Nordligdrom News
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8th and 9th Sept 2018
Tilly and Sweetie attended their first International cat show, held at a venue near Coventry. It was a big experience for them both as Sweetie had only been with me a week and was still settling in. Luckily Tilly was happy to have a new friend to play with and they both settled down well together in the hotel we stayed in.
The cats did exceptionally well and Sweetie was BIV, nominated for best in show both days and Tilly got her adult certificates and was nominated on one of the days
It was a super introduction to showing and like me, their breeders were very proud of them.
The picture on the left is Afjord's sweet sunshine (Sweetie) on the show bench. (image taken by student judge Anzela Fomiceva from Latvia)
March 2018 News
We have a new litter of 4 kittens - 17/2/18.
Click on this link to find out more about them
24th October 2017
We are very pleased to welcome Old Possum's Tillicoultry (Tilly) to the Nordligdrom Cattery. This young lady is 16 weeks old and still making herself known to the other cats living here.
I first spoke to Judith in January 2017, about having a female kitten from her and we were waiting for the right one to come along. She very kindly brought her from Scotland to London by train and we are hugely grateful to her for entrusting Tilly to us.
July 2017
Ra Ra (Westrikatt Sahara) had 6 kittens on July 8th, which was also my birthday, so a lovely present!
They are pictured here, the day after they were born.
Colours are red, blue and black tabbies, all with various amounts of white. There are 3 girls and 3 boys
Click on this link to see the most recent pictures of them
January 2017
Commissioned painting of my beautiful cats by wonderful artist and illustrator, Kim Haskins (https://kimhaskinsart.com/)
From left to right
Back row.
Ra Ra, Cosi, Little Astrid
Middle row.
Hummie, Bob
Front row
Appliqué, Gateaux
Great framing by Mark at Madboxes, High Wycombe, Bucks (http://www.madboxes.co.uk/)
30th December 2016
'Bob' (Westrikatt Shannon) 11/5/05 - 30/12/16
It is with great sadness we announce our beautiful, foundation queen, was put to sleep today, after an incredibly short illness, which only made itself known on Christmas Eve.
Her distinctive, tortie presence, will always be missed.
September 2016
As Bamburi and Lavinia are waiting for their owners to return from their holiday, I took them to an International cat show in Coventry on 3/9/16. They were remarkably well behaved considering they had never experienced anything like this before and were very confident with the judge on the show bench.
Both were awarded their Ex 1 certificates and Lavinia was put forward for nomination for best in show, but was pipped by a slightly older kitten.
April 2016
We had two litter born on the 8th and 11th April. Litter 1 had two kittens and litter 2 four kittens.
Click on the image below to find more details about them
Introducing 'Rule the World', first born and named after the 2016 Grand National
June 2015
Dec 2014 -
- to Nordligdrom Nordic Light (Oskar) and his two young lady owners for handling him so well at his first show where he gained his Ex 1 certificate and was put forward for nomination.Nov 2014 -
All our kittens have gone to make new lives with their owners and our home feels a little empty now.
September 2014
'Little Astrid' (Nordligdrom Bombshell) gained her 3rd show certificate and has been made up to Champion
August 2014
KitKat has a new family of 5 kittens.
June 2014 
New gallery pictures courtesy of Dorling Kindersley, The Cat Encyclopedia, The definitive Visual Guide. Click on the link to visit the photo-shoot pictures they took.
March 2014
Visit the Funky Cat Bag Shop page
End Nov 2013
Our new kitten has now joined us. Read all about her on Sahara's page 
Sept 2013.
Bombshell went to her first show and won her class in the 6 - 10 months age group and was awarded an Excellent 1 certificate. She was very relaxed, happy to be handled and took this new adventure in her stride.
Hummie got his 3rd certificate and has been made up to Champion. Although Bombshell had her own pen she spent the day in Hummie's and kept him company.
The show had a 'Viking' theme and many competitors decorated their pens.
June 2013.
All our kittens have gone to their new homes and we have no more kittens available.
KitKat's kittens - 4 days old
6/2/13 - OMG! - another delivery of kittens!
About the same time as we found out Astrid was pregnant, we also discovered KitKat was too! Hummie is the father and the kittens already look very like him in the face.
5 beautiful kittens were born on the morning of Wednesday 6th February and this new first time Mum is still learning what to do and is taking very special care of them.
There are 4 females and a blue tabby male
26/1/2013 Kitten News
We had a surprise delivery of kittens on 26 January 2013.
Astrid's kittens - few days old
Early January 2013
Vega
Taylor, Fender and D'Angelico have now moved to their new homes and are adjusting to their new families.
Harmony
Vega and Harmony are waiting for their big adventure at the end of the month, after their new family return from a holiday.
The two remaining girls enjoy each others company and spend all their time together.
Updated Feb 2013 - The two girls are happily settled with their new family.
Norwegian Christmas Fair, London, Nov 2012
My daughter and I made an impromptu visit to the Norwegian Christmas Fair, held at the Norwegian Church in London. I am not sure what we expected, but the Scandinavian welcome was astounding and we thoroughly enjoyed our visit. The Norwegian ladies looked splendid in their national costume and were happy to tell us all about their goods and allowed us to take pictures of them.
The street outside, had stalls selling wonderful items to wear and eat, although we weren't sure what some of the things were! Further down the road was the Finnish Church who were also having their fair, so we stepped inside there too. We then shared a northern lunch of sausage and reindeer meat with super whipped up potatoes and berry fruits!
Having experienced a bit more of Scandinavian traditions and their culture, it is easy to understand where our beautiful cats originated from.
Kitten delivery
Kitten page updated 11/10/12
Hummie has become a first time Dad! Bob delivered 5 kittens on 11/10/12.
Katzenschau, Solingen, Germany 23/6/12 & 24/6/12
In June, I joined Barney and Vera on a journey to Solingen, Germany to take in a cat show and pick up a kitten they had booked. Because we were collecting the kitten, we went by car using the Euro tunnel to cross the channel and passed through France, Belgium and Netherlands before arriving at Germany and finally reaching our destination, Solingen. We have been to Solingen may times now and it is a pretty town and no visit would be complete without a visit to the Haribo shop, where the sweets are made.
The 2 day cat show was very busy with more than 350 cats, 8 judges and a very big turn out of Norwegian Forest Cats in competition. The show hall was very spacious as it is normally an ice rink, but it isn't used in the summer months so they defrost the ice and rent it out for various occasions.
Below are some of the pictures we took and I hope you enjoy looking at them. Just click on the images.
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January 2012
Hummie came to live with us at long last. He gets on well with all the other cats although he definitely has an eye for the pretty young KitKat! He is the most vocal of all our cats and has lots of trill sounds that he seems to sing to you, but I still have to work out what they all mean! He is very happy exploring the garden and there is plenty of space for him to run around with the other cats.October 2011
KitKat went to her first show in Bracknell. It was a good introduction to showing for her and she is more confident from the experience. She was up against some excellent quality Norwegian Forest cat kittens, but overall did very well and I am extremely proud of her.August 2011
Astrid's litter have all moved on to their new homes now and are happily settling in. Bob's Norseman, Red Arrow and Tigermoth are also with their new families and Phantom will leave our cattery soon. Spitfire has also found a new home in Oxfordshire and will be joining his new family shortly.
FIFe Rugby Show December 2010
I had great pleasure in taking one of my previous Nordligdrom kittens to a two day show in Rugby, Warwickshire at the beginning of December 2010. His owners were unable to make the show, but were happy for me to take 16 month old Emir. This normally very independent cat, behaved impeccably on the journey up, in the hotel room and at the show. Although a little shy at first, he achieved his open certificates and has now gained the title of ‘Premier’ making his new owners very proud of him.2010 Felis Britannica Winners Show at Milton Keynes
Gateaux (Supreme Premier Westrikatt Kess) made a rare appearance at the Winners show in November 2010 and was awarded Best Veteran cat in show, by Swiss Judge Rolph Voehringer. He loved his day out and made the most of all the attention bestowed on him!News from Oct 2010 - Kalkar-Wissel FIFe show, Germany
Every year I try and take in a ‘foreign’ cat show with my UK breeder friends, Barney and Vera. This is my 5th year of this activity, but they have been doing this twice as long as me, so have far more tales to tell. The usual pattern is we fly out to Germany on a Thursday or Friday and meet up with a fellow German NFC breeder and we head off to a FIFe show with her cats. An addition to this outing is her Mother who has now joined us with her very nice British Short Hair cats and kittens. We choose a different venue every year that can be literally anywhere in Germany.
It is not unusual for us to load up the cats in a large people carrier and then our German friend tells us we have a 5 hour drive to the Danish border or down to the south of Germany!! Long drives to shows do not seem to phase the Germans who are often used to doing it to secure their FIFe certificates. It requires a very strict packing regime and a lot of patience to fit the cats into the car, show stuff and human passengers and their baggage, so we all fit in the limited space, however has not failed us so far.The show follows the usual FIFe format although the layout of the pens are different, so that the cats are displayed to the public on the outside of their pens and the inner space forms a ‘square’ where the owners sit. This seems to be normal throughout Europe and perhaps the cats may feel more secure in this sort of an environment which could be something UK may like to try?
The Oct 2nd and 3rd show was up near the Dutch border and the 100K+ journey was possible to travel to each day, for the two day show. Most of the judges were known to us and as English is the common language, we had no problems following the results. The ‘pet' related shopping stalls in the hall are always interesting and we found lots of new things to buy, to endear us to our cats when we return home to UK.
From a showing perspective, it is good to see other different breed exhibits and to make a mental comparison of how our cats would sit on the show bench, if they were there that day?
After the show we usually travel back to the destination we started from and wonder how we will squeeze all our additional purchases in our cases and back home! I have enjoyed every trip we have done so far, met very interesting people who are more than happy to impart their views with us, and have beautiful cats which they have allowed us to cuddle and view up close.
The photographs capture a couple of days in this experience and I hope you enjoy viewing them. They range from the start of the show when people are setting up, open class showing, nominations and best in show, to packing up and leaving as tired exhibitors.
News from July 2010
In early July we spent a fantastic day down at the Port Lympne Animal Park in Kent.
The Aspinall Foundation, Port Lympne, Kent
It is part of the John Aspinall foundation. They concentrate on protecting rare, endangered, species and run breeding programmes, with the intention of returning these animals to their natural habitat.
Our visit was planned to see the Scottish Wildcats, of which there are very few left in the wild and we wanted to see what they were like close up and how similar they are to Norwegian Forest cats. They are in fact smaller and lighter, with short, dense hair, brown tabby in colour, but with specific markings. However, we observed many characteristics similar to our own cats’ temperaments and behaviours and they are not so far away from our indulged felines!!
Scottish Wildcats - Sid and Skye - live in a quiet and very secluded part of this vast park and probably have few visitors, which may suit them well as they tend to be shy of people. However, we arrived at feeding time and they obliged by coming out and allowed us to observe and take lots of photographs of them. They have a spacious, natural enclosure with a huge expanse of raised enclosed walkways, so they can roam up in the tree tops and watch the world below them. Scottish Wildcat 'Sid' on the walkway
Our thanks go to their Keeper Richard and his colleague who spent a great deal of time talking to us and telling us all about this fascinating breed of cat and the work they are doing in conjunction with the Scottish Wildcat Association.
Scottish Wildcats The park is well worth a visit if you are ever in the Kent area. The animals are well cared for and every effort is made to make their captivity as comfortable and relaxed as possible.