Allevamento gatti siamesi e orientali Demogorgon

ENFI Member (Italian National Feline Body) - Authorised by the Italian Ministry to issue pedigrees for purebred cats

Siamese cat Cattery

Demogorgon +39 3457007372

info@gattisiamesi.com

FIFé registered Cattery

(Féderation International Féline)

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In this section you will occasionally find my breeders being removed from the breeding program. Read carefully what motivates me to have made this choice and contact me in case you are interested in a former breeder of mine.

After the article you will find (if available at the time) the possible breeding stock: if there are no cats listed it means that there are currently no breeding stock to give up. After reading the article please read carefully the section "Conditions for having a Siamese of mine" and if you share them please feel free to call me for an initial phone acquaintance.

I firmly believe that even breeding cats are entitled to a companion cat's life, spent on the couch, playing or purring to his human.

Breeders, however, go through some very intense times: for the female, heat can be a very stressful phase as they are cyclically looking for a male to mount. Because of the hormonal upheaval during oestrus, female cats may (not all are the same) sleep as little as a few a day and arrive destroyed at the end of the cycle. In some cases the search for a male distracts them so much that they tend to eat less and lose a lot of weight (again, this varies from cat to cat).

I would also remind you that the she-cat is a different mammal from the bitch or the woman (who have monthly cycles in the case of the woman or semimonthly cycles in the case of the bitch): the she-cat is a seasonal polyannual animal. This means that her oestrus is related to the amount of light that causes melatonin to be lowered: a mechanism is then established involving the pituitary-ovarian axis that determines heat. From March (when the days get longer) to October (when they get shorter) the cat can have countless oestrus of varying duration.

In addition to oestrus, one must consider parturition, which, as with females, is an extremely intense and exhausting experience. In addition to the moment of giving birth itself there is the care of the kitten and as is well known, the cat (due to the hormones in her system) does not spare attention to the kittens and devotes practically all her time to them. Also not to be forgotten is lactation, which often leaves female cats very thin. After giving birth it can take even months for the cat to fully recover.

To avoid exploitation my feline association, Fifé (like others) places a limit of a maximum of 3 litters every two years. I even prefer only one litter per year, for the reasons stated earlier. I decided before I started breeding that my cats would not spend their lives making litters, not being able to enjoy life as a pet. After 2, maximum 3 litters, each cat will be spayed and given away as a pet cat.

In fact, it would not make sense to keep all former breeders in the cattery (the converse also applies to males, which are used for few matings, since a whole male lives in the constant search for a female): this would in fact lead to overpopulation, which is the cause of two very serious phenomena that would very negatively affect the cat's life:

-psychological stress

-greater likelihood of spreading any viruses

That of rehoming (rehoming) former breeding stock may seem like a harsh and calculating practice: it is actually quite the opposite, as -in my opinion- it is the only way to breed and not exploit one's breeding stock.

The adult cat after an initial moment of bewilderment will adapt just like a puppy and will love its new human-carefully selected by me-as much as it loved me also because it will discover an environment with fewer cats (I already keep a few) in which it can be the absolute protagonist of human attention. (For obvious reasons a former breeder will go to stay in households that have at most one other cat otherwise there would be no point in re-homing him).

Obviously the separation is hard, and that is why I will carefully select new families to take in my former studs and broodmares, just as I do for puppies: there will be a contract to sign and the usual presentation by phone and visit to the cattery. The cost is obviously more modest than for a puppy for obvious reasons, and it can be an opportunity to get a purebred cat from a serious breeder that you could not afford before.

RETIRED CATS

DEMINO (Rehomed)

MARIANNE (Rehomed)

DALLOWAY (Rehomed)

AUDREY (Rehomed)

DRUSILLA (Stays with me also as a neuter cat)