Cagaran Cats

22/07/2024

So whilst Dora is home safe and unscathed, this is a classic example of why we don’t let kittens go to outdoor homes.

Asians do not have the hazard perception of a moggy and will happily chase a bird for miles before they realise they’re lost. We’ve tested how far from home Zori can orient on his lead, he can happily lead us round the block but if we turn off on to another street he’s instantly lost.

Dora was 0.7 miles away from home and utterly disoriented to the point it took her 10 minutes to let me pick her up. She’d been in that spot for 24 hours so clearly had no idea how to find her way back. A normal cat would have no issue scenting their way home for half a mile.

So please, don’t think that we’re being picky or paranoid by saying indoor/secured garden homes only, if this can happen to a 3 year old cat it can happen at any age.

29/06/2024

After years of trying to get them approved for showing, the (former) 'Asian Variants' (Asians in the same colours that Burmese come in, who will now just be able to be registered as Asians, instead of as Variants), can be shown!

Anyone who has a Variant that you haven't been able to show up till now, you may need to contact the office to have the registration number amended, but you will be able to show them!

It's only taken us, what, ten years?!

23/04/2024

Opened the door into the hallway when we went up for lunch, and found this nonsense!

21/04/2024

Edited to say it looks like he's going to go to live with one of his litter-sisters. Thanks to all the people who offered him a home (we had seven offers in all) - it's great to know there are so many of you who would take in a re-home. I really appreciate you all!

This boy is looking for a new home due to his owner moving to a home where they can only have two cats and they current have three (all Asians). He was the third one to join the family so they feel they should keep the other two and he therefore needs to find somewhere new.

He is five years old and up-to-date with his vaccines. He's very playful and chatty, loves play tunnels and interactive toys that he can chase. He also loves the company of the other cats so an ideal home would be one with one or two other cats (ideally Asians, Burmese, or other breeds who like to cuddle, such as Siamese and Tonkinese, since he's used to cats who like to cuddle up). Failing that, owners who work from home or are retired and around most of the time, to give him human company.

03/04/2024

Kitten cuteness from this morning

29/03/2024

JL is insanely cute. He also tries to eat my phone every time I get it close enough to try and pick up his purrs!

26/03/2024

I love love love when kittens waggle their ears in time to their suckling!

22/03/2024

Two of the last litter (Purple's litter-mates) went to live with one of our grown-up kittens who lost his older 'sister' last year. Esme, in particular, adores him and seeks him out for cuddles, but the three of them are frequently to be found snuggled up in a pile together ❤️

18/03/2024

We worked from London last week with four of the cats, so we could take them to a show on Saturday, and I feel like I just spent the whole week taking photos of them being cute!

12/03/2024

This makes my heart melt. Zorvi, on the left, is one of our studs (our current litter are his, as are the litter over at Ifrinnach). Our baby boy, Purple, decided to come for a visit and Zorvi was so gentle and caring with him. They are not particularly closely related (half cousins) and had only met for a few minutes, previously. Zorvi is such a sweetheart ❤️

09/03/2024

Kittens are 4 weeks today ❤️

05/03/2024

Prickles is a very happy mummy!

03/03/2024

Full complement of neuters and youngsters. Prickles is up in the kitten room with her kittens and Sour, Fudge, Flash, and Stars are along the other end of the house but this is everyone else (aside from the big boys).

Clockwise from top right, and all Asians of various types: *Fiona* (apricot silver Tiff, 13y5m) is lying round the back of *JL* (cinnamon silver Burmilla, 2y4m) with her tail coming out to the right of him; then *Flame* (chocolate tortie spotted Tabby, 9m) in front of him; *Cloudling* (chocolate silver shaded Tiff, 17w) to her left; then *Brodie* (black Smoke, 8y4m); behind him, below Fi's head, is *Ember* (BCR chocolate tortie shaded Tiff, 8m); behind her, with his legs sticking out on the left, is *Purple* (BCR red silver shaded Tiff, 18w); behind him is *Julie* (BCR chocolate tortie silver Burmilla, 9y8m); and then at the back left is *Dusty* (BCR chocolate tortie smoke Tiff, 5y1m).

22/02/2024

Cloudling is so cute, it's obscene!

21/02/2024

Last night I got to visit two of the kittens we dropped off a week ago and it's lovely to see them so settled. Ty (the red) and Esme (probably - that could still change, lol).

20/02/2024

Eye-opening in progress

17/02/2024

In happier news, the two pairs of kittens we took to new homes this week are settling in well. Ty and Esme have gone to live in Bonnybridge, and Mr Chunk and Taylor have gone to Edinburgh, so both pairs are pretty local.

17/02/2024

It's been a challenging first week with Prickles' final litter - we had planned to spay her after this litter anyway, but the schedule got shunted forward! She had the kittens two days early, last Saturday (due date was Monday) - nine of them! She has small kittens anyway (even her first litter, which was six, were small), so these guys were tiny and the smallest two (45 & 51g) were stillborn.

She retained a couple of the placentas so wouldn't settle down and toilet or feed the others, so the vet gave her oxytocin on Sunday. No joy from that so we started toileting and topping up the kittens every few hours, and it was off to the vet on Monday. Prickles' uterus was still enlarged so she then had a c-section/spay to remove it and it contained the two placentas and a lot of inflammation around them.

Unfortunately, while jumping in and out of her nest and refusing to settle, she must have jumped on one of the kittens because I stopped being able to toilet one of the boys that evening, and he had turned purple and swollen at his back end, so we went back to the vet for a second time to have him PTS.

By the late evening, Prickles was leaving disturbing quantities of blood anywhere she lay or sat, and the kittens all looked like reds, so off we went back to the vet for another scan to check for internal bleeding and a blood test to check her red blood cell count and clotting factors. Those were fine so the vet advised that it was just seepage from the subcutaneous tissues, pooling under the skin and then leaking out whenever she moved.

Most of the kittens started to make slow gains (with me still topping up) once Prickles had recovered from the op, but the littlest one had stopped trying to latch so I started feeds every two hours for her and had her wrapped in a face cloth and tucked down the front of my top in the office on Tuesday, to keep her warm. Unfortunately she was too good for this world and died in my hands about 16:30. I was glad there was nobody else in the office to see Matt and I crying over her.

The smallest of the remaining kittens didn't seem to be doing too well so I continued topping her up for a couple of days but none of them have had anything, now, since Thursday afternoon and all are gaining. The little one is still just 87g (which would be a fairly normal birth weight for the breed), but the others have all crossed 100g (the biggest is 112g) and all seem to be doing well. Keeping fingers crossed that continues!

31/01/2024

Our boy Zorvi (top left) saved a life earlier this year by giving blood at The Royal Dick Vet. He apparently had a whale of a time, purring loudly, getting lots of love and telling the nurses his life story. We're very proud of our boy.

We initially took about six of our cats to be donors, but Zorvi was the only one who was languid enough to pass muster. He also marked every corner of the exam room as his territory!

-Matt

26/12/2023

I love the blaze up Flame's nose onto her forehead. Ever since she was a tiny kitten we've thought it looks like a flame licking up her face. She's from our 'U2-litter' (U in our 2nd run through the alphabet) so we decided to name them after songs by the band U2 and, when we realised that one of those is 'Unforgettable Fire', there was no doubt what her pedigree name would be.

25/12/2023

Happy Christmas, folks. Hope you all have a fabulous day!

24/10/2023

If anyone is looking for Tiff kittens, there are a few available down south at the moment - first girl is a litter-sister to our Ember, and is in Plymouth, the group of four are Farnborough, Hampshire, and the last three are in Honiton, Devon. If you're interested, let me know and I'll put you in touch.

22/10/2023

Could these guys be any cuter?!

23/09/2023

Bit of fun for the day -

See what happens on Google Search!

18/09/2023

The first of our Asian outcross litters (the one to an Australian Mist) was born 10 years ago today. We are now up to seven generations down from that first mating and these are a selection of the descendants. I remain eternally grateful to Patricia for letting us use Hobson at stud. Zuko, the boy we kept from the first litter, chose our friend XTracey when he was only a few weeks old and so he went to live with her when he'd done his bit for the breed, where he remains her 'handsome man'. Happy tenth birthday, Zuko (and Sam)!

17/09/2023

Burmilla cuddle puddle!

15/09/2023

And then there were four - Gecko/Nala went to her new home last night. Grey (who's going to be called Teddy) goes next week.

04/09/2023

Some bonus kitten pictures. Pale just climbed on the top and relied on the others wriggling aside to make room for him. It worked, though!

11/08/2023

You leave the room for a moment and three Burmillas turns into one Burmilla and a Tortie. This spot is like musical cat chairs.