BSH from StoeMagic’s Cattery
Welcome to our cattery’s website. We breed a small number of traditional British Blue Shorthairs. We occasionally give strong, well-socialised kittens over to responsible hands. We would now like to invite you to go on a little tour of our homepage - have fun and we hope you will have an interesting few minutes...
News
News from our cattery
From 01/07/2008 some kittens will be looking for a new home!
Update: 24/05/2008. All our little cuddly kittens are now seven weeks old and they are coming along brilliantly. Next week they will have to have their first immunisation.
Update: 18/05/2008. The kittens are now eating solid food and are nearly house-trained already. A few small technical issues on the website have been fixed.
Update: 03/05/2008. New photos have been added to the gallery and some text has been brought up to date. The kittens are now starting to play and are just getting cuter and cuter.
Our little home-page has been online now since 20/04/2008. The five "little balls of cuteness" have also opened their eyes.
During the night of 03/04/2008, our beloved cat "Bijou von Bergstroem" gave birth to five wonderful kittens in her litter. There are two females and three males, all of them are blue. (BRI a)
Regular Updates
- There will be regular updates i.e. the gallery will be expanded and updated.
- News about our cats, and of course our kittens.
Information
Information about the Breed Standard
The FIFé standard states that British Shorthairs (BRI) must have a stout, cobby body with a strong bone structure. Their chest should be broad with perfectly proportionate short, strong, muscular shoulders. A broad neck and short, thick tail completes the overall appearance of the cat. The head must have full cheeks and small, wide-set ears. The eyes should be wide, round and intensely coloured. The nose must be short but not flat. The coat should be short and thick with a velvety feel.
Short Overview
- Size: large to medium
- Head: round and massive with a broad skull
- Nose: short, broad and straight with a slight indentation but without a stop
- Chin: strong
- Ears: small and slightly rounded at the tips, set wide apart
- Eyes: large, round, wide open and set wide apart, copper or deep orange in colour
- Neck: short, very strong and well-developed
- Body: muscular, stocky broad chest, shoulders and back are strong and solid
- Legs: short and strong, round and strong paws
- Tail: short and thick, slightly rounded at the tip
- Coat: short and thick structure, does not lie flat, good undercoat with a fine texture
Important Detail
The British Shorthair (BRI) is not related to the Chartreux (CHA) which is an entirely seperate breed.
- Kartäuser & Co. give a comprehensive explanation of the differences between the two breeds here. (in German)
Photo Gallery
A Small Gallery for Our Darlings
Here you will find the most recent photos of our cute kittens and of course their wonderful father "EC Bosse von Harvest Moon" (BRI a) and their dear mum "Bijou von Bergstroem" (BRI a). Click on the picture to open a gallery where you can find out the names of our kittens.
Links
Important and Interesting Links
Here you can find further references, useful links and also a colourful range of sites about cats!
- The 1.DEKZV is our club - it is the only German FIFé member. (in German)
- The IG BKH is a community of interests for British Shorthair breeders who belong to 1. DEKZV e.V. (in German)
- The FIFé is the World Federation - it is the most important pedigree cat organisation.
- PawPeds is a very important site with lots of information for breeders.
- Katzenbaum.ch - Otto Bürgmann’s enromous scratching posts from glorious Switzerland. (in German)
- Lovecats is an online shop with lots of things for cats - and they make a breeder’s heart beat faster too...
- Royal Canin is our choice of food. There is also a lot of useful information here.