Spring Litters

2026 Spring American Curl Kittens

I'm creating this page in response to several inquiries for photos of the moms and dads of litters we are expecting this Spring. The girls we are watching are (1) Shelly and Glory, (2) Cali and Dreamer, (3) Colette and Opie, and maybe, maybe... Brittany and Opie... that's a BIG maybe. More on that below.

First, Shelly and Glory

Curl Essence Michelle La Curl, or "Shelly".

Shelly is a blue point girl. She is a sweet, quieter girl with a beautiful off-white coat and just the lightest of color on her points.

Curl Essence In The Light of His Glory, or "Glory".

Glory is a light red and white bicolor boy. Glory and Shelly make a perfect pair. Usually, after girls have been with the boy for a couple of days, we let her have the run of the house until she's close to having her new family, but not Shelly.

When we let Shelly out into the house, she ends up laying outside the door to Glory's cage. We made a custom walk-in cage in the downstairs bedroom as a large breeding cage when we first moved into this house. This turned out to be where Glory preferred to live even when he doesn't have a girl with him. When he's alone, he will lay on the floor by the door or on the large condo in this cage. We've found that except when Shelly is in our nursery with babies, we will find her laying on the floor outside Glory's cage. So after she weaned her last litter, we just decided to let them stay together until she is ready to have her new babies. We're expecting Shelly to have her babies at the end of February or first of March. Below are several photos of Shelly and/or Glory babies from previous litters.

Next, Calli and Dreamer

Curl Essence Calli, or just "Calli"

Calli is a "black patched tabby and white" which is the technical name for a calico. Calli is probably the most active girl we have. Tortoiseshell cats have what we like to call a "torti-tude". Calli would challenge any torti for "tude". On the plus side of her strong personality is that she's as protective of her babies as she is playful.

Curl Essence A Dream Like This, or "Dreamer"

Dreamer is as sweet as this photo shows. This was taken when he was laying in my arms on the bed.

Dreamer is what I like to describe as a "gentleman". Some of the boys are quick to breed as soon as we put a girl with them... but not Dreamer. He likes to "wine and dine" first. He gets the job done, but it might take him a little longer than some of the other boys. He likes to spend some time with the girls before he tries to breed them.

Colette and Opie

Curl Essence Colette de la Curl, or just "Colette"

RW Curl Essence Colette de la Curl
TICA 2017 Best American Curl Longhair Kitten of the Year
TICA 2017 20th Best Kitten of the Year
Best Kitten in our region and 4th Best American Curl internationally.

Curl Essence Obsessed with Chocolate... or "Opie" for short.

We showed Opie mostly in Kitten Class because of his unique color. Opie is probably the smallest boy we have. He is registered as a chocolate smoke. Dreamer is out of Opie which is where Dreamer gets his chocolate genes. We started breeding Opie when he was young to get more of those chocolate genes in our lines. He and Dreamer both have those sweet, loving personalities. He gets so thrilled when I bring him out to groom him that I can barely keep him still long enough to get the brush through him.... What a lover!