The Elmarlay Tribe At The Birman Cat Clubs Annual Show - What A Day!

I am still recovering from the shock of the day, Elmarlay was out in force again, with Gr. Ch. Elmarlay Lunar Moon (Lunar), her daughter Elmarlay Cosmic Starlight (Sharnie), Then we had Elmarlay Makin Asplash (Splash) & last but not least keeping the Assessment breeds propped up we had Elmarlay Alyssa (Alyssa Or Lissy) She was the only Assessment and got a lot of attention from exhibitors and the public.

Lunar achieved her 1st Imperial Certificate, in a good class of quality ladies, Sharnie got a 2nd in a strong tabby class which I was pleased about as she is still a bit all over the place with her development (shush don't tell her that as she is a bit sensitive!) Splash achieved the 1st in the Tabby/Tortie Tabby class 6-9 Months, and Alyssa achieved her third Merit.

I needed my jaw propping up when I checked the results board as the Imperial classes are so hard to achieve and although Lunar is a stunner in my eyes she has struggled to get to grand so I had no real expectations of her making a dent in this class.

A few more shows ahead will post results in coming weeks, Fingers crossed we can keep going.

Siberian Breed Progression Under GCCF

Well at long last the documents have all been submitted to GCCF executive for the meeting on the 24th November 2010. A very hard task as with printer malfunctions, photocopying drama's and 21 copies of a 140 page document to produce it was a bit nerve racking. But we got it done and the package was sent off to GCCF on the 28th October 2010 and has been received.

Thanks to all the breeders & exhibitors who have supplied information as without you all this task could not have been achieved. If the paperwork is accepted the Siberian should move to intermediate status for June 2011. Then the next stage begins of collating more data to get the breed to Champion status, if anyone wants any information on the process please drop me any email and I will explain the stages step by step.

I must also say thank you to my mom and dad as without them I would never have got the documents bound and packaged we had a production line going to get it all sorted and in order.

Aviv's new adventure

It is with a heavy heart that I say best of luck to Aviv or Monty as he is to be called, at the weekend he went off to his new pet home as a single cat and has settled in really well with Sara & Damien, thank you to you both for loving my handsome lad he will repay your love with many a bear hug! After his first home failed I was reluctant to let him go anywhere but he was not happy amongst the others totally as he was on the constant defensive so it was evident that staying with me here amongst the mad house was not going to suit him, he now has the best possible solution two lovely people to attend to his every need. Bless you my handsome fellow big hugs and miss you kid oh.

Elmarlay Alyssa

A big Thank You to Mark Harris of Mentobe Birmans & Siberians for being on hand as usual armed with his camera to take some stunning pictures of Alyssa, these pictures were taken at the CRAVO show, where Alyssa had another fantastic day along side her Elmarlay Stable Mates. Alyssa Achieved her 2nd GCCF Merit, two 2nds and a 1st as well as some lovely comments from exhibitors and judges alike, she was a little minx playing up to anyone who would take notice of her, she has sussed this show lark now and has taken after her mother in how to work the audience.

Kittens Available To Loving Indoor Homes

We still have kittens looking for their new homes, we have Rocky a Lilac point Birman boy (pic 2) who is coming up to seven months he has been let down several times by potential new owners and time wasters a plenty. We also have two Red Point Boys (one of them Pic 1) and their Seal Tortie sister, as well as a Seal Tabby Point Female Siberian (pic 3). If anyone is interested in one of these kittens please get in touch by email - baxtella@yahoo.co.uk please only genuine enquiries and don't try and bag a cheap kitten as I don't produce kittens for that purpose and I will wait till the right home comes along than just sell for the sake of it - sorry!

Update On Aviv

Aviv came back into the fold after he could not manage in a multi cat household when he left he weighed in at 2.3Kg's and on return had gone down to just under 1.7Kg, two weeks on he is back up to 2Kg, it has taken a bit to get him eating properly again and his muscle tone is still a little weak but he is making good progress, and hopefully he will be back to his correct weight in a few weeks. He remains to be the most loving boy going and it is a true shame that he could not fit into this home, but an older male did not like the introduction of a young boy. Aviv will be re-homed eventually but he will only go to a single cat household or with a sibling, but we have plenty of time to make any final decisions as he has some recovering still to achieve.

A breeders Warning

I would just like to make breeders aware of this one, I have had a kitten come back to me due to him not fitting into a multi cat household, although the new owner had many years experience with cats she was unable to keep to my feeding guidelines due to the other cats. For fear of them stealing his food the owner tried feeding the kitten set meals something my cats are not used to, I graze feed, meaning food is down all day in both wet and dry and the cats help themselves, I have found trying set feed times I end up with picky eaters or cats that won't eat because of fear of being disturbed. This is what I think has happened with this lad.

I would urge any breeder selling to a multi cat household to explore the set up and provide the owner with quite strict expectations on what the kittens needs are. I am probably speaking to the converted but I thought I had done this with a 3 page feeding guide I have learnt the hard way by having to pick the pieces up. I would also say to anyone who is thinking of getting a kitten who already has a multi cat household think carefully about the impact of one more on all the felines and is it in the kittens or the other cats best interest.