More fur! More spots! More fun!
We specialize in Bronze Egyptian Maus.
Above - Grand Champion Sleepy Sanura
Below - our well-mannered, in-house tomcat, Grand Champion Raman Rowan of Maunarch (co-owned with Dee Keenan of Ramah Maus).
 Watch how Lachlan plays with Sleepy!
| "Anche il più piccolo dei felini, il gatto, è un capolavoro. "
("Even the least of the felines, the cat, is a masterwork.")
-Leonardo
"People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life." - Faith Resnick
"If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat." - Mark Twain  Latest News - Sleepy had her litter! A single healthy kitten was born in the morning on Dec. 8th. A trip to the emergency vet revealed that she really only had one kitten and her uterus was clean. A litter of one kitten is a little unusual, but not that uncommon. Mother and daughter are both doing well. This kitten joins Papyrus' three older ones, who are enjoying joining it in nursing on Sleepy. Don't worry, the little one is fat and round and getting plenty of milk. Papyrus' kittens were born on Saturday October 22, in the evening. I had a couple of sleepness nights beforehand, but the main event went smoothly which is all that matters. There are two boys and one girl. All three emerged in good shape - wet, bedraggled, and almost black-looking, but strong and motivated to start nursing within seconds of birth. Sleepy helped out of course.
At three weeks, Sleepy's kitten is starting to explore around, while Papyrus' have the run of the house and are terrorizing its other inhabitants. Their color and patterns are looking good. Many of their spots that looked linked a few weeks ago are separating nicely now, and their colors are warming up.
All four of these kittens are spoken for. Contact us if you are interested in making a deposit for a future litter. We go in order of deposits, and so far we have always had more than enough deposits before the kittens are born, so the early bird gets the worm! We would recommend also contacting Ramah Maus in Oregon.
By now, this is "normal" for us, but for newcomers... our two mother cats are VERY into cooperative kitten-raising. They help each other give birth, licking each others newborn kittens to stimulate them to breath, cutting umbilical cords, and of course they help each other with the nursing. So, in the kitten photos under the links at the left, you will most often see both mother cats and all the kittens, all scrambed up without any regard to who the "real" mother might be. Even the father, Rowan, pitches in with kitten-cleaning and of course treating the mothers to a head-washing now and then. With our next litters being ~7 weeks different in age, it will be interesting to see how the mothers and kittens interact (the previous litters were born closer together).
If you want to see a video of Sleepy helping birth the previous litter, look here:
Ramses and Giza - two adult rescues - have been adopted!
Other news: Crystal the Bobcat has been released!
While bike commuting home from work this spring, Daniel saw something moving beside a trail in the Crystal Springs Reservoir area. It proved to be a very weak but un-injured orphaned bobcat kitten. Getting it home on the bike was a challenge, but paled beside the question of "what next?" Fortunately, help was close at hand, in the form of an organization called Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center (WERC) near Gilroy, CA. They are THE experts on raising orphaned bobcats so they are not habituated to humans and are able to learn how to hunt and be released into the wild when they are ready. These people are serious. They even have a pee-scented bobcat suit, to disguise the foster mom and avoid habituating kittens to humans!
Crystal grew up into a beautiful, healthy, and appropriately feisty bobcat. She was released on November 12 within a mile or two of where she was found, safely esconced in the Crystal Springs wildlife refuge in great habitat with abundant prey. All in all this was a pretty neat experience!
Please check out the WERC website, and donate to them if you are able. You can also find a slide show telling Crystal's story from the first night at our house to some stills and video of her release in November.
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