News
4 December 2015
First Siamese Litter born from Olly
The first litter sired by Ch Mai-Thai's The One & Only has been born! 1 boy and 1 girl! Mom Sup Ch Mai-Thai's Ariel and babies are all doing well!
12 August 2015
Luna on Woef & Kie
Watch my good friend Lucy Arends-Wagner on Woef & Kie talking about Siamese cats. Some of the footage (i.e. the Seal Point Siamese kitten, Seal Point & Chocolate Tabbypoint Siamese females) was filmed in Cape Town more than 3 years ago and the aforementioned babies were all mine. Sup Ch Mai-Thai's Blue Moon of Taigha (Blue Oriental female) makes a special appearance :-) Well done Lucy on a great interview!!!
8 August 2015
Takara wins SACC Broodqueen of the Year
So shocked! My dearest Takara has just been awarded SACC Broodqueen of the Year and Mamba Runner-up SACC Stud of the Year at Cat of the Year 2015.
So very proud of all my babies' COTY results - Robbie (Mai-Thai's Take That owned by Charlene Du Toit) 22nd Best Neuter, Jack (Mai-Thai's Black Jack owned by Ruchan Fourie) 6th Best Neuter, Luna (Mai-Thai's Blue Moon of Taigha owned by Lucy Arends-Wagner)11th Best Entire and Bermuda (Mai-Thai's Othello owned by Ruchan Fourie) 11th Best Kitten. Thank you for showing your babies to purrfection!
So very proud of all my babies' COTY results - Robbie (Mai-Thai's Take That owned by Charlene Du Toit) 22nd Best Neuter, Jack (Mai-Thai's Black Jack owned by Ruchan Fourie) 6th Best Neuter, Luna (Mai-Thai's Blue Moon of Taigha owned by Lucy Arends-Wagner)11th Best Entire and Bermuda (Mai-Thai's Othello owned by Ruchan Fourie) 11th Best Kitten. Thank you for showing your babies to purrfection!
4 July 2015
Jack & Luna do it again
Busy show day today! A big thank you to The Big Cat Club for inviting me to judge today! Lovely exhibits, very well presented and good natured. So happy that Mai-Thai's Wild Olive became a Grand Champion and was awarded 3 Supreme Certificates :-)
And in Gauteng . . . very proud with today's results . . . Sup Pr Mai-Thai's Black Jack was Best Sia/Ori Neuter on show and is now a Triple Supreme and has qualified for COTY! Well done Ruchan! Sup Ch Mai-Thai's Blue Moon... of Taigha was Best Sia/Ori Adult and has qualified for COTY! Well done Lucy! Mai-Thai's Othello was 3rd best Sia/Ori Kitten and also qualified for COTY today! Huge congrats Ruchan! WOW 2 COTY qualifiers!!! And Mamba's first grandchild Taigha Mamba Stripe Force owned by Helen Griffith's also qualified for COTY!!! And to top it all Tr Sup Pr Mai-Thai's Take That aka "Robbie" owned by my very able steward today Charlene Du Toit qualified in Cape Town today for COTY 2015! WOW!!! 4 Mamba babies and 1 grandbaby at COTY 2015! Gonna be a blast! See you all there!!!
And in Gauteng . . . very proud with today's results . . . Sup Pr Mai-Thai's Black Jack was Best Sia/Ori Neuter on show and is now a Triple Supreme and has qualified for COTY! Well done Ruchan! Sup Ch Mai-Thai's Blue Moon... of Taigha was Best Sia/Ori Adult and has qualified for COTY! Well done Lucy! Mai-Thai's Othello was 3rd best Sia/Ori Kitten and also qualified for COTY today! Huge congrats Ruchan! WOW 2 COTY qualifiers!!! And Mamba's first grandchild Taigha Mamba Stripe Force owned by Helen Griffith's also qualified for COTY!!! And to top it all Tr Sup Pr Mai-Thai's Take That aka "Robbie" owned by my very able steward today Charlene Du Toit qualified in Cape Town today for COTY 2015! WOW!!! 4 Mamba babies and 1 grandbaby at COTY 2015! Gonna be a blast! See you all there!!!
13 June 2015
Luna Top 12 at PCS Show
What an opportunity to be invited to judge at my very first out-of-town show! Thanks to PCS for inviting me and thanks to Lucy for surprising me by bringing Luna to the show! Luna was placed 8th best overall on the first show on the Saturday. Well done Lucy and Luna!
7 June 2015
Othello wins the CFC Kitten Show
OMG I am speechless! Mai-Thai's Othello - Best Kitten at the CFC Kitten Show today! WOW Ruchan Fourie - what a special Birthday weekend for you! Wish I was there to give you a BEEEG hug! Am super proud that Mamba's babies are following in his footsteps! 2 days in a row WOWIE!!!!
Thanks to Theresa Fouche for the super photo's of Othello aka "Bermuda" :-)
Thanks to Theresa Fouche for the super photo's of Othello aka "Bermuda" :-)
Photo Theresa Fouche
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Photo Theresa Fouche
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6 June 2015
Othello wins Kitten of the Day
Wow! What a surprise!!! Finally scored a hattrick at the CFC show today! Best Siamese Oriental Adult - Sup Ch Mai-Thai's Blue Moon of Taigha ; Best Siamese Oriental Neuter - DB Sup Pr Mai-Thai's Black Jack and Best Siamese Oriental Kitten , Kitten of the Day and runner-up Cat of the Day Mai-Thai's Othello - the first best on show kitten bred at Mai-Thai !!!! Huge hugs to Lucy Arends-Wagner and Ruchan Fourie for showing your babies to perfection! What a super birthday surprise, Ruchan! 😆
23 May 2015
Lucy judges at WPCC Show
Was great to host Luna's owner SACC All Breeds Judge Lucy Arends-Wagner for the weekend. Thanks to Charlene Du Toit owner of Tr Sup Pr Mai-Thai's Catsanova NQ RQ for putting him on show for Lucy to see him :-) (Katzo is litter brother to Lucy's "Chala" Mai-Thai's Charlie's Angel of Taigha - who is no longer with us :-( )
Ch Mai-Thai's Wild Olive was also on show and gained 3 x GCC's.
And while all this was going on spent the day writing full show reports on 12 Siamese & Orientals in my judge's Siamese practical exam. Am happy to announce that I passed with flying colours!!! Had difficult classes to judge but I got all the right top placings! So pleased! Thanks to my judging tutors All Breeds Judges Dr Kim Cutter and Lynel du Toit :-)))
Ch Mai-Thai's Wild Olive was also on show and gained 3 x GCC's.
And while all this was going on spent the day writing full show reports on 12 Siamese & Orientals in my judge's Siamese practical exam. Am happy to announce that I passed with flying colours!!! Had difficult classes to judge but I got all the right top placings! So pleased! Thanks to my judging tutors All Breeds Judges Dr Kim Cutter and Lynel du Toit :-)))
9 May 2015
Othello & Jack win BIS at RCC Show
Mai-Thai's Othello and Sup Pr Mai-Thai's Black Jack surprised his owner and his breeder (i.e. ME!) to win in each of their respective categories at the Rand Cat Club show.
28 March 2015
Luna does it again!
Photo Hanneke Bestbier
Gr Ch Mai-Thai's Blue Moon of Taigha (aka Luna) won Best Sia/Ori Adult at the Breeders of Rex & Sphynx (BRS) Show. Congrats Lucy and Luna!!!
14 March 2015
Mamba grandbaby Kitten of the Day at TCS
Mamba's first grandbaby Taigha Mamba Stripe Force (a brown spotted tabby Oriental male) was judged Best Sia/Ori Kitten and won Kitten of the Day at the Transvaal Cat Society Show. A HUGE Congrats to his breeder Lucy Arends-Wagner and his owner Helen Griffiths. His mother Gr Ch Mai-Thai's Blue Moon of Taigha (aka Luna) was also on show and won Best Sia/Ori Adult and was runner-up Best Adult on Show. Congrats Lucy and Luna!!!
TCS was also the debut show of Mai-Thai's Othello (Havana male neuter kitten) owned by Ruchan Fourie. Othello was 3rd best Sia/Ori Kitten on show. Mai-Thai's Black Jack gained his Supreme Premier title (the first out of his littermates to Supreme!) and was also runner-up Best Sia/Ori Neuter on show. Well done Ruchan!
Photo's taken by the formidable Theresa Fouche below :-)
TCS was also the debut show of Mai-Thai's Othello (Havana male neuter kitten) owned by Ruchan Fourie. Othello was 3rd best Sia/Ori Kitten on show. Mai-Thai's Black Jack gained his Supreme Premier title (the first out of his littermates to Supreme!) and was also runner-up Best Sia/Ori Neuter on show. Well done Ruchan!
Photo's taken by the formidable Theresa Fouche below :-)
Olive Champions!
Mai-Thai's Wild Olive gained her Champion title at the South African Abyssinian & Somali Association (SAASA) show on 14 March. She was also Best Oriental Adult on Show!
