Goals and Principles
Kawaii is Japanese and means cute. I like quite cute type in abys, with large alert ears, which made me to select this name. My cattery name was registered in 2005, after I first rehearsed breeding with placement cat, who had kittens for her breeder in my house in spring 2005. I am grateful for Anne Nebuankhet) for all advice and knowledge, which I got during this process. Our close co-operation is still on-going.
I'll try to keep the amount of cats in my house reasonable, so I also place some of my breeding cats to responsible homes, where they will give birth to 1 or 2 Kawaii-litters. Practice of foster litters usually work well here in Finland, which seems to be a cultural issue. Most Finns tend to keep their promises. I don't want to expand my breeding program too much, because I want to be able to stay in touch with the owners. Sometimes I keep or place kittens to see how they develop and decide not to use some of them. My cat's are not kitten machines, so one cat will get approximately 1-3 litters. After that they will live as happy household pets.
My cat's live as full family members at our home and they are never caged. In my home cats have climbing trees and access to the balcony, when it is warm enough. Kittens are raised under foot as family members living in the same areas with other cats. They are used to all kinds of noise and action. I don't show cat's from my household during I have unvaccinated kittens in the house.
My breeding cat's are tested for PRA, patella luxation PK-deficiency, Felv and FIV if needed. Cat's don't have so far any health problems and they have good immune system and no reproduction problems. I do not accept somali lines or new colors introduced by later outcrosses behind my abys.