Here's Tigris

[Barbara]

Unfortunately he has a little flash-green eyes here, but nevertheless: Tigris, the good knight, the strong and majestic:

[neko1]

He's so handsome!!

[lailamara]

Yes he is a handsome fellow with lots of catitude. My two send admiring glances.

What a Cattitude yiou have , Tigris !!!

[Tina]

Awww....He is such a handsome boy!!

[All Creatures Great And Small]

He does look quite regal - what a lovely boy!

[2kitties]

Very handsome. Tigris, you certainly are a great knight.

[Edwina's Secretary]

: Tigris, the good knight, the strong and majestic:

the gorgeous, the elegant, the manly!

[Barbara]

Thanks Edwina, I'm charmed. Would you like a German gingerbread mousie or a clock where the mousies come out?

[Lillycat]

i am sure in all ways he is tremendously wonderful! i just love the coloring and the look of this "kind of cat".....hugs and kisses to you tigris!

[jenluckenbach]

Tigris is very hansome and regal looking.

[sasvermont]

Barbara, what a handsome guy you have there! He has such a shimmer to his fur! He would make pretty kittens. I suspect that is not possible anymore?!!

Thanks for the photo of your handsome boy!

SAS

[Barbara]

Yes and he has never taken a bath
But his fur is special, it is even softer than Filou's but with much more "underwool" . His brofurs and sisfurs (he was one of four) have grown up just as beautiful. If you look at it from that side it is a pity that he won't have babies but on the other hand we know that there enough charming kitties for everyone....

[sasvermont]

Barbara, when I brought Graemer and Miley home, the breeder tried to convince me to use Graemer as a stud to "recoop" my money, but I said I didn't want to risk him spraying the house, and that if he was going to be used as a stud, that Miley would have to travel with him! I think she gave up on me when she heard that comment. I love my cats, but know that there are so many spare kitties out there, that breeding more, for my sake, is not good. So, no off springs from my house!

If my/the breeder wanted some off springs from Graemer, then she should have kept him and dealt with the spraying etc. My breeder has only females in her house and her breeder-business partner has the males at her house. The males are kept in a building, in cages (really shower stalls with accomodations that are quite nice - they need to spray the stalls down with hoses because of the spraying).....and the females are all kept in my breeder's house - to roam at free will with all the comforts of home. Once the males mature, they are sold or used as studs but not in the house with the females. Sounds like business, which of course, it is. I just could not live with the smell of cat urine/spraying. Ugh. And besides, I am not sure Graemer would enjoy leaving the roost, but I will never know since he was altered at age 6 months.

[Barbara]

Filou's dad and Tigris dad were happy: both of them did not spray (some toms don't) and could live in the house with their "wives". Filou's dad Amor lived with Filou's mother Absolutely (called Abby) and three neutered males. Tigris dad with a Somali lady -but he courted the very young Siberian Forest Cat who was there only for a short time. They thought she could not have babies yet, but she could. That's life.

Tigris was neutered at 6 months, Filou at 9. I hoped he would look a little more like a boy if he grew bigger but when he started singing operas in the night (he's a baritone, you wouldn't believe it) this was it.

In my former cat life 20 years ago, we had babies from Grisette and I was with her when she got them. It was a wonderful experience but I hate the business aspect of breeding, especially for the poor studs.