On The Move

by Fiona McGlashan | Nov 12, 2024

The kittens were soon moving around and escaping the safe place Cara had been using for them so she decided to move them out herself. I walked into our bedroom mid-morning to find them all in the middle of the floor and Cara nursing them. Soon they were exploring the room, wobbling about and enjoying their newfound freedom!

For some strange reason they took a liking to Bob’s smelly trainers and would happily play and sleep on them……

It has been a privilege to watch how these little cuties have grown and developed over the last few weeks – ears just suddenly appearing, the growing confidence of moving around the room, the play fighting with each other (which I could watch all day long!) and poor Cara trying to keep her eye on them all at the same time, which is nye on impossible!

First Ever Litter of Ruiseanach Russian Blues Arrive

by Fiona McGlashan | Nov 1, 2024

We were over the moon when Cara proudly presented us with FIVE kittens in the afternoon of 30th September 2024 – our very first litter of RUISEANACH RUSSIAN BLUES.

Mother nature is amazing, and we were totally in awe of our darling Cara, who took everything in her stride. We were a bit concerned that five kittens may be a bit overwhelming for her first litter, but she is such a caring, protective, and attentive mother.

We have three gorgeous boys and two beautiful girls; we are hoping to keep one of the girls.

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Melkelter Lady Of The Loch

by Fiona McGlashan | Oct 25, 2024

Melkelter Lady Of The Loch

We had waited a while for the ‘right’ female to arrive – I honestly think we took a few years off Gwen & Paul Phillips’ lives in that time but in June 2023, Gwen tentatively called to say that ‘she’ had arrived. We were so excited and could not wait to meet her. When it was safe to do so, we could not believe our luck, as Cara chose us!

Cara arrived into our lives like a wee whirlwind and very quickly settled into her new home. Our other cats accepted her into their lives without too much grumbling, she then quickly became the leader of the pack, with nothing phasing her!

The first cat show that she attended in October that year, just happened to be the largest GCCF cat show in the UK – The Supreme. She was up against slightly older Russian blue kittens so we were delighted when the judge (Mr Mark Pearman) awarded her 1^st place & Best of Breed. This then entitled her to be judged for Section 4 Best of Variety Kitten – in her first show – which she took in her stride. The winner went on to win Overall Supreme Exhibit!

Her show career continued over the next show season and she gained her GCCF Champion title at The Lakeland show in June 2024. A huge thank you to Di Brown, Lynda Ashmore & Sally Tokens, who all thought highly enough of Cara, to award her Challenge Certificates.