If you like our videos, please "Like" our videos on YouTube and leave a comment. Feel free to enjoy watching our babies in action by clicking on the YouTube Link on the left side of this page at the top. We have available a YouTube link to our YouTube Channel called "weloveourkittens". We strive to present a new video each week or two of their life so that their future adoptive families can enjoy their growth process with us. We will always have the darling traditional doll faced kittens everyone loves and wants.ĭuring our newborn kitten time, we produce videos of our babies as they grow from birth to 13 weeks of age. Our Sires, CH Willie Wonka and CH Little Miracle are excellent examples of a healthy extreme face. Our breeding program is striving towards CFA breed standard with an example of the healthy extreme face with larger nostrils and nose pad and a small nose bridge. As of January 2013, Victorian Gardens Cattery is only one of a handful of known Persian and Himalayan Catteries in the world that provide HCM cardiac ultrasounds on all their breeders on a regular basis. Kate Meurs is the head researcher who is trying to find the genetic markers for HCM in the Persian and Himalayan breed. Kate Meurs, Cardiologist at NC State Veterinary School and Hospital. As of November 11, 2017, our Cardiac Ultrasounds are being performed by Dr. Dates of each Cardiac Ultrasound can be found on the Dams and the Sires pages. Any new incoming dams and sires will have the more extensive DNA testing.Īs of February 1, 2012, all our current and any future dams and sires (2 years of age or older) will be Cardiac Ultrasounded for HCM, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy every one to three years. The foundation dams and sires are also Feline Leukemia tested negative and Feline Aids tested negative through our local veterinarians. The DNA services are performed by Neogen's GeneSeek Operations lab, the world's largest animal genetic testing laboratory. All our foundation dams and sires are Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) DNA tested negative through Veterinary Genetics Laboratory in Davis, California or the newest lab is through CFA's. Health is first priority at Victorian Gardens Cattery. We are dedicated to the health of all our kittens and cats as you will see throughout this website, as well as to the health and longevity of the Persian and Himalayan breed. We may specialize in particular colors, but our motto has always been from the start, health first and personality second. You can see how strongly we feel about heart health in the Persian and Himalayan breed. Victorian Gardens Cattery was also the creator of the logo for the Winn Feline Foundation Persian HCM Fund Decal, as well as creator of the original idea to donate a part of each kitten sale to the Winn Feline Foundation Persian HCM Fund, which is set up to fund the research for a Persian and Himalayan DNA test for HCM. We were the first Persian and Himalayan Cattery in the world to offer a Six Year HCM Health Guarantee on all our Persian and Himalayan kittens. Victorian Gardens Cattery is PKD, FELV, FIV tested negative, HCM Ultra Sounded, Ringworm Free small Cattery located in North Eastern North Carolina. The Cat Fancier's Association (CFA) is the world's largest registry of pedigreed cats. ![]() Victorian Gardens Cattery is a CFA registered Cattery for CFA registered Persian and Himalayan kittens.
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