About cattery
Welcome!
We are pleased to welcome you to the website of the British cats’ cattery «Swelldom».
The cattery is officially registered in the WCF (registration number WCF № 1288-2011/11021.02) and is located in the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Our cattery specializes in breeding of purebred British shorthair and longhair cats classic and rare colors (cinnamon, fawn).
We are using lines from the famous and well-established catteries in Europe and Russia for breeding in our cattery.
Our cattery’s activity aims at getting healthy and socialized offspring corresponding to the modern British cat’s standards.
Our cats are full members of the family, so we pay a lot of attention to the health and proper care of our pets.
We gladly take part in exhibitions of various feline systems.
The most important achievements of our pets:
ICH Afina's Bass BLH n - Top Cat Russia 2009 - Best of Breed Kitten
GICH Tequila fon Lia BLH c - Top Cat Russia 2010 - Best of Breed Junior
GICH Swelldom's Dakota BLH p - Top Cat Russia 2012 - Best of Breed Baby, 3 Best Cat Republic of Bashkortostan from all breeds - 2012, Top Cat Russia 2013 - Best of Breed Female
GICH U2 fon Lia BRI a - 5 Best Cat Republic of Bashkortostan from all breeds - 2013
Swelldom's Infinity BRI c - Top Cat Russia 2013 - Best of Breed Baby
On this website you will learn about cats from our cattery and their show results, you will find useful information about the breed, health and maintenance of British cats. We recommend you to take a look at the Information section, where we post interesting articles and notes.
We wish you a pleasant stay on our website!
Best regards,
Alexandra Afanasieva
The owner of the cattery "Swelldom"
Our passion to British cats began with the purchase of British longhair black kitten. With his appearance we became interested in the British breed, cat shows and breeding, and that required significant professional training.
The study of the literature on the breed, genetics, breeding and veterinary medicine has allowed me to successfully complete felinology courses and apply for registration of the cattery. We regularly improve our professional knowledge!
The name of the British cats cattery «Swelldom» officially registered in the World Cat Federation (WCF). The cattery is located in Ufa - the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
In our view, the word "Swelldom" matches the character and the demeanor of British cats.
Our cattery specializes in the breeding of British shorthair and British longhair cats, solid (self) classic and rare colors.
In our cattery you can buy british shorthair and longhair blue, lilac, chocolate and black kittens, as well as relatively rare in the breed, cinnamon and fawn colors.
In breeding cattery uses lines from famous and well-established catteries of Europe and Russia. The pedigrees of our kittens include only 100% British cats (shorthair and longhair) from catteries:
- Belgium: Olly's Nest, Cattebair's, Kelyn, Van De Blanke Duin, Van De Nekker, Het Bonte Hof;
- UK: Coppins;
- Germany: Vom Wernerwald, Von Luanda, The Blue Sassenach, Vom Grutholz, From Sham;
- Netherlands (Holland): Bagoas, Joufflu, Rivium's, Van De Katze Duinen, Van Didero, Van Locust Valley;
- Russia: Lia, Katrin, Scorpion's, etc.
Our cats are full members of the family, so we pay a lot of attention to the health and proper maintenance of our pets. They have everything they need for a happy life.
Breeding with multiple sires require enough space for the animals. For this purpose, we have a country house and a city apartment. Our animals are not kept in cages!
Cats are free to move around the house, constantly contacting with family members, are accustomed to the noise and socially adapted.
Males live separately from the females, which eliminates the possibility of unplanned litters.
Female that gave birth to kittens and is nursing them, also is separated by a period from the rest of the animals.
Up to 1,5 months kittens are kept in a specially designed enclosure. Thus, for example, we eliminate the risk of stepping on a kitten at night. Also kittens are easily accustomed to the toilet and scratching posts in the enclosure. Mother cat always can enter the cage with the kittens.
Typically, in our cattery every cat gives birth to no more than one litter per year, which allows her to fully recover before the advent of the next litter.
Considerable funds are expended by us on the high-quality food, scheduled veterinary care and cat show activities.
Our cats and kittens are accustomed to professional super-premium feeds and selective fresh meat.
Any animal that is living with somebody, and especially with children, must be in good health. All cats of our cattery are required to undergo scheduled deworming and vaccination. Pregnant cats have extra preventive examination before labor.
Our cats are tested for viral infections and genetic diseases, which reduces the risk of contraction of a disease to minimal.
Cattery is serviced by the highly professional veterinarians:
- Elena Popenova, tel. + 7 917 422 8029
- Oksana Gerasyuta, tel. + 7 917 349 8489
We gladly take part in exhibitions of various feline systems. You can find the information about the show results of our British cats on their personal pages.
Our cattery’s activity aims at getting healthy and socialized offspring corresponding to the modern British cat’s standards.
All matings are carefully thought over and designed to address specific breeding tasks.
Our British kittens are hedged round with care and attention from birth, all of them have good immunity. We value our pets, reputation and results of the cattery’s work, as well as our labor and the work of our breeders, so we carefully choose the new owners of our kittens.
Please read the helpful articles in the Information section. We encourage you to pay particular attention to the following articles:
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If you decide to purchase a British kitten from us, please refer to the sale policy of the cattery.
Basic principles:
1. You can make a request for the kitten that does not carry the obligation to purchase. You'll be the first to know when a suitable kitten is born.
2. Price is determined after birth and depends on a number of factors (see the article "Kitten price").
3. At any stage of negotiating the purchase of a kitten from our cattery I reserve the right to refuse to sell it.
4. To reserve a kitten you have to pay a deposit of 30% of its value. In case if you refuse to buy a kitten after the reservation was made, the deposit will not be refunded and the kitten will be put up for sale again.
5. Most of the kittens in the cattery are sold without breeding rights to prevent improper use. Before sending a kitten to a new owner, it can be neutered by our veterinarian at the buyer’s expense.
6. We only sell the best kittens with the breeding rights and they are expensive.
7. We are setting a microchip to all kittens which were sold with the breeding rights.
8. Kittens can leave the cattery and move to the new owners' house at the age not younger than 12 weeks, being properly vaccinated and treated against ecto- and endo- parasites, accustomed to a litter box and a scratching post.
9. Regardless of the purpose of acquiring a kitten every customer receives:
- Certificate of origin of the kitten;
- Certificate of origin of the kitten, issued by the cattery, or pedigree of the kitten in case of the sale with the breeding rights;
- The agreement of sale and purchase of the animal;
- Veterinary passport;
- Jotting on care for a kitten;
- Food for the first days of life with the new owners.
Since we care about our kittens, we will provide you the advisory services on any matters within our competence.
At the request and for the account of the buyer, we can assist in the delivery of a kitten and provide any additional genetic or other tests.