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Updated August 18, 2010

Our Debut!

Quita's babies were born on June 8. Both are girls, and both appear to be mitted, one for sure (white boots, chin, and chest, like their Daddy, Twinkster).

Twinkster

At 3 weeks, their first pictures and their first time out of the nest. I call them Half-Pint and Emma. Half-Pint is smaller than Emma and has a darker coat, favoring her Daddy, Twinkster.

Okay, okay, a lot of time has passed with no update. Our Meowm has been so busy taking care of us and all our family, the time just gets the best of her. But we are growing and thriving! We are now 10 weeks old, and here are pictures of us at 8 1/2 weeks. Just as Meowm thought, we are both mitted, taking after our Daddy.

We're taking a rest after a hard frolic. We have so many toys it takes us all day to play with them all!

Hi, I'm Tina. Because I have grown so much, my Meowm agrees that I am no longer a half-pint and has renamed me. I am still a bit smaller than Emma, but I am stout and very active.

We are now available, on a first-come, first-served basis. Some people think that the female Snowshoes are not very friendly, but we're very playful and just as personable and loving as the boys are.

NOTICE:

All of the kittens shown below have been sold, Quita's two babies above are still available, and a third litter of kittens is due in September for adoption in late November. Goldi, the mother of the upcoming litter, is a chocolate point. Her union with Daddy Chico generally produces a mix of chocolate and seal points, mitted, bi-color, and solids (no white, like a Siamese). Their union also produces kittens with outstanding personalities. I kept as pets two of their kittens from last year's litter, and their clever and loving personalities have made me wish I could keep all of Goldi and Chico's babies to myself! I will instead content myself with Truffle and Mocha and keep my eyes open for their perfect show- and breeding-quality sibling.

Thank you everyone who inquired about Pistol, a solid from the March litter. Lots of people wanted to take her home. She found a home with her high-white brother, now called Bailey. Momma Rosie's little Pistol is now Rosebud. What a perfect name!

I call her "Pistol" because that's what she is! You could also call her "Spider" for her speed. She doesn't just run, she darts, like a spider. She's always very busy. Originally the runt of the litter, she's intent on proving that to be no problem at all. She's a wee bit smaller than the others, but a whole lot mightier! She'd love to have a human kitten to play with, or another critter would be good too. She would LOVE to go home with one of her siblings! This little girl is a solid and her points are darker than any of the other kittens'. She's going to be unique inside and out!

Five Babies Born
March 21st

First-time mom Rosie is very typically very protective of her babies, but for the first week she was very nervous when I picked them up to admire or check on their health. So I didn't take any pictures that first week. This is their debut, at 15 days old. On the right are a bicolor (white on the face and feet) boy and a high-white (he will have more white on his body than the other two), and the one on the left is a mitted (white on the chin and feet) female. The two in the bottom picture are solids, one girl and one boy. They have taken their Siamese heritage in pattern and have no white. But they will possess the unique Snowshoe personality. Solids in a litter between two mitted/bicolor parents are very common, and I generally have at least one per litter. I often send a solid to a new home along with a bicolor/mitted sibling.

	Here are some close-ups of a solid, a mitted (2nd row left), and a bi-color. Below them is the high-white.

Look at these ears! This guy is a high-white. Most of the body pattern is yet to be revealed, but the ears are a dead giveaway!

A kinked tail! An old-style Siamese inheritance, with the modern Snowshoe mits. When I was a kid in the 50's, we raised Siamese kittens. At that time, Siamese commonly came with kinked tails and/or crossed eyes. Both have been pretty much bred out of the Siamese now, but once in awhile a kinked tail or crossed eyes will crop up in either the Siamese or the Snowshoe. This is my first kinked tail in my Snowshoes.

Here we are again at three weeks. We have most of our sea legs now and are curious about the world.

Bi-color boy. His feet are distinctly patterned now, but his face is still working on it. He will have a pink nose and white cheeks. I'm not sure yet whether he will have a blaze between his eyes.

Here's the high-white boy. Notice the white tip on his tail.

Here's the mitted girl with the kink in her tail.

And the sweet solids, both girls. The white on their noses will most likely disappear.

Look at us at five weeks! We're turning from babies to kids!

	And We're Eating...Everything!



					At six weeks we're still sticking to the safety of our loft...

...and at eight weeks, we're all over the place! Next stop: The vet for our shots and checkups. This is gonna be fun!

Available Young Adults (still under construction)

This is ChicQuita, daughter of Chico and Maggie and granddaughter of Twinkster and Quita, whom you see below sharing a window perch with ChicQuita. ChicQuita's two years old and has been spade. She has a mind of her own and definite cattitude. I was going to keep her to show, but she decided I was not the boss. ChicQuita is a beautiful girl, but she does not like chaos and crowds. She prefers to have one people and special kitty friends, particularly one who will play with her. She nixed the showing thing, but she does like to ride in the car. While riding in the car, she loves sitting in your lap and leaning out the rolled-down window; yes, like a dog. When it is too cold to do so, she will snuggle in your lap for the ride. She is trained on a leash and halter, and she prefers to think that she is leading you. ChicQuita is special to me, but I must forge ahead to find that special show cat in my clan, so I must give her up, but only to the very special person she is waiting for.

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