Virgin Birth

Unbelievable News!

It's been nearly 3 Years since we first started to try to get Anitra, our first Bengal, pregnant. She's been with three different men through numerous seasons to no avail.

After purchasing our own Stud cat in a hope to remove the stress of traveling to stud from the equation we quickly found out the problem. It seems that everything functions correctly but as the boy makes his final move, she puts her tail in the way and flops over on her side. What a tease!!!

We are confident that to this day she remains pure and virginous, and yet she is expecting a child (well, at least two actually). What's more is that 9 weeks after the immaculate conception lands neatly on Christmas Day (This was not planned)..... In all reality we expect the kittens a couple of days after the 25th, but if it did happen it would be a tale to be told again and again!!!

Of course, this is not the work of some divine body, this is done by our own hands. My dear wife, the resident vet, after some research, devised our own equipment and method for artificial insemination of cats. Something which it appears is not very common (as there is not often a need, I suppose). This was our second attempt and without out the aid of hormones, she has ovulated and we have been successful. We had taken the decision that she would have one more season and one more attempt before we neuter her, so this is just in time.

During TRV's research, she came across a lady in Sweden and someone in Italy with limited experience of this. To date we have not found documented evidence of this happening before in Norway. So, could be wrong, but it is just possible that we are the first.