"Kitten Picks" are Tomorrow.

Listen everyone... I am so excited for the 8 people who will be served a pint at our Happy Hour tomorrow.

However, this is not an easy process.

I wanted to first say it's NOT hard to get a kitten from us as many people think, but it does take patience. For some reason, many people think they'll never get a pint, but the truth is...

EVERYONE who has actively applied for a cat each litter has received one within a year except for the ones who are only waiting for a specific look and pairing.

It is the NORM for any cattery that is fairly popular/known. I notice everyone. I notice your love for a certain kitten or all the kittens or even your dedication to wanting a cat JUST from Mitcha Coontails. I may not reply to comments on FB/IG posts, but I do read them all. ...and sometimes it just takes one email that lets me know your family is perfect for our kitten.

With that said, 8 is all we have no matter how much it hurts me to say not this time to patrons. IF I reply to you letting you know it's not your time to be served then I would like to serve you AND WILL... If I do not then your application was not approved by us. I like to follow the great Lorena Bobbitt's lead and not being afraid to cut people off. I apologize, it's not you... it's me.

Wanting the Best While Juggling Personal Values for Your Cattery.

Cognac is like the God of alcohols... he really is top shelf, but when I began my journey into breeding... I told myself I would never keep a breeding cat who was not happy doing his job. It's been a hard pill to swallow because he's everything I want, BUT after months and months of saying he'll adapt to catio life... he's going to like popping all these female spirits... he has stayed very consistent in letting us know that he wanted to be inside mingling with the bartenders and really finds the females to be a chore. I don't understand the last part, but the male just wants to eat and love on humans and denying him of it was breaking my heart.

The struggle comes from 1) it's hard as HECK to find an incredible male for your cattery. You have no idea how many hours, weeks, and months are spent diving into pedigrees and 1000000 cat breeders. It's draining. If it were simple, I promise every breeder would have their Ron Perlman twins with the fiercest RBF look. 2) After you find your diamond, you then have to hope and pray they pass all their health tests. You have no idea how hard this is.... which is why there are more breeders who don't even do the testing because it's that hard to find a healthy cat, but easy to breed the one that looks good and pray their kittens don't get their bad genes. 3) After everything is said and done...and you're ready to breed them... swallowing the fact that they don't want to bang anyone and you had to physically hold the female just right after many many many many attempts... ugh. y'all have no idea how stressful breeding really is.

So if you were wondering why we got ANOTHER red smoke male, ...this is why.

Cognac has been very happy in his new home, and we will continue to be making changes as we strive to have the best WELL ROUNDED pints around. Mental health is just as important to me as physical appearance.