11/05/2025
I have been getting a lot of questions regarding why Max and Rory are looking for new laps to love.
Let me preface their information by saying….placing adults is one billion times more difficult than kittens. They have been part of the family for a long time and letting them move on, even if it’s best for them, is not easy. I am never, ever “getting rid of a cat” EVER. If you are receiving an adult placement, you being entrusted with an enormous piece of my heart that could literally push me into a cat horder really quickly. If I could, I’d rather keep every single one of my adult alters. And I mean, Every Single One.
My expectation is you will give them a full lifetime of care, love and kindness, just as I would. And if ever, you find yourself in a situation where you are unable to do that, I will bring them home without question. I say this because recently, a dear breeder friend of mine found out a beautiful healthy adult she placed in a trusting home, has unalived her sweet cat. A cat that was cherished, loved and known nothing but the utmost care and kindness before placement.
Max - Max born 4.3.2024. He is around 18.9 lbs. He was to be my future outcross breeding stud. I spent many years looking for the right boy and was super excited to have finally found one that would bring me size, maintain my options for blue (he is a dilute carrier), plus his bonus of maintaining my silvers.
I am a stickler for health screening prior to any cat breeding here. Max was fully tested.
He passed is DNA screening and his heart echocardiogram with flying colors.
He did not pass his hip screening at a level that will use within my program.
I screen my hips using an international database called PawPeds. I only use Normal or Grade 1 within my program. Any Grade 1 is only paired with a Normal cat.
As a breeder, I set my personal bar pretty high and thus, I simply chose to do better 😊 Some breeders would breed him anyway and others don’t care enough to screen at all.
A short primer on hips:
PawPeds rating system is as follows:
• Normal (grade 0) - no signs of hip dysplasia and/or degenerative joint disease and the acetabulum covering at least 50% of the femoral head
• Grade 1 (mild hip dysplasia) - mild signs of hip dysplasia and/or the acetabulum covering less than 50% of the femoral head but no signs of deforming degenerative joint disease
• Grade 2 (moderate hip dysplasia) - moderate signs of hip dysplasia and/or signs of deforming degenerative joint disease
• Grade 3 (severe hip dysplasia) - severe signs of hip dysplasia and/or deforming degenerative joint disease
Being a grade 2 does not mean a cat has hip dysplasia and they will likely have a normal life without any issues. A Grade 3 cat is will need FHO surgery at some point.
Breeding wise. Breeding a Grade 2 to a Normal statistically will give 25% Normal.
By breeding sticking to the worst hips being Grade 1 to Normal, I up my hips to 50.9% Normal.
This is the only reason that Max is exiting my program without siring any kittens. He is otherwise a happy, healthy cat. He has never caused any boy drama here, he seems content to have friends, so he would fit in a household with cats.
His breeder raises her cats with a German Shepherd, so while I do not currently have a dog, hopefully he isll remember dogs are cool.
Rory Roo – born on 7/8/2022. She I think is around 12lbs. She was supposed to be a future breeding queen. After multiple attempts to breeder her, I honored her wish to Not be a mom and spayed her.
She would prefer to be an only cat or maybe with some extreme patience and a super kind cat, she would come around to be friendly with another cat. She has always been pretty low on the pecking order, so she tends to be a little diva-ish when it come to new cats. She immediately is on the defensive. If they are a no drama kinda cat, she will eventually come around, but it will take time, patience and most importantly the space for her to be off and away.
She loves to sleep on the bed and she is one of the few that lets me grab her face and give her giant smooches on the side of her face (not recommended until she really knows you lol).
