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We are a friendly, reliable Boarding Cattery in Hilgay, Norfolk. Licence: 23/01074/AA_NEW

24/01/2025

Sat doing paperwork and hear a little squeak, look down and it is my little shadow Sindy wanting attention.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

24/01/2025

Sonny playing, then he has to interfere with Dad as he is building a unit, can't get anything done!!!🤣🤣😍

20/01/2025

Chausie Cats...

If you were looking at our posts over Christmas, you'll have seen pics of lovely Roxanne, who came all the way from Southampton to spend Christmas with us, while her human daddy, Luke, spent Christmas with his family. Roxanne is a Chausie, a breed we'd never heard of before, so we did some research and asked Luke for a bit of information about her.

The Chausie is a hybrid cat, originating from the wild or ‘jungle’ cats thought to have been favoured by the Ancient Egyptians, crossed (accidentally!) with domestic cats on the banks of the Nile. The resulting cat, known as the Chausie, is like both its ancestors in appearance, size and shape, and temperament. The jungle cat was held in high regard by the Egyptians, who often had these beautiful cats mummified with them when they were buried in tombs. Thanks to the efforts of enthusiasts and breeders, the Chausie, named after Felis chaus (meaning ‘jungle cat’) was granted championship status in 2013, though it is still slightly controversial, due to the ethical arguments around hybridising domestic cats with what are essentially wild cats to create a new breed.

Luke tells us "I rescued her in August 2020 from a small cat fosterer. The fosterer told me she was a Chausie as I was surprised at how beautiful she was when I saw her in person - and yes, I was expecting a moggy. She had been fostered along with two of her sisters. We think she was the runt of the litter as she was much smaller than them and they used to try and bully her out of her food - she since hates other cats.

She'd been used as a breeding female so she had a hard start to life. They estimated that she was three years old when I adopted her and had had one litter of kittens. Given this we estimate that she is about 7 years old now. I actually think she may be a bit younger as she has grown quite a bit since I got her but that could just be her filling out after recovering from muscle wastage from living in a cage for the first few years of her life. She is still very small for a Chausie I'm told (purebred Chausies are a medium to large cat, a bit smaller than a Maine C**n and larger than a Siamese, typically weighing 5.5 kg to 7.2 kg and with a lifespan of up to 18 years).

Despite her tough start to life she is super affectionate (characteristic of the breed) and loves people! I call her my velcro cat as she is constantly attached to me if I am in the house - sometimes it can be a little overbearing!

She's very energetic and vocal which I'm told is partly to do with her breed, and she sadly has lots of issues with her teeth which is also something Chausies can suffer with so we've had to have a few expensively removed unfortunately - it doesn't stop her wolfing down her food though!

If you Google Chausies you can see she looks like a classic representation of them, just in miniature form"!

Roxanne was everything Luke said she'd be - affectionate, friendly, vocal and energetic and we absolutely loved having her to stay. We can't wait to see her again this year.

If you'd like us to feature your special feline friend, whether a breed, a moggy with an interesting backstory, or simply your best friend, just email us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you.

Cheryl & Pete

https://thecatswhiskershilgay.com/chausie-cats/

16/01/2025

It was with deep sadness we reported we lost dear old Connie last year, she had a long and very happy life, and we miss her dearly, but now we are so looking forward to meeting the new edition to the family Jacub, he looks very handsome and I am told he has fitted straight into the family and his human little sister Alice is smitten.😍😍😍😍😍

14/01/2025

Guess who's who????? Sindy Jimmy and Colin?

14/01/2025

Jane's thug, Jimmy (5.5Kg) he is much naughtiness if there is trouble to be had you can bet Jimmy is in the middle of it.🤣🤣🤣🤣😍

14/01/2025

Here's Janes nice gentle boy Micky (6+Kg)🥰🥰🥰

14/01/2025

The very large Tilda (7.5Kg) needs a bigger box I think. (Jane's big girl)🥰🥰🥰

14/01/2025

Here's Cleo (6+Kg) the chatty one of Jane's gang, off shopping.😍😍

12/01/2025

One fed up boy, Sonny😤 he is not liking the cold weather he wanders around the house aimlessly looking out the window to see if it is warmer at the front or the back, goes out for 30 seconds then straight back to bed.🥶🥶😘

12/01/2025

Sindy is using her Christmas present, a radiator hammock, she was always curling up to the radiators to warm her old bones so I purchased a hammock and she loves it.

06/01/2025

Same to you Buddy🤪🥰🥰🥰

06/01/2025

Cold and wet today says Sonny, I am staying in and doing my jigsaw.😺😍

05/01/2025

The very cuddly Buddy is out and about he is such a loving boy, just wants to be picked up and cuddled, hard life I have😍😍😍😍😍

04/01/2025

Just look at her the absolutely gorgeous Phoebe, just wants every inch stroked, I can't tell you how affectionate this beautiful girl is.😍😍😍😍😍

04/01/2025

Lovely Buddy, so warm and comfortable on a very cold day.🥰🥰🥰

04/01/2025

The lovely Phoebe giving me her best grin.🥰🥰🥰

03/01/2025

No more Grumpton for Tigger, now demanding attention, he really is a funny boy hates you for the first 24 hours then he is your best friend. We just love him and his little moods.🤣🥰🥰🥰

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