Bionic British cat gets faux paws

Cats featured today: Clawdia and Smoochie, Dweezil and Monty, Emily, Gabbie, Gidget, Hudson, Lilly and Sasha, May, Oliver, Ramses and Pharaoh, Rebby, Sabre and Sylvester.


Check out this prosthetic solution!

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First of all congratulations to the Gold Coast Cat Club for a fantastic show yesterday, very well organized, lots of DIVINE cats and merchandise and generally a very pleasurable experience for cat people. Don’t miss it next time, for more information visit their website.

A drizzly Sunday morning makes it hard for the photographer to get good pics, most people in bed and the flash becomes a necessity. Still, beauty comes through inspite of everything. Note the Burmese invasion in all shapes and colours!

Clawdia looking at the birds after a run

Smoochie relaxing in her tunnel

Dweezil in a rare still moment

Monty says Hello!

Just sitting here, Monty

Emily very well behaved

Gabbie is very comfy

Gidget arrived yesterday and is quite happy

Hudson being beautiful

Lilly and Sasha getting along and being generally adorable

Sasha likes the camera more

Look at that face! May

Oliver missing mum and dad but reasonably happy

Ramses and Pharaoh are going home soon

Rebby is a beautiful Siamese, lean body and huge eyes!

Meeeoww! Sabre doing well

Not getting up, Sylvester

‘Cat Crufts’: inbreeding row over ‘mutant’ animals

Cats featured today Oscar, Lilly and Sasha, Boo and Midnight.

At last it seems that someone is going to seriously look at cat breeds

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/petshealth/6622801/Cat-Crufts-inbreeding-row-over-mutant-animals.html

Hot busy day today with a lot of ins and outs, it was farewell to Fonzie and Mocha, Marty, Shelly and Malibu. Millie, Sweet and Thomas arrived for a short stay.

Here’s is Oscar (that is feeling much better) tucking into his food.

Lilly and Sasha are here for a long stay while the family enjoys a holiday. Lilly continues to be the favourite, she has infinite patience with her sister.

Sasha always moving

Boo a lovely boy posing from the window.

Today we found out that Midnight will be staying with us until the Christmas holidays, we love him.

Sonsha, most beautiful

A beautiful Ragdoll

Ollie and Sonsha are family and share a room

Inside the surreal world of Sphynx cats

Today’s featured guests:  Boston, ChiChi, Chloe, Cujo, Fifi and Minty, Jasper, Michael and Rascal.

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We’re not sure we agree with this kind of breed, after watching the doco on pedigree dogs last night in the ABC, we think there should be limits to what breeders are allowed to do from an humane point of view.

Wonderful weather in the Gold Coast perfect for the beginning of the Swell Sculpture festival at Currumbin Beach. Yet another year without cat sculptures, lots of cute fish though and that will have to do.

With school holidays approaching we have a full house and lots of work to keep everybody happy.

Today Fifi and Minty had a visit from mum and dad and they greatly enjoyed that. Jasper the kitten, continues to charm everybody with his lovely nature.

Boston eating really well and being generally adorable, comes out for walks pretty frequently. Chichi behaving really well and always looking out for extra cuddles.

Chloe is back for a short stay in her favourite room and a bit happier than usual, the warm weather is helping to entice her to come out more and enjoy the view of the next-door pond and the yummy duckies in it.

We’ve finally managed a good photo of Michael that had a visitor, Jenny, yesterday. His mum enjoying herself in the EU.

Cujo arrived today and we hope he will be happier tomorrow, not too bad to be the first day! Rascal arrived yesterday and still a bit shy, we hope he will get better as days go by.

ChiChi the Burmese came out

ChiChi came out for a walk only the day after arriving, what a brave puss! She told off a few people that were glaring at her from their rooms and had a look out the window at a noisy lark magpie outside. It might be good for dinner, she commented.

Wilson and Henry very friendly also came out for walkies today.  Heat weave continues.

Abyssinians, high strung cats

After being subdued for a few days upon arriving, Milo is now confident enough to be himself and show what a delicate breed Abyssinians are. Always alert and sometimes pacing like real lions, these beautiful cats need gentle treatment.
Fortunately for us, he never stopped eating and is adjusting to a home away from home. His stay will make him a more confident cat, more used to every day noises that are a part of life.
See how beautiful he is

Taj a beautiful Himalayan cross arrived very calm in his father’s arms. He’s already nibbled on some dry food and spent the afternoon sitting on the lower level (cautious!) of his trampoline bed.

Fonzie and Mocha two of our Devon regulars had a party – as usual – last night: the furniture was upside down; mischievous and beautiful, they add a bit of spice to life at the cattery.

Shelly the tortoiseshell is going home

Shelly is a lovely cat and very undemanding, she’s going home tomorrow and it was a pleasure to have her.

Chloe and Jenna, two other tortoiseshells, went home very happy to see their respective parents.

Andi and Marian ( two relatives on a EU trip) posted this photo of a Greek cat (at Hydra) making the most of tourism.

ZaZa our new kitten is coming home tomorrow

Our new Oriental kitten Zaza today

ZaZa will be shown at the Ekka’s Cat Show on Saturday and will be finally moving with us on Monday 17/08. We can’t wait!

Milo the Abyssinian

Yesterday we welcomed Milo, a young Abyssinian that lives alone with mum. Very nervous to begin with – as these cats normally are – we’ll make sure that he calms down and gets more confident to come out for walks inside the cattery and games of football in the corridor.

Tortoiseshells or Calico Cats

Meet Jenna a young tortoiseshell that belongs to the small exceptional subgroup of good natured cats. These cats are usually grumpy and Vets are scared of them.

We talk from experience, our own tortie Annie – that lived up to 22 and went to heaven last year – was a power to be reckoned with and only mellowed after 17. Very few teeth left helped with the ease of handling but she would still bite, albeit without hurting too much.

She was the dominant cat and made sure Tessie and Brooky , our other two cats,  followed her rules.

Here she is in better days.

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