Charlotte & Opie |
Charlotte had 4 babies born on 5/14. They are 2 boys and 2 girls. First photos with eyes open are below.
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Charlotte is a silver tabby with huge eyes. She is really my girl. You know how some cats just choose one person to be "their person"? Well, Charlotte has done that with me. She will share her time between both Mike and me, but after she's gone back and forth between us for awhile, she will end up with her face 3" from mine. And with those big eyes glaring into my face, she just knows I'm going to give in and pet her, and pet her, and pet her some more. Or if just the big eyes staring into my face doesn't do the trick, she will ever so gently reach out one paw and pat my cheek... What can I say? Who can resist that?
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Opie is our chocolate smoke boy. We like to use Opie a lot in our breeding program for a couple of reasons... first, he's chocolate, but besides that, he's our smallest boy and has always, always given us really great kittens, no matter which girls we put him with.
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Curl Essence Charlotte American Curl Kitten Photos
6/3... Mike and I tried to get a couple of cute pics of Charlotte's babies for you this afternoon. I've been trying to get shots with their eyes open for a week now but I couldn't get them to hold still and face the camera long enough to take a decent pic. We tried several things to get good shots for those people who have been asking about Charlotte's babies. The pics with me holding the 2 boys outside mom's cage turned out best. I'll add shots with me holding the girls tomorrow when sun is on that side of the house. For now, here are a few of our first photos for you to look at.
Let's start with our little black silver boy. I suspect both CFA and TICA will want him registered as a chocolate silver or a chocolate smoke because of Opie's coloring. Right now, he just looks black. Paw pads and nose leather will be the determining factors.
What a face? right? OMG! This little guy looks totally black in the carrier I gave mom for her have her babies in. But when I saw these photos, I could see the silver undercoat. We see things in our photos that we don't notice when we are just picking them up in the room. The first couple of pictures I took of this little guy were just solid black. You could barely see the eyes.
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The photo below is what we see when we look at this guy inside the carrier... first couple of pictures I took of this little guy were just solid black. You could barely see the eyes.
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Next, the chocolate silver boy. When we take new photos tomorrow, I'll bring him out so you can see the color on his body. In these photos, he's almost to pretty to be a boy.
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This is the silver patched girl. I took several other photos but they just weren't going to show you her coloring...
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I'll get pictures of both of the girls tomorrow. The 2 pictures above were the only ones of this one girl that I could post here for you.
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And group shot. Mom let's the kids sleep when she's not nursing them. I have 2 carpeted triangle shelves in each corner of these cages that hang from the top. Mom likes to spread out on one side or the other where she can keep an eye on the kids but gives them plenty of space to move around or snuggle next to each other for a nap. The one in the back is a girl, as is the one on the far right. The 2 boys are in front.
