Next is Brittany and Opie... |
Brittany had 4 gorgeous, strong babies on 8/13. They will be available to go to their new homes by mid November.
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Brittany is a calico. She's also a fairly small girl. Because both mom and dad are smaller cats, their babies should also be smaller. I haven't weighted Brittany recently, but I estimate her to be around 6lb at most. The same with Opie... without weighing him, I estimate he's close to 7lb.
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Opie (full name is Curl Essence Obsessed with Chocolate) is a chocolate smoke boy. Opie always passes on his sweet disposition to his babies, as well as really nice ears and eyes. The other big plus with Opie is his size. Opie is fairly small boy so his babies are always a nice size.
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New photos taken 9/13... |
We brought Shante and Chantelle out together for these photos. We find that when we bring the kittens out for individual photos, they are more comfortable if they have a buddy with them.
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Chantelle is a silver patched tabby. You can see the red patches best on her forehead and front foot but she should have more red marbling show up as she matures. I fully expect more silver undercoat to come through as her coat fills in too. You can see those red splashes in several of the pics below. Both Chantelle and Shante were so interested in this new place we took them to that I had trouble getting them to look up. We can usually get the babies at this age to eventually start chasing the small mouse toy, but not these two. All they wanted to do was walk around and check out the strange smells on the rug and stuffed animals. So to get pictures of their faces, I started talking to them and rubbing their backs. They both just melted into my hands. All of Brittany's babies are already eager to be rubbed and petted. Every time either of us go in to visit them, they all come over to the cage doors to greet us.
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These are of Chantelle and Shante together. I took a couple with me holding their little faces for you to see them because they were so focused on just walking around and investigating that I had trouble getting them to look up so I could shoot their little faces. But once I got my hands on them, they were perfectly happy to just sit in one place and have me rub their little backs.
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First photos with eyes open taken on 8/29.
We tried to get some face shots of each of the babies but I was thrilled with what we ended up with. Rather than to try and pick a specific photo for each baby's face, I decided to just include a slideshow with group shots. I included a couple individual face shots but at this age, it was hard to get even these. The video below shows them best. This entire group is already very friendly, but really, I have to give the credit for that to mom. It's impossible to get photos of these babies when she's around because she wants all the attention. The plus side for that small inconvenience is that she is teaching her babies to want my attention too. You'll see how they already melt into my hands when I'm rubbing them.
Reserving a kitten from a future litter...
We are taking reservations for future kittens now. We reserve the right for first pick of any of our litters for ourselves to show, however, if you reserve a kitten from a future litter, you will have first pick (after us of course). I keep track of the sequence that I receive Reserved Kitten Agreements and offer kittens in that same sequence.... in other words, the person who has returned the first Reserve Agreement will have first pick of any new litters. After that, the 2nd person who has returned a Reserve Agreement can select a kitten, and so on. Anyone with a Reserve Agreement can wait for another litter if they want to wait for a kitten from another litter if they want, and the same sequence for selecting a specific kitten will still apply.