I have been waiting for Mitzi (Tiffanie) to call for months and finally she seems to be calling. At least, she's making the right noises and she's rolling and the local romeos have turned up. She's out in a pen because three of my other cats have taken to bullying her, she's in with Nigel who is a lovely gentle boy aged 10 months and, yes you've guessed, he is doing nothing at all (despite having tried it on with his sister months ago)

So, do I wait and hope that Nigel will do the job - he's the one I really want, I am desperate for my fourth generation Tiffanies and he is one way to get those; or do I try her with Basil (Burmese) who has so far been unable to work out how to insert A into B - this would give me shorthair selfs, variants and ticked tabbies, most unlikely to be show quality because of coat length, so nothing I would want to keep, and in colours that are very difficult to sell, but at least it would prove Basil, if he managed to do it, though I might risk ending up with a mixed litter if by any chance Nigel has done the job; or do I wait until her next call, separate her, and then take her to stud next time, assuming there are any studs around by then that I might want to use (the one I had in mind is about to be neutered). Or do I separate her from Nigel right now and just assume he hasn't done the job and take her out to stud? Agh! Why won't my boys function??!!

Liz

Maybe play em a bit of Barry White..........

I knew this would be you.

Is he not interested in her at all ? Nigel I mean ?

He doesn't seem to be, no

Perhaps they are just too moral and I need to dress them up in wedding outfits and perform a ceremony.

i feel for you i really do. my boy has just managed to get a girl pregnant, at the grand old age of 2!! my lad before him proved himself at 6 months from one end of the scale to the other must admit tho dont know if your boy might be the same, the new boy is VERY private. i didnt see any signs, not even sniffing round her. and they are both in the house!!! good luck

Liz, we've got the same problem with Kofi he's almost a year old but is still scared of our Queens!

Mind you I don't blame him with Lursa and Anara

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Our darling Foxy is now at Rainbow Bridge. R.I.P. little one, you'll always be loved.

Ice was a bit scared at first but he soon got the hang of it.

Maybe bring her in for a while and put her back out tonight, they seem hornier at night time.

When I got Ice he had been outside from 3 months old and when he came here he was ready for action, even gripping the next of Poppy etc. I think he must have watched his brother and his Dad but I then motherfied him, are you mummying your boys ?


ARGGG why won't my www.sorchragdolls.co.uk fix itself I have fixed it twice now!!! (sorry)

Give them some cat nip ?

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do I try her with Basil (Burmese) who has so far been unable to work out how to insert A into B - this would give me shorthair selfs, variants and ticked tabbies, most unlikely to be show quality because of coat length, so nothing I would want to keep, and in colours that are very difficult to sell, but at least it would prove Basil

since you state you don't want to keep them as they aren't showeable and would be hard to sell then this option is not ethical unless you intend keeping those you can't home which I believe is the responsibility of a breeder.

As for her if he has not mated her she will come into season again or remain in season but unless you are certain then taking her out to stud may also result in a mixed litter -the only 'safe' way is to leave her with him and wait and see.

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Valerie and all the furries and feathered present and past all much loved.

O yes, very much so, especially Basil.

Liz