With the help and guidance of Rosemary Caunter (Thickthorn) and lots of friendly advice from Stacie Shorten (Ameeka), we found our first Ocicat queen, Lexi, in Kent, courtesy of Ron and Barbara Darby (Silversmoke). She's a stunning chocolate classic patterned Ocicat with large, expressive eyes. Lexi was one of four females in her litter, two of which were classic patterned and two spotted. We are in an active breeding programme with her and hope to see more of the rarer classic patterned Ocicats in her litters. Her first litter, a result of a mating with an Ocicat known to carry the Classic pattern produced six kittens, born in June 2008, four Classics and two spotted kittens. A second litter born early in 2010 produced all Ocicat Classic kittens as she was mated to a very handsome tawny Classic, one of only two Classic studs in the UK.

Pedigree name: Silversmoke Pocahontas Known as: Lexi Sex: Female Colour: Chocolate (classic patterned) Date of birth: 15th May 2007 Sire: Thickthorn Thunderbolt Dam: Gr Ch Thickthorn Meadow Saffron

Our second Ocicat queen joined us just a couple of months later. She's Ameeka Alabama Fizz. She was born one of a litter of 8 (yes, 8!). Fizz is a very affectionate tawny Ocicat and has given us one lovely litter of 2 chocolate and 2 tawny kittens in 2008 and a rainbow litter of 5 in 2009. She has wonderful 'wild' looking facial features and her kittens have all been stunners!

Pedigree name: Ameeka Alabama Fizz Known as: Fizz Sex: Female Colour: Tawny Date of birth: 2nd July 2007 Sire: Gr Ch Thickthorn Blue Skipper Dam: Ch Thickthorn Teaberry

Full pedigrees of our girls are available on request.