Hopey--Our new kitten

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This is our new Balinese Variant Kitten called Hope she is a Chocolate Tortie Tabby point.

Excuse her crusty eyes she is not ill I just visited quite early!





She is 7 weeks old and still with her breeder, we will be getting her in about a months time!
She is going to be on the active register and my first breeding queen. I can't show her in the GCCF as she is a variant but I can show her at TICA shows. These are the only two pictures I managed to take of her as time passed so quickly with the company of kittens
I will be going to visit my mentor again sometime next week and will try and get more pics.

Here is a link for more information on what a Balinese cat is (basically a long-haired Siamese) and what a variant is:
http://www.thebalineseandsiamesecatclub.co.uk/
 

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Wow! I think she's a little beauty, and she shares my name as well. I think she will be extra special to me.
 

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Awww, she's so cute! Love those ears!!
 

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What a little sweetiepie!! you must be so excited about bringing her home
 
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Yes I am really excited!

Her ears are quite funny! She will grow into them
Mica's used to look really massive when we first adopted her and they look more proportional now
 

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Wow, look at those ears!
She's definately a beauty, your lucky to be bringing her home!
 

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My first thought was "look at those ears!", too!
So someday, there will be a body to go with those ears?


She is gorgeous & congrats on her. Just one question....what's a variant?
 
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A variant is a cross between a Balinese and a Siamese while they are not to be shown they are registered pedigrees. Variants are useful because they carry the long-haired genes for Balinese and Breeding back to Siamese can improve the "type". I should add breeding Balinese back to siamese improves the type, a Variant can't be bred to a Siamese.

Check out this link for more info:
http://www.rantipole.demon.co.uk/bcs/breed.html
 

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Originally Posted by Sims2fan

Thank you you guys for all the nice comments.

This is Hopey's Mom (scroll down):

Ch Gemba Gipsofelia
http://www.thebalineseandsiamesecatclub.co.uk/
I had a bit of trouble finding her mother, but if you go to the "Members Cats" page you will find her on the bottom of the page. She's beautiful, just like her precious daughter, and my namesake, Hopey
 
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Thanks Hope! Silly me! Didn't realize that it only links to the main menu of the website no matter which page you are on.

Thanks for the compliment, her Mom Gypsy is sooo lovely! She jumped into my lap 5 minutes after I had arrived and started purring.

Your name-sake is actually quite quiet, Mica will soon change that I think!
 

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So sweet and lovely. I'm all for big ears on a kitten -- it means they'll still be big enough when the kitty grows up! She's a darling!
 
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