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Blue Jeans is Finally Here!

At last! After almost a year I finally have little Blue Jeans! My first Exotic Kitten! She is adorable!

I went to pick her up from the Breeders around 4pm. They gave me a last few tips and off we went! I had to put her in a Travel Case for the trip back home that is approximately 30kms. She was SOOO good while we were driving back! Only a few little "miaauw's" in the beginning and when I arrived back home she was fast asleep in her Travel Case!

Back home Francois was waiting for us! He was so excited to see her! It was so amazing to see how easy-going Blue Jeans is! She was not shy or stressed out at all! She Immediately started to play with us while exploring her new home. It was as if she was already staying with us for months! She was so happy and relaxed! Breeders normally keep kittens until 12 weeks old to make sure they adapt easily when meeting their new owners, because then they are much more sociable.

We bought so many toys for Blue Jeans that she couldn't decide which toys to play with! She seemed to be most interested in the 'ball & feathers on a stick'! The 'Cheese Chase' was also a familiar toy to her as she had the exact same toy at the Breeder's home. She played for a few hours and then I put her on the upper level of her scratch post with her pink blanket folded around her for a nap. Check out this video clip of Blue Jeans playing! It is really cute!! We are truly blessed to have a special kitten like Blue Jeans! She has a beautiful personality and is not shy at all! She loves to play and is very affectionate! When we pick her up or scratch her ears, she immediately starts to "purrrrr" with her eyes closed!

Blue Jeans 12 Weeks Old

On 5 April 2009 Blue Jeans was 12 weeks old! Here are some pictures of her taken last weekend. Her big round eyes are starting to turn into a yellow-orange colour (it was blue) like it is suppose to do.

Francois and I decided on little Blue Jeans, because of her sunny & playful personality. There was another beautiful boy that we could choose from, but we both were already in love with Blue Jeans! When we went to the Breeder's house to visit her I was in such an awe of all the beautiful cats and kittens!

All of these adorable "flat-faces" with "huge-heads" and "big-round-eyes" were staring or playing with us! I was so excited to see so many of my favourite Cat Breed in one house! It was an amazing experience!

Blue Jeans is Mine!

Today one of my dreams came true! I finally got a definite YES from the breeder! I met with the top Exotic Shorthair Cat breeder in Cape Town (again) today at the local Cat Show in Durbanville, regarding the purchase of a little Blue Exotic Kitten. I have been waiting for a kitten for almost a year now, but it was worth every minute!

Because I wanted the specific colour (Blue) and specific breed (Exotic), I needed to wait for the perfect little kitten to be born and then allocated to me. Because the breeders (Cracker Exotics & Persians) are mainly focussing on Show Cats and not Pet Cats, people that want to show with the kitten get an advantage and "jump the waiting list". In a litter there are also more Show Cats than Pet Cats, so if you don't want to show, you might be waiting a bit longer for your kitten. The breeders are also VERY STRICT when giving the kitten away to a perfect home.

You can visit their website of the breeders at www.crackerexotics.com

So when I met Amanda & Pat again on Saturday 7 March 2009 at the Cat Show, I was asking her again about the litter she has at the moment. Lucky for me they did have Black and Blue Exotic kittens available! I was SO excited! Amanda knew that I was waiting for a Blue Exotic kitten for a while now, but her only concern was the showing of it.


The one kitten that she could give me was Show Quality (not pet quality) and she wanted the new owner to show with it. I didn't know this, so I didn't even ask them, although I wanted to give the whole "show-thing" a go... So after a long chat Amanda said I can get the kitten if I would show with her, otherwise if someone else comes along that wants to show, she will give that person perference and I need to wait a bit longer for another litter..

I immediately said "YES, I will show!" Because it has been on my mind for a while now, I didn't even hesitate! So that's when we came to an agreement and little Blue Jeans was allocated to me!

I was SOOO happy! I was jumping up and down while walking to back to our car and my husband just shooked his head and smiled at me..! :-)

On our way back to Bloubergstrand, I thought of the name "Katrien". It is an Afrikaans name and the English for it is "Catherine". Katrien is only 8 weeks old and I can go visit her when she is about 12 weeks old. I can't wait!!