I have three turkish van cats, one female, one young male and one neutered male, and two housecats, both neutered females.
Mikke
Mikke (PR, EC FIN*Ipekkedinin Birinci Bebek) is a red and white male turkish van. He was born in 2004. He is now a neuter but has got six litters (15 kittens) over the years. Mikke got his Europa Champion title in 2006. He was also 'The Best Turkish Van Adult of the Year' of the Finnish breed club Vangora in the years 2006 and 2007 and also the best turkish van adult of the Nordic breed club Vangoran in 2007. Mikke has participated in cat shows in Finland, Estonia and Latvia.
Mikke is amazingly intelligent and very social cat. He weights over 5,5 kilos but still wants to be my little baby cat. He is quite picky with his food, eating mostly raw meat. He is actually a bit too skinny at the moment but judges like his trim and very muscular body. Mikke's coat is absolutely white and
astonishingly silky in texture.
Mikke's pedigree can be found from the Vangoran database: click here.
Mimosa
Mimosa (GIC FIN*Cesmes Adile Aysun) is Mikke's daughter. She was born in 2005 and is red and white like her father. Mimosa is like a little monkey, often hanging on my shoulder. She is, like her father, very attached to me, following me in the house and meaowing. Maybe she is not as highly intelligent as her father, but she is at least as funny to play with.
Mimosa has participated in cat shows in Finland and Latvia. She got her Grand International Champion title in Vantaa in August 2007 and was 'The Best Turkish Van Kitten of the Year 2006' of the Finnish breed club Vangora. Mimosa had her first litter in the beginning of the year 2008.
Mimosa's pedigree can be found from the Vangoran database: click here.
Photo by Heikki Siltala. |
Photo by Inkeri Siltala. |
Photo by Heikki Siltala. |
Miro
Miro (FIN*Ilveslinnan Amir Akanyildiz) is Mimosa's son. He was born in January 2008 and is a red and white like his mother Mimosa and his swedish father S*Lejongapet's Anton Antabus. Miro has very promising temperament: he is happy and purring almost all the time.
Miro's pedigree can be found from the Vangoran database: click here.
Photo by Heikki Siltala. |
Photo by Heikki Siltala. |
Photo by Heikki Siltala. |
Mistu
Mistu is a semi-long haired, black and white housecat. She is born in 2001 and came to live with me in 2003. She eats almost anything she can catch - like some dust at the floor and of course all the food in the food bowl - and because of that she is a big cat with a little voice. She has a quite flaming and stubborn temperament and therefore she comes along with temperamentic vans.
Photo by Heikki Siltala. |
Photo by Heikki Siltala. |
Photo by Heikki Siltala. |
Miisu
Miisu is a short haired, silver tortie tabby with white housecat. She was born in 1993 in a cow house in rural area of Jämsä, a town in Central Finland. Miisu is an intelligent cat, very attached to her own people but not pleased to have other cats around. If Mistu has a little bit flaming and stubborn temperament, Miisu has it even ten or hundred times more. She is the most strongest cat personality that I have ever met. She respects me so much that I can brush her teeth and clip her nails without problem, but I think all the vets are afraid of her - and for a reason. Miisu is living with my parents in Jämsänkoski.
Photo by Inkeri Siltala. |
Photo by Heikki Siltala. |
Photo by Inkeri Siltala. |
