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EC Liljans ÄlvaBlack silver blotched tabby,
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Yet another cat where we found love at first sight! OK, we have dreamt of a black silver tabby cat for quite a while, but we knew both Älva and her sister was already prebooked when we visited, so we had no hopes of finding a new girl and frankly we hoped none of the girls in the litter would feel right... But, there she was and both of us liked her best in the litter and way too much to leave and forget. Thanks to kind people, our favourite was suddenly available and even though the timing was not perfect, we could not let such a beauty and opportunity go :) Thank you Eva for letting us take care of the girl of our dreams!
Älva has now lived with us long enough to make us feel like she has lived here forever. She has a wonderful character, beautiful as a fairie and has a loud purr. When Älva was a kitten, she had some charming ideas, like chasing her own tail and carrying it around with the furry tip in her mouth as if it were a prey. We can still sometimes find her on a shelf, making funny noises with her tail in her mouth... She was growing so fast and is already a big cat with wonderful long body and very high legs. Her weight gain came quite fast after her second litter. What amazes us the most, is her intense look. Looking so mean and having the softest temperament is what forest cats are about! We love her look and lengths. Besides, she has a perfect NFO coat with superlong guard hairs and super texture with very slight silver feeling when she is in her best condition. Add to that ear tufts and not many people cares about the brownish parts... Älva is funny, cuddly and beautiful and a lap cat - we are so happy to have her with us!
Älva got her first litter during 2004 and our Enigma got the honour. They developed just great all of them. Her second litter was with S*Restless Lynx and they turned out just amazing! She managed both births by herself and we are very proud but a bit sad that we were not awake to keep her company. Gladly, she invited me to witness the birth of her third litter; father was WW09 GIC Casanova de Khazad-Dûm*F and they got six lovely kittens, our Fairies litter, born in January 2009.
Älva has been a great show cat and she got her European champion title without problems, always with great judgements and in 21 shows she also got 12 BIV, 12 NOM and 3 BOX. Perhaps she will be shown again as a neuter, but until then she will most likely have a rest.
For quite some time, there has been such tension in our home between Älva and our other cats. We have tried to move her around between our cat groups (fertile females/neuters/ fertile male) but finally we realised that we just had postponed the inevitable. She moved to live with friends of ours who have her son Spinner and another cat. She enjoys her life there and start to get happy and back to normal again. If all continues to work fine, she will most likely have a host litter this autumn.
HCM test on April 21, 2005 and March 26, 2007 -
Älva is classified HCM normal at the age of 2 years of age by
Torkel Falk and at almost 4 years of age by Björn Åblad.
GSD IV test showed that Älva is GSD IV-normal.
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