The Good Mother

Lyriccurls Gracie Piddlewhiskers, Selkirk Rex

Gracie's litter of 3 chubby baby kittens were born in December, and she seemed surprised when she had them, but has taken to motherhood with amazing skill.  This pic is rare because it shows her curly whiskers.  That's how you know a Selkirk curly at birth-- and one of her 3 babies does have the characteristic curly little whiskers.  Two, we think, will be "straights" or darling fuzzy kinky pet kittens but just not so curly that they'll be suitable for carrying on the Selkirk qualities.

Buttercream curly female.  Buttercream isn't an official breed quality, but it best describes the colors of this sweet pudgy lil female, and she has the curls.   She is Gracie's special one, and almost intuitively Gracie holds her close under the paw.  I think they say that Tomcats sometimes try to seperate away the kittens that they think are not their own.  The time will come that we will have to part with these darlings, but for now we're delighting in having a kitten family.  She is going to have Gracie's prominent cheeks and pointed chin.