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We are Eric and Elizabeth James, we have
lived in the lovely county of Hampshire since1990 and this is where we
started breeding our beautiful Burmese and Asians cats.
History
Pedigree cats have owned me for 40 years, first a Siamese and then Burmese.
When I first met Eric (ballroom dancing, our other major hobby) I had a one
eyed red Burmese called, what else, Nelson. They immediately became best
buddies, it was Eric’s first introduction to pedigree cats and he was an
immediate convert.
When we moved to Hampshire in 1990, we acquired a friend for Nelson a brown
Tortie female called Emma (the Lady Hamilton). Nelson was like his namesake
an adventurer, one day he ventured too far and was hit by a car, I was
devastated and Emma and Eric almost inconsolable.
On looking to move the estate agents thought we were mad when we turned down
perfectly good houses because they weren’t suitable for cats. We finally
found the perfect place at the end of a Close and away from trouble.
It was Eric’s 60th Birthday and I bought him, as a surprise, another red
Burmese from my sister Karen called Karesama Dartagnan. Named Oliver at
home, he has the gentlest of temperaments so we tried our hands at showing
He did quite well and we were hooked. However, after he had won two PC’s he
spent one show sitting in the corner with his back to us clearly not
enjoying his day and although he was still a perfect gentleman Eric decided
to retire him.
In the meantime my son who is allergic to animals got married and left home
and we decided to try our hands at breeding. I went of course to my sister (Karesama)
who had been breeding cats with some success for over 20 years, we waited
for the right girl examining every female in every litter until at last
after a wait of two years she felt she had a potential champion and breeding
queen. So we bought our foundation Queeen Grand Champion Karesama Moonlite
Serenade aka Sasha. Karen then fell in love with Burmillas and eventually a
spotted girl Champion Riverdance (Chloe) came to join the household, well
she was too good to be a pet and Karen didn’t have room for her! So began
our Asian breeding in particular Tiffanies, because unbeknown to us Chloe
carried the longhair gene.
Telephone Elizabeth
James : 01489 891474
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