Bellanova Cattery - Breeders of Siamese, Orientals and Toygers

17/07/2024

On Friday past our other gorgeous girl became a mumma and gave us these spunky little Toyger bundles of joy. Mum and bubs all doing well.
Mum: Korucats Jungle Princess Kali
Dad: Korucats Jungle King Jaali

12/07/2024

Checking in time for two of our beautiful Toyger babies to catch their first flight to Brisbane. We are sad to see you go munchkins but they are going to such a good home and luckily we are able to visit them any time we are up that way. Congratulations to their new owner. We cannot wait to see them mature and out on the show circuit.

03/07/2024

Getting excited now. Our beautiful imported boy Jaali will be going to the Steven Meserve show this weekend at Diamond Creek.

30/06/2024

One of our babies growing nicely - Dixie 🥰 Taking after her father
Love those ears 😍

30/06/2024

Our Nala is looking for her forever bed

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16/06/2024

I love our babies

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16/06/2024

The tiger coming out in our little Toyger boy. Showing his displeasure at his 3 sisters ganging up on him 😂

23/05/2024

When you work from home and your lunch break is in kitty heaven 😻

22/05/2024

Growing fast at 7 weeks of age. 3 of our little Toyger babies. Chloe, Claire and Canyon in this photo. Becky named them all. Cleo is off eating with mum. They are so cute and their personalities are just wonderful. Curious, playful and extremely personable. Their beautiful markings are really starting to show through. Cleo is already spoken for.

11/05/2024

Some of our babies at the moment
Toygers, Siamese and Orientals

05/05/2024

What is a Toyger?

The Toyger cat breed was created by Judy Sugden in the late 1980s with the goal of developing a domestic cat that resembled a miniature tiger. Judy also created the breed to raise awareness for Tiger Conservation. Through selective breeding of domestic shorthair cats with distinctive markings, such as bold stripes and a circular face pattern, the Toyger breed was established. The breed's name is a combination of "toy" and "tiger," reflecting its playful nature and tiger-like appearance. They are a medium to large breed, with the females ranging between 3-4/4.5kgs and the males ranging between 4.5-7kgs. They are a heavily muscled cat with low slung torsos. They have big b***d, high set shoulders which give them that big cat rolling gait. The Toyger cat features markings on its head that form a circular pattern, accentuating its face. Unlike the typical straight, vertical stripes seen on tabbies, Toygers have thicker, more irregular striping in random patterns along their body. This distinctive striping extends to the legs, with thick horizontal stripes, black tail tip, and a white underbody. Each Toyger has unique markings, reminiscent of its jungle inspiration. Beneath these stripes lies a beautiful golden-orange hue, adding to the cat's stunning appearance. They also have an extremely soft pelt like feel to their coat and a rich “glitter like” look.
Toyger cats are known for their friendly, affectionate, and playful personalities. They are social and enjoy interacting with their human family members, often seeking attention and affection. Toygers are also intelligent and curious, making them quick learners who enjoy engaging in interactive play. Overall, Toyger cats are loving and loyal pets that thrive on human companionship. they’re friendly and outgoing personalities, making them popular pets for families and cat lovers alike.
The toyger was accepted for registration by The International Cat Association (TICA) in 1993, and they were granted full recognition for champion status in 2007.

At Bellanova Cattery and thanks to Sandra and Simon Broomfield from Toygers, New Zealand - Korucats, we are extremely lucky to own Korucats Jungle King Jaali (IMP) (photo 1 & 2) who is the son of world famous Eeyaa Showman (photo 3), originally bred by the Toyger creator Judy herself. We also have our two beautiful queens Korucats Jungle Princesses Kali and Zari (IMP) (photo 4)
To follow in Judy’s footsteps, here at Bellanova, we will also donate a percentage of each kitten sold, to Tiger Conservation to help raise awareness for the plight of the Tiger.
Did you know there are only approximately 4000 tigers left in the wild.

As we are only a small Cattery and do not have kittens available all year round, please contact us to place your name on our wait list.

04/05/2024

Two week old bubbas. Guess who is the most vocal 😂
Mum: Bajimbi Mirage of Time (pictured)
Dad: Elygrad Lord Chevalier

04/05/2024

Our stud boy Korucats Jungle King Jaali with one of our queens, Korucats Jungle Princess Kali as well as two of Korucats Jungle Princess Zari (our mumma queens) babies

03/05/2024

What a smooshy face. Just one of our current Toyger babies 😍
Dad: Korucats Jungle King Jaali
Mum: Korucats Jungle Princess Zari

28/04/2024

We have been very lucky with the sale and rehoming of some of our minis. Each sale and rehome is extremely sad, but what has made it that bit easier is the homes we have found for them. The first one was my hardest but he has gone to the best family I could ever ask for. The old girl is with friends and making one big mare very happy after she lost her other companion (I’m sure the big horse thinks Luxury is its foal) and our appy girl has gone to another great home and has an Arab pony to be a great companion to. I will never be about a quick sale and said no to people I could have said yes to. It’s always been and always will be about the right home for our babies. As we will be downsizing our property we can’t just keep them all as much as I wish we could. But I can be sure to find them the perfect home. Two of our stallions and c**t will be for sale in the next coming weeks.

20/04/2024

Went to our first Ancats show at Doveton yesterday. We are fortunate enough to have this beautiful Oriental stud boy from Ashanti Oriental & Siamese Cattery Australia staying with us and dad to one of our current litters. Elygrad Lord Chevelier "Chevy" bred by Claire Gore had a great win in ring 1 winning Best Entire cat in show and runner up Supreme. Thanks to the organizers and Judges for yesterday’s show. Everyone was so welcoming. It was lovely to meet everyone. So many beautiful cats there.
Looking forward to next month where I hope to take Chevy and my Toygers.

19/04/2024

At just over 2 weeks old our beautiful Toyger kittens are growing into nice chubba bubbas and doing extremely well. We have 3 girls and 1 boy. EOI’s are being taken at the moment. Unfortunately we will not be selling any kittens with breeding rights at this stage, however you will be able to be show your cats if you so wish to.
Sire: Korucats Jungle King Jaali (imp)
Dam: Korucats Jungle Princess Zari (imp)

Also born yesterday from 12.30am our gorgeous little bundle of Siamese and Oriental. Unsure for sexes yet. Loving the markings of the little Oriental in there. It is taking after its dad.
Sire: Elygrad Lord Chevalier
Dam: Bajimbi Mirage of Time

03/04/2024

It’s been a rough 24hrs here at Bellanova, but thankfully some good news today. Our beautiful Siamese queen Ashanti Tulabelle, aka Lula, has picked up at the vets overnight, and will be allowed to come back home tomorrow so that’s the best YAY
And this morning from 2am-6.30am we had our very first litter of purebred Toygers. Mum and babies doing well so far. Photos are of mum (Korucats Jungle Princess Zari) with babies, babies by themselves and then photo of dad (Korucats Jungle King Jaali). We were lucky enough to get our Toygers from Toygers, New Zealand - Korucats and have the well known Eeyaa Showman bloodlines in our stud boy. All babies have nice strong markings and patterns are nicely mirrored on both sides of the kittens. I cannot wait to watch them grow. Also very exciting is one of our Siamese queens is due between the 12th-19th April.

10/03/2024

End of the season means three of the boys can be back together. This is a c**t and two of our stallions in one paddock. Our main stallion won’t join them this year due to our appy boy more likely to take him on. Two of our stallions and the c**t will go up for sale in the next week.

09/02/2024

Great companion mare

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03/02/2024

Yay….Today little man got the all clear after 4 weeks of battling an infection. I have been reluctant to name him given how our season has gone but I told Becky we can give him a name now..
Sire: Corandirk Park Legond of Chance
Dam: Bellanova Desert Star

01/02/2024

We here at Bellanova, have made the very difficult decision to downsize over the next year and after foaling season this year we will be going completely out of having our gorgeous mini horses. We are currently selling off some of our horses and soon our stallions and once our mares have foaled down later this year, we will be selling them and the foals also. I will miss having them all here (we may keep one or two special ones just as pets), but after a heartbreaking past season I just can’t do it anymore and will be just concentrating on showing our Siamese, Orientals and Toyger cats moving forward.

28/10/2023

Peek a boo I see you little girl
Born at 8.20pm last night 27/10/23

Sire: Corandirk Park Legond of Chance
Dam: Pickamini Aurora

05/08/2023

Almost 6 months old and getting so big. He is already bigger than my Siamese girls.

17/07/2023

I’m sorry old boy. We tried everything we could but with the big “C” looming over your head and you constantly becoming lame and in pain, it just wasn’t fair. I put it off hoping to see you turn the corner but nothing worked and I had to stop thinking about how I was going to deal with making that decision and put you first. Thinking about the first day I met you all those years ago and the big licky kisses you gave me. No more pain now. Run free you big smooch.

24/06/2023

Update 🤩
Although we are currently downsizing with our miniatures and small horses to around a dozen horses on the property, I am still hoping to get out and about to a couple of shows each show season.
On our Cattery side we have been so lucky to have some beautiful natured Siamese girls from Ashanti Siamese and Oriental Cattery. I wish I had owned Siamese many many years ago. They are such an amazing breed and love being with their people. They own us. To complete our show and breeding team we are still looking out for the right seal point and Oriental ( 1 x male and 1 x female) to join our two girls some time in the future.
We have also been looking at another breed. Although they are not a very well known in Australia, we couldnt go past the Toyger. We wanted a breed with similar personalities to our Siamese. One that formed deep bonds with their people like our Siamese and after a lot of research of different breeders and bloodlines, we were very lucky to be able to introduce the following Korucats Toygers to our Cattery.
Please meet
Korucats Jungle King Jaali
Korucats Jungle Princess Kali
Korucats Jungle Princess Zari
They are currently settling in with our girls at home.

23/06/2023

Morgan is ready to find his forever home.
Located in NSW

18/06/2023

Having come to the property last year at 16 years old, unbroken and with limited handling, I knew it was going to be hard to find them homes and it certainly took a while. Today Goose and Muscles have left for their new home.

15/06/2023

Watch this space!!

10/06/2023

Only two babies left. These ones are located in NSW