Our History
The Very Beginning
As a child our family had a Seal Point Siamese cat called Miss Tibbs. Miss Tibbs came from a work colleague of my mother's who was moving abroad. I had been pestering for a cat for some time. My dad and I went to see her and, of course, came home with her.
Miss Tibbs was most attached to my mother but I have been smitten with Siamese ever since. Beautiful and full of character, I would not be without one by choice. Tibbs lived with my parents until she was 18 years old and I missed her a lot after leaving home.
First Steps
For our first wedding anniversary in 1990, my husband and I bought a beautiful Blue Point Siamese, Hazerick Dauntless 24a, whom we called 'Algie'. This picture shows him on a forest walk in the Lakes. He had an amazing character, winning over many non-cat lovers, beautiful looks and it was through him that we got into showing and, ultimately, breeding, though Algie himself was neutered.
Sadly, when he was two and a half, we discovered that he had a heart condition. After a change of diet, he continued to enjoy life to the full for a further two years. I think of him still.
In 1991 we bought a Seal Tabby Point female, Adrayam Empress Lian 32/1, whom we called Mistra, to breed from. We bred three litters from Mistra including Addeiam Suilee 32/3 (a Chocolate Tabby Point), Ch Chirachai Koko 32/1 (a Seal Tabby Point like her mother), both of whom were Fistra Marcopolo daughters, and Chirachai Fraser 24b (a Chocolate Point).
Suilee also had three litters but we were unsuccessful in breeding from her sister, Koko, who remained with us as a pet after neutering. Koko did very well on the showbench. Fraser didn't have the personality for showing but stayed with us to keep Suilee company.
Breeding Siamese is not always an easy hobby and following a turbulent few years during which Mistra, Suilee and Koko had difficulty getting on with each other (Fraser slept with whoever was in the best spot!), we took a break from our hobby. We waited for Mistra to live out her life before attempting to start breeding again.
In the intervening years, we lost Koko to a road traffic accident, despite living near a road which rarely had any traffic on it and really didn't go anywhere, and Mistra was as distraught as we were. We hoped Mistra and Suilee would get over their problems and settle happily in together again but it was not to be. Since we had bred Suilee ourselves, we were happy enough to re-home Suilee because it was in her best interests. She seemed happier without other cats.
End of an Era
In the Summer of 2002, Mistra died following a brief but brave fight against Cancer leaving us with just one cat for the first time in years, Fraser, her Chocolate Point grandson. Fraser was very lonely, and we were very conscious of a large hole in our lives. We took the decision to buy another Siamese and found Lili (Lagniappe Lily thePink 24c, a Lilac Point Siamese).
A New Beginning
Lili had her first litter of kittens in November 2003. She was a really good mum and her kittens were large, healthy and happy.