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We are a TICA and CFA registered Old Style Siamese and Balinese cattery located in Maryland. We are a smaller cattery with all kittens being raised right in our home, mixed in with all members of our family, which helps us raise healthy and happy kittens. We absolutely can't imagine not having our kittens with us at all times. Socializing a kitten to accept a lot of different environments and sounds and people is very important, therefore, we do not raise kittens in cages, or in separate buildings or cat houses. They are raised in our home, always with us, in our laps, in our beds, on our couches, and in our arms. Raising them as member's of our family and having them be involved in our everyday routines helps each kitten become confident, curious and playful. They are imprinted at birth with our voices and scent and spend their growing days underfoot with us. They are ready to join you by the time time they are 3-5 pounds or twelve to thirteen weeks as confident, playful and healthy kittens. We specialize in Old Style Balinese and Siamese and have combinations of blood lines that have been studied, are purposeful with the intent of maintaining health, diversity and longevity as well as beauty and personality. Our blood lines are old, with available, traceable pedigrees back to the 1800's and are proven for longevity, creating outstanding, healthy, sweet tempered kittens. We breed solely for the purpose of maintaining the purity of the breed and out of a passion to keep the Old Style Siamese and Balinese blood lines unrelated, diverse and thriving. When we first started breeding, it was evident that the breeds ability to continue on with healthy unrelated blood lines was being threatened. At that time there were few ethical breeders on the East Coast who were willing to do the work to help expand the lines. It is costly and always a risk to bring in from other countries. Sharing a passion for the expansion of the blood lines led me to other breeders, most from the West Coast and together over the time frame of 14 years, have worked together on this expansion. Now, in 2025 and especially post Covid with the growth of the number of available breeders, some but very few are as serious as the diehard breeders that have been breeding and perfecting the Siamese and Balinese health and diversity through studying not just pedigree but diversity, over the last 25-45 years. Unfortunately, the understanding of breed preservation in many of the post Covid breeders is absent as evidenced by their commitment to breeding for look or numbers of kittens or the idea of a hypoallergenic novelty missing the true spirit of protecting the breed. Time will tell if the overpopulation of repetitive blood lines coursing throughout most of USA catteries will squelch the hard work of those breeders that actually imported lines and tried to expand the availability of unrelated blood over the last 20 years. The good news is, now in 2025 compared to 2011 when we first felt the urgency to help save the breed, I feel the Siamese and Balinese lines are much healthier and thriving. I hope this lasts. DNA testing is available and necessary to access the diversity and health of a breeders lines. This love and commitment to the longevity of the breed can never be minimized or looked over when taking on the crucial job of protecting a breed that at one time was even near extinction. We never want to go back to that time again.
Maintaining the Old Style diversity, health, personality and looks of the Siamese and Balinese is our passion.
We feel that this breed is truly the most family oriented, intelligent, loving and beautiful breed of cat that there is. We are determined to nurture the growth of this breed, to provide you with a family member who is healthy, vigorous, friendly and beautiful in looks and nature.
Prior to leaving, all kittens will have had :
- Three veterinary exams
- Two age appropriate Vaccines
- preventative deworming and preventative protozoal care
- Stool tests with antigen testing to verify they are parasite, bacterial, and worm free
- Spayed and Neutered prior to leaving our home.
- Many pictures and weekly videos to keep you up to date on their growth and personalities.
- All kittens have a two year health guarantee and return clause as well.
We offer all four standard colors, Lilac, Chocolate, Seal and Blue as well as rare Tortie points and Reds Points. We also have Lynx points in both Siamese and Balinese.
Do not be fooled Here in the USA Registered Old Style Balinese or Siamese do not have white feet or a white mask. Although I truly adore the look. I want to educate you that if you find a breeder advertising traditional Old Style Siamese with white feet this is not a purebred Balinese or Siamese, but rather are Snowshoes, or domestic short haired cats meaning that they were created using two breeds, American Shorthair and Siamese, and should be registered as such. Snowshoes should NEVER be displayed in a long hair form. Torties though will have splashes of cream in various places on their muzzles and feet. This is much different appearing than a white footed cat, white masked cat and is a different gene than the white spotting gene that is used in the Snowshoe breed.
We are FeLV and FIV negative, and fecal cultured for parasites, protozoans, viruses and bacteria's prior to breeding and prior to leaving our home. All adult breeding cats are DNA tested for 50 genetic feline illnesses and are clear prior to breeding.
Our cattery is our home. We have raised not only kittens but our four adult children here. It is imperative that it is kept clean! We take care to sanitize and maintain a healthy environment to eliminate the risk of disease for our cats and their kittens. Being a breeder now for 14 years as well as a Critical Care Nurse for 26 years I use my knowledge of preventing bacteria and diseases to run a healthy and sound home.
* We have a YouTube channel titled Provenance Cats. Please enjoy videos that are posted weekly. Make sure to subscribe to my channel.
*We have a Facebook page named Provenance Cats and a fantastic Facebook group named East Coast Old Style Siamese and Balinese. This is a group for those that have already joined our cat family and those who are interested in learning about the Balinese and Siamese breed.
Thank you!
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