Hi,

Just thought I would send you a quick email to let you know that Pipi is all settled in and everything is going well.  She is definitely very entertaining and has a bit of a naughty streak which makes life pretty interesting.  It seems she arrived just at the right time too… my 13 year old burmese cat who lived with my Mum and Dad in the Hawkes Bay was diagnosed with cancer and had to be put down during the first week I had Pipi; she definitely made it a little easier to cope with the news.

 Anyway, have attached a few pics of her.

 Take care and again, another big thanks from James and I for letting us purchase one of your mandaburms babies.

CARLA J   

Pipi is from Laura & Lordy 

Bella has been missing from Kilbirnie since 16th December 2006  Her family would dearly love her back . 

  Bella is from Larua & Lordy

Susu & Mr Beaver litter mates to Lordy

Mr Beaver is a stunning Blue Mandalay

Hi Leanne

 Just to let you that the kitten has really settled in well.  As you can see in the picture, she has made a real impression on our older Burmese.  In fact, it is like having two kittens in the house.

Chris

 Maggie is from Laura & Lordy 

We named our little princess "Minx" also known as Coco Chanel when on best behaviour, However approriately living up to her name "Minx" as she always wins us over with her intelligence and charm. So happy with our "Minx". I would like to thank you & Abbey for your re assurance through the decision making process. She is growing into an attractive young cat with a star, yet cheeky personality, and boy are those Burmese clever or what? Our very own mini puppy. In a good routine now (those first few weeks early mornings wake ups) she is well adjusted and really a chip off the old block. Enjoying quality human edible vege & fillet meals as well as only particular types of wet food. She did receive her very first (and I hope only) bee sting yesterday. She leaps & moves like a stealth, will have to watch her with those native birds. Will have to attatch a bell to an outside collar, as she doesn't like them.

She is adored, and loved. I think one of the luckiest cats to have found us. Such trust and a communication between cat & human.

Sarah & Zarrin

Minx (Elizabeth)  was a tiny wee kitten but with time she has caught up.

The Walton Litter

Caro & Lordy 

Well the kitties have settled in really well, even with the dog, last night the Sam (as per James' naming) and Tinkerbell is named Sydney or Syd for short in our house, were asleep on my fleecey jacket on the bed, and Maya was asleep on the otherside of the bed, they looked so cute. They also think playing in the bath attacking each other is great fun!

Syd is funny as she has been the one that has been making growling sounds at Maya, and hissing, whereas Sam just ignores her for the most part.

They are getting the run of the house slowly, and on the weekend they will get their first taste of the outside world.

I have attached a couple of pics of them from last night (Tuesday), feel free to add them to your website. The contrast in the bath is very good.

(Lordy's parents)

Just a quick update - the boys have grown fast - Tom is the first photo and Ned the second.Photos were taken today - to get both of them in one photo and looking at me is impossible!! They do EVERYTHING together - yes even get into trouble together!! Learning to climb trees has been entertaining - no problem for Ned to get up and down, but Tom... Up no problem but down - he kept trying it head first - a bit of a problem 10ft up a cabbage tree!!

They are booked in with Mary (the Vet)next Saturday (7th April) to have their "bits" removed - we've been a couple of times already. Obviously first time for second vaccinations and she couldn't get over how relaxed they were. She had trouble listening to their hearts because they were both purring so much. Other visit has been for what she terms dietary indiscretion - they chew anything....insects, leaves, bugs to name a few and we had a short bout of the runs because of it!! As you can gather they love the outdoors and they were very annoyed that I wouldn't allow them out during the rain this week, but they are making up for it today. They have also introduced themselves to a number of people in the park that borders our property - whoops I've just heard a crash in the kitchen - better see what they are destroying now.

Yes they have REEAAALLY grown - we've been a couple more times to the vet since desexing.....Tom had trouble with getting down from a tree....xrays etc but it was just a bad sprain (thank god) so the vet has a very good measurement of his weight growth!!!! There is now very little between them... although in Mary's words (the vet) Tom is going to be a very big boy ( Mac truck version) and Ned.... well he didn't need x-rays but he is the "refined" version. We have to go once more at the end of May for next vaccination and she said she would be disappointed that she won't need to see them for another year - she really loves them... they are so relaxed with the cage/travel/vet thing - always purring!!! She loves their temperament.

Tom & Ned are from Briar & Lordy

The Preacher's Boy Litter

Hi Leanne!!
I thought I would share some photos of Monte & Carlo
Carlo is settling in really well. They play all the time, and I let Carlo out during the day if I’m home for a couple of hours so he can run around. Had him on a kitten leash for a few weeks just to keep him safe.

Carlo is naughty and claws the curtains we have had to spray him lots! He’s getting better though. Monte was really upset for a good 2 weeks, he played with Carlo lots, but didn’t give us any cuddles and never purred. But hes back to his normal affectionate self now J

Enjoy the photos, we love the cats.

Jeremy 

Monte is from Caro & Lordy

Carlo is from Briar & Lordy

HI Leanne

Emailing you has been on my list of things to do for several days!!

They are fine, after the initial vomiting episode – thanks for phoning back. We did as you suggested and stuck to dry food the rest of that day and the next morning, and since then everything has been fine. When we first arrived home  they were very tentative and explored very slowly. However before long they were playing chasing and climbing up curtains – we have a water pistol and it seems to work – we have to be on the ball and ready with it though. Reeeeeeeeeeeeeee (that was a kitten climbing on me and the keyboard!

 They are sleeping in the laundry in their basket (although often I find them in the washing basket!!). We had a great few days with them until we all disappeared to school and work, but they seem to be coping fine. Pooing and weeing fine. They haven’t got the run of the whole house yet – just going slowly extending room by room – they just love exploring and we have a big house so I can see that sometimes it might be hard to locate them.  

They are very playful – but also will sit and cuddle and purr depending on their mood - and the boys just love them to bits.  

We had a bit of a saga over names. Everyone had different favourites so in the end the boys organized a draw. (Bonnie was favoured to stay Bonnie by some of us!). However we have ended up with Min (for Bonnie) and Diego (for Charles). A rather weird combination but we have stuck with the results of the “draw”!!

 They are just delightful.

Thank you so much.

They are now both climbing on me better go!

Judith

sorry photo isnt fab im not very good with the camera!! Felix our son and heir is thriving He is the most adorable cat in the world! as he is such an unbelievable sook, its almost as if he is on happy drugs! His favourite mode is to sit in your arms like a baby he will sit there until your arms get tired!

We have a hectare of land and now have sheep along with our chickens..in fact Felix new hobby is to sit under the trees watching the sheep, or pace up and down outside the rabbits run! or to glare at the chickens from the top of their nesting box!!! Rich has wangled only working three days a week and i have job just down the road we are trying to calm our lives!! But something is missing!!! we thought it was another dog..but have gone off the idea! we adore our whippet too much and getting a dog to fit in with our cats is impossible all dogs seem to want to eat cats..and our cats are our children! the whippet understands this and knows she is failry low in the pecking order So wed like to add to our cat collection!- Will you only be having ebony mandalays in your next litter? if i got another black cat how could i tell them apart!!!? and do you think another male would be ok? Stich and Felix still argy bargy occasionally but they unite against our old girl moggy! luckily she ignores them her overiding desire is cat biccies! Felix stays on the bed and Stich the cream burmese gets in! so they have it sorted now! anyway I hope that youd consider us for another mandaburm, Felix has the most amazing nature that i believe is a product of his wonderful dad and being raised in your family, nothing fazes him, and he has mountains of love to give out, plus he is a stunner to look at and is very warm in bed! will try and sort out some better photos where he is looking at the camera!Look forward to hearing from you

I thought I'd let you know I am having so much fun with Sam and Basil. They are such good company, I'm not working at the moment and so I'm getting to spend loads of time with them. We took them up to Jaffrays land up on the East Coast and they loved the countryside. Chasing flies,lying on the deck, going for walks with us.And they didn't mind going across the river in the row boat. They are fabulous!!

I wanted to write to you to let you know that we are absolutely delighted with Mandu, short for Kathmandu (was Matt) & Inca (was Sylvia). It was absolutely the best thing to have the two of them, they are best buddies ,even though their play fighting can appear very aggressive at times.

We do let them out in our small garden but only when we are there to keep an eye on them.

I have attached some photos for you to see how they are developing. I think Mandu is extremely handsome although we can't work out why he has such short whiskers - we don't see Inca nibbling them.

We celebrated our 1st birthday yesterday! We have recently moved to a new house which is quite a lot bigger and we just love having the extra space to run around and play hide & seek. There are other cats around but they seem a friendly bunch so we haven't been in any fights. Mum & Dad are off to England today but we have some lovely people who are moving in to look after us.

(Unknown to us and most unusually, one of our 2 little darlings let a large live rat go upstairs in our bedroom sometime yesterday, and then tried to pretend he hadn’t, it was the other brother. Pete and I had a nightmare of a night, all night, trying to trap it. Both were quite interested in that….without us knowing at the time, it had got up in through the back of our rimu chest into a clothes drawer and had eaten its way through some of my most loved scarves!!!!!! I am furious. THE BURMESE BOYS ARE IN TOTAL DISGRACE. I can’t believe I am even thinking I want another one.)

Hullo to Abbey also. Regards to all.
Annabelle

Charles is from The Little House Litter

Litter brother to Laura & Carolyon

Dear Leanne & Co,

Thought that it was about time that I dropped you another line or two ....wouldn't want you thinking that I had forgotten you. Mum also thought thatyou might like a couple of photo's of me so you can see how much I have grown.

I am well and truly settled here now and have I got the other two girls sorted out. Didn't take me too long to let them know who was going to be 'the boss'.

Mum has been wondering how my sister's are doing .... she did tell me briefly about them. Gosh!! I'm sure glad that I have turned out for the better 'cos mum and dad might have given me back and I might not be living the life of riley like I do now.

I was just a tiny bit naughty tonight and even mum got mad with me. Mum hadcooked a lovely leg of pork for dinner and boy! it sure smelt good!! When mum wasn't looking for a very brief moment,I decided to inspect the meat a little bit closer. I got such a fright when mum returned to the kitchen to find 'moi' nibbling ever so carefully on a corner. Didn't think she would mind sharing just a wee bit!! I'm even getting used to the water that mum and dad squirt me with when I accidently jump onto the kitchen bench.

Anyway .... hope that you like the photo's of me. This one with my big sister Tilly.

ChocChoc is from The Herb Litter

Litter Sister to Rosemary & Jasmine

(Mum Briar)

Hi Leanne

An amusing incident the other day when we got home after 4 hours to find them chasing leaves up the drive in the breeze (they hadn’t really been outside before).  They’d managed to find and step on an old remote garage door opener on a shelf to let them selves out!  Not only that, they’d also managed to turn on both the TV and stereo with the remotes as well.  Quite the little party during our absence!!!

I’ll send a picture through (as soon as their fur has grown back following their op)

Regards John 

-- Clare Smith, Wellington, New Zealand

Jack is from The Little House Litter

Litter brother to Laura & Carolyon

Thornton House  

A luxury bed and breakfast experience in Cambridge, New Zealand (you can even sleep with MandaBurms)

I thought that you would probably like an update on how your babies are doing. Photos attached.Sylvia is so gorgeous and cuddly, he demands to be cuddled and tucks under your neck. Burma is still the huntress, up trees, racing around, she has her eye on our lamb at the moment and keeps biting her, she is a hyperactive maniac, not very cuddly, she much prefers to sit on you rather than cuddled up, but she is very pretty and has us laughing. They sleep with the kids at night which is cute. We recently bought them a cat tunnel to play in, which is great for entertainment, it came complete with catnip balls inside it, which Sylvie immediately pulled off. They eat like Trojans, anything and everything - not sure that toast with peanut butter and jam is good for cats, but they have that every morning - Sylvie goes mad over it. They love salmon, meat, rice, in fact anything but cat food, they don’t do tinned cat food. They do eat some of the dried food, but only if there is nothing else. So everything is pretty good.

Hope you enjoy the photos.Regards

Julia

We thought we'd drop you a quick line to let you know that Meg is just fabulous and has slotted right into our family as if she had been with us for years!!! She is a typical burmese and basically acts as if she is our third child. She will do almost anything for a shred of grated cheese! She is tremendously socialised and her and our Connor (3 years) are great mates. As I type she is curled up next to him in bed. She has had her 2nd vaccine and has a clean bill of health. We love her -thanks for doing such a great job!

Meg is from Caro & Lordy -