Monday, March 19, 2007

Situation update

Well, plans are meant to be changed, aren't they?

Jeppson has had a tough time trying to integrate in our group of dominant girls... For three months he had daily fights with Älva (on equal footing) and he got beat up by Vimsan as often as she felt like having some fun (she loves to tease!). After having spent a couple of weeks away from the dominant ladies, he has gained weight and his condition has improved visibly. We thought he would be sad and miserable but he is as sweet as always. Of course he gets long visits several times a day and he
has lots of room to run around in (indoors). Nessie has visited daily as well, but not Chai as he is a bit too much in love with her and we prefer to wait a while for her first litter. As it works out so nicely so far, we will try to keep
him fertile for at least a year. That means Älva will have to wait for her meeting with him until next year. Of course - these plans can change as well ;)

Nessie and Älva started calling last week on the same day and we decided to let Jeppson try to mate Nessie. They spend the days together, but so far we have not seen a single attempt. Well, sooner or later he will hopefully find out how to do it and we are not in a hurry.

Well, we have learnt our lesson. Our ladies are obviously not ready to let go of the territory to an already fertile young male. If we ever try to introduce a new breeding male in the group, he will most definitely be a kitten when he arrives in our home... I really hope Jeppson will be able to integrate fully without fights sooner or later as we all love him.

The past weeks we have visited both Wolverine and Illyrian and the camera is full of pictures! I hope to get a few hours by the computer soon to update our website...

Wolverine has turned into a big and furry teddybear, as sweet and beautiful as always. Illyrian has grown into a big and strong-built youngster and would welcome a beautiful cat lady with a nice pedigree before he becomes a neuter very soon...