Berka's Mr. O'Malley

O´Malley

father: CH Erik z Veveří, CZ

mother: CH Shifra van 't Wieltje

he is red silver tabby shades (SIB ds 11) Click here for his pedigree.
born on April 27, 2009 † January 10, 2018 Egmond aan Zee

Bloodtype A (N/N),

He has been tested on:

HCM, PKD and CIN Ultrasound

PKDef DNA

FeLV, FIV SNAP test

and checked for patella luxation by our vet

Both parents tested on HCM, PKD, CIN, FeLV, FIV
Grandpa and grandma mother's side both tested on: HCM, PKD, FeLV, FIV
Grandpa on father's side is tested on: HCM, FeLV, FIV en FIP,
Grandma on father's side is tested on: FeLV

Bloodtype A (N/N) (DNA)

color DNA: by blood

Dilution D/d

Burmese (cb) N/N

Siamese (cs) N/cs

Agouti A/a

Chocolade N/N

Cinnamon N/N

father of litter 15, with Lemon 21-11-2015

O'Malley was born here, and lived with us again from April 22 2015 until May 14, 2016 when he moved to his new family on May 14 2016.

Mr. Berka's O'Malley, a male with a story. An shockingly situation and a gift at the same time!

As a kitten from the first litter of our Shifra and our Eric, he had already conquered our hearts. O'Malley was the one we would keep for ourselves.

When we had visitors for our kittens, they fell in love with our O'Malley. After long thinking we decided that it was better to place him as a pet. It was not wise to keep a son of Erik in the cattery in this early stage. So it happend.

Sadly it didn't quite went as agreed. The promised pictures failed to materialize. I tried to keep in contact, but no response. After a year I have called them again, we had a short friendly talk, and again there were promised photos. Again regrettably no pictures . But okay, so be it, it's a shame, but not an insuperable problem.

Then I got a call on April 7th 2015. Someone had found a cat that sat for days in the backyard. It looked bad. They caught him and took him to the vet. Because I always register the cat's chip in the database with our cattery name, the lady found me.

On what else is happening, I will not elaborate further here, but we can say that he was badly neglected and currently ill.

We immediately came in action. The vet (1,5 hours drive away from us) was willing to do some tests for us on O'Malley. First a body check, for broken bones etc. Then the intestines, heart, lungs. Than a FeLV and FIV test was done. There were no problems.
So he was neglected, very underfed, his teeth ware a mess, his fur was very dirty and full of tangles and he was ill. And although he was almost 6 years old, he was not neutered. The people we sold him to, said to the vet that they had given him away some time ago, but did not know any details :-(

We drove to the vet, paid the bills and took O'Malley to an animal shelter, where he stayed for two weeks in quarantine, with medication. After the two-week waiting period (the original owners can get him back in two weeks), we acquired him at the animal shelter. We paid for the quarantine, as was agreed in advance of his placement there.
At home he could recover further in our self-built by quarantine. He got his medication, we went to a dental specialist, who treated him and removed all of his teeth and molars. Even the ones who were hidden in his jaw.

All the time our own vet helped us. All the problems that have arisen through the neglect, we have taken care of!
About the cost, well, I could easily buy 3 Siberian cats. It should never have come this far, poor O'Malley.

(June 4th, 2015 as of this writing) Now it goes better, his weight is he not there yet, but every day he gains a bit weight and grows responsibly towards his actual weight. He is cheerful and, yes yes again a real tomcat, has is spraying merrily around (that's the only downside than ;-)) All other illnesses have disappeared.

And what is the present then, you will probably ask. Well, now our Erik is no longer with us, we now have a first generation offspring of him within our cattery.

Update
November 21, 2015 O'Malley has become a father, once we knew Lemon was pregnant by him, he got a Suprelorin implant (chemical castration). What a difference, O'Malley has grown well since the implant, no energy to his hormones, and his coat has time to grow and develop. He is again a nice Siberian cat :-)

When we noticed that O'Malley developed so great with his chemical castration, we knew we had to spay him and find him a new forever home.

We went looking for a new home for him. After many reactions we have found a match with Lex and Nathalie. On May 9, 2016 he was neutered and he moved out on May 14, 2016. We wish him and his new owners a lot of happiness, he earned it.

Update
In December 2017, O'Malley fell ill. Despite all the vet visits and medication, it was not possible to get him back on track. Ultimately, on January 10, the difficult, sad but right choice was made and O'Malley no longer had to fight. Despite being almost 9 years old, he had had a very eventful life, with his health very neglected by the first owners. That contributed greatly to his untimely end.

In the last six months of his life he had also been joined by a young cat lady, with whom he got along very well.
Thank you Lex and Nathalie for your good care and love, so he was able to have a few more beautiful years!

For more pictures of O'Malley click here.

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