[Closed] British Blue cat breeders.

Hi. Not a british blue breeder but British Shorthair tabby/silver spots. We have one each. Big, fluffy, stupid, affectionate cats. The males are huge too.

I found this website useful for finding pets up for adoption (it was how we found ours), and they categorize to breed so searching is easy;
http://www.pets4homes.co.uk/

Always wanted a British Blue. Beautiful creatures.

at their nutritional research site in Waltham they had a room called "the cuddle room" that 4 or so Of the biggest most beautiful and affectionate British Blue cats I have ever seen.

Tell us more about this. Sounds surreal.

Jambourgie:
This was over 10 years ago, when I worked for Mars.
The main petfood sites were in Melton and Peterborough.
Waltham was head office and had attatched to it the nutritional research centre.
Absolutely amazing place. Every recipe developement had to be tested on a variety of breeds (dogs especially due to variety od sizes and metabolisms). So the place is set up like a series of sections connected together in like a honeycomb pattern. Each section is separate to avoid risk of infection, and visitors are not allowed to touch the dogs and cats in the centre to avoid infecting them. All animals in the centre get a full and acitive training and play regime (in the courtyards between sections, and other areas).
Because visitors are not allowed to touch most of the animals (to protect the animals from visitors!) they had this one room that visitors could interact, and it had the most fussed over and loving british blues you could imagine. I crouched down to stroke one and another got jealous ans put its paw on my leg to get attention....it felt like a small childs weight being put on me!
Waltham is a brilliant place and is why I still use their products today despite no longer working for the company.

Wow. Sounds well 'Willy Wonka' 😀

That sounds awesome, and that link has now left me with a load of cats I want to adopt 🙁 (but cant)

Pets4homes is good, but nothing on there currently, plus a recomendation from the STW hive mind is the best of all recomendations.

I am fairly sure Howard came from a place called Sturt farm in the Cotswolds but that was about 10 years ago. My parents took on a couple of very nice British Blues a year or so ago. I will ask them later where they came from.

I will ask them later where they came from.

Well, when a mummy cat and a daddy cat love each other very much, they cuddle in a special way...

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he lives with us. 😀

Qwerty, such a beautiful cat. Would love one exactly like that!

Singletrack helped us find this wonderful dog:

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.... So I have high hopes that someone out there knows of the perfect source for a chunky opulent British Blue. 🙂

CHB - we brought ours in 2010 from a breeder called Trudie Hallatt, somewhere around Cambridge area, not sure if she's still breeding, but you could call her on 07901945463.

Thanks Qwerty, will be certain to get in touch!
Any other folk with British Blue ideas?

Mowgli is awesome!

How much are they?

I can get a number for you for a breeder in FOD/ S Wales mates have picked up their British blue kitten this weekend and he is very cute. Let me know

Pit.b: please do. Really keen to get the right cat and happy to travel for the right addition to our family.

The Labrador's in for a shock...

I know! Brilliant.
Our cat was 18 years old when she died recently, so she was too old to be bothered with a giddy labrador.
When our cat was younger she grew up with (and outlived) our previous dogs. She had those dogs VERY well trained, and both of our old dogs were on call as heated catbeds when needed.
Now we have a new-ish dog, that has never realised that a dogs tail is the best cats plaything EVER. I really look forwards to a cat that can put the final aspect of the dogs training into place.

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Qwerty, you can stroke my pussy if I can stroke yours. 🙂 😯

We are in Stroud.

Can never have enough cats. I'd have more if the wife hadn't pulled rank...

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We have a silver and black shorthair awesome cats!

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We recently lost out BB 'Puddle', by a mile our top cat yet! BB are such great cats, real charaters, he was always in eyesight of me, never any trouble, huge cat in every way.

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Drop me an email if you want details of the breeder (his sister won champion show cat at a recent cat show)

Thanks Ski, email sent.

Worst (but prettiest) cat I have ever owned. cost a fortune and was moody, unaffectionate and totally dismissive, was totally unaffected by her passing. rubbish cat.

Her Son on the other hand was the best cat I have had to date. he died a few weeks ago at 18. rip tom x

The contact I have is call Eve the number is 01594 835361 is based in Coleford. I am just in from seeing the kitten there pick up Friday he was so cute

cats and dogs tails eh

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I'm really not a "cat person" but I know someone with two British Blues and they really are fantastic animals. Can't help loving the fact they're like mini bears.

Just been to visit here:

http://www.xzibit-cats.co.uk/

Stunning cats and a lovely commited breeder.
So think we will go on their list for next litter.

Those blue cats are lovely. I like

If it's the colour you like how about a blue oriental? We used to have one until his kidneys packed in. Siamese and orientals have bags more personality than British shorthairs. He looked exactly like this..

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The breeders above have a hairless sphinx cat, fantastic personality almost non-catlike.
However for us we want a big lazy pampered cat. Our labrador has enough playfulness for the family!

loddrik - Member

If it's the colour you like how about a blue oriental? We used to have one until his kidneys packed in. Siamese and orientals have bags more personality than British shorthairs. He looked exactly like this..

Blue colour is nice but I like cats to have short fur with slightly chubby build, not fat. Thin ones can be too boney for me. I also like them to have big heads. Siamese cats are fine but if they have rounder or bigger heads that will be very nice. Black is nice too. 🙂

@ Qwerty: Such a beautiful & lovely cat. Wish I could get it in my country.

We were in a similar situation a few weeks ago, our cat of 21 had to be put down and we lasted a couple of days before going to look for another kitten.

The wife had said I could have a British Blue ever since we watched "Cats & Dogs", although that is a Russian Blue I think.

But when it came to it she said she didn't like the dark blue color 🙁

So we went to see some amber british shorthair kittens which were cute but didn't grab me.

The next day we went to see some more british shorthair kittens, some of which were blue/white, some blue, some tortoiseshell, etc.

Later that day we went to see a lilac shorthair, born from a blue tortoiseshell mum and a blue dad, who was a big bruiser of a cat.

the lilac looks blue sometimes, and brown at others, depending on the background, so is a good compromise (!)

Ty is chubby enough around the face to have that same sort of look that a british blue has - which I was keen on as everytime I look at a British Blue I can't help smiling as they look slightly 'comical'.

He is now 20 weeks and we have had him for only 4 weeks.

He is fantastic fun with a great personality - I got home late from work yesterday and the wife was complaining that he had been waiting for me, looking out of the window.

I went upstairs to change and he came up and jumped on the bed ready for a play - I use a laser to get to to run repeatedly around the bed to the point where he stops and pants - not sure if that is good or not...

He goes really hyper a couple of times a day - normally just as we are trying to go to sleep, but maybe that will reduce when his nads are cut off in a couple of weeks 🙁

We got him at 16 weeks, which is slightly longer than normal as most breeders seem to let them go at 12/13 weeks.

Having seen the other kittens I would say that it is not worth going to see them until they are close to that 12 weeks as they have less 'personality' evident from which to judge whether they are right for you.

But having said that, Ty was pretty nervous of us when we met him, although he was calm and slept in the box on my wifes lap as we brought him home a few hours later, but he isn't nervous now and was at home almost immediately. But we could see his confidence, whereas we couldn't really with the younger kittens.

We are feeding him on Natural Instinct cat food :

http://www.naturalinstinct.com/categories/cat-food/

and also some Honeys, which is 95% meat, compared to whiskers at something like 4%.

His toilet is much better and his coat is softer than the softest thing you can think of, so it was definitely worth it.

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Funny reading my post from 8 months ago where I said I'd have more cats but the wife won't. She since relented and last week we added this...

Typical Siamese, in your face and won't shut up. That's why I have 4 of them!! 😆

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Lovely cats!

Just curious - would a British Blue be suited to outdoor life, and are they good hunters of rabbits etc?

TurnerGuy- That is one awesome cat you have there.

TurnerGuy- That is one awesome cat you have there.

sure is ! I just have to now train him to run behind the bike 🙂

I didn't notice the age of this thread, but it is worth looking at that cat food as it seems that a lot of cat ailments are down to the grain based foods they are eating.

less talk more pics 😀

More pics you say?

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How easy is it to introduce a kitten into a house wth dogs? Mine aren't agressive but the youngest is a big loopy thing who may do something stupid.

How easy is it to introduce a kitten into a house wth dogs? Mine aren't agressive but the youngest is a big loopy thing who may do something stupid.

I would advise keeping the dogs in a different room to start with, for their own safety, making sure your kitten is fully fed might also help the urge to attack your dogs too, but lets face it, cats rule in a mixed multipetural home 😉

We ended up with a lilac boy and blue girl...

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Now 9 months old, part of the family and have firmly trained our Labrador.

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Want. How much does a blue cost, out of interest (braces himself).

We have a Britsh blue/cream shorthair, have to say I'm not a 'cat person' but she's ace.

Just over 12 months old now and she has a fantastic temperament, so soft and playful not a bad bone in her body. Rolls over onto her back like a dog. Feel sorry for her sometimes as the kids often use her as a living doll before I have to rescue her.

She is more of a house cat but she does like to go outside although she never ventures too far away.

Would 100% recommend. Will dig some pics out tonight.

How much does a blue cost, out of interest (braces himself).

I think that depends where you are, down south breeders mostly seem to want around the £500 mark, but I think prices are less up north.

We saw ours on www.preloved.co.uk ( 🙁 ) and he was £400, although that was probably over the top in this case as he didn't have his vaccinations, etc, which they normally would.

In our case Ty was the runt of his litter of 6 and his mum rejected him 🙁

Another of the breeders cats, a silver tortoiseshell bsh, had kittens at the same time and 'adopted' Ty, so he had a mixture of hand and cat rearing.

All of his siblings actually died - it was his mums first litter and maybe too early for her.

Ty was very small for a long time which is why he didn't have his vaccs, and I think the breeder/breeders family wanted to keep him because of his 'journey', but her husband put his foot down - which is why he became available at 16 weeks instead of the more normal 12 or 13.

Used to breed and show Oriental Tabbies and Siamese for 15 years. Stopped when the ratio of cats to people in the house was a little strained at 27:2! We won the National Cat Show Supreme Champion in 1996, which is the equivalent of Crufts, so had no real reason to continue breeding after that... Just kept what we had as pets until there were none left . . . Just have rescued moggies now .

My advice would be to contact the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy, there address is (or used to be) 4-6 Penel Orlieu, Bridgwater, Somerset. Ask for a list of British Blue breeders, Associated clubs, visit a few shows, speak to people and sak their opinion on what they would look for.

As to the cost, I have no Idea now. We used to sell ours for £150 to £200 each, fully insured and vaccinated and not before 12 weeks old..but that was more than 20 years ago!

I was attacked the other morning whilst doing some important paperwork, I fear I may never know the true identity of that masked invader.

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Interestingly, looking at a couple of breeder's websites in my area, they say they will only sell to people looking for 'indoor pets only'. By that do they literally mean not letting the poor bugger out at all? Sounds a bit odd.

I think the bsh's seem to be predominantly house cats, so if you are looking for something that clears off after you have feed it they are probably not the right cat type.

One breeder said they don't normally get let out as they are nickable and another said that as well but also that they may be too friendly/not streetwise enough.

Another said that they would adapt to whatever.

We will let ours out into the garden in a while to see what happens, but we will make sure that we have our pied-piper device ready :

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which he goes nuts for :

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but I have had to buy spares as the mice don't last long and have metal bits underneath so you need to supervise the cat when using it.

Blue cat breeders?

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Henry..
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'Henry' appears to be a lioness in a fluffy onesie.

Some great pics on here!

Pixie as a kitten (kids picked the name so don't start)!

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Not much has changed 12 months on

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Great coloring on pixie 🙂

Poor cat here :

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Great coloring on pixie 🙂

Thanks. Her 'mum and dad' have just had their final litter before mum is diddled.

So tempted to have a younger brother or sister for Pixie.

Feeling sad - my cat died at the weekend.

Feeling sad - my cat died at the weekend.

bugger 🙁

Old age or something else ?

Posted a picture of the Smurfs, without which my comment seems a bit... huh?

Merdes removed it.

Weird.

I think it must have been old age. He turned up as young one maybe 15 or 16 years ago, and stayed around. He was a tabby, and had a lovely wildcat look to him, but he had a great personality, and an enthusiastic and sweet nature. He lived outdoors, and was an amazing hunter. He's now buried at one of the spots where he used to watch the rabbits.

He's now buried at one of the spots where he used to watch the rabbits.

RIP

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Thanks, TurnerGuy.

Your kitten is gorgeous - pure purrfection!

Henry in the jungle...

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I think the recently buried CEO of Total has been reincarnated in my cat :

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Happy Birthday Ty - 1 year old today 🙂

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And Higgins is now 18 months old and still growing:
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Aargh,[s] my eye[/s] I've been shot in the head!

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