"Clyde" now retired from Stud, was re-homed as a pet (via his breeder Vicki-Lee Eves) in South Australia. His new owner Fiona exhibited him during 2004 and gained his Premier Neuter title. He has left an impression here that will be long felt - also through his sons Sharada Boots-N-All and Sharada Puss-In-Boots.

Clyde’s sons include Sharada Boots-N-All – exhibited in NSW by Pam Coyte of Minosa Birmans.  During 2003 "Bootie" achieved Best Entire Birman Kitten NSW and also Runner Up Kitten for Group 1 NSW....the following year a full brother Sharada Puss-In-Boots replicated the achievement in Victoria - Best Birman Kitten 2004 and 3rd Best Kitten for Group 1 going on to become Gold Grand Champion 12 months to the day from his first show outing...... 

Due to the return of Shadeso'Blue, "Possum" has gone to join the Fletchers in New Zealand and has sired his first litters including some very promising babies. 

"Possum" - Sharada Puss-In-Boots - was my first home bred seal point stud and first homebred Gold Grand Champion.  Heavy boned, typical sweet Birman expression, nice profile and wonderful correct textured coat. His eye colour improved as he aged and he was difficult to fault - I am very proud of him. He is from one of the last litters sired by "Clyde" – Shiki Daydream Believer - and proved he carried chocolate like his dad…..

"Possum" gained his Gold Champion Title and was retired as he merely tolerated the show ring and it was felt he had far too much to offer the breed to de-sex at the young age of 2 years old.....and now he has discovered the show bench again in New Zealand - handling well and relaxed - already a multiple Best In show winner...... 

Combining Shiki lines from South Australia and Shinoto Lines from New Zealand, “Leon” has sired BOTH lilacs and chocolates for Sharada and Dejavu who had the pleasure of co-owning and exhibiting him. His influence remains in both catteries.

Although Leon has retired as a stud he stayed here and was shown during 2005 as my FIRST EVER SHOW NEUTER …....taking off BEST GROUP 1 NEUTER FOR 2005 at CAV Shows.... Now he has retired to a life of luxury, accompanied by his full sister Tiarna and her little blue son "Smokey" 

I visited him recently and asked would he like to go to shows and was told "NO"- HE SAID HE DOES NOT WANT TO COME OUT OF RETIREMENT....EVER!!!  He is certainly enjoying a very happy home and being spoiled. 

"Bluie" was from my first ever litter and did some amazing things for Eldorato Birmans where he lived the first 5 years of his life twice siring Best Group 1 Cat of The Year and many champions. He continued to star as a stud when he was returned to me but posed a problem as he was now a 5 years old career stud and I was concerned about how to retire him. After visiting the Florencia Birman Cattery  in New Zealand and seeing the wonderful way their Studs are kept and with a promise in place that he would live out his life with Jo and David - "Bluie" now lives in New Zealand.

His influence lives on through numerous progeny that remain here in Australia.

"Hershey" lived here and was exhibited for some time in co-ownership with his breeder but has now returned to sole ownership of Debra Raus  Dejavu Birmans - I retain an interest in him (as do the girls here.)

Hershey is continuing his interrupted show career - leased to Elmcrest Birmans for 12 months - and doing it in style as he was SUPREME MALE BIRMAN at the 2006 Birman Society Championship show!!  He has fulfilled his early promise, strong boned and with a fantastic strong chin. He maintains his dad’s coat and temperament, still a delight to show and he has many friends around the ring. 

STOP PRESS!!! Hershey-Best Birman Male Adult for 2006 also 4th GCCFV Best Adult Group1

Chad has already fulfilled his purpose here in true "Graduate" fashion. 

He organised a union with "Velvet Slippers" when he was just 6 months old and they had a lovely litter of 5 babies, he gained his title quickly, has had two more "wives" and has already moved on contributing his impeccable pedigree and his OUTCROSS lines. His wonderful sweet nature won him a fabulous home with a lovely couple who had come to look at a kitten.....thank you Chad I know you will make them very happy. I like the idea of retiring the stud boys as early as possible.

Thanks to all at Gramar for allowing us to own this sweet fellow....

I am not sure whether "TTS" belongs here with the Retired Studs or not...A really beautiful kitten I showed him with great success - including many Groups and Supreme In Show - but because he did not quite make it to an entire as he retained a testicle - I decided when a perfect home came along to de-sex and re-home at 9 months of age..My reasoning? As he was so clumsy he would not work until much later - his skills were not great. WRONG!! Between him and Phoenix they managed to produce a litter of five kittens when a successful union occurred several days AFTER he was desexed.    Four tabby girls - lilac, blue, chocolate and seal AND a chocolate boy. 

All the girls have gone as breeding girls and the seal is still here called SHARADA IMPOSSIBLE DREAM.  THANK YOU "TTS" enjoy your pet home.

"Sarah" was my foundation Birman Queen.  She came to be my pet as a retired cattery cat and then introduced me to the wonder of Birman breeding. Never would I have thought of re-homing her again – in fact the people who adopted her came to meet her daughter but as fate would have it, they fell in love with Sarah. With the same Serendipity that she came into my life she moved on and it is my constant delight to see how happy she is in her one cat household where she truly is idolised.  She produced four litters leaving winning, producing progeny with which to move forward.  Her best known daughter being, Db.Gd.Ch. Sharada She’s An Angel and best known son being, Db.Gd.Ch. Sharada Shades Of Blue, winning champion progeny.

"Sweetie" came from Shiki Birman cattery to help me establish a chocolate program.  From two litters – no chocolate kittens eventuated and she had just helped Missy rear the second 'disaster litter' when the adoptive parents - Sue and John - visited Missy.  

They fell in love with Sweetie and wanted to take her as well...so...the two of them are happily homed together and I did not get my chocolate point kitten. 

Dreams"– lovingly called 'The Dreams Cat' or "Mrs Dreams" is a personal favourite and I adore the cats that have her in their pedigree. A wonderful lilac girl, she was imported from New Zealand and became the foundation of this colour for me. Her sister who accompanied her was considered to be the "show girl" and Dreams the "breeder" - not a bad show record for a "breed quality" girl. 

Her adoptee parents travelled over 500 miles to meet her. Although she did not go home with them at that time, she was not forgotten and by keeping in touch over several months it became clear that was the perfect home for her. She has settled really well sharing her new home with a wonderful cream point Birman neuter called "Thumper" and is helping to introduce her new owners to the world of the show-ring. I receive regular photos and e-mails and am so pleased at how it is all working out.

"Gloria" was one of those cats who was born and lived here for some time but did not actually contribute to the development of the Sharada Birmans. I am afraid sometimes my heart rules my head.

As a young Queen she became mum to the smallest litter I have ever bred - one bouncing blue point boy.

This little fellow was adopted and Gloria went with him to become a loved family pet. These circumstances were not planned (as you can see my re-homing rarely is) but as reduction of breeding girls is necessary and a perfect home turned up, she moved on. What could be better than to retire a breeding girl with her own kitten. Her new owners love her gentle purrs, lovely silky coat and affectionate nature.

Angel is maybe my favourite of all the cats and I delayed retiring her until she was 5 years old...but she finallyfound a wonderful home in Sydney together with one of her kittens named "Claude" and a sweet little girl from Peloux Playmate who is called "Bonnie"...

Their new owners came to meet them when the kittens were just 6 weeks old and then came back to collect them - meanwhile a beautiful outside enclosure was built attached to the house giving them the best of all possible lives. 

The trio keep in touch with me by sending wonderful photos of how they "manage" Michael and Karen - I could not be happier.

Dejavu Miss Molly and Dejavu Hershey both are Grand children of Angel

Emma was having dominance issues wanting to be Top Cat and left here semi retired leaving me with a lovely lilac daughter (Phoenix) and blue point daughter (Melody) BOTH Gold Show Champions - but in fact she went off to help with the establishment of lilac colouring within the RAGDOLL breed. She was to produce one litter.

Emma did oblige and  produced a foundation RAGDOLL litter of 5 lovely kittens in an approved breeding programme for her care-taker Pam Baker (Ragalon Ragdolls). Pam is working on a special breeding program to improve chocolate and lilac colouring in Ragdolls.....this is the first step in 4 generations to produce a pure bred lilac Ragdoll. All very exciting.

With that contribution out of the way Emma now lives in luxury in her permanent pet home and has a Ragdoll kitten companion.

"Only" was another with Dominance Issues - this often happens with entire hormonal girls and it is  sometimes that consolidation is necessary. For this reason "Only" has gone to live with Erin Onesti in Western Australia where it is hoped she will be re-integrated into family life. One of the few females I have allowed to leave here entire.

Erin is just starting out in Birmans and will have a litter from "Only" and then lets see.......she may stay as a pet - Erin has several Russians that are 9 - 14 years old....... 

"Miss Peloux" was a stunning kitten always accounting well for herself in the ring....and with a personality that was quirky and delightful.

"Miss P" came from Jenny Winterbine and Carol Kane - Peloux Birmans - and according to an agreement has been returned to them after leaving a final wonderful litter - called the "Fairytale Litter". Her son Sharada Peter Pan is with Michelle Armour in NSW and her daughter Sharada Cinderella remains here - both reflecting their famous mum and dad and already titled and multiple group winners....while another son Sharada Little Boy Blue lives in Denmark at Song Hio Birmans and has managed to sire a BEST IN SHOW winner.

Satin" was the show breeding girl retained for 2004. She had a litter by Shekinah Soolaimon and she produced TWO lilac boys in her tiny first litter. A dedicated mum and she was then mated to Sharada Shadeso’Blue and although I was hoping for a lilac or blue girl for me it was not to be...two more boys. A sweet natured affectionate girl with a wonderful satin silky coat of the correct texture and great eye colour she has now moved on to a perfect indoor / enclosure home which she now shares with two more rescued Birmans....choice was keep Satin or her mum Michaela - "Mickey" won....

Update - Unfortunately the husband of the household where Satin was living became allergic to cats and his health was seriously affected..so she moved again but by a quirk of fate now lives with one of her friends and a Ragdoll...just round the corner from me....

"Weaver" was retained to progress the lilac programme, a lovely little lilac point. She is very 'typey', has a lovely length of coat and her point colour is very 'pink'. She produced a litter of 6 babies which appeared healthy, happy and well. 

All was looking good until the sad demise of one of the two lilac babies, from FIP at 6 months of age and the other from the same litter at 18 months. As this was my first encounter with the tragedy of FIP and it is believed that there may be an inherited component in some individuals both Weaver and her daughter S. Sweet Dreams were removed from the breeding programme. Weaver moved on where she now rules the roost at her new home as a spoiled pet where her exquisite personality is REALLY appreciated. She and the rest of her litter remain healthy.

FIP is an awful disease that troubles Researchers to this day with no known cure and little understanding as to why it occurs....it is thought that in the presence of Corona virus + Individual Pre-disposition to Mutate that Virus + Stress - either Emotional or Physical = mutation to Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) which is almost always fatal.

Full sister to Shekinah Soolaimon, and Full litter brother to the wonderful Shekinah Mateus this sweetest of sweet cats came unexpectedly due to her breeder down-sizing. 

This little girl is a treasure and reared a llitter by S. Shadeso Blue. As she was over 4 years old she was retired and her new "forever" owner also adopted one of her little blue sons and also took with her the retiring Shekinah Soolaimon - "Leon"

A really beautiful large outdoor enclosure was constructed that is accessible to a large comfie house which the cats access 24/7....there is even a viewing platform so the cats can watch what goes on in the street.  From her final litter I retained a perfectly marked little seal girl named Sharada Wild Rose....who has gone to live with Deb Saunders Kriska Birmans in NSW.

Little Sweetie is just that, a small girl but well made and beautifully marked possessing the clearest silkiest coat. 

She titled and lived for a time with Kay Campbell - produced 2 little boys in a litter  and recently due to Kay's ill health returned to find a forever home. She is a typical small girl, very full of herself and quite "Bossie" very sweet with people but not a cattery cat. 

As she came from a litter in which two siblings tragically died from FIP I was disinclined to breed from her so she now lives as a the little princess with a lovely elderly retired lady. She is spoiled rotten and  they are very good company for each other.   

'Baboo" came as a surprise when she was offered to me by her breeder who was down-sizing. A blue tabby with a lovely temperament, impeccable pedigree - mostly imported NZ -  but not blessed with show markings.  A lovely big girl, nice long body, long tail and lovely eye colour and the sweetest nature.

Babbie is mum to Sharada Tabby Two Shoes and Sharada Tee For Tiger - tabby boys....and I have her grand-daughter baby Sharada impossible Dream - a little seal tabby.

Meanwhile Babbie has moved on to what I think will be a sensational permanent home with no other cats and a very loving family - she deserves it. 

Peli produced three litters - the first delivered by C Section due to a dead kitten - I have learned not to vaccinate pregnant queens!!! The survivor from that litter is Ch.S.Chasin'Rainbows and a nice big red boy S.Rafferty Rules - see gallery. In her 2nd litter 4 boys arrived one a beautiful Cream point - see S. Oliver Cromwell in Gallery. Repeating that mating I have kept Sharada Rainbow Sky - no creams this time. 

Peli is a very sweet natured cat with a wonderful UK imported pedigree - she has bought a much needed outcross to the cattery...What now!!..

After deliberation it was decided this sweet girl deserved her pet home.....so she now lives as a sole cat with her new owner. It was a very hard decision to allow her to go.

Rainbow was the surviving female from Peli's litter and was the sweetest little girl. She did some nice winning as a kitten despite losing a portion of what would have been a very long tail - due to having circulatory problems after the c - section birth. Her biggest win was Best Birman Kitten at the Birman Society Show and she did produce a little girl in her first litter that went to live with Debra Raus - Dejavu Birmans.

Recently when I was down-sizing Rainbow went to live at Peloux Birmans where she is very happy being an indoor cat and the aim was to have her produce a tortie for them. Although the litter was forthcoming - no tortie.....so she  is to remain for one more attempt to try for a nice little tortie (fingers crossed) and will then retire to a pet home all of her own.  Rainbow Sky her half sister carries Pelis lines forward.

There is not enough space here for me to tell you how much I care for this girl...she had some wonderful litters and was a GREAT cat and for her retirement I wanted what she loved most - to be an inside / outside girl - she simply loved hunting. After inspecting three diffnt homes that were offered and finding them unsafe/unsuitable I was really concerned about what to do - she was definitely the "Boss" and here was causing a lot of disruption.   Finally after visiting Florencia Birmans in New Zealand came the solution - she was to retire there in return for one last litter...which she has done - now living as an inside/outdoor cat - no risk of predators, on safe acerage and the BEST retirement possible. Thank you Jo and David.

"Truffles" came to me as an older girl - nearly 12 months of age - from a special breeding family. Although she had two litters for me nothing was retained.....Due to health problems I was considering stopping breeding at the time when "Mickey" and "Bluie" were to leave for New Zealand. After a discussion involving "Truffs" future this sweet little guirky girl went with them.

There was a firm promise that she would receive her special permanent pet home after producing a litter. Both outcomes have been achieved - she produced a little show marked daughter and now lives permanently as a loved pet.

"Cinders" is from the Fairytale litter - from Peloux Playmate - her blue point brother - S.Little Boy Blue - is now in Denmark with Song h'io Birmans  and her seal point brother Ch.S.Peter Pan lives with Michelle Armour - Sobriquet Birmans NSW  Both Peter Pan and Cinderella accounted well as kittens with multiple show ring successes at Group level.

"Cinders" is a sweet little lady - with a touch of attitude and now lives permanently with Meaghan O'Halloran and the O'Halloran family - Rume Birmans - in rural Victoria.  Both Shiki Shamarli - Meaghan's lovely seal boy enjoy house privileges - this wonderful boy known as  "Monty" does not spray!!  what has she left behind but a lovely promising seal male kitten I have named Sharada Tellin' Stories.....see him on Studs page.

Velvet is such a sweet natured little girl who emulated her wonderful mum and half siblings going Best Exhibit In Group 1 at the GCCFV Kitten Show at the beginning of 2006. She continued to account well for herself at Group level during the year despite the fact that 4 Sharada kittens were shown in the same age Group during 2006. Well you can't keep them all so when hard decisions had to be made she has moved on to become Suzanne Parkinson's show/breeding cat but it was agreed she would have a litter bearing the Sharada prefix early 2007.....and she did!!! ....BUT not by design but though a creative mating with a 6 months old youngster - result Five beautiful babies!!!

Subsequent attempts to organise an arranged planned union have not been successful...... ...disdain for the boys on offer - so reluctantly she has been transferred over to Suzanne with a promise that I can have a kitten later on when she mends her ways...

"Isis" is a sweet little girl, great body and wonderful eye colour.....and from S. Velvet Slippers. She has the clearest pale coat for a blue girl, could do with a little more Roman nose andIn all fairness to Suzanne she was transferred into her name and produced the first Brynler baby Birmans with a mating to Kasseem...one of them is stunning - has a much better roman nose than her mum and reminds me of her grannie. She has gone to be a pet and breeding girl to a Birman Breeding Colleague in South Australia.

Because this Brynler baby had a little too much white Suzanne will have an additional litter from her mum next year or towards the end of this year and we are hoping that she will have one that is well marked for Suzanne to keep - I am watching her as well....

Little "Brock" was almost hand reared and as a result, her nature was very sweet and affectionate….BUT she was constantly picked on by all the other cats. 

With stunning eye colour and a lovely clear coat, I attempted to move forward in a chocolate breeding program. It was not to be, as although she did produce 5 lovely natured pets, no breed quality babies eventuated. In her turn Brock was re-homed with a very dear friend in a rural part of the country side, where she was living a happy life as a much loved, mostly indoor pet. Recently on one of her rare excursions outside to answer natures call, she simply disappeared. 

Despite an extensive search of the State Forest and bordering properties she has not been seen and it is feared that she became victim of a predatory eagle or fox. R.I.P sweet little "Brock".

Missy" - Sarah’s first Sharada  daughter -  'Typey' but poorly marked, she was retained as a breeding girl. I learned a lot - the main lesson was - 'Don’t spoil your breeding girls so they forget they are a cat!'  A disaster of a mum - two daughters produced litters Sharada Silver Lining ("Crystal") and Sharada Shes A Blessing ("Brock") nothing further from that family was retained. Saffie lived adored and waited on as a true Princess in her new home with Sweetie - the line continues through her litter brother Db.Gd.Ch.Sharada Shadeso' Blue.

SAD NEWS : June 2006 - Devastating news- Saffie has left us - far two young. She had a blood clot affecting and painfully paralysing her back legs and had to be given her wings. It is heartbreaking for all of us who knew this lovely lady. R.I.P darling girl it is very hard to realise she is gone.