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post #1 of 17
12/12/09 at 3:10pm
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After giving it a lot of thought, we agreed that for now (at least for the next year) we will show Jack to Grand in CFA and Quad Grand in ACFA and not look for a new little brother for Jack.

HOWEVER, one of our good Oci breeder friends has hinted that when we are ready, she will help us with a good show kitten. Hubby decided he doesn't want another chocolate Ocicat, but agreed that a chocolate-silver would be nice. I'm letting him have "naming rights" on the kitten this time. The breeder specializes in chocolates and chocolate-silvers and has some nice silvers.

So there will be a future Ocicat in the house - just not for awhile.

Its gonna be hard at this next show to let our cat show friends know of Charlie's passing.
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post #2 of 17
12/12/09 at 3:15pm
Good luck showing Jack.

I'm sure you'll find the perfect Oci when the time is right, choc silver is a lovely choice
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post #3 of 17
12/12/09 at 3:15pm
So sorry about Charlie again.
The reason I do not have males is because I lost 2 males that way an have been scared to get another.
I know hpw hard it is to go to a show after a show cat died.
I dreaded the last TICA show because of Ty.
I hated that I made people cry when they asked were Ty.
You will get another good cat.
Ty was suppose to be in that show.
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post #4 of 17
12/12/09 at 10:05pm
I am glad you are going to add another cat.
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post #5 of 17
12/14/09 at 9:11am
So I finally got to see some adult Ocicats. At the show this weekend there were three sets. One cinnamon kitten and three adults. There was a dark brown boy, a blue/silver girl and an orangeish boy. I didn't catch their real colour names. They are much larger than I had expected. About a third bigger than any Maus I have seen, and a lot more muscular.

Interesting cats.
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post #6 of 17
12/14/09 at 10:37am
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Aren't they cool????

Did you show or just go as spectator - if you showed, the catalog would have the colors. I'm guessng the one was either a tawny or a dark chocolate, blue-silver is a color of Oci and the last one (orange) probably was a cinnamon.

Jack is sorta a red/orange chocolate color

Charlie was about 10-11 lbs and Jack is almost 11 lbs (still will grow up to 2 yrs old). We will have to watch Jack tho - his dad got a tummy on him early and we don't want him too fat.....lol But yes they are very muscular cats. I keep thinking Jack weighs more then the scales say he does.
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post #7 of 17
12/14/09 at 12:21pm
I have to admit I prefer my Maus, but yes they have a lot of presence. Almost Bengal-like in their heft. the silver was very pretty and shiny.

Here are the entries:

Wild Rain Voyageur - Chocolate Spotted Male
Low Country Muscadine of Blue Mune - Dilute Blue Spotted Male
Low Country Straight Tequila Night - Tawny Spotted
Tribal Copper Mountain of Daytown - Cinnamon Spotted (kitten)
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post #8 of 17
12/14/09 at 12:26pm
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The chocolate must have been what we call "hot chocolate" - its a more reddish color. I'm not sure but suspect the hot chocolates are out of chocolate/cinnamon breedings and the darker cool chocolates are out of chocolate/tawny breedings.

The blue was not blue-silver then - we have both colors. The blue-silver would have a more silver-white background.
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post #9 of 17
12/14/09 at 12:49pm
He was benched next to me and I would describe him as a gun-metal grey colour, with a lot of shine.
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post #10 of 17
12/14/09 at 1:01pm
Hoping this picture works, it was taken with my cellphone.
LL
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post #11 of 17
12/14/09 at 1:04pm
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Yes, blue is that color with the darker blue spotting. And we use Silk on the coats to make them shine.

You know that Mau's and Oci's get along...... Might want to add an Ocicat alter one day.
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post #12 of 17
12/14/09 at 1:17pm
Already have my mind set on a Cornish Rex. There was a pet kitten for sale at the show, and luckily I forgot my wallet in Canada. I had to borrow money all weekend, but at least I didn't come home with an extra cat. My gosh it was cute.

I met Pat Kelty and may be looking at an alter from her in the future. Her blue GC was at the show and doing well. I got to snuggle with her for a good 20 minutes.
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post #13 of 17
12/14/09 at 1:20pm
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Cornies are a good choice too - I bred and showed them for many years. I didn't know Pat was still breeding/showing. She's one of the "old-timers" in Cornish Rex - her cats are very very nice - can't go wrong with getting an alter from her!

My Cornies had the Kelty's lines in the background.
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post #14 of 17
12/14/09 at 1:26pm
I lucked into meeting Pat because I went to the show with Yvonne Oster, an old time Siamese breeder. Through her I also met Lynn Boelter of the ocicat world, and Jane Dayton (who was instrumental in the original Brockhaven Mau lines) who is now showing Lynn's Cinnamon kitten. Definitely helps to network. Pat says she has some white and calico kits coming up and to give her a call. I really prefer the darker selfs and tabbies, but I am not fussy. I love my Maus, but those cornies are like loveable aliens and I MUST have one someday.
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post #15 of 17
12/14/09 at 1:31pm
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IMO with the Cornies the solids and bicolors show off the wave pattern the best. I only like the Red tabbies in Cornish Rex. Have seen blues and a brown (brown is ugly looking to me in a rex) but the reds are flashier.

Most of mine were either whites, blacks, black smoke or bicolors and the red tabbies. I had a few tortie/calicos too. My breeding cats were tortie or calico so I could get the "rainbow" litters
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post #16 of 17
12/14/09 at 1:39pm
I know type is more important than colour. I wouldn't mind a cornie that was mostly white, as long as the calico/bi-colour covered most of it's face. I just don't prefer white faces in any breed (cat, dog, horse).

The black smoke sounds beautiful.
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post #17 of 17
12/14/09 at 2:33pm
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Actually on a Cornish Rex, black smoke doesn't look like the normal black smokes on other cats. This is because there is only the undercoat and its so short that you don't get the true effect.

Unfortunately many blacks were listed as black smokes and its very hard to tell any more which ones are black and which are black smoke. The smokes really look more greyish at the base of the hairs - not the true white. Breeders tended to go by the greyish color around the neck in labeling them black smokes. Many blacks have that color.

Type and coat are far more important then color. My two whites were a blue-eye white and an odd-eye white. I had one gold-eye white but she was deaf and wound up in a home in Connecticut with owners who had Dalmations and so were familiar with dealing with deaf pets.
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