Meet Our Cat Family
SlvrPalace’s Dearheart TLH-Persian
Chinchilla & Shaded Silver – Golden & Shaded Golden – Blue Golden
These photos here are specifically from the SlvrPalace Dearheart Persian Cattery
Queen Elsa
Queen Elsa – Is my very special girl. I was not supposed to get her. We originally only planned on one female, but as fate would have it we ended up with two and she was our second one. We got her because when they shut flights down her buyer and the breeder could not get a flight for delivery. I was fortunate to have a flight not canceled for her sister Leia, so the opportunity for Elsa was requested by Barbara since we were in the breeding program and of course, we were more than glad to agree to purchase a second cat. Elsa has only had two litters, we lost the first one due to it being a singleton litter and the kitten was too big to pass. Her second litter was a success, with two babies a boy (Rocco) and a girl (Tatiana). Tatiana went as a breeder in our program and will be the only one carrying on Elsa’s name. Any intact female cat can develop pyometra, an infection that follows heat cycles or sometimes birth. We decided to spay her due to her repeated history of pyometra. Our cats are more than just breeders and income, they are our beloved pets above all. Elsa is now a retired female and lives happily at our home as a pet.
We are grateful she got to experience motherhood and have two beautiful babies, Rocco and Tatiana, and that Tatiana will be carrying on her momma’s legacy as a Dearheart Persian.
SIRE – Elisha Roi
You may be thinking ‘What an odd name’, and wondering if there is a meaning behind it. Well, there is, and it’s a funny story that started as a joke among friends who thought we were crazy for spending so much money on cats. So instead of the crazy cat lady, we are the crazy cat family, haha. So, my funny, wonderful always joking around husband would always respond with, “Just wait till we get our male, we are going to call him Roi (Return On Investment and laugh at their comments)”, So, as any good, supportive wife, my response was always “we are NOT going to call our cat Roi”. Well, it became such a joke among friends that it stuck. So, we added the name Elisha to the front of that name and called him Elisha Roi, so that he could be a double portion blessing, not to our finances, but in hopes of saving this breed. So we are believing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for a blessing on him, not for the sake of our finances, but rather to produce many offspring that can be used in our gene pool.
* In the pics with the other cats he’s the darker one on the floor.
Queen – Amaretta Bleu
Now this girl was our mystery kitten, her parents are a silver chinchilla (Sister to my Elsa & Leia) and a shaded golden male Sterling CHL Emile of L’Cara Tesoro. Originally we were not really sure what color she was going to end up having. She appeared chinchilla, but her tipping looked more blue and as if that was not puzzling enough, she had this beautiful golden hue to her main color as well. So would she be a dilute? Would she be a blue golden or a blue silver? We really didn’t know originally. We now know she is silver shaded, as the golden tones mostly faded away and we also know she is not blue silver because we did a DNA test to see if she carried the dilute gene and she has 0 copies of that. We know now that golden hue is called warm spots (some refer to as tarnish), but this is not bad if you are looking for a silver that is a golden carrier. That is because those warm spots are also the indicator that those silvers are the golden carriers. So yes, Ami is full Dearheart, she has the same amazing lines just like the others, only her daddy being a golden, is what makes her a golden carrier. This is amazing, since we have so few goldens from these lines. So depending on your breeding goals, whether you want a golden Dearheart or if you just want a pet, her offspring may be your pic. Ami’s offspring COULD produce; Silvers, Goldens, and also Golden Carriers. Ami has produced both silver and golden and golden carriers all of which are full Dearhearts. That being said, Ami is absolutely beautiful and she is constantly purring, she loves to cuddle and be on top of anyone who will pay attention to her. She is a lap cat, not a sit beside you cat. She has the perfect personality.
Queen – Peach
Peach, who I often call my lil Peachy Pie, is my one and only golden. She is a full Dearheart. I know what you’re thinking… “She’s golden and you call her a full Dearheart, that isn’t even a thing”, but it is. Let me explain. Silvers carry a golden gene, golden is just recessive to silver, but it does make it possible to produce goldens from silver parents and silver lines. Now those goldens should still have the same nose and eye liner that the silvers have, since they are from silver lines. (Understanding how the color distributes is better understood by researching genetics and looking specifically at the silver and golden genes called agouti, wideband, and inhibitor genes.) So it is true, that silvers can produce goldens. However, that is not the case with Peach. Peach’s parents are both goldens and they were the first two goldens in our network, they were imported from South Africa, but are still from the Dearheart lines, so the exciting thing about that is we know that the line has produced a blue golden before so someone had to carry a dilute gene. Either the mom or dad. So we were excited just to get them and have the two goldens here, but we also knew there was a chance if either of them carried a dilute gene, then 25% of their offspring would also be a dilute carrier since the dad in that line produced a blue golden we knew he was the dilute carrier. So we knew it was possible it was passed down to the two imports, so there was a good chance one of them carried it. Peach’s DNA showed she is a dilute carrier so we know one of the imports did carry the dilute gene. When talking about Dearhearts, goldens and blue goldens are something you don’t hear much about. If you haven’t heard of a Golden Dearheart, you certainly haven’t heard of a blue golden Dearheart. That’s because Dearheart is actually a cattery name and the owner of that cattery was Jeanie Ramsdale, but the breeders that bred these lines that she worked with, bred for silvers, but there were goldens in the linage as well. They just focused on the silver line and not as much on the goldens, but they certainly did use them from time to time, so they did exist. This is why we are so excited to have our lil Peachy Pie, not only is she another golden in our network, but her DNA test showed she is a dilute carrier so she can produce not only silver and golden, but when bred to the right stud, she can produce blue golden and blue silvers as well. So she will play a huge role in us having blue goldens and blue silvers in these lines here in the USA.
Princess Leia
Leia is the one we got at the same time as Elsa. I wanted so much to have an Elsa, but I got outvoted on her name. For our first cat. Todd and Taylor wanted to name her after a star-wars character. So I got to add Princess to her name. We did not know we were going to get a litter mate as well. So Leia was supposed to be our one and only. Originally we were not even planning to breed but as time went by and we learned more about these beautiful babies we decided to be a part of that. Our original plan was to just have Leia, use a stud. But as fate would have it, we were blessed to not only get Leia, but also a litter name (Elsa). To have litter mates is an amazing experience. To see them bond and play from 12-week-old kittens to how they are today I am so glad we took them both. Leia is a great mommy and she likes to have big litters, so far they have all been 4-5 kittens, including her very first litter. Around here, we like to call Leia everybody’s cat. She runs from no one including a big German Shepherd. If someone is getting attention you can believe it is this girl. She knows no strangers.
*In the ones with two cats it is Eli, he is the one to the back or farther away from the Camera and he is the darker one, the other is Leia.
