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My first future queen!

post #1 of 33
9/13/09 at 12:42pm
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Now it's official, I'm getting my first breeding queen! I just got confirmation from the breeder that the deposit went through. She will be imported from Germany in the end of November. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to pick her up myself or will the breeder ship her for me (not a long flight).
It's not exactly the color I was looking for (she is a bit darker), but very close. Who can guess what color she is?

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post #2 of 33
9/13/09 at 2:29pm
Shaded or chinchilla silver? Not sure if it would be tabby based on the front photos and not the entire cat. She's adorable tho. Name?
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post #3 of 33
9/13/09 at 3:12pm
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She's a seal silver tabby point. I was originally looking for seal silver shaded point but I just couldn't find one with long hair and pedigree which isn't too inbred or related to my males. Also the facial features were an important part of my choise, she has the broad nose which I adore. Her breeder is calling her Dascha at the moment, I think that will be her 'official' name too, we rarely get to choose the name to kittens we buy, the breeders name them (prefix is Fantastic Points). I'll propably call her Luna if it suits her personality.
Here's one more pic to show the darker parts better:


I'm very excited because she will propably be the first silver point Brit in this country (as far as I know) and the first Brit intentionally bought for breeding BLHs here. So many people have been asking me where I got my Utu (the neutered BLH male) that I wonder why no one else is trying to breed them here, they are gorgeous!
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post #4 of 33
9/13/09 at 3:13pm
Awww, she's pretty =0)
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post #5 of 33
9/13/09 at 3:43pm
She is vey pretty.
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post #6 of 33
9/13/09 at 3:50pm
Where is the cuteness warning?! She is beautiful. Congratulations.
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post #7 of 33
9/13/09 at 5:22pm
That's a better photo with the points. Helps a little more. How old is she now?
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post #8 of 33
9/13/09 at 7:33pm
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How old is she now?
She's now 6 weeks old. We have agreed that if something comes up before she's 16 weeks which makes her not breeding quality, I'll get the deposit back.
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post #9 of 33
9/13/09 at 7:59pm
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She's now 6 weeks old. We have agreed that if something comes up before she's 16 weeks which makes her not breeding quality, I'll get the deposit back.
Ah, I was going to ask about that. I was under the impression that you can't determine if a cat is breeding quality until they're older....so that explains it!

Wow, she's cute.
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post #10 of 33
9/13/09 at 8:35pm
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^Yeah, you can't really be sure this early, that's why we made the agreement about the deposit. All of the kittens from this litter have already been reserved by breeders (this is a very good litter), they made similar agreements with the others too (atleast one of the other kittens is going to be exported too). They are also 'holding' one for themselves to see if they'll keep him or sell as a show or pet neuter.
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post #11 of 33
9/13/09 at 10:01pm
Congratulations, she is adorable
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post #12 of 33
9/14/09 at 3:51am
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Ah, I was going to ask about that. I was under the impression that you can't determine if a cat is breeding quality until they're older....so that explains it!

Wow, she's cute.
You should be able to know a great deal - in the breeds I specalise in, anyway. I knew from the second mine was born (last litter dec 08) which would be breeding/pet quality, just not which ones I was going to keep/show

AHHHH sorry Nglow I thought you'd already had a few litters - I was going to guess pointed but didn't know the colour. She is absolutely gorgeous! Please keep us updated with more pics. I hope everything works out.
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post #13 of 33
9/14/09 at 9:51am
For me, I could tell my show from pet quality in the Cornies within the first week. Only had a few that didn't turn out what I orginally thought they were (quality wise).
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post #14 of 33
9/14/09 at 10:08am
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AHHHH sorry Nglow I thought you'd already had a few litters - I was going to guess pointed but didn't know the colour. She is absolutely gorgeous! Please keep us updated with more pics. I hope everything works out.
Well, I don't have any litters under my own cattery name yet, but my shaded silver BSH male has sired one Scottish Fold litter and will soon be mated with a classic silver tabby BSH female. Both of those breeders are first timers, so I'm involved in every step and it feels like they almost are my own litters.
I'm going to test if he's a longhair carrier (very possible) and if he is, he will be mated with the new kitten when she grows up. I also have the gorgeous lilacpoint BSH male, and I definitely would like to have kittens from him!

I attended to a breeder seminar last weekend, it was aimed to people interested on breeding (beginners) and since 2010 January everyone who wants a Fifé catteryname will have to attend to one of these seminars (atleast in this country, we have pretty strict rules..). I have my catteryname in TICA but it was close to where I live so I thought why not check it out. Few Fifé judges were the 'teachers' there, and as a total newbie I got to correct several mistakes they were 'teaching'. I could see they were thinking I'm an annoying smartass kid.. But when working with not so common breeds I've had to read a lot of rules and genetics...
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post #15 of 33
9/14/09 at 10:12am
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Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45 View Post
For me, I could tell my show from pet quality in the Cornies within the first week. Only had a few that didn't turn out what I orginally thought they were (quality wise).
Yeah, the agreement is just made in case something like dental issues or tail kink appears which don't always show in the first few weeks.
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post #16 of 33
9/21/09 at 4:37am
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Originally Posted by NorthernGlow View Post
my shaded silver BSH male has sired one Scottish Fold litter and will soon be mated with a classic silver tabby BSH female.
Update: Female was here and now we are waiting to see if the mating was succesfull.

And update pic from my new kitten, just got few new pics from the breeder:

Cuteness overload!
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post #17 of 33
10/20/09 at 10:50am
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Another update: She turned out to be a shaded point after all which is what I was originally looking for! Good for me I was already going to 'settle' on a silver tabby point because I couldn't find a shaded point which matched my plans. I'm so excited, she looks exactly the type I was looking for.
The breeder is taking her into a show Nov 8th, and I'll get her 15th. I hate waiting..
New pic:
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post #18 of 33
10/20/09 at 1:21pm
Good Luck to you.
I am glad you are getting the kitten you want.
She is pretty.
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post #19 of 33
10/20/09 at 1:23pm
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Originally Posted by NorthernGlow View Post
Another update: She turned out to be a shaded point after all which is what I was originally looking for! Good for me I was already going to 'settle' on a silver tabby point because I couldn't find a shaded point which matched my plans. I'm so excited, she looks exactly the type I was looking for.
The breeder is taking her into a show Nov 8th, and I'll get her 15th. I hate waiting..
New pic:
She is so beautiful. I'm so happy for you.
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post #20 of 33
10/20/09 at 2:31pm
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Thank you! It's going to be looong month to wait for her.

And more good news: my BSH male Kuura is going to be a daddy (for the 2nd time). It seems that the mating with a classic silver tabby BSH female was succesful. I was so sure that it wasn't because the female was a 'silent one', meaning that I didn't hear any screaming or yowling from her after the matings. She was very prude compared to the previous female..
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post #21 of 33
10/20/09 at 3:34pm
The kitten is very pretty. And my first Rex queen was like that - the breeder who I got her from and bred her to one of her males was not sure it took - because she was the only female she ever had that didn't "yell" when bred - did all the other signs tho.

She was a large female and maybe it honestly did not hurt her as much when she was bred.
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post #22 of 33
10/20/09 at 4:04pm
I'm so glad she's turned out to be the colour you wanted. She's so pretty
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post #23 of 33
10/21/09 at 2:20am
SO SO SO pretty!
Congratulations!!!
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post #24 of 33
10/21/09 at 5:55am
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Thanks everyone! My friend is going to pick her up for me from Germany, she happens to be there just the right time so I don't have to fly back and forth myself. I hope the kitten doesn't give her too rough time during the flight.
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post #25 of 33
10/21/09 at 1:03pm
She's beautiful! Glad she ended up being exactly what you wanted, and congrats on the matings
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post #26 of 33
10/22/09 at 11:29am
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Thank you!
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post #27 of 33
11/17/09 at 5:37am
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All hail the queen! She arrived safely on sunday evening and has settled right in. As soon as I let her out of the box she started to explore the room, play, purr and cuddle. How can something that small purr so loud?!

I will be making a photo thread as soon as I get more pics taken, It's so dark here all the time that it's hard to get any good photos. Here's few:



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post #28 of 33
11/17/09 at 5:44am
she is gorgeous
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post #29 of 33
11/17/09 at 7:19am
Be still my heart! She is adorable!!
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post #30 of 33
11/17/09 at 7:42am
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Originally Posted by NorthernGlow View Post
All hail the queen! She arrived safely on sunday evening and has settled right in. As soon as I let her out of the box she started to explore the room, play, purr and cuddle. How can something that small purr so loud?!

I will be making a photo thread as soon as I get more pics taken, It's so dark here all the time that it's hard to get any good photos. Here's few:

Congratulations,

she's a real beauty, I especially like this first photo of her and she seems to have gorgeous paws, too.

Good luck with your breeding program,

Christine
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