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Radium, our AUGUST 2019 Tennessee Rex adultUpper Valley Radium had his 1 year birthday party on 9 August 2020. He is just about fully grown and is the heavyweight of our red TR cats. While he is a carrier of just one of the recessive TR genes he shows a lot of signs of the curls and even his whiskers are showing signs of being unruly, a required condition for this breed. ![]() Chairkitten and chief Purring Officer UpperValley Radium at his desk here in New Hampshire. He has sort of outgrown his favorite chair and now weighs more than his dad. He is a carrier of he Tennessee Rex gene but only from his dad so he does not have the curls or satin look. It appears that some of that special appearance is trying make a showing. More information and another picture follows the story of his upbringing below. Six month old Radium has been neutered and is available to a good home after 18 February if he is not sold. We are asking $200 to help cover neutering and the costs if bringing him up. Radium's half brother will be going to the COTB TICA Cat show in 15-16 February as a household pet kitten. Radium may tag along as a kitten for sale. The brother is a few days younger than Radium and we have no idea whether or not he is a TR gene carrier. He was the best household pet kitten in all 12 rings and received Best in Show for the Household Pet Kitten Class. He is not considered part of the TR breed development project and is not included in our web/blog. ![]() Angelique's first litter here at UpperValley Cattery UpperValley Radium, one week old. Radium is a Tennessee Rex carrier. He is red with white socks that are a bit longer than his mom's. Long straight hair since he carries only one of the recessive Tennessee Rex genes. He has a rather unique tabby pattern that we will show in the next photograph. When he was outside on the way to the luncheon we notices a sparkle in his rather unusual fur. It shines like glitter in the sunlight. The fur is also fuzzy, not like the rest of the single gene carriers. Worth more investigation. There is also some waviness in his whiskers, an expected trait in rexed (curly hair) cats. ![]() We weigh each kitten and some adults each day. This is a good way to spot any health problems as well as the progress of a pregnancy. This chart will be updated about every other week since he has reached his adult weight. He is still weighed about once a day when we weigh the others. He's now about 4800 grams ![]()
"Chairman" of the Board
This is our first litter out of Satindelight Angelique, a Tennessee Rex gene carrier from British Columbia, Canada. Radium is a male by UpperValley Pippin. Her next kitten is also a male and just as lovely.
In keeping with tradition kitten cattery names in this litter must start with R, the next letter in the alphabet following our previous "Q" litter. We renamed him Radium at the request of Angelique, his mom.
He assumed the "chair" at just two and a half weeks old. He already looks like he will be a steadfast leader of the outfit. He is just about five weeks old in this photograph He spends most of his waking hours running, chasing just about anything that will move and climbing, keeping mom busy keeping him out of trouble ![]()
Our second portrait is shown here. Radium now fills his post as chairman er... Chairkitten. This picture was taken on 20 September. ![]() Radium's weight chart We keep the weight of Radium in the cattery spreadsheet and have also kept a chart of his weight. He is now a full grown neutered male weighing about 5000 grams (11 pounds). Radium had his eight and twelve week old vaccinations, a major step in his protection from the cat diseases. He is now fully protected and has his one year Rabies vaccination which is acceptable at any new venue. He has a rather unusual coat and would have been an interesting sire to father a litter with a full Tennessee Rex queen next year but is offered as a pet because we have several other breeder cats with similar genetic make up. Radium was neutered on 6 February 2020. ![]() I'll have Puree of Mouse for lunch
I'm asking $200 to help cover my costs working with this new breed. He may be picked up in southern Vermont or New Hampshire near the I 91. I am keeping the social distancing and face mask part of my effort to quell the storm of this pandemic. Please weat a face mask while visiting. For more information please contact me at ipxcat©aol.com Gordon Pugh Page Revised 10 January 2021
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