"c" section

tough night again last night as we had to rush Floss to the vets. she just couldn't pass her kittens. After a long struggle on her part we decided to ring our vet, Sophie agreed to meet us at the surgery and the 2 wonderful Bengal kittens that appeared from the "c" section showed that there was no way Floss could pass these huge kittens in the normal way. we were so relived to see that Floss and her babies were well and we were all back home and back in bed for 4.30am.

6.30am - hand feed the brown spotted male and female from floss, and check their hot water bottle and heat pad. floss is thoroughly fed up with herself and so we check her heat pad and make sure she is clean and as comfortable as we can make her. Check that her hot water bottle is still warm with the help of her heat pad. the hot water bottle is there to give her the comfort of movement - a bit like the belly of her mum when she was a kitten.

7.30am - cook the chicken for the weaning kittens, cool and dish out

8.30am - its a cleaning and moving day today. Floss goes back in my bedroom to recover and get used to her kittens.
Lil and her kittens are moved downstairs and Katey does a great job of cleaning out the middle bedroom.
Jade and her kittens are moved downstairs and the front bedroom is also cleaned ready for the next mum to be.
Bedrooms need to be thoroughly cleaned and sprayed before the next mums to be can join us. the risk of infection is still there no matter where in the house they are. As well as sweeping, washing and spraying everywhere, there is all the bedding and any throws, quilts, cushions etc to wash - a job not to be taken lightly.
Jacky
http://www.pureblissbengals.co.uk/
http://www.pureblisssavannahs.co.uk/

great weekend

Treasure has had gorgeous Savannah babies - Katey did such a wonderful job delivering Treasures kittens.

Sunday - early start to get all the raw meat minced and the chicken breasts cooked ready for the kittens and their mums during the day. Tim is holding the fort and looking after all the cats and kittens.
a long drive to the AGM for the BCCGB this afternoon but well worth the effort - trophies are being presented today.
we have a lovely catch up with friends before going into the AGM, a very good buffet lunch is provided for everyone whilst we socialise. then onto the serious stuff that we are all there for. Discussing all the hard work our committee and show team have put into running the club for us. Then the trophies are presented to the owners of the cats and kittens that did so well at the BCCGB show last year. I was presented with the trophy for best seal spotted mink kitten for Purebliss Renegade which I was thrilled to accept.
We all had fun with the raffle.
Many thanks to everyone there who put so much effort into making it a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.

Unfortunately there was a massive hold up on the M1 on my way home which made it a tiring drive home.

Approx 10.30pm - check on Ambition to find she is in labour, and screaming at every pain. so i set her up in bed, laying her on a quilt doubled over and cacoon her in another quilt so that no mess escapes onto our bed. She continues to shout out whenever she gets any discomfort - i feel so sorry for her I didn't mind not sleeping all night.
Approx 9am Monday morning - Finally a kitten is born, followed soon after by another. She no longer shows any sign of discomfort as she knows there is serious stuff to be taken care of here. I stay with her throughout the morning, then Katey, Vicky and Tim join us for lunch. By mid afternoon all is done - 5 healthy, happy kittens born. Mum is purring loudly and loving every minute of looking after her babies.
I'm shattered and looking forward to having a good nights sleep tonight - he he!
www.pureblisssavannahs.co.uk
www.pureblissbengals.co.uk
Jacky

Devil has kittens

am - after feeding Vicky and I go into town for the chickens for the kittens.
At Purebliss we feed cooked chicken in its own juices to the weaning kittens, so my first job once I arrive home is to prepare the chickens for the rest of the day. Chop up 2 chicken breasts and place in a microwave proof dish, then add water and stir, cook for 1 minuet and stir, cook for 30 secs and stir, cook for a further 30 secs and stir, if not cooked through then repeat for another 30secs or until the chicken is lightly cooked. Add cold water and once its cooled but still warm serve to the weaning kittens and their mum - they love it.
Once the kittens are older we also feed them a little raw chicken. One of the main things to remember with regard to feeding raw diets to cats and kittens is that the food should be fresh and human grade. if you wouldn't eat it then don't feed it to your kittens or cats. If its been in your fridge over 24 hours then either cook it or discard it.
we also leave down dry food for the cats and kittens to graze on throughout the day. Once the kittens are about 6 weeks old we start to add manufactured kitten food to the cooked chicken so that the kittens can get used to the additives used in processed foods.

After feeding the kittens lunch i check on our "little Devil" She is in some discomfort so i stay with her rubbing her back and tummy. its not long before her first kitten pops out, but not so with the placenta, that takes much longer to come out - about 20 mins. but Devil lays there licking her baby with placenta attached.
5 mins after the placenta is out the next kitten is on his way out - again the placenta takes about 20 mins to follow. But Devil is quite happy looking after her babies with the placenta still attached to her second kitten.
The third kitten out, including placenta is much smaller than the rest and completely white, but unfortunately this little girl is dead. Its so sad when anything like this happens, but it does happen occasionally and we don't have time to stop and think before her next kitten is on the way out, again leaving the placenta to follow about 20 mins later.
5 mins after and the next kitten is on her way out, this time the chord broke leaving the placenta inside. Devil is very happily cleaning her kittens and takes her time before pushing out her placenta.
Devil has given birth to 3 boys and 1 girl, 4 wonderful healthy babies, all "done and dusted" in less than 2 1/2 hours. All spotted lynx Bengal babies. What a wonderful mother she is going to be. i would say she thoroughly enjoyed her delivery. she loved having her back and tummy rubbed whilst she licked her kittens clean. we've given her some warm cooked chicken in some warm juices and leave her to enjoy looking after her gorgeous Bengal babies.
Next job is to let Kelly and Sarah know as they bred our little Devil (Kelsar Ur Eyes Only).
Jacky
www.pureblissbengals.co.uk
www.pureblisssavannahs.co.uk

early start to tend to the kittens before we set off for the show. Katey arrives before 6am to help load up the car, and on the road for 6.30am.
Arrive at the show to be almost the last to vet in, but everyone is lovely and welcoming as usual.
First ring and what a wonderful treat when Purebliss Valour is put 1st in his colour - brown spotted Bengals. He comes 2nd Division to Lynn's gorgeous brown marbled Bengal and he comes 3rd best of breed and is finalled 10th best shorthaired cat.
A fabulous start to a wonderful show.
We had a great picnic that Katey put together, although i admit to digging into it throughout the day - he he!
Its was fabulous to see Purebliss Fiction again and see him gaining a place in the brown spotted colours.
Timmy (TGC Purebliss Optimus Prime) may not have been finalled but he wowed people with his amazingly clear stunning snow marbling. He's still looking for that magical final to make him a Quad Grand Champion.
Another Glaciers son, Nedd a Poshpaws bred boy, did his usual magic to make the day special.
It was great to see Purebliss Shadow Dancer in her first show as a kitten and gain best of breed in one of her rings. She is such a sweetheart and at only 4 months old behaved wonderfully well.

Then of course there was Purebliss Leonardo di Vinci, our silver spotted Savannah boy. At only 4 months old he wowed everyone who cuddled him with his personality and need to hug and cuddle everyone he met including the judges. Carol and Richard are his new mum and dad and I'm so thrilled to see how much they love him, and I'm also very proud of him. He took 12 merits over the weekend and 5 of them against a gorgeous brown spotted adult Savannah boy.

Many thanks to everyone who showed Purebliss Bengals or Savannah's over the weekend. They all enjoyed themselves and behaved wonderfully well showing how happy they are at show. I feel a great deal of pride in our Bengal and Savannah babies.

we only showed on Saturday but what a wonderful day it was. We met up with old friends, made some new friends and reestablished a friendship with a good friend.
Jacky
http://www.pureblissbengals.co.uk/
http://www.pureblisssavannahs.co.uk/

Day before show

Friday 10th April '09
There has been a problem with our ISP for the last couple of days, but looks like its sorted now as we are finally receiving our emails again. I've been able to send emails but not been able to download them for a couple of days. I have well over 100 emails to go through, although almost half of those are junk mail.

Jan came round for coffee this morning, we had a lovely gossip, it was really good to catch up - arranged to go shopping next week.

lunch was a quickie as time was moving on much to the disgust of Mavis. Mavis is a blue eyed snow (seal spotted lynx) Bengal girl who is pregnant and loves her time with us at coffee breaks and lunch breaks. She just can't make up her mind who to sit with for her tummy rubbed.

Katey brought Timmy in and we trimmed his claws. Katey put him in the warm water in the sink and we soaped him well, then a good rinse off and over on to the towels. Towelled dry and then the hairdryer. Timmy is such a good boy letting us brush and dry him with the dryer, although he had plenty to say for himself - he he!
Mavis is looking through the conservatory window as it over looks the kitchen sink - mmm - she likes Timmy! Mavis keeps bobbing from side to side chatting to Timmy, and Timmy's chatting back to her.
Once Timmy is dry its out to his clean pen with lots of lovely warm bedding next to his lovely warm heater. Need to make sure he is warm enough after having his bath so we put the heating on in plenty of time for his bedroom to warm up.

Next its Valour's turn to have his claws trimmed. A quick brush to take out any dead hair and then into the warm water. Lots of Soap and he loves the soaping up with the warm water and massaging his body. We leave his head alone as he's not keen on water around his head.
Mavis is enjoying herself again, a really good view of Valour flexing his muscles gives Mavis lots of entertainment. We keep telling her she is pregnant and shouldn't be looking but she takes no notice of us at all and continues bobbing up and down calling to him.
A good rinse off with warm clean water and onto the towels with Valour. He loves the towel drying, but hates the hairdryer, so this time we leave him to run around the kitchen without drying him off with the dryer. He thoroughly enjoys spraying in every corner of the kitchen.

Its now 17.20 and time for me to get myself ready for going to show early tomorrow morning. I leave Valour running around the kitchen for another hour and then Tim will put him in his clean heated bedroom, whilst we have dinner.
Looking forward to show over the weekend. There will be some wonderful cats out this weekend, can't wait to see them all.
Jacky
www.pureblissbengals.co.uk
www.pureblisssavannahs.co.uk

Blissi

Many will know that we have reopened our boarding cattery (Holiday Home for Cats).
I tend to stay out of most of the work involved with it and leave it upto Tim and Vicky. However, this weekend i had to spend time in the boarding cattery as Blissi came to board with us at Purebliss. I was so thrilled to see her again after so long. She is still so very beautiful, her stunning marbling and her wonderful nature. We had lots of cuddles over the weekend, and I'm thrilled that she will be spending more holidays with us at Purebliss. Bushfire Blissi was our first show Bengal, although we had bred Bengals since 2000 we started showing Bengals much later.
Jacky
www.pureblissbengals.co.uk
www.pureblisssavannahs.co.uk