Memory Lane:-

Four Feet In Heaven

Your favourite chair is vacant now
No eager purrs to greet me
No softly padded paws to run
Ecstatically to meet me

No coaxing rubs, no plaintive cry
Will say it's time for feeding
I've put away your bowl
And all the things you won't be needing

But I will miss you, little friend
For I could never measure
The happiness you brought to me
The comfort and the pleasure

And since God put you here to share
In earthly joy and sorrow
I'm sure there'll be a place for you
In Heaven's bright tomorrow
 

BZE DGC Koorahk Eirlys (UK Imp)

Lees was the foundation Queen of our cattery,born in Manchester (UK) on the 13th December 1989 & bred by Helen Hawkins. Her destiny, to bring new bloodlines to the depleted Korat gene pool at that time. Her first litter with "Charlwin Boeotia " of 5 females went to Korat breeders throughout Australia & so began a new generation of Korats, the first in approx. 30 years.
She proved to be a wonderfully caring Mum, never happier than when she had her babies around her. She went on to produce several litters of delightful kittens before being spayed at the age of 6 years.
 
Always a very gentle, loving lady she became our constant companion always ready for a game & often hurtling up & down our passage at the rate of knots. In her twilight years she spent her days resting in the sun on our deck or sleeping on her heat pad in our bedroom which was her domain. Due to Diabetes, her sudden passing on the 17 May 2008 has left a huge void in our lives, one that can never be filled.
 
She holds a very special place in our hearts & her memory will live on forever for those who knew & loved her.

 

GD PN Mikata Sable Benji (Brown Burmese)

Benny was born in South Australia by Margaret Robinson on 10th August 1985. He and his brother Nikki came to live with us in Darwin when they were 4 months old.

Benny was my very first cat but because of his gentle, quiet nature it soon became obvious that he did not enjoy the show scene, so he reverted to being a great companion to his "big" brother Nikki.

These two lovely boys gave us lots of enjoyment with their athletic antics and loving ways so it was with great shock and much sadness when I discovered that Benny had silently fallen asleep overnight one morning in 1994.

 

Mikata Sable Nikki (Brown Burmese)

After Nikki lost his brother Benny he became my shadow for a time until a stray blue cat wandered into our yard and they became friends.

Then when Oscar went to sleep our Thai blue point Princess became his companion. This was to be a beautiful friendship that lasted until Nikki passed away in December 2003 at the wonderful age of 18 years.

Both these boys were of a style no longer seen today and both had the very best temperaments. They are both still sadly missed today.

 

Oscar (Korat)

Oscar wandered into our yard one day and decided this was where he was going to spend the rest of his life! Having never seen a Korat before, I believed him to be a blue Burmese. He was in very poor condition having lived on the street and being in many fights.

A vet visit disclosed that he had an abscess on his face which was treated and he was neutered as well. When his condition improved it was obvious he was not a Burmese.

Eventually, a person in the Darwin Cat Association put me in contact with the person she believed was Oscar's breeder and so his breed was confirmed. He lived with us until he became ill with renal failure in 1995 at the approximate age of 14 years. We had to make the difficult decision to help him on his journey to a better place. This was a devastating time for us and all who had known him because of his beautiful, unique nature.

Little did I know the day Oscar walked into our lives that I would one day become the breeder of this beautiful breed.

Thanks for the memories and the inspiration, my darling Oscar

 

Ratchasima (Aust) Chulamai

  

Chula was born on the 9th March 1994. The only survivor of a litter of 4 he was then rejected by his Mum, so I hand raised him until a friend took him and placed him with a newly born litter of Burmese.

Prone to stalking and taking a nip of one's leg at times he none the less became a very competent vasectomised male who kept our girls happy between litters.

Chula was a very valuable part of our cattery until his passing in 2003, aged 9 years.

 

GD CH Koorahk Iantha's Gift (Imp UK)

Born on the 14th July 1995, Thea was bred by Helen Hawkins in Manchester UK and affectionately known as the Manchester Mugger because of her habit of grabbing passers-by by the ankle and hanging on.

A half sister to Koorahk Binky's Boy, she also carried 3rd generation Thai lines one her dam's side. Being quite large for a female she never quite made it on the show scene but made up for it by producing some amazing litters including two litters of 7.

She was especially enamoured of me and had the habit of leaping from the floor onto my chest especially when I had just come in the door with my hands full of shopping bags!

Full of character and extremely loving, my life was shattered the day my beautiful Thea passed away in November 2003 aged 8 years. I still mourn her passing to this very day.

 

Ratchasima (Aust) True Blue

  

Buddy was born on the 23rd August 2007 in Darwin NT. At 3 months of age he was sent to NZ as a breeding stud boy but, after discovering he was being mistreated I had him returned to me. After being nursed back to health he went on to produce two litters before being neutered.

He had some physiological problems from his early life and I could not bear to part with him again so Buddy became the boy that never left home!

He was every one's friend and he loved to play with young kittens. In later years he lived with his daughter Princess until his passing in December 2007 with renal failure.

We miss our Buddy enormously but know that he enjoyed a happy and contented life with us.