[violet1991]

easy answer... not really.

It's worth finding some nice show siamese, and some show PEWs, and going from there I think. It's difficult because himis don't breed true.

Vi x

 

[violet1991]

hmm so for my first go at breeding show stock himi wouldnt be the way to go? I wouldnt be showing them properly till next year so Id have a year to get them to a fair standard- whatever I breed. What other varieties would be good for a first timer?

As Cait says, adding pet stock into breeding lines is never going to win you anything in a show.

As I said, if you want to get some even half decent himalayans, you need show stock siamese and show stock PEWs, as it's the cross of these two is what gives you himalayans. No it's not an easy first variety... but if your heart's in it, why not go for it? there isn't really any "good" varieties for a first timer if you ask me. I think realisticly you need to have a long hard think about what variety you are doing, and stick with it. Theres no point in starting on a variety, then have to change later on when your no longer a first timer, the other varieties aren't going to get any "easier" to breed.

sounds rich coming from me, as i wanted to do himalayans, but I am too picky and to get the result I wanted it would have taken years and A LOT of stock, which I don't have the room for, but I would do it if I had the space. (I wanted black pointed ones). Moved onto the Argentes, but they've not bred well for me, and I didn't get enough stock to be able to carry on with what I've got.

Hey ho, we learn from our mistakes.

But it's quite possible you can get show himalayans from good stock of siamese and PEW, so if you love them, go with it. Just don't try be too ambitious like I was! Only do what you have the time and space for.

*gets off soap box*

Vi x

 

[violet1991]

What other varieties would be good for a first timer?

this is what I was talking about, rather than anything else...

okay...there are varieties that are more readily available from breeders that are more common, and generally, the ones that you can get your hands on tend to be the ones good for first timers because it's easier to find stock. But don't go for something just because your a first timer. What happened to learning? If you like one variety, don't be put off it just because not many people have them, or they're hard to grasp. You can think as hard as you like that you will maybe have them one day when you know about it better..... but by that time you've already worked on one variety that you got as a first timer, and it's a bit of a waste to give them up isn't it?

what I'm saying is, don't ask what is good for a first timer, ask yourself what you personally like, whether they are easy or not

I was trying to avoiding the word easy, because NO variety is "easy". But failed miserably. Hopefully you know what I meant by it though.

Vi x