Thunderbird

We wish Thunderbird all the best in his new home together with Lucía and Fabio at the Treehouse cattery in Spain. Thunderbird flew to his new home together with his new owners on Monday. It was great fun having you here last weekend, Lucía and Fabio! Here is Thunderbird a couple of days before he left us.

Sad but happy

It felt really sad to leave Jeppson somewhere else, but it was wonderful to see him so sweet, happy and cuddly in his new home today. To keep him here where he has no cat friends - with a period of fighting which might never end, causing a very stressful environment - would be selfish. We are extra pleased that he also will live so close so we can see him often. Jeppson will have a marvellous time being the only cat in the household with someone who gladly talks and cuddles with him all day long. We wish him and Klara a fantastic time together!

Thanks to Jeppson's new owner for the lovely flowers!

Show weekend 2

August 23-24 I spent on the cat show in Varberg (Sweden). Mostly I came there to help with the results during the two show days, but I also brought some cats, of course...

Chai was on her first show as an adult and the first after her two litters and even if he was not in the best mood (she could not really see the meaning of being closed in a whole day in a cage and wanted to run around by herself, I think...), she behaved nicely on the judge's table; not even complaining. She had a flashy competitor who of course got the certificate. Bringing Chai to a show with completely short summer coat was just for the practice, not the results ;)

Firefox came to the show with his new owner Lotta/Långängens and I was sooo happy to see him again! He was big, strong and beautiful and purred most of the time. Such a sweetheart! Unfortunately he seem to have gotten a bee sting or something on his whisker pad as the entire profile part was very swollen and his otherwise perfectly straight profile was now convex... Despite that, he still got Ex1 of 2 on Saturday and also BIV 3-10 months and got nominated with one vote in the panel! On Sunday, he had to accept to lose because of his swollen profile, but nonetheless got a nice judgement.

Nessie is starting to come into winter coat, so we started to collect points for the GIC-title this weekend and she came two steps closer :) The judge on Saturday liked her very much and also gave her BIV-total and NOM against two beautiful cats and the judge on Sunday thought she had strong technical details, but lacked the flashiness of a BIS-winner so the nomination went to a stunning young ragdoll. Totally fine with me! Nessie is a cat I love to bring to shows as she is so happy and cuddly and relaxed. Almost a bit too relaxed as she thinks it's too inconvenient to be stretched out for long periods of time and she rather not flex a single muscle, hanging over my shoulder. Sometimes I wonder if she thinks she is a ragdoll herself...

Thunderbird was on his first show on Sunday and had a fan club with in his new owners travelling from Spain. He got Ex1 over a nice older NFO boy who was nominated the day before and BIV-total in NFO group 4 which felt great considering he is not even four months old. In the nomination he was up against an incredibly beautiful blue bi-colour ragdoll girl just a couple of days from competing in class 11 and the judge thought long and hard and we all were incredibly nervous... In the end, he won NOM because of his lovely profile line and that he showed himself nicely and that surely made our day! In the panel, Thunderbird went up against (amongst others) the JW-boy who got BIS the day before and who also got all votes but one on Sunday. (Big congrats Cornelius!) Still, it felt like winning because of the tough competition and it was extra much fun that Thunderbird's judge kept her vote on him :)

This weekend in Kungsör, Nightcrawler was shown for the first time as a neuter and got great judgement (despite his somewhat round stomach...) and was both BIV and NOM! We keep our fingers crossed he will have a successful career as a show neuter!

Show weekend

I spend my weekend at a conference abroad, but our offspring has been busy at shows!

Saturday, Pointed Tooth Fairy was shown in Sweden and got Ex1 BIV 3-10 NOM and Yawning Angel got CACE. SeaMonkey was shown in Norway and got Ex2.

Jean-Paul's daugher S*Theodortorp's Lovis got Ex1 BIV NOM with one vote!

Sunday, Firefox got Ex1 in Sweden, Pointed Tooth Fairy got Ex2 and Yawning Angel CACE BIV NOM. In Norway, SeaMonkey got Ex1 BIV-total NOM and Best in Show!

Big congrats to all owners! Wish I could have been there with you, even if it was in two different countries and I was in a third one ;)

(Sorry if I got something wrong - my reports have been by SMS ;))

Secured!

The indoor cats got to spend an hour in the new cat run today under close supervision if they found a weak spot somewhere... One of them had a marvellous time from the beginning, one got used to it and tagged along, one complained over the playful company but enjoyed the exploring and one thought it was way too wet outdoors (yes, it was raining more or less all the time).

Cat run - soon finished!

Today we got the net! It is secured almost all around. Still in need of some small fixes here and there, but Anansi got to try it out with Vimsan as her play friend - she did not succeed to escape but had a fantastic time, so we have some hopes this might actually work despite the difficult spot we put the cat run...I just love these spots when outdoors with my camera ;)
Anansi was a bit sceptical over using this bridge, but...
...Vimsan gladly walked over it voluntarily ;) On the other hand, she is used to running around outdoors.
View over part of the cat run.
Anansi wonders were the other shelf is so she can visit the shelf on the top - soon, very soon...

Updates

Thunderbird has a super development! We are quite pleased with his looks and happy that we get an extra month with him. Straight profile, strong chin, nice triangular shaped head for his age, good height of head, lovely look, nicely shaped and placed ears with tufts, strong body with nice proportions, super coat, tail that reaches to the neck and a sweet character.
We always find Nessie beautiful, but extra so when the coat is growing longer :) It will be great fun to take her to shows this autumn/winter.
Anansi is our special girl, the first to stay at home in our cattery :) She is the one longing immensely for the cat run to be finished... We are quite pleased with her development and we have started to look for that someone special for her first litter.

Cat run - again

While waiting on the net that will make the new cat run unescapable, we continue to decorate it.
Today we made a small 'tipi' which of course Vimsan had to try out. She accepted it totally by spending quite some time washing herself thoroughly, yawned and ran off as the children started playing way too noisily for an afternoon nap.
Vimsan again.
Enigma tries out one of the shelves.
In case of slippery weather, we added orthogonal sticks.
One of the topmost shelves. More will come.

Still on vacation...

Having vacation from the cat world seemed like a good idea after a hectic year... A big apology to all of you waiting for me to phone or write or anything. Hope it is ok if I start taking care of stuff next week or so...

The house feel pretty calm catwise at the moment with only one kitten left here and Anansi slowly growing older, starting to act more her age... Thunderbird will move to his new home abroad about three weeks from now. The other three moved to their respective homes about 1.5 week ago and it has all worked out just perfectly :)

Beautiful Vimsan, posing a little bit.
Vimsan tries out the newly created shelf in the new cat-run-to-be. Felt an itching in my fingers to do some crafty scout-like kind of shelf ;)
Part of the new cat run, under construction.
Part of the new cat run slightly from above.