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 at that time.Then we tried her with a blue silver stud which resulted in a lovely varied litter early in 2011, including our beautiful Pippa (see below).
We have now added a handsome black silver stud boy to our fold and all future matings, for the foreseeable future, will be with him.
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Pedigree name: |
Silversmoke Pocahontas |
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Known as: |
Lexi |
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Sex: |
Female |
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Colour: |
Chocolate (classic patterned) |
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Date of birth: |
15th May 2007 |
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Sire: |
Thickthorn Thunderbolt |
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Dam: |
Gr Ch Thickthorn Meadow Saffron |
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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 four lovely litters to date. She has wonderful 'wild' looking facial features and her kittens have all been stunners! Fizz has been shown with the GCCF and is now a Champion.
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Pedigree name: |
Ch Ameeka Alabama Fizz |
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Known as: |
Fizz |
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Sex: |
Female |
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Colour: |
Tawny |
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Date of birth: |
2nd July 2007 |
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Sire: |
Gr Ch Thickthorn Blue Skipper |
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Dam: |
Ch Thickthorn Teaberry |
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When an adorable ball of silver white fluff with black spots appeared in Lexi's litter at the beginning of 2011 we were delighted that it was a girl! Pippa has a fabulous nature, is very cuddly, playful and purrs like a tractor. We look forward to seeing a litter from her and Raffles in 2012.
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Pedigree name: |
Pardalis Navarra |
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Known as: |
Pippa |
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Sex: |
Female |
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Colour: |
Black Silver |
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Date of birth: |
13th January 2011 |
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Sire: |
Gr Ch Thickthorn CusCus |
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Dam: |
Silversmoke Pocahontas |
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Grace is our little superstar. She is Fizz's daughter and a wonderful clear spotted lilac and has already (at 4 months of age) wowed the GCCF judges at the 2011 Ocicat Club Championship Show where she was declared overall Best in Show Ocicat.
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Pedigree name: |
Pardalis Arizona Grace |
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Known as: |
Grace |
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Sex: |
Female |
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Colour: |
Lilac |
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Date of birth: |
2nd June 2011 |
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Sire: |
S*Marble&Silks N.Tiramisu (IMP) |
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Dam: |
Ameeka Alabama Fizz |
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And finally, our handsome stud Raffles completes our Ocicat and Ocicat Classic family. He joined us in June 2011 and we're delighted to have him as he's everything an Ocicat should be. He's affectionate, gentle and a pleasure to have around. He was crowned Best Male Ocicat at the Ocicat Show 2011.
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Pedigree name: |
Thickthorn Mercury |
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Known as: |
Raffles |
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Sex: |
Male |
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Colour: |
Black Silver |
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Date of birth: |
29th October 2009 |
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Sire: |
Auxarcs Homer of Thickthorn (IMP) |
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Dam: |
Ch Thickthorn Damiana |
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Pedigrees of all our cats are available on request.
