there are several cats that share their
lifes with us for more than ten years. it is fascinating to see
their development through the years and we feel great to know
that the NFO is basically a healthy breed, giving the cats the
chance to live with us without serious problems (exception
cancer). last update december 13th 2006
GIC Avalanche v. Wunderbaum, silvertortie/white, born 1993, was one of
the living kittens of our very first litter out of Rapunzel and
Silverman. it was a litter of 6 - she came last, waiting for
more then 3 hours to leave mama. she never had children. On
shows, she often was a horror to the judges, who nevertheless
were fond about her size. On monday, june 19th, we had to help
her to pass the rainbow bridge - cancer had her dehydrated so
fast we had no chance to help her with fluids she finally
rejected....
MiekMiek aka Bina Florina v.
Wunderbaum, tortie/white, also born
in 1993, was the first Euro Champion in our cattery, making us
so proud we had flown with her also to a show in Estonia.
Despite having some litters with her we decided not to continue
with the lines behind her. Four weeks after Avalanche, also she
had to pass the rainbow bridge: mammary cancer had spread to
the lungs she had nearly no more chance to breathe.
IC Icecats Mandoline reign silvertortie/white, born 1995, was an
important part in our breed. Despite she was sometimes less
than 3 kg, she made very heavy and also typeful babys - one of
them Smarty (please have a look for our females). like lots of
females she also was hit by a mammary carcinoma, she underwent
surgery and and neutered immediately, after this she
gained weight and became more and more peculiar - a trend you
can observe on many cats late neutered. she survived one year
longer than the vet expected, only to die this autumn (2007)
GIC/ EP Emanuel Empir v. Wunderbaum, smoke/white, born 1995, was thought to continue
the lines via the e-litter. then we got back his brother Jazzy,
and Emanuel got his only purpose as pet, as his brother was the
better for show and breeding. He is the most tender neutre in
our houshold and as majordomus he is the one to inspect all
visitors.
EC Effaniffenable v. Wunderbaum, also known as Jazzy, a brother to Emanuel
Empir, silvertabby/white, is known as the male with the golden
fang; he had to be on dental surgery when he came back from
another „breeder“ who did not care about his
injurys. He was the oldest stud in our gang and also the
boss in his group. being gentle to humans he is a fighter when
it comes to the ranking in the group. He now got neutered, too.
Saphira av Senja, silverclassictabby, born 2001, was meant to
bring very nerw lines to our „club“. after she had
her first litter we made a first HCM test - already alarming.
two of her three kittens also had health problems too, so we
decided to stop breeding with her and neutered her. she now
lives a calm life with a very good friend of us together with a
very calm and old NFO male, we see her occasional and take care
for her veterinarian needs. a second
HCM test in december 2006 revealed that her heart problems had
developed ito a mild hcm.
