Hi to all and thank for reading my post.

Last year we bought a stunning exotic adult (2yr old) queen for the going rate for this breed and the on active reg with gccf. We bought her because we love the breed. My partner used to attend cat shows in Sweden with his mother which was a judge. So we had studied the breed and wanted to take it further ourselfs.

Anyways bought sweetie in Jan 2011 let her settle in and sent her to a rep gccf active stud in June. No sign of kittens, tried again same stud. Still nothing. So we thought maybe its the stud and tried another still nothing.

She now calls again but silent can anyone advise we have run out of ideas.

I'm the first to admit I don't know anything really about breeding but I will say I know of a BSH that calls and has been mated at least three times but proven studs with no resulting kittens so it appears she is barren and has therefore been neutered it is so sad as she is a beautiful cat and an unusual colour.

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Some just don't ever conceive. Was she a proven queen?

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Sadly when you buy a queen there is no guarantee that she will have kittens. If both the studs you have used are proven I would take the girl to a vet to see if they can find an obvious problem.
If she had not had kittens by the age of two when you bought her I would be wondering why. It is unusual to keep a breeding queen to that age without having her mated unless she was very late in coming into call.
What were you told about her when you got her?

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When we bought her we was told she had had one healthy litter. We got her off a guy in wirral which i thought was a little strange as the papers was in a ladies name and he signed as being her. Her address was in Wales. When I asked him he said it was his mother. hmmmmmmm

Hmmmm, possibly a scam - he's not allowed to sign for his mother. Sorry!

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mad:mad:

I did have my doubts but she is a beauty we was in a hurry as had to get back. I asked him why is this name here. His simply reply was oh she was my mothers which recently passed. I didnt really doubt this as you dont really do you. But I did notice another exotic whilst there also which was more or less identical to her. Do you think i could report this to gccf?

It's certainly worth following up and asking a few questions - maybe the guy was genuine but he should have transferred the cats into his name first and then sold them on. I have a feeling though you have a sterile cat there. Try her with another stud and see and if still no kitties off to the vets (or off to the vets first) and you may need to think about neutering and starting again.

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Yeah its really sad though because she is a perfect example of the breed and such a softy I think we will end up spaying her as i feel its unfair if she cant. She is also an outdoor (garden) cat and i think if it was going to happen it would of by now. She used to stay with these studs for a few wks at a time. Not just 3 days.

We are now looking into a chinchilla persian and wont be making the same mistake again. This time its not a spur of the moment buy. This one has been looked into and they are a very reputable that has sadly bought back a kitten/cat due to change of curcumstances with its present family.

Such a shame if you have an infertile queen but I agree that having her spayed would be the best for her.
It may be a good idea to see if you can find out about the transfer of ownership though, just to make sure that she is genuinely registered to you now.
I wish you better luck with your next girl - how old is she?

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