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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

3559.0. "birman gal looking for a partner" by BROKE::BERRY (sleep is for parents that eat quiche) Mon Apr 30 1990 20:55

    We have a 3 year old Seal Point Birman. We'd like to breed her. Since
    we recently moved from Europe (with the cat, of course), we would like
    to know how to get about to breeding in these strange parts of the
    world. BTW, we live in Nashua, NH.
    
    More specifically, would anyone know of a male around here (I've looked
    at the keyword "birman" in this conference, but it looks like I'm on
    the wrong side of the atlantic, right Jo?).
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
    JP
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3559.1Another Birman Breeder!!!!! Wow!IAMOK::GERRYHome is where the Cat isTue May 01 1990 10:066
    You might want to talk to Linda Sobek, or Nancy Jenkins.  They both are
    birman breeders on this side of the U.S.  I think they're both located
    in NH.
    
    Linda....Nancy...where are you?
    
3559.2Here I am!!TUNER::JENKINSTue May 01 1990 11:3913
    Hi there,
    
    I am Nancy Jenkins and I live in Sandown, NH which is only about 45
    minutes from you.  I am new in Birmans and I have just had my first
    birman litter.
    
    I do not have my own stud but I do have membership listings of birman
    breeders and would be very happy to meet with you.
    
    Btw, where do you work??  I work in MKO2, Merrimack, NH.  Maybe we
    could have lunch??
    
    Nancy
3559.3Double Wow!!FSHQA2::RKAGNOA Cat Makes a Purrfect FriendTue May 01 1990 12:189
    Gee, us Birman folks are going to start outnumbering the Persian
    people soon!!
    
    Tell us some more about your girl.  I take it she came from a cattery
    in Europe.  I have a seal boy, but he's neutered!  Glad to hear
    there is another Birman breeder here in New England!
    
    --Roberta
    
3559.4Interesting odds...IAMOK::GERRYHome is where the Cat isTue May 01 1990 14:328
    Roberta,
    
    I'm not really sure there are any persian breeders in feline.  I know
    there are several of us that have breeds that produce "persian like"
    kittens, but that may be about it.  
    
    cin
    
3559.5more on our girlBROKE::BERRYsleep is for parents that eat quicheMon May 07 1990 21:3436
    Here is more info about our girl.
    
    Indeed, she comes from a French cattery. We have the whole pedigree
    somewhere in a drawer.
    
    She is three years old, born the 14 of July (which is a national
    holiday, the equivalent of the American 4th of July). She is just a few
    months older than our twins - my wife, who is the cat person in the
    family, had been working on me for a while. Once she was well pregnant,
    my preocupation with the burden of caring for a cat and not easily
    leaving for vacation was drowned in what we were up for anyhow :-)
    
    She is a seal point. A remarkably nice character. She goes along with
    the kids quite well. When they were babies, she would go and sleep at
    the foot of their bed. They love to play with her, and she takes an
    amazing amount of punishment before she gets fed up and calmly walks
    away. They never got a scratch.
    
    She is very affectionate. She roams the house at leasure, with the
    distant snob of any cat ("dogs come when you call them. Cats take a
    message and get back to you"). But she loves to go and sit or sleep in
    someone's lap, like a big soft teddy bear. Or she often comes and sits
    on the end of the sofa when there are people around. She sleeps on our
    bed at night, which is fine, but for two things: one, when everybody
    gets settled, there is some negotiation going on, or else she sleeps
    between my wife and I (we're married for sufficiently short time to
    fight that). The other is that if we don't feed her at night, or feed
    her things she doesn't like, she gets up at 4 or 5 AM, and nibbles at
    fingers, toes or noses until we take the subtle hint and get her decent
    food. She wonders away early morning, but is always back for the
    morning party, when the kids wake up and the whole family crowds the
    parents' bed.
    
    So what can I say, she's just part of the family.
    
    JP
3559.6Welcome to Feline fellow Birman loverWR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JOset home/cat_max=infinityTue May 08 1990 15:589
    She sounds like she has the typical Birman personality, very social
    and involved in the family.  That is what drew me to the breed in
    the first place.
    
    Got your mail this morning and had a few more questions for you.
    I will be more familiar with the latter part of her pedigree than
    with the first generations.  Anxiously awaiting more mail from you...
    
    Jo