About Us:-

Hi my name is Roeleen Bloemhof, I started breeding cats in 2004.

My cattery is named after my two horses (MISTral Knight & AraBESQUE Abu).

We have always loved animals and my dedication to these two magnificent animals came in the form of my cattery name.  This way all my kittens are named after the two of them.

 

Oriental & Siamese:

We received our first oriental and siamese cats from local breeders and one very special blue Tortoiseshell girl from Alika's Cattery who can be found behind the cats we have in our cattery. .

We imported 6 Orientals from Australia that was used in conjunction with the other cats we had.

This really settled our breeding for the next four years, but not without problems. we have realized that we had to outcross and eliminate the dominance of these imports in our lines.
We then were fortunate enough to build alliances with reputable local and European breeders, they are truly assisting with helping Mistbesque re-establish and continue it's breeding coals.

We have placed some of our current breeding lines within other catteries who have been influential in advancing the South African Orientals and Siamese.

We will be mostly focussing on breeding Cornish Rex, therefore siamese, oriental and Peterbald will be not our focus point. kittens will be available on a infrequent basis.

Peterbald:

A local breeder imported the second batch of Peterbalds in 2007.

Upon meeting them, I immediately fell in love with this cute, very over affectionate breed related to the oriental and siamese. I since then had to have one of my own.

A lot of work to establish the breed in South Africa has been done. I have been fortunate enough to have a close view of what was done and how the breed have been perceived in our country.

I would like to thank Christina from Arbodiel Cattery for the trust she has had in me, allowing me to have one of her babies.

HOTTIE has proved herself as a phenominal mom and we are excited about her next litter. i am also awaiting a new boy from america soon. he will be used in conjunction with hottie to breed peterbalds who are more naked and more appealing and correct towards the breed standard.

General

My favourite saying is that cats are like chocolates and you cant just have one.

I have done a lot of thinking and came up with a viewpoint and a realization.

I realized what lines and breeding is truly about. It is about the love that such a kitten bestow on its new owner. No cat asks if it is pedigreed or not. All cats just ask to be loved.

As breeders we put so many restrictions on cats and we so scared that other people are going to get our lines.

But what does it mean for the breeds we love?:-

Does it mean that we are going to demise our gene pool?

How would we feel when our dear loved pedigreed cats become extinct?

How does it feel to place a kitten with a time bomb waiting to explode in its kidneys, heart and liver?
 
It is not the pedigree that gives that healthy cats, but how we raise the cats.

Do we judge the people who so dearly just want to own a cat? or do we allow them to love one of our kittens? 

It does not mean that we wont screen potential kitten owners but it means we will give all a equal opportunity to meet with us and for us all to decide if we should form a alliance and allow one of our babies to move to the new potential owner.
 
I realized why we breed, and it is not about the pedigree, it is not about winning on the show bench. It is about nothing else but HAVING THAT LITTLE SOUL GIVING ITSELF UNCONDITIONALLY TO US. Erin will always live on in our hearts for now and forever!
 Therefore I take a pledge to breed:

Healthy, Happy Well Socialized kittens, and allow other people to love them the same way I do. That is what breeding should be all about.

We don't know what the future will  deal us but we are sure that it is going to be a exciting time, to preserve, protect love our cats and breed healthy cats for other breeders and pet owners.

Our Cattery is also registered with the World Cat Federation & The Independent Cat Association and we also show and register with the South African Club of WCF, CASA and its sub clubs.

Roeleen Bloemhof
Breeder and Owner of Mistbesque