back in next time it does it. I've tried them with kitten milk on a saucer a couple of times, but Star has drunk it on their behalf.

 This video shows them crawling at two weeks old.

Kittens do what kittens do: sleep, suckle, sleep

***********Star's new kittens, born 11th-12th June, 2013***********

Yes, at last, more kittens. 

The father is Grand Champion Brunnbacken's Leon, the mother is Hattie's daughter, Adelfsh Hattie's-Star. Two usual Abys, and I haven't decided if they are boys or girls yet. More pictures to follow, but here they are at two days old, with their proud mother.

Edelweiss at two years old

 

 Thanks for sending the pictures, Irena, and my apologies for taking so long to post them

Hattie recommends:

Jeanne-Marie's animal paintings at www.paintingsbyj-m.tumblr.com

Two in a bed

Giggs and Avon Lady cuddled up in a heated bed during a cold snap a few weeks ago. Lady, on the left, is a sorrel Abyssinian, The big old boy on the right is Giggs, a ticked tabby Asian. Hattie and Star chased each other around to keep warm.

Edelweiss's Christmas

Partying....

Flirting.....

Sleeping it off..........

Three in a row

Left to right: Hattie, Star and Giggs.
The colour difference between Giggs, a ticked tabby Asian, and the Abyssinians shows up well.

A mild winter

Hattie on the left, Star on the right, taking the advantage of some December sunshine