Me, my cats and the rest

 

My name is Marjan Bazelmans and after 31 years of working for KLM as a stewardess/purser I am retired and settled on this beautiful spot in the green heart of the Netherlands

Since I don't have to travel anymore finally I can fulfill my wish to live with and breed the lovable and beautiful oriental cats

My feline friends live with me, or better, I live with them in a comfortable little house in that beautiful part of Holland. To make it convenient for cats as well as humans I remodeled it. To start with I had a sliding door installed to be able to separate the bedroom/bathroom  from the rest (apart from that there are no doors in my house) Thus I could lock up the cat-family while  I had a new kitchen installed and my carpeted floor replaced by wood. The curtains made place for blinds and the seats are all leather. Small and poisonous plants were removed and of course there is an ample amount of cats baskets, scratching poles and toys.

Now that  it's ready there is  little damage they can do and I don't have to forbid them too much. (only the dangerous things)  And yet it will be cozy and comfy for all of us. 

 

catsafe house

 
It's spring 2008 and the cats also have their outside quarters. Little by little they are getting used to the fact that they can go outside. There is grass to eat from or to roll in , a scratching pole, an old tree trunk and some furniture .

And of course all the insects flying through.... 

 

 
In 2010 I bought my own studs and provided them with a room of their own, where hey can entertain visiting queens.

In sommer they have the fenced garden to their disposal and in winter they come inside  with their pants on if they spray.

 

Hero  with his  pants on

 

The studs quarters,

 

They can go outside, there is a window and central heating in their room and it's completely isolated.

 

 

The kittens are born in the bedroom. I'll take the pregnant queen to bed with me around the time she could give birth. Mostly they undersand what all the provisions are for and automatically look for the place I had in mind for them.

It's a big (2 x 4 meters) cupboard , the warmest part of the house and thay find it very cosy and fit for their babies.

It has sliding doors with mesh wire so I can supervise everything that happens is there.

By the time the babies start walking I make a construction so the mothers can get out but the kittens cannot.

When they are 4-5 weeks old they move to the living room where they stay in a rabbit's fence untill they climb out. Than the time has come they discover the whole house and I have to watch my steps.

 
kittenroom upstairs in the bedroom rabbitfence in the livingroom 
 

In 2011 I tried to make part of the garden "catproof "for the girls , but experience learns me that I'm too afraid something happens to them when I cannot see them.

 In spring and winter I can keep an eye on them, but in summer the plants are too high and I don't always see them.

So , its the privilage of the boys to play in the garden. They are far more managable than the girls, they come when I call them.

Apart from that, the girls would love to walk in and out, but it's very difficult to get then all " in" at the same time.

And than we don't yet think about all the kittens that might get lost......