Enya my blue tortie Burmese has been mated with a beautiful brown boy Janzanco Guy Fawkes. Her kittens are due on or around 16th Feb. I wonder how many kittens she will produce?

Enya surprised me by starting first stage of labour at 7pm on Valentine's night and then delivering 6 beautiful kittens between 3.30 and 5.00am on Tuesday morning. She is proving to be an excellent mum and loves them dearly. I think we have 2 girls one brown, one blue tortie, one brown boy, one choc boy and possibly 2 red boys. Time will tell as its early days yet :-))

The kittens are doing very well. Enya is proving to be an excellent mum and is obviously feeding them well as they are becoming lovely fat bundles of fur. They are very vigorous and move around the pen very efficiently. When mum comes to me for a cuddle they just lay there content and happy.

The kittens are still developing well. Their colours are becoming more obvious and they are still sweet and contented. Enya is an excellent mum!

The kittens are 2 weeks old today and becoming very mischievous. They love play fighting with each other and turn over to have their tummies tickled. They are developing wonderful temperaments which is not to be wondered at as Mum and Dad have the sweetest natures too. They are getting more and more adventurous.

They are growing fast now and there is often a fight at the milk bar to see who can get the best teat. They really battle it out with their little sharp claws. I will have to give their claws their first trim soon. This will be as much for mum's sake as for the kits. They are developing lovely sleek coats until they have some rough and tumble and then anything goes! They can look like they've been pulled through a hedge backwards :-)

The kits are 3 weeks old now. I'm pretty sure on the colours now apart from little choc boy who looks as though he might turn out to be be blue. That's him scurrying out of the photo. I think the only time I'm going to be able to get a photo of them altogether is when they're asleep! They are so funny to watch now as they run about (in a wobbly fashion) and love to play fight. Mum's tail has become an interesting toy to play with. I've had to put the front on the kitten pen now as the brave brown boy has already tried to climb out. They're a bit too young to go exploring yet!

This is probably the last time I will get them all together! They are so lively when they are awake that it is very difficult to photograph them.  They have moved out of the kitten pen and like to sleep on the 2 pillows I usually sit on on the floor. Mum thinks its a nice place to feed them too. You can really tell their colours from this snap. clockwise from top left we have brown tortie girl, brown boy, choc boy, blue tortie girl and the 2 cream boys.

My goodness me! The kittens are into everything. They've discovered that they like sleeping in the moonshell as it is so warm and cosy. They love my feet, especially the bright nail varnish on the toes. They especially like the pyramid to play in. Little brown boy is getting ready to pounce on little choc boy. I've got their pedigree names sorted but haven't given them pet names yet. I like their prospective new owners to have the choice of them :-)) They are eating solids really well. They like Whiskas tinned kitten food at the moment and love cooked fish and fresh chicken. I will start introducing them to Felix foil kitten meals soon.

Well this is my best attempt at getting the 2 cream boys, Amorcatz Amazingdragon and Amorcatz Gingerbreadman. They are both either extremely lively or asleep. Anyone who comes to choose from these two will find it very difficult as they are very alike.

Well this is a rare photo - all six of them together. As you can see, its a hard life being a kitten! Little choc boy is just inviting anybody to tickle his tummy, blue tortie is buried under a pile of Burmese and Charlie, the brown boy, is just keeping an eye on things! I can watch them for hours when they're playing. I've bought them a cat gym and they love stalking each other on that! Mum, Enya, is spending more and more time in the house. She quite likes having a rest from them!

07/04/05 

My official kitten testers, my grandchildren Samuel and Mia came to visit the kittens today. An excellent time was had by all. The kittens had a whale of a time with a captive audience ready to play and cuddle. Samuel and Mia thought it was excellent fun and have both decided they are going to come and work for nanny when they're older to help look after the kits. I'm not so sure they'll like litter tray duty though :-))

The two cream boys, to the left, and the chocolate boy and blue tortie girl, below, will all be ready for prospective new owners to come and visit after Tuesday when they will be having their 1st injections. I always wait until after their 1st injections so that I am minimising any health risks. I want to ensure that my babies are as healthy as they can possibly be. You would not believe how difficult it is to take their photos. They're never still!

Its really strange because usually with my kittens the girls go first and then the boys are snapped up soon after.

For some reason, poor little Fairygodmother, is left on the shelf. To be fair I was considering keeping her to show and breed from but I have decided to make this my last Burmese litter so that I can concentrate on my Tonks and LaPerms.

Charlie, who has been chosen since week 6, is going to his new home on Sunday which will leave poor fairy on her own to be beaten up by the tonk hooligans.

Surely there is someone out there I can audition to see if they are a suitable owner for this beautiful blue tortie girl :-))