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VETERAN
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VETERAN
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I have two Birmans who have just celebrated their
17th birthdays. Linda Morgan, August 2008 ---------------------------
Willumena Tinghni Bewsa blue point female birman
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Akanita Arabesque (blue point female born
27.01.92 - 15.09.08). Daughter of Grand Champion Caroona Tobitoo and
Briarland Madam Butterfly. "Trouble" was a much loved, beautiful
cat. Bred by the Brogden family and treasured by the Cross family,
who had to say goodbye to her after 16 and-a-half happy years.
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Regards, Jessica Hess ---------------------------
Chausette Tinsel Ming ( SP male born
02.12.1988 ) --------------------------- Tizzi aka Barijka Betsy
is 17! Not a
very good picture but taken a day or so after her 17th
birthday. She has developed a very bossy and piercing meow
which changes instantly to deep purrs when food is produced. Life
is generally very restful for her matching exactly our own
lifestyles. --------------------------- Dryslwyn
Diva blue point female, born 7/05/88, CSSR 066656 (Viemora
Vintage and Jandora Jazmin)
Regards Bill Consitt
January 2009 --------------------------- We have a female Birman Priscilla who turned 18 years young on Sunday May 24, 2009. She gets around really well. She does have arthritis in back and hind legs but she still loves to go for walks and enjoys the flowers. She is loved so much. I am enclosing a picture of her, Questy her male companion for the last 16 years he just past away a month and half ago from kidney failure. Thank you.
Ruth Hovers
May 2009 --------------------------- Klassyklogs Karizma: (28.06.1991) a seal point female and litter sister to the late Gr Ch Klassyklogs Furst Edition. Karizma has just celebrated her 18th birthday, and continues to enjoy good health. Karizma lives with a Turkish Van, a Ragdoll and one or two other Birmans, she of course rules the roost!
Karizma lives with and is much
loved by Linda Paulden --------------------------- My loved Gimzo, a Birman cat, brown and white with blue eyes. Was born 1989 on valentines day and died 20 Nov 2009. He was a beloved member of our family. I am 24 years old, so he has been in my life as long as I can remember.
We live in Skåne, south of Sweden. --------------------------- I live in
Germany, near Hamburg and I had a Birman seal point for my 15th
birthday. Her name was Nena vom Samland, she was born
April 18th 1983 and died on first June 2003. Her great-grandmother was
Nadine de Khlaramour. --------------------------- We have a veteran Birman Goldlay Regalis (Ben) who was born on 23.11.89. He is still going strong and eating and sleeping well! He takes a daily walk up and down the road and is still very handsome! Also
Terglo Uncle Whiskers (Ashley) born
23.12.1994. He is descendant of Laurant Daniel, Laurant Sugar Dandy and
Laurant Libra Athene (she is also listed as a veteran) He was
adopted by us aged 3 when his family emigrated. He is still fit and
active, and will not leave us alone!!! ---------------------------
Jeni Baldwin, --------------------------- My female blue point Birman, Elchris Silmaril, born 3.9.91(Sil) is now nearly 18 1/2 years old. I have had her since she was a tiny kitten - not that she's big now, weighing in at just 2.37 kilos! Her kidneys aren't in the best of health, but medication has kept her going for the last 2 1/2 years. Like all Birmans, she is the most important member of the household, and dearly loved!
Barbara King
February 2010 --------------------------- My blue point Birman Willow (Imperial Grand Premier & TICA Quadruple Gr Ch Alter Goldlay Star Gazer) was 16 years old on 4th April. Willow's sire is Nighteyes Genghis Khan and her dam Lizzara Wysiwyg. Willow has enjoyed lots of good times at shows where she enjoyed strutting her stuff, but now enjoys her retirement by putting her paws up and expecting to be pampurred. She definitely reigns in the household with a quiet but confident air.
Marcia Owen ---------------------------
"I live in Cumbria and have two golden oldie Birman cats a chocolate
point 16 year old and her 15 year old seal point daughter. Both are
still going strong and enjoying life the only real sign of their age
being a shortage of teeth when eating their treats!"
Regards Judith Abel --------------------------- Santamora Sabatini blue point female known as Pip she was 20 on the 7th of April and this week she had her rabies vaccination as a prelude to getting a passport. She is due to move to the South of France before the end of the year. The vet said she was "not a kidney case" any more, after 3 years on a controlled diet. I bought a (finger) tooth brush for her to reduce the plaque on her teeth and I suspect she will end up enjoying her teeth being brushed as much as she enjoys her daily rake - which she demands. She was bought from breeders Geoff & Barbara Riley of Stretford, by her first man, broadcaster James Maw, who sold her to me when he started to travel a lot. By 1994, now owning a particle physicist, Pip became one of the first cats to set up her own web page:
I have known a few cats and without a doubt, she
is the most delightful of any I have known.
Robin Marshall --------------------------- Let me tell you about Sam....(Antonio Tandaloo) Sam lived to 18, Born 1 August 1989 and lived to June 2007. He didn’t have owners he had staff. He liked to run a tidy household. A firm but fair boss. Mother aka Cheff, Dad aka Chauffer, Sister Maid and Me Butler. Often entertained by a knitting needle a marble or a ball of wool. We now have a new Birman called Leo, he is the equivalent of a spoilt brat!
Regards, David
Crawford --------------------------- We would like you include our female seal point called Pepsi in your veterans record book. She was born on 27th February 1988 and was brought as a kitten by my brother from a breeder in Devon. We took her in when she was 5 after my brother had to move to London. She is on a special diet for kidney trouble and has a heart murmur but still manages to go upstairs and jump up on the sofa. Our vet has told us that she is one of their oldest patients if not the oldest. She amazes everyone who sees her as they can t believe her age and how she keeps going. Many times in recent years we thought her time was up but she keeps bouncing back, fits, dislocated leg, attacked by another cat resulting in a nasty bite and all the other ailments associated with old age.
We
haven't had a holiday since 2005 because we don't want to leave her
in the care of someone else just in case something happened to her.
We know straight away when something is wrong with her. Perhaps
that's why she's lasted so long!
Melvin and Sue
Chatfield --------------------------- Hi, just to let you know that my Gr Ch Gr Pr Esaya Anaisanais is still here and well. She was born on 26th June 1994. She is still queen of the house and sends her days on the boiler or trotting around our fish pond. She is still quite vocal when hungry, and still really enjoys pestering anyone who doesn't like cats!!! Audrey Saye --------------------------- I fell in love with Birmans by scouting out the various breeds at cat shows. I met the famous Birman breeder Jan Rogers at a show and arranged to see her latest litters – and bought a pedigreed “pet quality” blue point who I promptly named “Shanti” after the mischievous Asian elephant at the Washington DC National Zoo. True to her name, Shanti ruled my condo and appropriately appropriated everything in the place as “hers” – thus, “everything belongs to Shanti.” Endless times she romped and played and tore at just about everything that could be conceivably called “a toy.” And broke some, too. But Shanti is sooo loving. Shanti was born in March 1992, making her over 18 years old as of this writing [10/5/2010]. Nowadays Shanti mostly sleeps and eats and purrs and probably has mouse dreams. She loves following my wife around the house and insists in her own voice to have ice cubes in her water, a sunny place for a comforter, and being the first to eat around here [even before my 7 year old Rescue Birman named Lucky Rocket]. Shanti has lost a bit of weight and doesn’t see as well, but certainly has a great sense of hearing, smell and touch. Eric Donovan --------------------- Lucy is white, with a chocolate face, ears, legs, and tail I still have the documents that I got from the Pet shop where I bought her in 1992.... Patricia McMenim (Australia) --------------------- Adouzlo Boromir aka Ducha Wellington a blue point and Adouzlo Napoleon Devere aka Franta Napoleon a seal point are two rescued Birman Brothers now aged 17.5 and 18 years on the 13th August 2011. Ducha Wellington only has 3 legs since before he came to me but rushes round like a maniac although both boys are feeling their age now they are both stunning looking and loved to bits. They live with my two moggies in a rural location in SW Wales. Gill Clarke May 2011 My beautiful boy Napoleon was taken ill in mid April and sadly he passed to the Rainbow Bridge on 10 May and I am totally devasted. His brother is missing him and also one of my big moggies Misa (Meesha).--------------------- Our gorgeous seal point Birmans William (Billy) and Harry were beautifully natured and totally devoted to us. We lost Harry at 17 and a half years and Billy at 19 and a half. They were both very much loved and sorely missed. They were from the Jazzanbo Cattery, bred by Nuala Leyton of Jasanbo Birmans who emigrated from Richmond, Surrey in the United Kingdom, and both their parents came from the UK - Ch Jasanbo Jacaranda and Panjandrum Gilded Lily..
Susan and Desmond Coop
Perth, Western Australia
--------------------- I thought you would like to hear about my rescue Birman Monty (Valjan Fantasia Dream) who along with his half sister Chloe came to me through rescue 28/2/99. Chloe unfortunately died 22/08/2006. Monty who was born 17/03/92 has just celebrated his 19th Birthday he is still going strong. He and his sister had many adventures after joining us in rural Lincolnshire. I have enclosed some photographs of him in his younger days. He has outlived most of the dogs except the Border Collie who joined us as a pup in June 1999 and most of the other rescue dogs we have had since. He now lives with 2 Belgian Shepherd dogs and the Border Collie. Barbara Walker-Smith --------------------- My Birman Seal Point cat, Mindy, will be 21 years old in September 2011, she is still very active and goes for a walk round the garden and at present is eating us out of house and home, we think this is because it is Spring. --------------------- Gerschwin is not yet 23 (born December 1991) but still very active. Daniel Luyten --------------------- Panjandrum Birmans send congratulations to Panjandrum Best Man ( Panjandrum Firecracker x Panjandrum Tigerlilly ) on reaching his 21st Birthday on July 6th. Anne Madden --------------------- We currently have a Birman called Audrey,who officially who is called Francesca Fidelity, breed by Mrs Clarke, Wellsbourne in Warks. Audrey is a seal point birman and was born on the 16th September 1990. Mum is Adivelo Crystall Slippers and dad is Champion Shandatal Blue Danube. Carol Lohoar -------------------- Charlsim Polly (BP female 4.8.89 bred by Mrs G Tapsell). Mrs Johnson, Polly's owner, tells us that Polly was born 4th August 1989 in Barrowby, Lincolnshire and is the daughter of Gr Ch Charlsim Wishcumtru and Tranquil Pussywillow. When Polly had her flu and
enteritis injection at 12 weeks old it gave her gastroenteritis which
made her very ill. It was touch and go but with 4 days of 24 hour watch
and lots of TLC she thankfully recovered and the rest is history. Aged 2, Polly starred in a production of 'Lettice and Lovage' at the local theatre starring alongside Jenny Tomasin, Ruby in the original series of Upstairs and Downstairs, after beating 10 other hopefuls. Polly loved to go on holiday.
She has caravanned from being a kitten to the age of 11. Since then
she had holidayed in a pet friendly flat. She has been to the Lake District
every year since she was a kitten where she has walked miles on her
lead and harness. At this stage in her life
she spends a lot of time sleeping in a fur bed on an electric heat pad
wrapped in a fleece. Well who can blame her, she is 104 years old in
human years! Mrs D Johnson -------------------- Tofipuff Musical Bliss - "Mufti" (DOB 20th May 1993, dam; Ch & Gr Pr Tofipuff Fair Astronomer - sire; Gr Ch Jandouglen Aslamic Prince ) Mufti, a Bluepoint Female celebrated her 18th birthday on 20th May 2011. As a kitten she went with her brother to live in Hertfordshire, returning twice yearly for "holidays" when her owners travelled abroad. Sadly her brother died when he was quite young but Mufti continued to rule her owners for many years. At the end of 2010 her owners had a series of catastrophic events in the family, resulting in Mufti returning to live with me permanently for the remainder of her twilight years. She settled in remarkably well with my other five Birmans and one huge Norwegian Forest Cat, not forgetting the rescued rabbit that frequently comes through the cat flap into the house from the outdoor cat run where he has his hutch. Mufti ignores him! She is quite a character and having been granted every whim throughout her life, now expects nothing less than five star treatment, a service which is readily given. In the 80's and 90's we did have quite a few litters of kittens and Mufti is now the very last "kitten" bearing the prefix Tofipuff. She is all the more precious. We look forward to having her with us for the remainder of her life. She has very good health, eats well and sleeps a lot, commandeering the choicest spots in the sun. Theresa Groves - Tofipuff Birmans -------------------- Hamish is a
male neuter sealpoint born 23 January 1992 and still going strong today.
His sire was Serlahjare Berlain, a Grand Champion sealpoint and his
dam was Namoti Cavattina, a lilac point. Hamish was the only one of
his litter to survive, hence the name Solitaire. We got him as a family
pet from Pentikka Birmans, Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. Noel Muir Stokefield Blue Godetia -"Flower" (13c2) dob - 12th September 1995 -
Flower and her sister Dottie came to me as kittens as prospective breeding queens. Their father was bred by me and the girls would carry on the Tofipuff prefix. Unfortunately they both had to be spayed prematurely and they became much loved pets, settling in with the others in perfect harmony and continuing to be friendly loving girls throughout their lives. Dottie died in 2007 and although Flower missed her sister she still had the others as companions. Her favourite bed is my pillow or leaning against my legs and in very cold weather she has been known to burrow under the duvet. She has a loud voice which she uses several times daily to demand butter or prawns, her favourite treats. Reaching the age of 16 she has now learned how to attract attention. A very pretty Bluepoint, people have been known to comment on the deep blue of her eyes, so very like the flower she is named for. I hope she continues in the good health she is in at the moment. She is a much loved girl. Natrog Chu-Tiz-Pah "Cheeky" (13c1) dob - 18th November 1993 -
Cheeky has kidney failure and arthritis but still seems to be able to jump up on the bed Ok. He is on medication for his kidneys and special food for his arthritis. He has to be groomed every day as he has trouble washing himself being restricted by the arthritis. His fur seems to mat very easily I presume this would be related to his kidneys. He has developed a long drawn out yowl and incessant meowing, but we love him. |
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