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29/04/08 |
Ghost's Kittens updated. We had to send some more swabs off as the first ones were inconclusive - hopefully we will know soon.
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| 13/04/08 |
Ghost's Kittens updated. We hope to
receive the swab results very soon. We visited the Essex Cat Club show on Saturday and were very pleased to find that Ghost and Joe's daughter, Crystalpaws Jacinta won her third grand Certificate making her a Grand Champion!! - well done and thanks to Emma for showing her.
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| 03/04/08 |
Ghost's Kittens updated. We have sent the swab off for DNA colour testing on the fawn/lilac female, so we should know soon which colour she is. We have a new page in memory of the Aby's that we have lost. (In Memory) Mosaic is definitely pregnant but it doesn't look like Crystal is - she is still with Joe, so hopefully she will be soon.
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| 25/03/08 |
Deedee's
kittens updated.
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| 23/03/08 |
Ghost's Kittens updated. We have been
really unsure whether the fawn/lilac female is fawn or lilac. She looked greyish until the last couple of days,
when she has begun to look more fawny. Maybe it is wishful thinking as we
have been waiting for a lilac girl for some time! We will get
her colour genetically tested before we make a final decision on whether or
not we will be keeping her. I will update Deedee's kittens when they stay still long enough to take pictures!!!
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| 13/03/08 |
Deedee's
kittens updated. Ghost has had her kittens - she has one fawn female, one blue female and two blue males. (Ghost's Kittens) Also, Mosaic is visiting Joe at the moment. We hope to have some lovely torties and sex-linked red babies in a couple of months.
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| 28/02/08 |
Deedee's
kittens updated. Also, Crystal is visiting Joe at the moment. We hope to have some lovely silver babies in a couple of months.
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| 14/02/08 | Deedee's kittens updated. We have some very sad news about Deedee. Deedee seemed to be doing really well after being ill and we were hopeful that she would make a full recovery. But, a couple of weeks ago, it seems that she must have had a heart attack overnight and although we rushed her to the vet, there was nothing that could be done for her, so we had to let her go. It's been very difficult to take in and we are still in shock. Her kittens are all doing fantastically and are a credit to her - they are her amazing little girls and are real fighters.
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| 01/02/08 |
Deedee's
kittens updated.
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| 21/01/08 | Apologies for the delay in updating but Deedee has been quite ill, so we
seemed to run out of time, what with hand feeding four greedy kittens who
are all doing really well and growing fast (details on her kitten page). Deedee's
kittens updated.
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| 10/01/08 | Deedee's kittens updated. Ghost has been visiting Storm, so we expect some blue, fawn or lilac kittens in March!
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| 03/01/08 | Happy New Year!! Deedee has had her kittens - three sorrel females and a sorrel silver female. (Deedee's kittens)
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| 19/12/07 | Sienna's kittens updated. Deedee is looking huge!
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| 03/12/07 | Sienna's kittens updated. Deedee is definitely pregnant by Storm - she is starting to look nice and round.
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| 16/11/07 | Sienna's kittens updated. We are pretty sure that Deedee is pregnant by Storm. So we are expecting some Christmas or New year babies!
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| 31/10/07 | Sienna's kittens updated. Deedee is currently visiting Storm - we should know in a couple of weeks whether she is pregnant.
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| 19/10/07 |
Sienna's kittens updated.
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| 08/10/07 |
Sienna's kittens updated.
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| 02/10/07 | Sienna has had her kittens - two usual females, a sorrel female and a sorrel male! Sienna's kittens Also, we had a really good day at the BOBcats show a couple of weeks ago - Storm was made up to Grand Champion, Mosaic won her second merit and the overall best in show was Storm's daughter - Elbereth Cocochanel!! A really great day for Aby's.
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| 13/08/07 | Ghost's kittens updated. Sienna is currently visiting Joe - we should know soon whether or not she is pregnant.
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| 24/07/07 | Ghost and Crystal's kittens are all now reserved.
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| 18/07/07 | Ghost's sorrel female kitten is now available due to her prospective
owner being taken ill. Ghost's kittens
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| 17/07/07 | Crystal's kittens updated. Usual (black) silver female now available due to a change of circumstances for her prospective new owners. Ghost's kittens updated.
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| 26/06/07 | Crystal's kittens updated. Ghost's kittens updated.
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| 06/06/07 | Crystal's kittens updated. Ghost's kittens updated.
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| 24/05/07 | Crystal's kittens updated. Ghost's kittens updated. Also, we are very sad to announce that Becha, our foundation Abyssinian queen, died a couple of weeks ago at nearly 16 years old. Please click to read a little about Becha.
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| 16/05/07 | Crystal's kittens updated. Ghost's kittens updated.
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| 08/05/07 |
Ghost has had her kittens this morning - she has two usual males, a usual female and a sorrel female. (Ghost's kittens) Crystal's kittens updated. Also, Sienna and Mosaic went to the Bedford and District show last week and both had very good days. Sienna won her second Challenge Certificate and Mosaic won her first Merit Certificate!
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| 27/04/07 | Crystal's kittens updated.
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| 21/04/07 | Crystal kittens were born on 19th April
- three males and one female -all silvers!! (Crystal's
kittens)
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| 18/04/07 |
Storm has won his first Grand Challenge
Certificate and Sienna has won her first
Challenge Certificate (at her first adult show!!) at the Essex show on
Saturday!! Crystal is still keeping us waiting - no signs of kittens just yet!! Also, we have just got Joe's PK (pyruvate kinase) deficiency results back and he is clear. This means that both of our studs and all of our queens are clear of PK - therefore all our kittens are, which is really good news!! We have also decided not to breed from Amber any more. This has been for various reasons, one is that she does not appear to be very fertile - she mated with Storm three times before becoming pregnant and then only had one kitten who had to be delivered by caesarean. Also, when we took her for her booster, our vet found that she has a very fast heartbeat - we are currently waiting for the results of tests and she will be neutered as soon as we know what is causing it. We would have liked another litter from her but we like to do what is best for our cats and we didn't want to risk her health - after all, they are all pets first.
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| 29/03/07 | Ghost is definitely pregnant and is already starting to look very round. She could have usuals, sorrels or chocolates.
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| 15/03/07 | Deedee's kittens have gone to their new homes. We think that Crystal is pregnant - so kittens due mid April! Ghost has visited Joe again - we should know next week if she is pregnant.
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| 01/03/07 | Deedee's kittens updated. We're still not sure whether Crystal is pregnant - we should know by next week.
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| 15/02/07 |
Deedee's kittens updated. Crystal is currently visiting Storm. We should know in a couple of weeks whether or not she is pregnant. This could be a real rainbow litter - usual, usual silver, sorrel, sorrel silver, blue, blue silver, fawn or fawn silver!!
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| 31/01/07 |
Deedee's kittens
updated. Our other news is that we have a lovely new future queen - Mosaic! She is our first sex-linked Abyssinian and is a real sweetie. Many thanks to David & Sue Muspratt (Flamstone Abyssinians)
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| 21/01/07 |
Deedee's kittens
updated.
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| 08/01/07 | Happy New Year to everybody!! Deedee's kittens updated.
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| 17/12/06 | Deedee has had her kittens - she has four lovely healthy babies (Deedee's kittens) Ghost & Amber's kittens updated. Crystal's kittens updated.
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| 22/11/06 | We are very sad to announce that Blossom, the very first Abyssinian that we bred, died last week at nearly 14 years old. Please click to read a little about Blossom. Ghost & Amber's kittens updated. Crystal's kittens updated.
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| 06/11/06 | Ghost & Amber's kittens updated. Crystal's kittens updated. It looks like Deedee is pregnant after her visit with Storm - kittens due around the 13th December
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| 19/10/06 | Ghost & Amber's kittens updated. Crystal's kittens updated. Deedee is currently "visiting" Storm - we haven't seen them mate yet, hopefully they are just shy! We should know in a couple of weeks.
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| 07/10/06 | Ghost & Amber's kittens updated. Crystal's kittens updated.
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| 27/09/06 | Crystal has had her kittens - she has four kittens. We were really pleased to see a blue silver female because we weren't sure whether Crystal carried dilute. Now that we know she does, we know that she may also be able to have fawns or fawn silvers! (Crystal's kittens) Storm and Sienna went to the BOBcats show. Both had really good days. Storm won a Reserve Grand Challenge Certificate - beating two Grand Champion cats. He also won two firsts in his side classes. Sienna won a First and Best of Breed in her Open class plus two firsts and a second in her side classes.
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| 17/09/06 | Amber
& Ghost have had there kittens - six
kittens in total. Quite an eventful birth for Amber's single baby boy -
further details on Ghost & Amber's kittens.
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| 18/08/06 | Deedee's kittens have all now gone to their new homes - except for Sienna who is staying. Amber, Ghost and Crystal all appear to be pregnant. We're going to have fun in a few weeks!!! Queen's page updated - Sienna added as future queen and more pictures of current queens.
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| 27/07/06 | Storm is now a Champion!! He won his third Challenge Certificate at the East Sussex show a couple of weeks ago. He also won two firsts in his side classes - one of which was out of thirteen cats! I think that Amber is pregnant. I'm not sure yet whether Ghost is. Crystal is currently visiting Storm. Deedee's kittens updated.
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| 05/07/06 | Deedee's kittens updated. Amber is visiting Storm at the moment. Hopefully they will mate this time so that we can have some lovely usual and sorrel babies in September!
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| 21/06/06 | Deedee's kittens
updated.
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| 03/06/06 | Deedee's kittens updated. See pictures of some of the kittens that we have produced in our New Kitten Gallery.
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| 26/05/06 |
Deedee's kittens updated. Storm and Joe both had good show days again last Saturday - this time it was at the Suffolk and Norfolk Cat Club show. Joe won a Reserve Imperial Grand Challenge Certificate and Storm won his second Challenge Certificate!
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| 19/05/06 | Deedee's kittens
updated.
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| 11/05/06 | Deedee has had her
kittens - she has five! Three sorrel females, a sorrel male and a
sorrel silver male. The birth went very smoothly and mum and kittens are all
doing extremely well (Deedee's kittens)
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| 07/05/06 |
Apologies for the delay in updating but we had a few
technical problems with the camera and computer! Ghost's kittens & Crystal's kittens updated - the last pictures before going to their new homes. Storm and Joe both had good days at the Essex Cat Club show a couple of weeks ago - Storm won his first Challenge Certificate and Joe won his first Imperial Grand Challenge Certificate!! Deedee's kittens are due any day now.
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| 30/03/06 |
Deedee is definitely pregnant, so we have some more kittens due early May. Ghost's kittens updated. Crystal's kittens updated.
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| 20/03/06 |
Ghost's
kittens updated. Crystal's kittens updated. Amber is definitely not pregnant this time but I think that Deedee might be - I should know for definite in a couple of days.
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| 03/03/06 |
Ghost's
kittens updated. Crystal's kittens updated. Also, Deedee has been
in season over the last couple of days and we are hoping that she will mate
with Storm.
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| 21/02/06 |
Ghost's
kittens updated. Crystal's kittens updated.
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| 10/02/06 | Ghost's kittens updated. Crystal's kittens updated. Amber is in season again! Hopefully she will mate with Storm this time!!
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| 30/01/06 | Ghost has had her babies - two very big blue females which must be why she looked so huge even though there were only two babies! Ghost and her babies are doing really well (Ghost's kittens) New pictures of Crystal's babies added (Crystal's kittens) Amber was in season last week and we are hoping that she mated with Storm. We should know in a couple of weeks.
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| 23/01/06 | Crystal and babies are all doing really well. Crystal loves being a mum and her babies are growing very fat! New pictures have been added (Crystal's kittens) Ghost seems to be growing larger by the minute!
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| 13/01/06 | Crystal's kittens were born today - all males but all different colours:- one sorrel silver, one usual and one black (usual) silver! (Crystal's kittens) New photos of Storm, Ghost, Deedee and Cassie added.
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| 1/01/06 |
Happy New Year to everybody!!
We are expecting our first kittens from
Storm at the end of January as Ghost
is now pregnant!
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| 2/12/05 |
We finally have some news on kittens due:
Crystal has been visiting
Joe and we are expecting some usual, sorrel and/or
silvers around 13th January. We are hoping to mate Ghost with Storm (his first litter) the next time she is on call, so we should soon have news on whether we have any blue, fawn and/or lilacs due. All the pedigree links should now work.
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| 5/09/05 | The cats (and us!) all love the new house and they have all settled in really well. Deedee went to her first adult show on Saturday and won her First, Challenge Certificate and Best of Breed in her open class. We were very pleased as she was only officially an adult on the day of the show and still looks quite "kitteny". Queens page updated with picture of Cassie.
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| 13/08/05 | Apologies for taking so long to update. It's all been a bit hectic here as we are moving house next week so we have had a lot to organise and pack. Amber's kittens & Milly's kittens updated. Amber's kittens have now gone to their new homes and Milly's kittens will be going to their new homes over the next few days. Our biggest news our new future stud boy - Storm! He has only been with us a couple of weeks but he has settled in fantastically and you'd think he's always been here. We are hoping for some lovely dilute babies from him when he's a bit bigger.
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| 6/07/05 | Amber's kittens updated. Milly's kittens updated.
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| 17/06/05 | Ghost's kittens updated. Amber's kittens updated. Milly's kittens updated.
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| 25/05/05 | Milly's kittens were born on 15th May - three usual females and a chocolate male. We have been a little concerned that they have not been putting on weight as quickly as expected but they are extremely lively! We have been supplementing them with a little extra milk by hand and they appear to be far more content. Amber's kittens are growing fatter by the day! (which is probably why Milly's babies look so small!) They all appear to be superb quality kittens and have no necklaces or leg bars. We will be keeping one of these for our breeding programme. Ghost's kittens updated. Deedee went to her first show on Saturday and won her 1st and Best of Breed in her open and two seconds in very large side classes!
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| 8/05/05 |
Amber's kittens were born yesterday - three usual females. All look to be very strong and healthy. (Amber's kittens) Milly is still getting "rounder" by the day but we still have a few days to wait for her babies!
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| 2/05/05 |
We have been having major computer and internet problems
- we have just updated the computer but then it had a virus that managed to
get through our anti virus software! The only way we found that we could get
rid of it was to wipe the system. Unfortunately, by doing this, we have lost
some of the emails sent to us over the past month - so please email again if
you have recently sent an email. Hopefully everything is sorted now and updates will be back to every couple of weeks. Ghost's kittens updated. Milly and Amber are both looking very round - babies are due in a few days.
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| 6/04/05 |
Ghost's kittens updated. Milly and Amber are both definitely pregnant.
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| 20/03/05
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Ghost has had her kittens - two usual females and a sorrel male. (Ghost's kittens)
Milly and Amber
have both been to stud!! Deedee added to queens page. I've also finally got round to changing my surname on this website from Lear to Dixon - it's only taken nearly two months from getting married!!
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| 21/02/05 |
Crystal's kittens updated. Apologies again for taking so long to update but I got married at the beginning of February and then went on honeymoon in New York for a few days leaving all the cats in my mum's very capable hands. I was surprised how much Crystal's kittens appeared to grow whilst we were away!!
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| 30/01/05 |
Crystal's kittens updated. Ghost is definitely pregnant, so we are expecting some kittens mid March.
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| 15/01/05 | Apologies for taking so long to update but we have been rather busy arranging our wedding in a few weeks!! Ghost is currently visiting Joe - so hopefully there will be some lovely chocolate, sorrel or usual babies in a few weeks. Crystal's kittens updated.
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| 27/12/04 |
Crystal's kittens updated.
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| 14/12/04 |
Milly's kittens updated. Crystal's kittens updated.
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| 7/12/04 | Crystal has had her babies - two black
silvers and a sorrel silver (very surprised at having a sorrel as
I didn't think Crystal carried sorrel!!) (click
for details)
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| 1/12/04 |
Milly's kittens updated. Crystal is due to have her babies any day now!!
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| 9/11/04 | Milly's kittens updated. Crystal is definitely pregnant and is beginning to look very round!
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| 22/10/04 | Joe's made Grand Champion at the Kentish Cat Society show - that's three Grands in three shows!!! Crystal looks as though she is pregnant. Milly's kittens updated.
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| 9/10/04 |
Milly's kittens updated.
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| 3/10/04 |
Milly's kittens updated.
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| 27/9/04 | Milly had her kittens on the 22nd September - two chocolates and two usuals. (click for details) Crystal has just come into season, so she will be going to see Joe for a few days - hopefully this mating will result in our first silver babies!
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| 21/9/04 | Amber's kittens updated with pictures taken just before they go off to their new homes. Milly's kittens are due any day now - so hopefully some news soon!
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| 31/8/04 |
Amber's kittens updated.
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| 15/8/04 | It looks as though Milly is definitely pregnant. Queens page updated with new pictures. Amber's kittens updated.
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| 29/7/04 | Quite a lot has been happening over the last couple of weeks. Joe and Crystal went to the East Sussex Cat Club show and both did very well. Joe won his second Grand Challenge Certificate and Crystal won her third Challenge Certificate making her a Champion! Milly has spent a few days with Joe, we should know soon whether she is pregnant. We are also hoping that, from this mating, we will find out whether or not Joe carries dilute. Also, Amber's kittens updated.
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| 12/7/04 |
Amber's kittens updated.
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| 1/7/04 |
Amber's kittens updated.
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| 23/6/04 |
Amber's kittens were born on 19th June -
two sorrel boys and one usual boy.
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| 13/6/04 | We'd also like to congratulate Milly's daughter, Crystaltips Amhara Dewdrop (23d) on winning her first Intermediate Certificate at the London Cat Club Show yesterday!
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| 27/5/04 | Joe won his first Grand Challenge Certificate last weekend at the Suffolk & Norfolk Cat Club show!!
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| 21/5/04 | Apologies for taking so long to update, we've had a few major changes. My father passed away last month and, as a result, my mum decided that she was no longer able to continue breeding. With the help of several friends within the cat fancy, I have managed to find homes for most of the breeding cats with other breeders - which I was very pleased about because, yet again, this year there have been fewer Aby's registered with the G.C.C.F. Joe is now living with me. Joe seems very happy in his new home watching the rabbit in the neighbour's garden! It appears that Amber is pregnant from Gilbert. Sybil Whitworth (Melisani Aby's) has very kindly taken Gilbert as a stud - hopefully he will settle in his new home and will continue to sire lovely babies! I'd just like to say a really big thank-you to all those good friends who have supported and helped over the last month - thanks, it has been greatly appreciated. Hopefully things will now start to settle down!!
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