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| Name: | Val |
| E-mail address: | drvaleriehale@yahoo.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a curious Selkirk seeker |
| Comments: Hi,
I have been poking around on the internet and have been fortunate enough to email a couple of breeders of this lovely cat. I notice that either the persian/exotic or the BSH is used - and I truly like the BSH look over the persian/exotic. Any ideas where this breed is headed in looks? Also, (and I've already mentioned this to the very gracious Pam Sharp) but I'm interested in a male SH cream/red or blue. I like a large cobby cat - and BSH looks NOT exotic/persian. I like a cat with a nose and eyes that point forward!! Also I'd love to hear your information about the temperment of the Selkirk. I want a cat who wants me back and who will allow me to pet him/sit on my lap. Is the Selkirk smart? My devon rex spoiled me in that regard. Thanks,Val |
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| Name: | ABHISHEK |
| E-mail address: | I_M_ARYAN4U |
| What brings you here? | Other |
| Comments: HI REX I M UR'S BIG FAN & LOVE U HEART &SOUL. &EVEN VOTE FOR U LAST WEEK AT LEAST 1500 VOTES
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| Name: | ABHISHEK |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Name: | ABHISHEK |
| E-mail address: | I_M_ARYAN4U |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Name: | a |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Name: | Courtney |
| E-mail address: | jadee29@hotmail.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a curious Selkirk seeker |
| Comments: i'm looking for a breeder in Ontario. i would like a curly long haired Selkirk and preferebley in darker colours. I'm open to a kitten or an adult. | |
| Name: | Kati C |
| E-mail address: | kantique@telusplanet.net |
| What brings you here? | I'm a curious Selkirk seeker |
| Comments: I am anxious to find a breeder in Alberta, Canada. Even British Columbia, but Alberta would be best for me. Do any of you happy owners/breeders have any great Words of Wisdom to offer me on companionship? Thanks much, Kati | |
| Name: | Cullen Hanahue |
| E-mail address: | irishreads@yahoo.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Comments: Does anyone have any experience with homozygous selkirk rex cats? Any particular health problems or personality traits? We're interested in one as a pet and are looking for some input!
Thanks in advance. |
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| Name: | Bones |
| E-mail address: | gifthorse1@msn.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: Yesterday I got a little kitty (10-12 weeks old) She's sweet and loving but doesn't play at all. I'm told this breed is playful well in to adult hood. I'm hoping she's just adjusting and that she's o.k. Any advice? | |
| Name: | Bones |
| E-mail address: | gifthorse1@msn.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: Yesterday I got a little kitty (10-12 weeks old) She's sweet and loving but doesn't play at all. I'm told this breed is playful well in to adult hood. I'm hoping she's just adjusting and that she's o.k. Any advice? | |
| Name: | Trina |
| E-mail address: | trinacolleen@yahoo.com |
| What brings you here? | Other |
| Comments: I'm looking forward to my new Selkirk baby girl in a couple of months. We lost our beautiful curly boy last month to congenital heart disease at only 18 months old. Selkirk-seekers, please be careful where you buy your kitten. You can tell a quality breeder by talking to them directly and the good ones offer lifetime health guarantees for CONGENITAL diseases. My boy had runny eyes and my vet sent me to a compounding pharmacy where they made up drops that helped considerably. I do not know what they were made up of thow. | |
| Name: | Melissa |
| E-mail address: | sadaka01@msn.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a curious Selkirk seeker |
| Comments: We have a beautiful Selkrik, Lily, she is the sweetest kitty and we would love to get her a brother. If anyone knows a breeder in PA, NY or NJ please let me know. The breeder where we got Lil has stoped breedeing Selkirks. Thanks!! | |
| Name: | Debbie Longval |
| E-mail address: | llongvald@hotmail.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: We own Penelope, a straight longhaired pure white selkirkrex. She is spayed and 3.5 years old. She has been having wetting "accidents" on the carpet. Can you give us some suggestions to stop this behaviour. We've had to the vet and there doesn't seem to be a medical or physical reason. We also own Sebastien, a SHD grey cat about the same age. He is a nuetered male who joined our family a month prior to Penelope. We love Penelope so much and hate to give her away. Thanks
Debbie |
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| Name: | Alexa |
| E-mail address: | alexadav@hotmail.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a curious Selkirk seeker |
| Comments: Greetings
I would love to find a Selkirk Rex! I live near DC in Virginia and if anyone knows a breeder or a kitty I would love to hear from you. Thank you Alexa |
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| Name: | michelle jones |
| E-mail address: | jones9@uakron.edu |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Comments: Bo and her sister Muffy constantly have runny eyes. My vet said that due to the structure of their face tears can't run down as easily. They build up and can cause an irritation. I am not aware of any thing over the counter. I have found that wiping their eyes each morning when it is the most prevelant helps them.
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| Name: | Doug |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: Anakin's eyes also get like that. | |
| Name: | Alan |
| E-mail address: | Webfoot@Visi.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: Yes, I'm happy & in love with my great big Selkirk.
I have a question, however. He seems to constantly have a problem with his eyes "weeping". I am concerned that he may have a inherited deficiency. My vet says that his facial structure is just prone to this kind of condition and that he picks up eye infecions easily. Does anyone know if there is an over-the-counter eye treatment solution that could help me to help him? We have 3 other cats & he is by far the most fun-loving but independent of the bunch. He is very affectionate but wants it to be on "his terms". Thank you. |
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| Name: | emily |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Comments: this site is kewl. lol | |
| Name: | Heather |
| E-mail address: | candiegirl57@aol.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: Hello i just wanted to let everyone know that I recently got a Selkirk, I was buying a himalayn kitten and the breeder gave me the selkirk because she had way to many kitties! She is the best cat ever, her name is Lucy she has a dark brown face, tail and legs. The rest of her is a light brown and she has bright orange eyes. She is so curly our neighbors refer to her as "the jerry curl cat" she's very round I just love her!!!! She's very well behaved and she'll even carry on a conversation with you! She loves to be brushed but always ends up looking like a big poof after we brush her. I couldn't ask for a sweeter more loving animal, i would reccomend this breed to anyone looking for a sweet, well mannered cat.
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| Name: | elizabeth |
| E-mail address: | liz_ak@yahoo.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a curious Selkirk seeker |
| Comments: I live in Anchorage Alaska and i can't find anyone that has these cats I am wanting to purchase a Selkirk Rex. Travelling in Seattle, Washington and has a layover there or Maui Hawaii or Honolulu.
thanks. |
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| Name: | Jan Moulds(The sexy one) |
| E-mail address: | welshyguy@aol.com |
| What brings you here? | Other |
| Comments: Helloe Angela..I like your site..Your cats are great..Hows work going..Hope its well..Either email me back or tell vikki to tell me that yousaw this message....I will be on here all the time noe leaving you messages..so you better keep looking back on this site..
Love... Jan xxxxxxxxxxxx |
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| Name: | Lori |
| E-mail address: | helplori@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://help_lori.tripod.com |
| What brings you here? | Other |
| Comments: Enjoyed your sie.Keep up the good work. | |
| Name: | Gail |
| E-mail address: | potofgoldpromo@optusnet.com.au |
| What brings you here? | I'm a curious Selkirk seeker |
| Comments: We live in Melbourne and would love to find someone with Selkirk Rex somewhere close by. Is there anyone out there that can help?
Gail |
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| Name: | Gary and Jenny |
| E-mail address: | jengari@net2000.com.au |
| Homepage URL: | http://clients.net2000.com.au/~jengari |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Comments: We live in Australia and have just started to show our first Longhaired Selkirk Rex kitten. For one show I bathed him the day before and did not brush him. He looked like he had tiny little tight ringlets all over him but the ringlets layed very flat. His second show I bathed him 5 days before and brushed him after bathing giving his coat time to go curly again before the show. He had bigger fuller curls and his coat was fluffier but not as curly as the first show. We are the only people showing Selkirk rex's with our association so we can't compare our cats. Could someone tell us what the prefered coat presentation is in the US. Any tips on how others present their cats for a show would be fantastic. Thanks - Gary and Jenny | |
| Name: | Sue |
| E-mail address: | sue.veitch@sympaico.ca |
| What brings you here? | I'm a curious Selkirk seeker |
| Comments: I am interested in finding out more about whether this breed (esp. the short hair curly's) create allergy problems for those who with this propensity! I have found I am ok with some cats and not others - not himalayans for instance. Can anyone advise? I live in kingston On and would be interested in actually being able jto see/play with one for a bit to get a better 'feel' for them. They seem absolutely wonderful. Had cats for many years and would like to consider a kitten. Like the appearnce of the plush curls!
Any suggestions from anyone re locations nearby? |
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| Name: | unknown |
| What brings you here? | Other |
| Comments: I have a question...what other breeds oof cats do Selkirk cats get along with??? Please reply to this message. | |
| Name: | emily |
| E-mail address: | emmylee111@yahoo.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: I just wanted to write and comment that I recently purchased a Selkirk, Milo is his name, and he is the most precious kitty! I have owned only domestic cats before and wasnt sure if a purebreed would be any different, but he is indefinately! He is the biggest and sweetest cuddle-bug, and I would recommend a Selkirk to anyone! | |
| Name: | Miranda |
| E-mail address: | squidgirl@hotmail.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a curious Selkirk seeker |
| Comments: I am very interested in making my home a Selkirk kitten's own. Any breeder out there who has a litter can e-mail me at squidgirl@hotmail.com I live in Michigan, USA and am currently looking for a female. I would prefer to pick up the kitten (will travel to Ontario, Canada, Illinois and Ohio) but shipping is always an option.
Okay, with that out of the way.....I have been researching the Selkirks for a while now and I am very impressed with them. I am very eager to purchase and play with one. What are some experiences you have had with them? What, in your opinion is the #1 reason to own one (or let one own you)? Is there anything negative about them (besides the general litterbox mainenance EVERY cat comes with)? Do you have anything to say that would help me out in my quest for a kitten? I would appreciate any comments you have on the felines! Cheers! -Miranda |
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| Name: | kat steele |
| E-mail address: | kitkatpa1952@aol.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: I am thrilled with my selkirk---he has finally come out of the closet---and mia's teddybear is a character--he is playful but gentle--gets into everything---I am in danger of losing him--everyone who meets teddybear WANTS him---he is cream with tinge of orange to him--knows he is special---and I know that I will be looking to purchase another---prefer the shorthairs---my daughter is visiting from CA and wants teddy very much----I will be checking her carry on!!
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| Name: | Precious Curls Cattery/Jennifer Siemens |
| E-mail address: | jenrobcat@shaw.ca/jenrobcat@yahoo.ca |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Comments: Hello from Canada
Wow what a breed! I own Precious Curls Cattery, and thanks goes to Mary Devilian Jones, for her help and mentorship. She has given me my Anna and Blondie which started the whole dream. I now am on my 3rd litter with 3 show/breeder prospects. Anna had a blue and white male and a cream tabby and white female and to cream pointed. I also have Jenny (Blondies baby) due on June 3rd,02 she is a beautiful short haired cream point with tabby markings. She has been breed with a silver chinchilla male persian. I expect beautiful Silver babies. SO RESERVE now. Hopefully show/breeder prospects out of this litter too! I also have a new litter of Blondies, straight haired (long and short) with blue eyes and they will all (6) be cream pointed. If anyone is interested in one of these Selkirk Beauties, or to look at pictures of my kittens please email or call me! Jennifer Siemens Precious Curls Cattery Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada (only 45 min from the USA pigion river border) 807-345-3502 jenrobcat@shaw.ca or jenrobcat@yahoo.ca all CFA registered/or TICA by request thanks looking forward to sharing kitten stories! all raised underfoot, in a small cattery, all kittens are sleeping in my bed now, and will be ready for yours when you buy them at 10-12 weeks old to approved homes! Raised by me and my 5 year old son Robert! Very good with kids! and other cats Vet checked and vaccinated when sold |
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| Name: | Doug Shaw |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.dougshaw.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: ...so? Did they make it okay? Do your kids adore them? | |
| Name: | Angela Forgan |
| E-mail address: | Angela@selkirk-breeders.co.uk |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner
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| Comments: As Martin has just said below our two Curly Babies are coming over from Switzerland on the 19th February, 2002. We are all very excited and our two children aged 7 and 8 are counting the days before they arrive. We will eventually breed our female when she has recovered from jet lag! We live in Wales, UK and have a long journey to Heathrow Airport to pick them up but it will be well worth it. | |
| Name: | Martin Roberts |
| E-mail address: | martin@selkirk-breeders.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.selkirk-breeders.co.uk |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder
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| Comments: We will soon have a selkirk rex cat in britain which we intend to breed. If there are any people who are interested in this wonderful new breed within britain then please feel free to contact us.
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| Name: | Patricia Simmes |
| E-mail address: | psimmes@yahooc.om |
| Homepage URL: | http://azfancyface.tripod.com/cattery/ |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder
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| Comments: I love showing my Selkirks. It's exciting introducing a new breed. Selkirks do have infinite patience like I've seen everyone writing. They are a very loveable cat. We have a few litters each year, always watching to see if we're going to get curly or straight. It's a mystery, it's love at first sight! | |
| Name: | Jane Doe |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: Hello! I just aquired 2 Selkirk kittens this summer - A
shorthair orange cream (from Dahozho) & a longair smoke/ black (from Reigningcats).They're both curly girls. As for "infinite patience", mine certainly qualify! Both go limp when held & rarely struggle or claw. The little black one sits peacefully on my lap as I read outside the coffee shop below my apartment, totally unaffected by the blareing traffic & loving the constant attention of the patrons. They're angels! I also notice, however, that they are probably the clumsiest cats I have ever known! Is this typical of the breed? They're constantly falling from tables or bookshelves & colliding with eachother (and ones almost a year old!) the one ran down my hall headfirst into a closed door the other day! Question for black Selkirk owners - my black girl is about 7 months old and recently her coat is becoming very grey (with the exception of her face, paws, & belly).Is it a winter coat? Will it effect her show potential? (I know nothing about show quality, etc, but I'd like to try showing them) |
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| Name: | Jane Doe |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: Strange..my creme Selkirk absolutely loves eating plastic,
too! The sound of rusteling plastic bags evokes an exictement in her of unbelieveable proportions. Another odd obsession...one day I came home to find a pack of Wrigley's spearment gum completely ripped to shreads & scattered throughout the apartment (small bites taken out of each piece, foil & all) At first I immediately blamed the younger, black (& ultra mischevious) Selk.kitten, holding the gum under her nose "Does this look familliar???!!", strangely, she did not crumble under the interrigation (she is almost always guilty). Then, very calmly, her usually mature creamy step sister walked over, sniffed the gum, daintily pulled it out of my hand and walked away. Pepermint Chicklets have the same effect on her- she will walk across my chest & sniff my lips obsessively every time I chew it. |
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| Name: | Doug Shaw |
| E-mail address: | dou@dougshaw.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.dougshaw.com/anakin.html |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: Thank you so much for stopping by, Jeri!
It is so exciting to think that all of these people are enjoying their Selkirk Rexes, and that you are to blame! Anakin gets a big hug on your behalf tonight! Doug |
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| Name: | Jeri Newman |
| E-mail address: | jselkirknewman@juno.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Comments: Hi- I will probably never find this again, but anyhow--I
owned and developed the original cats, with lots of help from my friends, and am now back into cats- Love hearing all the happy owner stories and seeing pictures! |
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| Name: | Daniela Riner Switzerland |
| E-mail address: | triner@datacomm.ch |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.selkirk-rex.ch |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Comments: Hello,
I would like to announce a new web site made in Germany from a breeder friend. Further I would like to invite you to visit this site and to take the possibility to present your cats on it. We need pictures of all different colours of selkirk cats. We like to make famous this new beautiful breed in Europe and for that reason we need your experience and help. You have also the possibility to present there your cattery. The address of this new Selkirk Rex homepage is: www.selkirk-online.de Please mail your infos and photos at the Webmaster of www.selkirk-online.de. It would be great to get in touch with you!! Thanks! Daniela |
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| Name: | Rose Elle |
| E-mail address: | foldit@ihug.co.nz |
| What brings you here? | I'm a curious Selkirk seeker |
| Comments: Hi, I'm from New Zealand and looking to invest in some
Selkirks. I am looking for breeders to contact me with Available stock. I spoke to a new breeder in Australia who purchased a Male from US and he was sterile so I don't want this. I breed Scottish Folds/British Shorthairs and in the process of breeding Longhair Folds and British. This would be excellent for the outcross programme needed for Selkirks. If there is anybody out there wanting to help me please email me foldit@ihug.co.nz Many Thanks |
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| Name: | Doug Shaw |
| E-mail address: | selkirk@dougshaw.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.dougshaw.com/anakin.html |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: Lee-
The Selkirk cattery that I know of nearest you has the URL www.selkirk-rex.com, and is near Detroit. They would be a good place for you to ask. Doug Shaw |
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| Name: | Lee Riddle |
| E-mail address: | Lriddle@edcor.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: I have a female Selkirk Rex that I would love to breed. If
anyone's interested or know where I might get more info, please let me know. |
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| Name: | Debra Sutherland |
| E-mail address: | Perfectcat@AOL.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.Selkirkrex.net |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Comments: I have a wonderful back sire that has never lost his curls.
He rides on my shoulder to each ring. He's favorite place in car is on my dash board. His farvorite thing to do at shows is to sit on the table and watch all the people go by. |
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| Name: | Kathy Klykylo |
| E-mail address: | klykylo@umich.edu |
| What brings you here? | I'm a curious Selkirk seeker |
| Comments: Due to a tragic quirk of nature, I have asthma, and cannot
have cats. I am in the process, however, of investigating newly-developing treatments for this type of allergy, for cats seem to love me, and I, them. In the meantime, I have a question. I read in a cat book that Selkirks are "infinitely patient." Is this true? If so, please give me some examples. Will they sit and listen to you recite Paradis Lost? Will they let you poke them in the tummy as long as you want? Just what does "infinitely patient" mean? |
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| Name: | Jack Schmidt |
| E-mail address: | jdsch13@aol.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: Just got a cream colored Selkirk kitten. My daughter
carries him around all the time, and he never bites or hisses. Terrific Pet! |
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| Name: | Nancy McMullen |
| E-mail address: | oaktree@pioneerplanet.infi.net |
| Homepage URL: | http:// http://www.pioneerplanet.infi.net/~oaktree |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk breeder |
| Comments: HO Ho I'm beginning to wonder about this "queen " business!
That's the second time in a month that I've been referred to as a queen of Selkirks and I'm about to put all you kids in the dungeon! ;-) Glad Anakin is becoming a sheep. Selkirks are the Cat in Sheeps Clothing, we say. |
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| Name: | Doug Shaw |
| E-mail address: | doug@dougshaw.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.dougshaw.com |
| What brings you here? | I'm a happy Selkirk owner |
| Comments: Welcome to the chat! This is a space to ask questions,
answer questions, and shamelessly brag about your kitties. I've owned Anakin for about a year, and have had nothing but pleasure from him. He lost his curl after he was four months old, and then Laurel and I started to worry it wasn't going to come back. He's about 14 months old now, and his sheeplike tendencies are coming out in earnest. More info about him can be found on his home page. Now tell us about your cats! DJS |
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