Conference misery::feline_v1

    Shaz,
    
    I can't help you with a kitten in the UK.  However, if this is the
    "wrong" time of the year for kittens, someone better tell Cookie
    before she delivers today or tomorrow.  Seriously, breeders who
    plan and control breedings usually try to time their kittens based
    on the seasons and the show season.  Therefore a lot of us who breed
    longhaired cats try for May deliveries so kittens will be show age
    when the cool weather returns.
    
    FRank

re: 'wrong' season

Many breeders are *very* cautious about placing kittens intended for 
Christmas gifts.  With all the distractions at that time of year, I'd have 
to know the person *very* well to assure myself that the new kitten would 
get the higher-than-normal attention required in the first few months.

re: imminent litters

You too?  We also have one due "any second now".

Ray_who's_babysitting_while_his_wife's_at_work

    You mighty try contacting Karen Holder at:
    
    Mrs. Karen Holder
    Rocamadour Cattery
    17, George Street
    Blechley MK22NR
    (0908)77265
    
    She sells Siamese kittens, but she might be able to tell you if
    there are societies there like there are here that have cats for
    adoption. Tell her that I recommended that you talk to her.
    
    (We bought a Siamese Male from her last summer - *really* nice people)
    
    Bryan

    Thanks for your suggestion but  I think I have exhausted just about
    every phone number in the 'Yellow Pages'; I have tried pet shops,
    animal welfare soceities, and even the vetinary surgeons notice
    boards. 
    
    I have been told that kittens are like 'gold dust', so I think I
    shall have to leave it until spring.
    
    Shaz
    

    Shaz
    
    I tried to get a kitten two winters ago and had no success.  
    I was told that most kittens are born in the spring and 
    summer, or even the autumn, but not during the cold winter
    months.  I suppose that kittens in the wild would not 
    survive the colder weather and so nature takes over here.
    
    However, I was glad that I had to wait until the spring 
    because otherwise I would not have got the kitten that I 
    did.  If you can bear to wait three months, you will find 
    that there are lots of kittens being born and you can 
    choose the right one for you.  
    
    April

re: Cats in the UK

I remember reading in one of the cat magazines about a woman in the UK who
rescues cats abandoned by people in the military when they get transfered. 
The article implied she had many cats that needed homes.  I'll try to find 
the contact information, but if anyone can put their hands on it faster, 
please enter the info.  We have subscriptions to about three different 
magazines and they do pile up.

Ray

    Re: .0
    
    I think all this means that there is an adult pussycat out there
    with your name on him or her.
    

    RE:.7
    
    Karen
      
    You`ve confused me, I don`t understand !!!!
    
    Shaz

    Re: .7/8
    
    I mean, I think there is a "baby" adult pussycat waiting in a shelter
    for you.
    

re: my .6

Took me a while, but I finally found it.  The name of the place in the UK
is: 
	Maureen Lewis
	Bury Stray Cat Fund
	Bury St. Edmunds
	Suffolk, United Kingdom

Ray

    Hello Shaz,
    
    Just to say that when I was younger we had one or two female cats
    who always produced their litters around March/April time.  I think
    this bears out the idea that cats don't reproduce in the Winter.
    
    Still, there's not long to wait...
    
    Best regards,
    
    Karen
    
    PS  I remember talking to you quite a lot once upon a time when
        I worked in Sales Admin in Basingstoke!!