Petra & Reinhard as Hobby Cat-Breeder
Reinhard & Petra worked in high level DIY Industry-management in Germany's South Western Black Forest region. They immigrated to New Zealand in 1995, became Citizens 2007, and they owned and managed in the Coromandel a high end Luxury Lodge & Retreat for 25 years with high class cuisine & pure nature enthusiasm.
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After researching thoroughly cat breeding practices, the Nickels decided to do it differently, break away from the usual commercialised caged breeding and concentrate on family pet environment to further a uniquely healthy & stunning breed.
Kittens are raised in their family for your family.
to explain a little bit, what it means to do serious breeding in private space:
- You have to know the breed in & out, and enhance contacts on cat-shows
- You are in charge & organize the mating timing plus you have to observe your cats' individual personalities/habits.
- You spend lots of time in playing with each of your "big or small" Darlings
- You clean & sanitize areas & litter boxes constantly for not only 1 or 2 furry companions, this is a daily big job, (with lots of cat-litter)
- You will want to create a very good realtionship with your local VET Doctor, as you need him or her far more than a family with only 1 or 2 pets
- You are awake & on your feet the whole night, awaiting the safe delivery of your Queen's healthy babies.
- You spare or run your tears, when some still borns don't survive during birth,
- You spend lots of time and effort with bottle-feeding on an occasionally newly born small one, every 3 hours for a while,
- You invest constantly in your Veterinarian to keep up the high quality standard of kitten birth, health & hygiene
- You are constantly, in the first 12 weeks with the new born kittens, at the VET's for check-up's, vaccinations, de-sexing and to put a chip in their neck,
- You manage an extensive and time-consuming administration for "breed-registering NZCF" and interested clients and future forever homes, via phone, email & fb,
- You are feeling very sad when the kittens you raised for 12 weeks as your "Babies" are leaving,
- You do this job responsibly for 1 or maximum 2 litters a year per Queen, to keep her in healthy and strong condition
Additionally Reinhard has built a huge cat-run walk in their private property & home, plus cat-friendly sun-rooms & outdoor well-being area & a few hundred squaremeters big cat safe garden !!!
Petra & Reinhard were drawn to the complete natural beauty, robustness & health of the Siberians. In a world full of man-made artificial breeds, all Forest Cats (Siberians, Norwegian Forest, & MainCoons) offer a mystical fascination with a very strong affectionate personality, some say doggie like.
The traditional & pure line of Siberian Cats, without any mix from any other breed (not even with the sister-breed NEVA) is the well considered choice of the Corokoschka Cattery.