The F litter is a rerun of one of our favourite combinations — the elegant refinement of the American colourpoint shorthair matched with the larger size and lower earnest of the European Oriental shorthairs. The fact that these are the combination of two of our absolute favourite cats is just icing on the cake. Flare is very close to perfection, with an amazing body, a pattern to die for, great eye colour and eye shape, and most importantly, a fantastic temperament. She took the show hall by storm in 2015 - 2016, earning two national titles (5th best kitten and 9th best champion) as well as her Supreme Master Grand Championship. Balance has made a number of litters, both in our household and with other local breeders, and he very clearly passes on his amazing eye colour, his super long and graceful body, and he’s great at lowering too high earsets. And of course, he has a worldwide fan club of people who adore his charming, ridiculously silly, goofy, and wonderful personality.
The preceding same mating produced possibly the most amazing kittens that we helped make, so we could not say no to more of the same. Promises were kept. Flare had an easy second pregnancy and all five kittens were born in three hours. She continues to be a wonderful mother who takes flawless care of her little ones.
This litter has a Coefficient of Inbreeding of 0.0141% over 10 generations. COI is important to determine the likelihood of the more frequent surfacing of disease genes and of the syndrome called "inbreeding depression" which produces weaker individuals. A COI of 10% or lower is generally considered ideal, though we prefer to keep as low as possible, and usually aim for a litter below 5%.
This litter is between a PRA carrier (N/rAdc) and a PRA negative cat. All kittens will be tested to determine their status. PRA is a disease that affects all cats in the Siamese breed group and causes premature blindness. Practicalcats will never breed a PRA affected litter.
Kittens that are marked "OPTION" are likely to be reserved, but no final decision has been made. Reservations are taken no earlier than 8 weeks (and often later, as we watch the kittens grow up and verify who will be staying here), and kittens that are marked "RESERVED" are no longer available. If for any reason a kitten becomes available again after an initial reservation, it will be re-listed as "AVAILABLE”.
Most of these kittens will go to people already on our waiting list. However, if you are interested in a litter (which may be some time), we will want to get to know you and for you to get to know us. Please read our TERMS & CONDITIONS and contact us.
One of the biggest of the litter, Flynn is pretty middle of the road in everything but voice. He's playful but not over the top, willing to explore but not marching about yet, but boy does he have a set of lungs on him that he uses whenever the world is not to his whim... which is often.
Finn's the littlest of the bunch but he's got spunk. He is always playing with his brothers and was one of the first to begin the kitten head chewing games. He's growing well, but will probably be on the smaller side as an adult, similar to his full sibling Brows from our previous litter.
The only girl of this litter, Flicker marches everywhere. She has places to go and people to see and no one in the world is going to get in her way. She's happy to see and interact with people, and starting to play with her brothers, but she has the soul of a bold explorer.
Frost is more thoughtful than his sister, but just as happy to explore. He toddles after his mother and wants to see everything, sniffing and looking at the world through his big eyes. He feels like an old soul, but with enough kittenish joy to balance it out.
Moon likes his food. He likes his brothers' and sister's food too. He is always at the milk bar, and more than willing to push anyone and everyone out of the way to get more to eat. When he's not filling his face, he's one of the more playful, wiggling about and having wrestling games with his brothers.