About Us
Welcome to
our home...
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We are a family based cattery located in Ashland (central) New
Hampshire, just south of the White Mountains. Our passion for this
breed has lead is into showing and breeding them. We primarily show TICA and CFA.
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We generally breed health tested
show lines. Pedigrees fascinate us and we love
researching and studying them. You will see our cats IC and Clone
percentages displayed on each cats pedigree page. Numbers are interesting,
but just as important is family history and health.
We breed for health, temperament & type. Before the age of 2 years all of
our males and most of our female breeding cats are screened by a local cardiologist to ensure our
cats are free of HCM
at that time. HCM is sadly a too common health issue in our breed.
Another common problem in Maine Coons is gum problems (gingivitis
and stomatitis). We never breed a cat with bad gums, we found
it just gets passed along too easily. Over the years we have
tried to improve our cats gums by selective breeding.
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How Our Cats Live:
Our
adult cats (females and alters) have free run of the house. We have
a nice penned in area under our porch where our cats can go in and
out as they please through a kitty door in the window. They love it
out there, whether it's 95 degrees in the summer or 20 degrees in
the winter we can always find someone outside. The alters, girls & kittens have
half the pen, while the boys share the other half. It is so nice our
cats can enjoy the outdoors without the dangers of predators, cars,
and disease.
This past summer we finished our
deck so the cats have even more space to enjoy the outdoors.
We can always find the kittens out there playing in the early
morning hours during the summer, or laying stretched out soaking up
the sun in the afternoon.
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View from backyard.
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Fenced in area under the deck. The
cats have a kitty door they use in a window to go in and
out.
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The screened in deck.
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The deck again, the cats love it!
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The deck again.
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Heading into the cattery, sink for
washing dishes and grooming.
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The grooming area and a isolation pen (if
needed).
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In the grooming area, looking into the
cattery.
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In the cattery, lots of cat trees, a
chair and a tv.
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New boys pen in the cattery. They
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In the boys area/room.
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In the boys room.
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Our Kittens:
Our kittens are raised in our
bedrooms until they get their first vaccine at 8 weeks of age. Then
they get run of the house with the girls and alters. We are always
home for the birth of all our litters, we believe in being there for
our moms for their comfort and safety.
We have recently decided to be a
closed cattery. Which means we do not offer outside stud service.
There are just less germs shared between catteries this way, and we
feel it's healthiest for our cats.
Our
daughters are professional pet groomers, one works at a local
Boarding Kennel and one works at our local Veterinarian. They have
been working with animals since they were 12 years old, first
volunteering at the local Humane Society, then working for a local
Boarding Kennel and sled dog kennel where they decided they wanted
to get into Siberian Huskies. Now they race, show and breed their
own AKC Siberian Huskies. Please visit our dogs,
Kelim
Racing Siberian Huskies.
If you have any questions about us or
our cattery, please feel free to email us at
kelim@roadrunner.com
Thank you and Enjoy your visit!
Rita, Bruce, Kimberly & Kelly
Berg
