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Originally Posted by Depster
In my case, it's because the kitten is not born yet not because musim sejuk or what. I am savoring the beauty of my curtains and furniture while I still can, because I know they are going to be wrecked, heh heh. Uh oh, my other two cats won't know what'll hit 'em  .
Anyway, from what I had inquired, there's a lot of inbreeding going on in the Turks. The reason being is that the Turkish government is making it difficult for cat breeders to export the "van Kedi" from their country, mainly because they want to preserve these cats which they consider a part of their heritage.
Catalina, if you are really interested in breeding, then the best cattery I found on the net is Pairodocs. This cattery is responsible for introducing the breed in the US, they produce champion lines and they are one of the few who get their breeding stock from Lake Van in Turkey. |
ooohh... i simply love van kedi... in my eyes they dont look like normal persian at all.. touch them and you know they're not the usual typical moggies.. and to me persian are all the flat face long hair with the very heavy undercoats and fluffy and rounded apearance with a docile temperaments.
years back persian is the only long hair we know, (since we are little) and every long hair eversince is persian... its good that now we have a lot of long hair moggies in malaysia, it adds up to varieties...
and yes, depster, i've contacted pairodocs, they recomended australia since its nearer, its better for the cat, and i have to say its better for my pocket..
hehe.. but its true, they are very rare, and very unpopular. (if only i could get a pair of van kedi! which is even rarer!)
and thank you for your opinions kak Sha, catalina, i gained new knowledge already from you people, depster (maybe i could visit your van someday), and allycat, i watched that programme on NG chanel as well, twice! cats: aristocrats. too bad it was too short.. and afi76.
and kak Sha, maybe someday i could visit your lovely cattery? i've never seen norwegian forest up close and personal...
timbang-timbang, still unable to make up my mind... is it so common then? i mean the look of these turkish van? i thought they look unique... maybe i terketinggalan zaman?