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Bane - Breeder Profile
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Sue Pyrke |
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Bane |
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Co Durham |
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07950 461519 |
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Email: |
sue@suesworld.me.uk |
Website: |
www.suesworld.me.uk |
| Breeds: | LaPerms | ||
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What was your first cat (name, breed and colour)?
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FatCat – a large longhaired ginger moggie! |
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How did you get into breeding? |
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Having owned a couple of moggies and an unregistered Siamese, I wanted to
get a Lilac Point male neuter Balinese to show. Balinese being rare
commodities, I ended up plumping for a Red Point female kitten – she was in
London, I am in the North East of England, so it was a day long trip to get
her! When I collected her the breeder nonchalantly said “She’s on the
active so if you want to give breeding a try you can”… So I did!! |
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How did you decide on your breeders prefix? |
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I love foreign languages and secret and/or double meanings. I wanted a name
that was very short so that I had plenty of letters left for individual
kitten names. I can’t remember how I discovered it but I found that Bane
means ‘long-awaited child’ in Hawaiian. It seemed to suit the fact that I
had waited a long time for every thing to come to fruition with the cats and
has a double meaning as in modern English it means ‘that which causes ruin
or woe’ – I think all cat breeders will sympathise with that at some point! |
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How do you decide on kitten names? |
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The foreign languages and secret meanings come in to play again. I
particularly like Spanish words and those themed on video games or films
which are family passions. I usually find that one kitten gets a nickname
or at the time a litter is born I like a particular film or character and
then I expand the theme to the litter. For example, Bane Laberinto
Del Fauno named in honour of my favourite director, Guillermo Del Toro, and
one of his films, Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto Del Fauno)...suitably
Spanish of course! |
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What attracted to you to the LaPerm’s? |
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It was quite a twisty route from Siamese to Balinese to Cornish Rex to LaPerms. Basically I like cats that are lithe, colourpointed, longhaired and curly…I’ve just produced my first Blue Tabby Point longhair LaPerm, Bane Princesa Moana aka Bubbles who ticks all the boxes so is probably my dream cat!
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Who was your first LaPerm? |
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The infamous Bane Ichabod Tiponi aka Ichs. He was the son of my first
breeding queen Doral Whimsical, the above mentioned Red Point Balinese. We
had a struggle to get him – Cally was a less than ideal mum as she fretted
and attacked her own kittens so he was the only survivor of her last
litter. I was so proud of him that I made a great deal of fuss about him on
email groups and a lot of people would approach me at shows to see the boy
in the flesh. He was one of the breed’s first merit qualifiers so has his
own little place in history.
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What is life like with a LaPerm? |
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Hectic! My cats are kept in an outdoor run while we are out of the house
– this primarily keeps them in a safe environment but also protects the
house when we can’t see what they’re up to…one or maybe two LaPerms would be
manageable but when you’re approaching double figures, well, things get a
little more complicated! They are so full of life, confidence and most of
all love that there is never a quiet moment with them – well maybe for the
half hour or so when they all take over the sofa (and I mean take it over -
completely!) for a catnap – god help you if you’re underneath that heap!
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What is your funniest LaPerm moment? |
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There are lots of course but I usually don’t appreciate the humour until some time later… A recent example is this years Christmas tree fiasco. Whilst trying to position the tree, I was getting increasingly frustrated and upset as it became obvious the tree I had chosen was far too big for the room… We decided it was best not to proceed with the kittens in the room as they just thought it was all one big game. We started chucking them out the door (gently of course) but each time we got one or two out, one would rush back in…of course! That’s part of the game isn’t it?? The icing on the cake was that when we finally achieved the task of evicting all the kittens, we turned around and lo and behold, during the diversion their granddad Ichs had managed to get himself inside the tree ‘sock’ and was having a whale of time!!
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What advice would you give to someone wanting to
start breeding and/or showing? |
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| That’s hard – I could write a book filled with advice, I’m sure most breeders could! If I had to choose the most important thing it would be, make friends and mix with as many other breeders as you can – I’ve noticed that the people who stay around the longest, survive the hardships and do the best are ones who are open and friendly, listening to and learning from other people as well as passing on their own help. It’s all about sharing! | |||
A selection of Bane Cats and Kittens - click to enlarge.
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