Anyone know anything about showing in TICA?

If you are talking about color - its whatever is on the registration slip. She would either be in the kitten class if not 8 months old on the first day of the show, or she would go in as an Open in the Alter Classes.

Anything else, you'll have to ask Nial.

If this is something that you've never done before, there should be no reason to feel stupid. I also only show in CFA so I can't help you with anything involving TICA. Maybe check their website to see if they might have a mentor program similar to CFA.

As for not asking your breeder, I would think he would want to know that you have questions. Personally, I would hope that anyone showing one of my cats would ask me questions.

I have shown both in ACFA and TICA, but just once in each. I preferred (personally) the format of the ACFA show I attended. I did find that people at both shows were willing to explain everything to me. Once you enter your cat in a TICA show you are given a catalogue, and that explains a lot about the point systems. I feel the same way about bothering people, I kind of like to try and figure things out as I go.

I am actually debating on entering a TICA show in Victoria at the end of June with my newest kitten. For my area, CFA does not have a lot of interest and cat shows in general are few and far between. Have to take what you can get. I have yet to see a Mau at any show other than the one I went across the Country to visit last Winter.

I would guess TICA is heavy in the Bengals and Maine Coons. Persians seem to be a lot less in all associations.

ACFA is big on Maine Coons - the April show had at least 15 in each class (kitten, adult, alter)! We usually have less then 5 Persians total in the ACFA shows now.

We show in TICA. The Persian class here in Socal is usually 6-8 cats. We have alot of Bengals. We also get a high number of Ragdolls.

That's about the layout in breeds of most shows - its always been only one or a few of the minority breeds. Sometimes that's a plus for finals.

In CFA you'll probably see more and more Ragdolls due to the fact they accepted our Mitteds and Colorpoints this year for Championship.