Smokey Jasmine Piddlewhiskers, Blue Selkirk Rex

Jasmine Piddlewhiskers, Smoke Blue Selkirk Rex, Born December 7, 2010

This darling little baby girl was born last and is the sweetest and most delicate kitten of Gracie Piddlewhiskers' three babies.  She's a smoke.  That word describes a cat whose fur is dark at the tips and light at the base close to the skin.  When you run your finger across her fur from back to front, you can see that her base color is lighter and the tips of her fur are darker.  She is just way barely opening her eyes in this pic.  Yesterday (Solstice and eclipse) she began to open them.  Here she seems to be really concentrating on the bright sheet she can see.   Jasmine is not as stocky and big as the other two girls, so she might be less 'typey.'  The idea in the Selkirk Rex breed, is that Selkirks would be outcrossed with other pedigreed cats so that by 2015, they would have more genetic diversity and also look thick, cobby and plush.  Jasmine is 100% official Selkirk Rex breed, but her genes include ancestors of Persian, British Shorthair, and Exotic.  Today, Selkirks are being distinguished as Long Hair, Short Hair, Straight and Curly.  Not sure but she seems at this time to be a short hair straight.  She is for sale, $250 and when 12 weeks old she can go to a new home as a neutered family pet Selkirk Rex with papers. 

We'd like to feel assured that she will get a great lifetime home and be treated like royalty.  When you choose a kitten, you are adding a new family member and we want to make sure that it is a totally positive relationship all the way around.  If you are interested in adopting her, reach ktibbits@lrec.org . 

Announcing Selkirk Rex Kittens

On December 7th, 3 new kittens were born in our family.  The mom is Lyriccurls Gracie Piddlewhiskers, a registered Selkirk Rex.  The father is Route 66 King Arthur of Piddlewhiskers & Snugglesworth.  The first was the blue cream ticked or spotted  agouti.  See how the one on your right has a bicycle handlebar light mustache?  It is probably a girl.  Next was a cute little curly cream, which looks like Gracie's sister Daphne.  The youngest was this little dark smoke, shown on the left.  Before this one was one stillborn with long smoke blue straight fur.

I'm writing this on Day 3.  Each kitten is developing a unique personality, or perhaps already has a unique personna that we're beginning to notice.  The cream-colored kitten  is Momma's Favorite.  Gracie holds her between her arms when sleeping, gently, warmly and protectively.  The spotty blue cream one has a big wide head like Arthur, and will carry more of the cobby type of a British Shorthair.  This is a characteristic that breeders are encouraged to develop by mating Selkirks with Brits.  And the sweet little smoky dark one is the most easly satisfied.  At the moment it is having a bodacious milkfest, having awakend from a nap underneath the creamy kitten. 

They seem to be interested in seeing the world but just can't quite open their eyes.  The first day, their little ears were pinned down and now those cute ears are 'flowering'  but still look like the ears of an American Curl.

Gracie is a Selkirk Rex, registered with CFA.  Her heritage traces back to Oscar No-Face Kowalski, the first generation from the first curly cat:  Miss DePesto.  Gracie's sire is Merlin (Kurlipurrz Merlin), a Blue Silver Tabby Longhair.  He was named #1 in the TICA Southwest Region as a kitten.  Gracie's mother is Kurlipurrz Josie Blue Belle.

Arthur is a Lilac British Shorthair and is registered with TICA.  Piddlewhiskers & Snugglesworth, our Cattery is also registered with TICA.  TICA stands for The International Cat Association.  Arthur's sire is Alcmena Smokey, and you can see his picture.   Arthur's mother is Anahata Evelin (known as Misty to her family) and her baby pics are here.  You can see her pedigree, too.

These kittens will be for sale. Their gender has not yet been determined. The cream curly kitten will probably be $1,200, including breeding rights. The "lilac" blue cream will be about $800, including breeding rights if curly, or $250 if straight. The sweet darling little smoke will be a precious pet, neutered, about $250.  It is customary to reserve a particular kitten before it reaches 12 weeks of age and can go to its new home.  We want to make sure that our kittens will have good homes, because they are our family members.