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We love our kitties very much and lavish attention on them as soon as they are born in our bedroom. At first they stay in a nursery pen with their mom, to keep them safe from the bigger cats. They stay there until they are 4 weeks of age when they can start playing in the living room and demand attention when they please. During the very impressionable ages of 3-7 weeks we make sure they get extra attention and like being picked up, playing on their backs with our fingers tickling them, belly rubs all over, and letting them use us as a jungle gym to make sure they are bonding well with people. They are all ready to be loved when they go to their new homes! We also make sure they are using their litter box consistently before letting them have the run of the house. When they start eating we give them an excellent home made diet of raw ground turkey, whole chicken with bones, pork shoulder, beef heart, liver, yogurt and eggs. They also have a variety of high quality dry food, Evo and California Natural, available at all times.
We are breeding cats
to improve the breed in personality, show conformation, and
health, and to keep the breed quality continuing, not just to produce more
kittens. We usually only have one or two litters of kittens
per year. If we don't have a kitten for you, you can contact one of our breeder friends to see if they have kittens available.
 We
live in Northern California, between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe.
You are welcome to drive here to get your kitty if you live
close enough. Or you can fly to Sacramento,
CA or Reno, Nevada and take a kitty back in the plane cabin
with you.
Our kittens need to be spayed
or neutered by the time they are 8 months old. We don't sell kittens for breeding. If
you think you want to get more involved with cats, you can start
by showing a neutered cat so you can learn all you can
about the breed. Your kitten should never be declawed. A Grand
Champion 4 generation photo pedigree, without registration numbers,
is provided for each kitten after they are neutered. They are guaranteed healthy and
free of contagious diseases for 10 days. After that they are
guaranteed free of heritable disease. All of our breeding cats
are tested negative for PKD, FIV and FELV. We have not had any of
our kittens or cats develop FIP. The kittens will be vaccinated
before they go to their new homes.
If you are new to
getting a pure bred kitten we will describe our usual process
so you will know what to expect. Most kittens are born in the
springtime. We will send out an e-mail birth announcement when
a litter is born to everyone who has contacted us. At that time
you can tell us which kittens you are most interested in. Then
you can tell us more about your family and what a great home
you have for a kitty! When the kittens are 4 weeks old we can
tell more what they will look like when they are older and what
their personalities are like, to help us determine which homes
they would do best in.
If you would like one of the kittens we offer you, you can send
us a deposit for her/im, and we will both sign our contract.
We raise the kittens to be friendly and happy, litter trained
and eating kitten food. We will continue to send pictures of
the kittens growing up. When they are 12-16 weeks old, you can
come get your kitten if we think s/he is ready to go. Then you can take
your kitty home and love it! We would love to hear how your
new kitty is doing & receive pictures of your baby growing up
with you!
This is a breed that the whole family usually loves, because they grow up big and strong looking, but they're really love bugs.12 weeks old is a good age for them to go to their new home.
They love going to their new home with a sibling, because they will always sleep together, which is hard for cats to do who haven't grown up together. So if you plan to have 2 cats it is better to get them both at a young age. They can be siblings, or the other one can be from somewhere else, but make sure they both come from places with no disease, or they will spread it to eachother. Brit kittens do better with a kitten their age or younger, because they're pretty gentle. It should probably be one of the gentler breeds too. If you get a more active breed make sure it is the younger of the two. They're great with their siblings, if you're ready to get two at one time.
We want to make sure you're not planning to declaw your kitty. British Shorthair are one of the mellowest breeds and don't scratch nearly as much as others. They are easily taught to use a scratching post or throw rug. A squirt bottle is a good tool for teaching them to stop doing anything you don't want them to do. First I warn them with a "pst" sound I make, then if they're not listening I get out the squirt bottle. It usually only takes one or two uses. The best thing I have found to keep them off counters is to feed them raw meat for their meals. They'll never find anything that good up on the counters so they don't even look anymore. They just wait for mealtime. They love having bar stools to sit on and watch you cook though!
Your kitty's mature weight will be achieved at 3-4 years: Females 9-12 lbs, Males 12-18 lbs. British Shorthairs are generally larger, and Scottish Folds are usually smaller.
KITTEN CARE
When you first bring your new kitten home, set him/er up in one room while they get used to their new surroundings. Don't chase your kitty! Let them hide under the bed for a while if they want to. Draw kitty out with a toy on a string, and at mealtimes sit near the kitty, at other times see if he/she will lick some tuna juice off your finger.
The best food for cats is raw meat. They love ground turkey, whole chicken with bones, pork shoulder, beef heart, liver, yogurt and eggs.
If you're choosing a commercial food for your kitty, a good food:
Has at least two meat source listed first, at least one of them being a named meal.
The best foods don't have any grain, but if it has grain it should be rice.
Doesn't have more than two grains listed.
Doesn't have any corn, wheat, soy, gluten, beat pulp, or byproduct.
Newborn Kittens
"Bottle" feeding with a syringe. Heat some milk replacer(or goat's milk, or glop) up to just warmer than your finger in the microwave. Draw some up into a syringe with a kitten nursing nipple on the end. When the kitten meows you can slip it into it's mouth. Squeeze a drop out and usually the kitten will start sucking which makes the milk come out and the plunger go down. You can help it along with gentle pressure. If you're going too fast you'll see milk come out the sides of the mouth. A newborn kitten will want about 3 cc per feeding. You can feed every 2-4 hours. If it's an orphan kitten without a mom to clean it up you need to wipe under it's tail with cotton so it will relieve itself after feeding. Wash the syringe between feedings with soapy water and separate all the pieces to air dry on a paper towel. |
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