** See my nursery page for details of current and upcoming kittens **

My babies are born in the house – I am always there with my girls at the birth, even if it means staying in for several days waiting with them !!

I have a dedicated kitten nursery with  large kitten nests for the early days and toys, beds, scratching posts and a huge cat tower for them as they get more adventurous. They have a wall of windows so they can see what's going on in the garden as well as in their own room. They get used to the hoover, music, cooking smells, laundry noises , doorbell,  dogs barking,, as well as mixing with older kittens and other cats from an early age. They are handled, cuddled and played with daily by all the family including my 2 teenagers and they grow up watching their mums enjoy our attentions too.



My daughter takes her kitten socialisation role very seriously !

By the time kittens are ready to leave me, they have had a full health check with my vet and have been vaccinated (see below) as well as wormed and flea treated before going to their new homes. They are litter and scratching post trained and weaned onto a mix of wet and dry food. They come with a 4 generation pedigree, 4 weeks free medical insurance courtesy of Petplan, a Royal Canin pack with food voucher and a kitten information pack. Upon reservation, a £300 non refundable holding deposit will secure your kitten, however I reserve the right to withdraw a kitten from sale if it would be in the kitten's best interests to do so.

How I Vaccinate my Kittens

Since I started breeding I have been researching the different vaccinations available – the protection they give and the possible side effects - and agonising over the best thing to do for my kittens. I have tried many different pharmaceutical brands, which my vet has very patiently ordered in specially for me, and noticed no real difference - and then I came across homeopathic vaccinations (“nosodes”). I have been using the nosodes in conjunction with traditional vaccines on my kittens since the start of 2013 and this has provided so many benefits for the kittens, their new families and me. I use the homeopathic nosodes starting at 3 weeks, and the kittens have had the full course by 9 weeks - this is a totally different type of immunity that overrides the maternal antibodies kittens get from mum's colostrum and gives them immunity against a multitude of diseases by 9 weeks.

As homeopathic remedies are not scientifically tested on animals, I ALSO do the usual vaccination at the vets - this is the traditional, tested and accepted type of vaccination that does not override maternal antibodies (one of the reasons the primary course consists of 2 doses.)

Some breeders vaccinate purely homoeopathically, most vaccinate purely traditionally, I don't know any others that "double up" - but since I have been vaccinating this way, the kittens have their first jab at the vets at 9 weeks and don't have the drowsy day or two they used to have after the jab - they come home and eat and play straight away as though nothing has happened, which is because their little immune systems have been built up so gently and consistently with the nosodes, which also have the effect of "softening" any side effects of the chemical vaccines. 

The kittens then have a traditional booster jab at 12 weeks to ensure they receive full immunity as their immune systems have been primed and there will be no maternal antibodies left at this age. I feel that this is the belt and braces approach - having discussed it with my vet we have agreed that by combining the nosodes for "everything" and the traditional vaccine for the "core" diseases, we have all the bases covered without risking too much in the way of chemical input or side effects of the vaccinations.
 

For information about current and upcoming litters, as well as available kittens, please see the nursery page