At Kirheim we breed wonderful and lovable Burmese along with beautiful and mischievous Bengals.
Kirhiem Burmese and Bengal cattery is located near Whatawhata, just west of Hamilton New Zealand

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If anyone is interested in a kitten, we are happy to send photo's.

Our prices are still very reasonable for such beautiful babies. This is purely a hobby and we are only interested in having our babies go to loving permanent homes.

All my Bengal litters this season are by Bravado who is the most awesome cat. A very big boy but a real "Man".

We are currently reducing our Bengal breeders and we have some young retired males and females available to good homes.

We look forward to hearing from those interested in making a "Kirhiem Kitten" a friend for life.

A little history:

We began breeding Burmese in 1989 and Bengals in 1998. We are now semi-retired and currently live on a lifestyle block in Whatawhata, west of Hamilton. We own a few calves, a retired pacer 'Rymish', a miniature mare 'Tabertha' and her foal 'Peppy'. An elderly German Shepherd 'Kayla' , a naughty Miniature Schnauzer 'Baxter' and "Rocky" our Sulfer Crested Cockatoo complete the brood.

Our breeding of Burmese began with the adored Rendara Seal Selina. This wonderful Burmese was my soul mate for 19 years and inspired my love of these magnificent cats.

During this time I imported a friendly natured seal boy from England named Tasstia Bertie Brown. Later I purchased two females that had travelled with him and were initially intended for another breeder. The first was named Mickadnna Sweet Passion (Kiri), a beautiful seal with an excellent temperament, and the other was a chocolate, Brungeru Dresden Doll kitten resulting from the UK mating of Typha Plush Velvet and Kathima Taffita Tulip. Dolly (as she was known) produced our first NZ Cat Fancy Award winner Kirheim Maidtolove. Many of our Burmese are related to these very special imports.

Bertie Brown, Kiri and Dolly have now passed away but many of their progeny are carrying on from them and will too, live out their days receiving lots of love and special care.
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We also imported a seal boy Burwyck Balthazar (Taz) from Australia. He has produced many top show winners along with the English girls. Taz has now reached retirement so I have kept his son Kirheim Final Edition (Buster). Buster's mother is Kirheim Maidtolove. Aust Ch Boyagarrie Rastaman (Rasta) was our final import, he is a big beautiful seal boy also imported from Australia.

We hope you will enjoy meeting with us