Bellabee and Glory Family
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IW SGC Bellabee of Curl Essence
2019-2020 TICA International 2nd Best American Curl LH (Bellabee) 2019-2020 TICA 9th Best Cat (Southwest Region) 2019-2020 CFA Best American Curl (Southwest Region) |
Curl Essence In Light of His Glory... or "Glory" for short.
Glory is a red and white bicolor. We never showed Glory. Some cats just don't have the personality the judges want to see in the show halls. Glory, however, is a new bloodline we had been developing for years out of our Curlniques lines. |
Pictures of Kittens from Bellabee and from Glory
7/9.. I took a couple new quick pics this morning... I'll add more later today or tomorrow.
6/26... It's been awhile since I've added new pictures of Bellabee's babies. Mindy and her littermate, Baelish, stay together most of the time, but then, they are considerable smaller than Brittany's bunch. There are a few more pictures of Mindy with Baelish on Baelish's page. These 2 are both really sweet. They will take turns coming over to see me whenever I come into the room to work on the computer. I can just sit in my chair and talk to them, and one by one each of the kittens will take a turn coming over for me to pick them up. Here are a couple new pics and videos of Bellabee's 2 babies.
6./19. I try to take a couple of pictures of the kittens every couple of days. Some are worth posting and some aren't. I thought these were cute. I hope you do too. Bellabee's chocolate tabby boy is sold. These are of Mindy, her chocolate patched tabby girl. (Click photo to enlarge it.)
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Brittany saves the day
4/26... We had planned to put Bellabee in a birthing cage in the nursery Saturday night. We knew she was close, but when we tried to put her in the birthing cage in the nursery, it seemed to stress so much that we decided to just watch her on Sunday. As it turned out, we got up Sunday morning to find that she had gone into a cabinet and had 2 babies. I cleaned out the cabinet and put a bowl of water and food, plus litter box under the cabinet for her, blocked the doors so she was safe and went to church. When we got home, she kept trying to leave them to be with Mike.... Well, this would not do. It the kittens were in a nursery cage where we would know they are safe, we would have let her come and go, but not with them in this cabinet. We couldn't leave them there because any of the other adult cats could squeeze into the cabinet any time we weren't standing guard. So we tried to move her and the babies into the birthing cage in the nursery. She immediately tried to pick one of them up to move them and ended dropping the kitten into the water bowl. We tried several things to find a place that would be safe that mom would approve of with no success. The first 24-48 hours after the kittens are born are crucial. They need to nurse. They need to be kept warm by mom's body heat.... and on and on. I tried to bottle feed them but they wouldn't drink from the bottle. Finally, as a last resort Sunday evening, I decided to put them in with Brittany's babies and cross my fingers. Brittany's babies were a week older and much bigger. These 2 newborns were going to have to compete for nipples. Brittany was such a champ! She immediately started licking these newborns to welcome them into the family. We checked on them every couple of hours for the next few of days. We could see that they were putting on weight and snuggling with Brittany's 4 babies. 6 kittens is a lot for Brittany. I immediately started supplementing her food with a high protein wet food and BioCoat. 5 days later and the babies are doing great. Bellabee doesn't seem to miss the babies but her hormones are a little wacky. She won't leave Mike alone and insists on laying on top of him or near him all the time. We're coddling her all the time. while we wait for her hormones will settle down.
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). Anyone with a Reserve Agreement can wait for future litter if they want to wait for a kitten from another litter .
If you are interested in reserving a kitten from a future litter, please email me for a "Reserve Kitten Sales Agreement"....
at [email protected] for details.
at [email protected] for details.