Yesterday we got the results of Bruno´s DNA-tests, and we are very happy with them! Bruno has been tested for PRA and if he´s a carrier of dilute and chocolate. And the results shows that he is neither PRA homozygote or PRA heterozygote    His breeder are very happy of this result also, she has been a bit nervous   And I can easily understand her, I have been there too regarding the offsprings from our cats. In addition to this super result, the tests also confirms that Bruno is carrying dilution and chocolate   And that means that Faffa and he has a possibility to have both chocolate, lilac and BLUE pointed offsprings   I just love bluepointed and blue cats!

After testing most of our cats (it is just little Against All Odds that needs to be tested) we have super results! Of 7 tested cats none of them has either the homozygote or the heterozygote PRA-gene! And the statistics for tested oriental cats shows that approx. 40% of this population are either homozygote or heterozygote for PRA. If the results in our cattery was following the same pattern, 3 of our cats should have been either homozygote or heterozygote for PRA. But Lady Luck was in our corner this time   And now we hope for little Against All Odds to follow the same  path  

He is a big boy now, almost 540 grams today (at the age of almost 4 weeks). Yesterday he started to climb on the climbing post, and this morning he jumped down to the floor when Finn-Ove sat down to cuddle. The little one is growing fast and he has developed nicely. Now we will try to teach him to eat some food and not only succle on his mum. He also need to learn how to use the litterbox.  But this will come in due time.

  Our lovely little Kinderegg - he meets our 3 wishes - now it´s time to find some new ones for him  

   Our wonderful bluetabby balinese boy   

 Today Faffas and Vascos little boy is 3 weeks old, and he is 451 grams! He is so sweet and charming, tries to playfight with every cat that is visiting his kitten enclosure placed in a corner in our livingroom. This kitten feels like a miracle, his father Vasco and his mother Faffa mated just one time, and Tigergutt (his nickname that means Tigerboy) became a fact. He was the only kitten in this litter and thankfully the delivery went very well both for him and his mother. We hoped for a tabby kitten, and also that wish is fullfilled. I love blue cats, both solid(not agouti) and pointed, and I hoped for this little one to be blue or chocolate. We have had some problems to see which colour he has, but now it looks like we are very lucky and have a bluetabby pointed balinese boy! Tabby is the only pattern I like, not classic tabby, spotted and so on.

We have finally made a decision regarding Lion-O - he will stay! We will not use him for more than 1 or maybe 2 litters, but we hope that his offspring will be nice. Puma and Lion-O will be the parents of our next litter, if everything goes as planned.

Wen and I went to the vets today, and Wen was neutered. She will move to her new home some time this summer. The date is not fixed yet, but we will wait for Finn-Oves holiday to bring her to Oslo.