Sterrekatten & Forest Myths: January 2011

Monday, January 31, 2011

C-litter 8 weeks

Cassy and Caesar are 8 weeks old. We think they are both very promising although they are different from eachother. Cassy has the killer-look from her mother, the long headshape and profile from her father and the tufts from her grandfather Uno. Caesar has the long profile from his father and the strong and big body from his grandfather Karlik. Both are very strong kittens.Cassy is now 1077 grams, Caesar 1425 grams.

Paffy and Fatty go to show

We will go to the show in Koge (DK) next weekend. And we will take Hagstens Paf and Sterrekattens Bear Hug (Fatty). We hope to meet many friends , that we have a good time and that our cats will get good results :)

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Our expected litter in the end of April.

Our expected litter in the end of March

Our expected litter in the beginning of April.

Titran's Zulaika and Karlik Karodok

Our plans

We mated Karlik, the father of our young stars Zerafina and Zeus (who is living at the av Skara Brae cattery) with Werdandi aus Broetzingen and with Titran's Zulaika.
And we mated Jinx Deep Dark Blue with Titran's Josephine.
The kittens are expected in the end of march/beginning of april.

Available kittens from our B2-litter

By the Way available as pet

Believe or Not, available for show and breeding.

We are online!

Today is our first day as a new cattery.

We had a lot of work in the past months: we took the cats of Andrea to NL and we took decisions how we would procede with the cattery. We neutered Loba, Yara and Phoebe. Chaos was already neutered. We choose new homes for them.
So Andrea entered with Stratocaster, Werdandi, Zulaika, Jinx, Jilo and Dumbarton. From the " old" Sterrenkatten cattery stayed Andromeda, Nyssa, Okki, Josephine, Cat, Uno and Karlik.
We both entered little Paf.
All of our cats have excellent qualities, or share them as breedingcat with one of our other cats.

Currently we have two litters: one litter from Cat and Chaos. From this litter we have two kittens available. Believe or Not is a black and white male of show and breeding quality. By the Way is a black male of pet quality. Both are big and strong cats, By the Way a little bigger then Believe or Not, but the last one with better qualities. If you are interested in one of the boys please let us know.

About us

From 2003 until 2010 Fred was the man behind Sterrekatten. Now Fred and Andrea from Forest Myths cattery joined forces into a renewed Sterrekatten & Forest Myths cattery.
We want to combine our best cats to make a new step in improving the quality of our breeding. We have selected our best cats from our former catteries , neutered the others and gave them new homes where they can live as pets. We will make our new start in 2011 with the selected breedingcats.
Our general goal is to breed big and strong cats with excellent qualities like wild expression, big ears with tufts and an excellent coat. We have selected our breeding cats according to these qualities.

NFO Temper

A well-socialized and carefully bred Norwegian has a tolerant and stable temperament. They are not easily thrown off balance by anything and aggression and anxiety are foreign to them. They have a strong tendency to attach themselves to one person in particular. They like being with their people, but prefer lying beside their owners rather than on them. They regard a visitor with some caution at first, before they decide to make friends, but always in a self-confident manner. They usually communicate with humans by means of subtle body language and eye contact and despite being very playful, they can pass unnoticed among us

NFO Appearence

The Norwegian is a large, powerfully built cat with a massive skeletal structure and a long body. Males weigh on average 12 to 19 pounds, whilst females are in general lighter in build and smaller, although in some bloodlines there are exceptions. The cat stands high on its legs and has large, round paws. The hind legs are longer than the front ones. The tail is bushy and when held along the back should reach at least as far as the shoulder blades. It can take three years before the cat is fully grown.

NFO Care and maintenance

A Norwegian Forest cat with a well-structured coat, typical of the breed, needs scarcely any grooming. In Spring the coat undergoes a heavy, but short lasting molt, losing a high proportion of the undercoat. Many breeders do not brush or comb their animals, but pick loose dead hairs from the coat with thumb and forefinger, since too much brushing can cause "gaps" in the coat. There is usually an appreciable difference between the appearence of a Norwegian in winter and in summer. In the winter, the coat is luxurious, very dense, and often with a large ruff, while in summer the cat can look almost shorthaired.