Our Cats' Ancestors

Vlad is an oddity here because he is imported, but not from Thailand, but rather from Eastern Europe. He is floppy as the day is long. He just flops when you pick him up. 

Choco is from Thailand and we are waiting to get his genetic tests back. It appears like he is a champagne Burmese but we will soon know. He is the nicest cat in the world. He just loves to be held and hugged all the time. He is a little bit adventurous. Though he has a house, girl friends, children to tend and a yard, he is always trying to escape when I go in to see him. He is clearly interested in what the outside world has to offer. In this case, it would be wolves, foxes, and coyotes. None of which would want to be his friend. 

Patel is a my latest stud. He has a really famous pedigree! Part of of his family comes from the Thai Cat Center in Bangkok and part of it some from Phyllis Wilson's line of stunning American sable Burmese. Here you will see his baby pictures and where he has gotten to so far. He lived with a bunch of siblings and when they would be pooled on my lap, he would jump to get between my neck and ears. He was like, let the commoners visit with you down below. I want a better seat. Very funny little cat. He is extremely muscular and lean. His father is Mister so he carries blue and champagne. 

He is a funny eater. He loves to throw his food around and then growl at it. Let's just say he is a messy eater. You will see him with his best friend, Rockatella. A blue girl I am keeping for breeding. He just hugs her at any chance he gets. I am very optimistic he will father many lovely kittens. 

 Ivan Ivanovich is one fabulous cat. I can't say he is the brightest cat in the world, but sometimes having a slow-moving, permanently happy cat is an advantage. Though he may not be college material, he does have really great hair. It's lush and thick, kind of like clipped velvet. He is a platinum and I don't even know how to describe his eyes. They have a lot of colors going on, all at the same time. He is housemates with Phyllis and Bug Eyes, who adore him. He would be more about good looks than good conversation, but his sister-wives don't seem to mind. 

Peaches is from Thailand and has a color you will never have seen before. She has the most stunning eyes and creamy light sable coat. It turns out she is Mother Earth. She loves babies. She lost four of her five kittens in her first litter. She was so sad, I borrowed some other moms' kittens and she almost squealed. Babies! You are back. Hello babies. Let me clean you and feed you. Its always good to have a foster mom in the operation and she may well be it. Very friendly, very smart, and a lap cat. 

Estelle is a purr machine, literally. She doesn't even wait to be picked up. When she sees you, she starts purring and continues until you pick her up. It's probably manipulation on her part. I keep telling her that she should wait to purr until contact has been made with the person, but she has not taken this advice. She sees, she purrs, she conquers.  She is quietly the boss of the pride, letting the others know she is in charge with the occasional light smack on their face. She is half Thai and half American Burmese. She is also the mother of the year. She loves having babies and being pregnant. So much so, I had to put her on vacation as she has no off button when it comes to having babies. 

Golda is one pushy cat. She had to be trained not to jump up on people's legs! She just loves people and cannot get enough of them and it took a little work for her to learn they were not there for her pleasure. She follows me wherever I go and has no problem ramming a door if it is between me and her. Whenever a new person comes over, she jumps on their lap and introduces herself. She is half Thai and half American Burmese. 

She also likes to see her babies where she likes to keep her babies. 

BB is a Thai Platinum, at least genetically, and has the most stunning eyes. She lives with her two sisters, Maude and Sarah. She is a little shy and lets her sisters go out front. But, she waits patiently to be picked up and carried around. She is patient. Though she she sneaks in and jumps on your lap whenever she gets the chance. 

Words cannot describe the sweet, gentle nature of this cat. She lives with her two half sisters. They all have the same Thai dad. She might be called Dog 2 because she follows you around until you pick her up. She loves attention. But, I have never seen her bring out her claws. A true gentlewoman of the cat kind. 

Violet is a very beautiful blue-blue-eyed cat. She and her friend, Lilac, are quite the team. She is the relaxed one with the Olympic purring skill and her roommate is the athlete. She walks over to Lilac and licks her ears and is the portrait of a mother cat. Everything, in her mind, is a baby and needs to be cleaned and watched over. Great cat. 

We met Screech in Thailand and I immediately had to have her. She was perhaps the most peculiar looking cat I had ever seen. I suspected she was a tortie-sable burmese, but imagined she had some other things going on. And boy does she. Her litters range from deep sables to red boys. In her last litter she had this sable boy that looked like a beagle.

But, Screech thinks she is beautiful and acts like she is the most beautiful cat in the world. She has a habit of yelling at me, which is funny. If I stop petting her, she yells. If I don't pick her up, she yells. This cat is very vocal as are her kittens. The start chirping shortly after birth and I suspect keep it up.   

You can't really see it in this picture, but Maude is one hefty cat. She is down right chubby. Its very unusual in a Thai-Burmese hybrid but she is a chunky monkey. She is sister of BB and Sarah and is very, very pushy. She will head butt you until you pick her up. Utterly silent. Never makes a noise. But, she is under foot at all times. Fantastic cat. 

Mittens and Tilda are what we are calling Bangkok cats. When I began importing cats from Thailand, I started getting some off-colored kittens which blew up the genetic tests at UC Davis. They didn't know what to make of them so just stopped communicating with me. I found a lab in England that was a lot more helpful and it turned out I had accidentally found a new "Thai" color. It is not new in the sense it has existed in Thailand since forever, it just happened that I got three street cats the carried this never-before-discovered gene. As you can see, they have like a cream-colored coat and very blue eyes. These two girls have the most fabulous kittens. My sister has one, Jaspar, and you can see him below with his best friend the French Bulldog. He is so good natured he lets the dog bath him from head to toe. 

This new Thai color gene, called the cm gene, is responsible for some of the whacky colors I get in my litters. They are beautiful but most importantly, they make great kittens that make great pets. 

Jaspar the Dog Cat and his Dog friend, Monster. This is my sister's dog and the dog cat I gave her. That is officially Jaspar's bed but Monster likes to sit on it with his best friend. As you can see, Jaspar is quite happy to share his bed with his friend. We are not sure what he thinks about the dog, but anything that gives him attention is welcome.