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Hi! I'm new - to this great site, but not to this type of board, and certainly not new to cats!

I breed and show Scottish Folds and British Shorthairs, but I love all cats, whatever their size, shape, colour or origin.


My dream: to have a huge house and grounds, and be able to take in all the homeless cats and kittens in the area, feed, care for and love them, have them vaccinated and spayed/neutered, and find them all loving homes - except for those I couldn't bear to part with!

Looking forward to many happy hours browsing here, and getting to know other cat-lovers wherever they are.

My little Shani wants to say hello to everybody:
 

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Shani is absolutely beautiful! I just love her little angel face!


I share your big dream - only I have to win that ellusive lottery first!

Welcome to our family of people OWNED by their cats!
 
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Thank you, krazy kat and debra
One of these days, I'm actually going to buy a lottery ticket! You never know...

Esmeralda
 

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Hi and welcome to you!!! Glad you found us here!


I am moving this to the "New cats on the block" forum, which is where we introduce ourselves.
 

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Welcome to the site!! I just LOVE Scottish Folds!!! Toooo cute!!

I'm sure you'll enjiy this site as much as the rest of us do!!
 

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Welcome to the site! I'm glad to see you have already jumped right in on some of our other discussions. And you even beat us to asking for pics! You'll fit in just fine.
Shani is quite pretty.

Oh, and since you are a breeder, we do expect to become foster cyber-parents to your litters and keep up their growth and share in your joy.
 
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Originally posted by valanhb
Welcome to the site! I'm glad to see you have already jumped right in on some of our other discussions. And you even beat us to asking for pics! You'll fit in just fine.
Shani is quite pretty.

Oh, and since you are a breeder, we do expect to become foster cyber-parents to your litters and keep up their growth and share in your joy.
Thank you Heidi! My kittens are already spoilt by having loads of cyber godparents on the other site (not a cat one
where I'm a moderator) but no kitten can ever have too many well-wishers and adopted aunts and uncles!

If you'd like to see this year's other kittens so far, you can find Katie L., Antony-Bagpuss, Cinnamindy, York Harper, Teigh Tathal and Tora Chan here:

http://photos.yahoo.com/esmeralda9ch

in the first album - as well as most of my other cats past and present. Two new kittens were born last Monday, a Blue boy and a Cream-Tabby girl; the boy is Robert, but the girl hasn't been named yet. There's a waiting list, so I'm going to have to put names into a hat, so none of the prospective godmothers get jealous! Fortunately, my Shalimar (Black-Silver-Torbie-Classic Fold) is also expecting kittens soon)!

Nokros - good to see you here as well!


Esme
 

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What beautiful little kittens! Oh, I just want to snuggle all of them - the big kitties, too!


One question, are the kittens born with the folded ears or at what age does this trait show? I saw in some of your pics of really little ones with the folds.

Thank you for sharing your album. They are just precious little angels. :angel2:
 
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Hi again, Heidi!
Well, you know how people love to hold forth when they have a passion, so I'm very happy to answer your question!

Scottish Fold kittens are born looking just like baby British: you have to wait three to four weeks for those little ears either to fold snugly down into a little cap, or, sadly, to pop straight up like those of any "normal" cat.

The thing is, the Fold gene being a semi-dominant, it only needs one parent to be a Fold for the gene to be transmitted; but even then, you are not sure of getting Folds. On average, about 50% of the kittens have folded ears - and I mean averaging all the litters, over several years. Sometimes you might be extraordinary lucky, and get a litter of 5, all Folds: or they could all be straight-eared!

Because no clubs nowadays allow Fold-to-Fold breeding (due to fears of osteodystrophy), Folds are mated to straight-eared cats, the preferrred partner being a British Shorthair or a Scottish Straight-ear. But that's a whole other story! I won't go into it here, because it would take too long, but if anyone wants to ask more questions about Folds, I'll be happy to oblige, any time.

Esme
 

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I love some of the name of the cats on the last page of the second one (the one entitled simply "Yahoo! Photo Album")
 

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Welcome!
Shani is absolutely adorable!! You must really enjoy breeding...someday I would love to do that......only I don't think I could ever say goodbye to any of the cats! Oh well... anyway, nice to meet you!
 
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I love some of the name of the cats on the last page of the second one (the one entitled simply "Yahoo! Photo Album")
LOL Nekros! I'm guessing that you mean Jaxom, Sebell and Silvina? And possibly Bilbo Baggins!

Esme
 
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Originally posted by hello_kelly0867
Welcome!
Shani is absolutely adorable!! You must really enjoy breeding...someday I would love to do that......only I don't think I could ever say goodbye to any of the cats! Oh well... anyway, nice to meet you!
Thank you, Kelly, nice to meet you too.
Yes, I love breeding, studying genetics and pedigrees - but most especially seeing those perfect little creatures come into the world, caring for them and their mother, watching them grow, develop, learn.... and capture all hearts!

Yes, that's the only thing about breeding that I never get used to. I cry every time one of my babies leaves home - though I know she/he will be loved and happy. I make very sure of that before I let one of them go! I would like to keep them all, of course, but that's obviosly not possible.

If you want to make a contribution to the health and develoment of your breed, you have to breed yourself. That takes a lot of hard work and study, but it is , oh, so worth it! It's painful to say goodbye to the babies you've nurtured for three or four months - but if we never let them go, how would other people have the joy of taking them into their homes and their hearts?

I will be forever grateful to the breeder who let me buy my first Scottish Fold - my adored Cobber, who will be 9 next month, and who is not only a European Grand Champion and Distinguished Merit. He's my darling, and my mother's - and we hope to have the privilege of his company for many, many years to come.

Esme
 

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Welcome! Your kitties, large and small, are adorable. I especially enjoyed the pictures of "kittens in a bowl." I'm so glad you've joined us.
 

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It's nice to meet you! Your kitten is adorable! I've always thought the Scottish Folds were such interesting looking cats!
 

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I went to your website, and I LOVE the pictures....I especially liked the one of little Themis...what a doll!
I don't think I had ever seen a Scottish Fold before....I wonder if we have any of them around here? They are so sweet!
 
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