Our Cats

We welcomed the return of Beardwood Bruno in 2002. He spent the 4 years from 1998 to late 2002 as a stud cat with Sandra Scott (Belujondra), who has now given up breeding. Bruno assisted Oscar from time to time. Bruno is the litter brother of Ch. & Gr. Pr. Beardwood Thomas Omalley and is also the elder brother of Gr. Ch. & Gr.Pr. Beardwood Robby Willyams. Bruno had not been shown as an adult whilst living with Sandra. He was Best SLH Kitten in Show at Wyvern 1998 at his last show as a kitten. Bruno made up for lost time after he came back here and became a Champion in three consecutive shows. He did not attend many shows in the latter part of 2003 but was awarded 2 Grand Challenge certificates and a number of Reserve Grand Challenge Certificates in 2004 and finally became a Grand Champion in May 2005. He has now been neutered and we hope he will be able to spend more time in the house with the other cats.

Several of our girls are now retired but enjoy baby-sitting for the younger queens.

We have also a stray part-Persian black cat called Sootica who was living "rough" in our garden. We had her scanned and managed to contact her previous owners but as they no longer wanted her we decided to keep her. She was health checked by our vet, blood tested and had a full course of inoculations. Eventually the cold weather persuaded her to spend the nights in the house. She is not the slightest bit bothered by all the other house cats and they have accepted her without a murmur of protest. She is obviously an honorary Maine Coon and has now been with us for five years!

In August 2005, Ch Beardwood Celeste produced a small litter, sired by Ch. Brocstar Kincaid and we have kept the tortie tabby girl and called her Beardwood Impunity Jane - don't ask. (Janie for short). She has a wonderful nature as well as being beautifully marked and gives indications of becoming a big girl. It is fortunate that we kept Janie since Celeste has now had to be neutered.

Please note that we have now attached the pedigrees of our entire cats to this page. Please see below the details and photographs of our queens.

		" Boris " Beardwood Boris Brown classic tabby and white Sire Willowmead Mooneclipse Dam Beardwood Angelica Tested negative for the HCM My BPC gene mutation
" Perdie " Belujondra Drusilla Blue Tortie Tabby and white Sire Bealltain Mic Mac Dam Bealltain Amanda Tested negative for the HCM My BPC gene mutation
		" Juno " Pr. Koonikki LadyoftheLake Red silver shaded Sire Ch Noracoon Vespasian Dam Brocstar Leonora Tested negative for the HCM My BPC gene mutation
" Vashti " Matagot Vashti Brown Classic Tabby Sire Gr. Ch. Keverstone Seemore Pete Dam Kilmaine Clever Clogs
		" Chloe " Beardwood Charming Chloe Blue eyed white with perfect hearing Sire Wrenenik Ryn Dam Belujondra Koshka Tested negative for the HCM My BPC gene mutation
With many thanks to Jacky Edwards:- " Minnie " Darktower Miniver Orange-eyed White Sire Belujondra Montezuma Dam Noracoon Tiberia
		"Bruno" Gr. Ch. Beardwood Bruno Brown Classic Tabby Sire. Gr. Ch. Coonquest Oscar Of Beardwood Dam. Matagot Vashti Photo by Denise Gillaspy
"Suzannah" or "Suzy " Coralcoon Midnight Velvet Black Smoke and White Sire Coralcoon Samuel Pushkin Dam Wyndhaven Belinda With many thanks to Madeleine Slater. Photo by Denise Gillaspy
		" Celeste " Ch. Beardwood Celeste Blue silver classic tabby Sire Oltomaine Duke Maccoonzie Dam Matagot Vashti Photo by Vic Jolley
Celeste was scanned for HCM on 26th May 2005, aged 6yrs 3 mths. No evidence of HCM or any other heart defect was found.		In April 2006, Celeste was tested Negative for the HCM MyBPC gene mutation.
Gone but never forgotten
Sadly, Angie , from our very first litter, had to be put to sleep at the age of 14 on Friday 1st April 2005 Beardwood Angelica Brown classic tabby and white Sire Wrevenik Ryn Dam Belujondra Drusilla Photo by Denise Gillaspy
		Gr. Ch. Coonquest Oscar of Beardwood 10.10.1994---24.8.2007 (Brown classic tabby and white) Our beloved Oscar was put to sleep at the age of 12 years 10 months on August 24th 2007. Sire. Supreme Gr.Ch. Meunerie Thaddeus Carver x Dam. Gr. Ch. Coonquest Barefoot Coontessa Thaddeus was Best International Maine Coon in TICA in 1993-4 as was Oscar's half brother Coonquest Tycoon the year before.
		Oscar was scanned for HCM on 21st July 1999, aged 4years 9months and no evidence of HCM or any other heart defect was found. In April 2006, he was also tested for the HCM MyBPC mutation and was found to be Negative for this gene.
Oscar at 1.5 and 5 Years old		Here Lived "A Very Fine Cat Indeed"



"Ayla" Gr.Ch. Hartscoon Ayla ofBeardwood Brown Classic Tabby with white Sire Sheridan Child of Maine Dam Hartscoon Santaclarita Sal Photo by Alan Robinson
With many thanks to Bill and Jane Fallows		In February 2006, Ayla tested Negative for the HCM MyBPC gene mutation.
		" Janie" Beardwood ImpunityJane Brown Tortie Tabby Sire Ch. Brocstar Kincaid Dam Ch Beardwood Celeste
		In February 2006, Janie tested Negative for the HCM MyBPC gene mutation.