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Sukimah is a small cattery located at Garden Suburb, in Newcastle NSW, about 13 kms from the coastline .
Whilst we are comparatively new to breeding Burmese cats (since 2007), we have been proud owners of Burmese cats since 1983, and from 1985, as registered members of the NSW Cat Fanciers Association Inc. and the Burmese Cat Society of Australasia Inc, we have shown our cats at various pedigreed cat shows.
The lure of breeding these wonderful animals proved too strong, and so since 2007, we have been very proud to have an association with Ms Bev Jones, a Burmese breeder, who has had many best in show and supreme exhibit awards for her beautiful Burmese and Bengal cats. Bev has mentored us, for which we are extremely grateful.
With the purchase of Starkatz Miss Millie, a chocolate tortoiseshell in 2006, we commenced our breeding programme. Millie was joined shortly thereafter by Starkatz Madonna, a blue girl.
Our second litter from Millie had success at the Newcastle & Hunter Valley Cat Show in 2007, winning best litter in all three rings in Group 3. Best female kitten in Group 3 was Sukimah Tuscan Sun (known to us as Poppy).
To enable our knowledge of feline health and issues to expand, Sue has attended every one of the annual Feline Health Seminars held in Sydney, which are sponsored by The Rex Cat Club.
Every November the seminar is held, with expert speakers attending to provide the latest updates on matters such as feline flu, cattery management, feline reproductive information, answers to questions from the floor, together with a host of other information.
OUR BREEDING QUEENS
We have Madonna, (blue), Poppy (red) and Rose (brown - future queen) as our breeding queens. They are all very sweet natured and loving cats.
Of late, we have kept a daughter of Madonna's (a blue) Daisy to become a future queen.
We pride ourselves on breeding very healthy kittens with great temperaments. This is more important in our view, than type – which, while important, and is something we strive toward, is third in our order of priorities.
Our queens are housed indoors with us, and are given much affection and love, fed the highest quality foods, have regular veterinarian checks to make sure they are in the best of health, and when we are blessed with kittens, these together with their mothers are also housed in our home, and given plenty of care and attention.
Our kittens are raised in the house, and after their first vaccination are allowed to run through the house to explore, which allows them to become used to household noises, other cats, people etc. They are litter trained, wormed, desexed, and vaccinated twice before they leave us to go to their new indoor homes.
The only task the new owner has, is to make sure the third and final vaccination is given one month after the 2nd vaccination. This should then followed by yearly vaccinations to maintain protection against flu and other diseases.
Early Desexing
There has been many and varied discussions by vets and bereeders as to the pro’s and con’s of early desexing, but on our investigation and having sought advice from more than one veterinarian, we are happy to continue desexing our kittens at 11 weeks, prior to being taken by their new owners. Having this procedure done at 11 weeks, allows the kittens to recover quickly (more so than an older cat), and does not cause any physical or emotional problems for the kitten. The early desexing of our kittens is is non negotiable.
Our aims:
We strive to produce the best breed quality and health in our kittens, and to ensure the emotional and physical welbeing of them, so that at the time of relocating to their new homes, our kittens are well adjusted, intelligent, playful, loving and lively pets, qualities for which this breed is known.
Thanks for visiting our website.
Sue and Darval
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