TICA SHOW DERBY

5.30am: Up and about. Feed the kittens and pregnant girls inside, leave the other cats for Vicky to feed when she opens at 8am. Brush The Prophet and decide he will need some more brushing at the show. His mind has been on the girls too much and we notice he has lost some weight and condition. Still, he is enjoying the attention and he is more than happy to roll about on his back in his carrier in anticipation of the show. Brush Starynight, he is such a sweet little kitten, we place him in his kitten shoulder carrier and he keeps pushing towards us for another cuddle. Make sure we have everything, drapes, vaccination details, food, water, litter, toys, trays, dishes and "show whites" for Claire and Rob to borrow, last but certainly not least our boys. Claire and Rob adopted a pet silver boy from us along with his sister (Starynight is their brother) and they have decided to take him to the show today.
8.20am: Arrive at the show, get everything out and stand in the vetting in que. Claire and Rob are further down in vetting in, so we are able to pass them their items for penning Silver Twilight (Obi). Can't wait to see how he's grown. Through Vetting in and everything is OK. On to the pens, The Prophet (Prof) and Starynight (Night) are next to each other as requested, Obi is penned oposite. Next job - set up the pens and settle the boys in.
Good chance to catch up with Obi and his sister Nala. He's grown into a lovely boy, nice type, gentle behaviour and beautiful spots. Obi did well for his first show as he was adopted as a pet by Claire and Rob. Obi achieved two seconds in colour with two seconds in Division. He also achieved thirds with other judges. You must remember that everyone entering a cat show is expected to be of a very high standard and there were many dissapointed owners but many very pleased owners of winners. Night, Obi's brother that we took on exhibition had lots of attention with lots of cuddles and seemed to enjoy himself and so we will show him at the next TICA show we take him to. The Prophet acheived a first, second, third etc of colour. He was placed under every judge and he acheived places in two Divisions. Taking into account his poor condition and loss of weight (due to listening to the girls calling), I think he did well. Working boys can sometimes go out of condition, they don't always think of eating when their mind is on their possible girlfriends.
A lovely friendly show with lots of beautiful cats and kittens. A good day for us all and a chance to meet up with friends we don't often see.