More Floozy Blue

 I received some new images of Floozy Blue from her breeder today. 

Her birthday was September 28th so she is now just over 4 weeks old

Her dad is named Levi Young and her mum is Moonrose Bella. Her litter mates include 1 sister and 3 brothers.

She looks like she was getting very interested in going exploring this morning! ❤️ 

Positive news - at last

Well, it’s not an understatement to say that 2024 has not gone according to plan -that’s for sure. In the spring Prunella went to meet her husband Oz for what was to be her last pregnancy, only to soon have an emergency operation & the largest completely intact pyometra my vet had ever seen in a cat. She would not have had a chance had it burst, however she made it through the operation some how and now is my retired & very spoiled matriarch. She has had some wonderful pregnancies and babies & I’m so grateful to her. She has done us proud & I’ve loved getting to know all of the new families who came into our world through adoption of her wonderful kittens & who we now think of as highly valued friends. 

Then came Plum’s first time mating - after all this was to my my first year in which this cattery would have two litters! Alas, her mating visit was unsuccessful, probably because she is highly strung so she was to meet up with her Ragnar again. However, I got covid then a dear friend of mine needed a lot of support in coping with her own serious health issues & this meant making the decision to postpone kittens for her until (fingers crossed) mating on the early spring of 2025.

I’m so excited to see dear Plum Pipsqueak become a merger successfully since I bred her myself it will be a milestone achievement. It’s been too long altogether now since we had any kittens born to raise here. 2022 seems a distant memory. Putting of 2023 for my surgery, then the difficulties of 2024 mean I’m ready for new things & with this thought I’d like to introduce you to a new face - not here yet as she is only 3 ½ weeks old, but I’m so excited to meet her at Christmas (or new year depending on travel arrangements to fetch her home. I’d love you to meet the newest recruit to Naked Sphynx Cat Hampshire  - Miss Floozy Blue

Miss Floozy Blue

Hoping for aqua eyes! 

Coming from certified HCM screened & DNA negative parents both of whom are Blue Pointed blue/mink & who both have dreamy light aqua coloured eyes (which have no red glow), I think sweet little Floozy Blue will inherit these peepers too. She won’t be breeding until lat in 2025 (or early 2026) of course but isn’t she just adorable? I can’t wait for her to come home - I’m just not too sure Plum or Prune will necessarily agree - at least not at first! 

Once over their hissy fits though I reckon she will make a lovely playmate for Plum - particularly now that Pru is slowing down some. Dear Pru, she has definitely gained a bit of weight since her neutering - but she is still as gorgeous as ever! Can’t wait for her to become a granny-cat!

Still stunning! Those eyes!

MumPrune & her dinky daughter Plum

Plum’s turn at last!

Tomorrow, finally, Plum is getting to go to meet her chosen mate. It’s been quite a mission to find the right boy for her… there were 3 boys who unfortunately did not end up making the grade, which has slowed down progress for Plum a lot as she has been calling loud and clear every 4 weeks to tell me she is ready since late February. 

Not just any boy will do, for me any breeding has to be done with absolute integrity. First & foremost in selection is health & this means several expensive tests for both the male & female cat . These are often scheduled some weeks apart given that the finances need to be available to each cat keeper to have all of the test & also the specialists need to be available to see them. Getting all of the ducks in a row & keeping them in place is like spinning plates while juggling! 

So, I’m off with Plum to the North Weat of London tomorrow to meet Ragnar a beautiful young chap with all the right credentials. He is young like Plum is, and is proven having sires some lovely litters with other queens. He is a mink/blue tabby so carry’s different colours. Plum being solid and almost but not quite black (she was blue at birth but she and a brother darkened significantly a few days later (known as thermal though nothing at all so do with warmth!) her mum is all black, her dad all blue, her grandmother solid lilac and her grandad all black but carrying a red gene. I hope we will have a solid or two but she may have tabby or Torties. It’s a new phase!

What’s particularly significant for me with this new pairing is that Plum was born & raised here by her mother & me. As the daughter of my dear Prune she will be the very first of my own kittens to grow up & become a producer herself! 

Approximate Kitten Timings: 

For anyone thinking of applying for a kitten from this match, this being This being Plum’s first time as a maiden I’m not sure how quickly she will accept Ragnar’s advances however, if they get on & mate as soon as tomorrow evening - I should have pregnancy diagnosis by around July 8th/9th … with kittens arriving mid August (approximately the week commencing 19th) and then if those dates ring true those kittens would be ready for collection by pet homes only by week commencing 11th November onward (after their vaccines, microchips, health checks and so on). 

Here is pretty little Plum (right) laying protectively beside her mum Prune who’d very recently undergone an operation. I know Prune will make an excellent Grandma, guiding her daughter as she learns motherhood ~ I cannot wait!