The Cat Dad

Ultimate cat dad, and so much more

Do you know that feeling, that after a day of working or being away, you can't wait to be home with your cats again? Christopher does, he can intensely enjoy his cats by, for example, going for a walk with them in a forest near his house.

Not all 4 cats does he take outside, but that is not necessary either, because inside Christopher has also created a true cat paradise. Recently, he purchased several items from our new wall system to pamper his cats even more.

But it doesn't stop there, sometimes he even cooks a special meal for his cats. He also just has to pet other cats he meets on the street. Because his greatest love, his daughter Luna Jasmin, is just as crazy about cats as Christopher, he tries to pass on all his knowledge about cats to her. When they are together, they also take care of the cats together. And when Christopher is not busy with cats? Then he is continuously working on developing and improving himself. In his hobbies, interests, work, and mental health.

Storyteller

“I have actually had cats my whole life…” begins Christopher, whose memories are still fresh. Together with his mother, he once hand-raised a litter of 4 kittens that were born in his wardrobe. 3 of them lived to be over 20 years old. "That’s when cats really became a passion of mine," says Christopher.

Nowadays Christopher has 3 Maine Coons and 1 European Shorthair at home, and when he introduces them to us, we imagine ourselves in the Wild West with a touch of blues music. The oldest cat, Lana Memphis, had a difficult start. She was found all alone in the forest, sick, with inflamed eyes and so severely malnourished that she was in life-threatening condition. When she was finally allowed to go with Christopher from the shelter, they were immediately inseparable.

Levi, that would have been the name if Christopher had had another son. But because his cats are like his children, the red Maine Coon got the name. When Christopher saw him among the other kittens in the litter, he was sure "with him I always had the feeling that he is a real cowboy, from the Wild West, that's how mischievous he is," said Christopher, who gave Levi the middle name 'Jericho' as a reference to a Western film.

The youngest, but also the heaviest of the bunch is Bagheera. The Maine Coon weighs no less than 12.2 kilos. Bagheera is named after the panther from Junglebook, but his second name was given to him by Christopher's martial arts instructor, and that is Kasumi. “Kasumi” means mist in Japanese, referring to the gray haze in his coat.

Missing ingredient

Finally, Sakura Bastet, a special Maine Coon, came to Christopher and his daughter. “This cat has such a beautiful soul and a very big heart,” Christopher told us, who came up with a new name for the Maine Coon. He wanted to give her a beautiful name that honors her. So he named her after the Japanese blossom tree ‘Sakura’, combined with the Egyptian fertility goddess who represents joy, dance, music, celebration, life, and warmth ‘Bastet’.

“She was the missing ingredient in our life with our cat family,” says Christopher. Sakura Bastet is missing an eye and has a congenital defect in her tail. Although Christopher originally did not want a fourth cat, because that would be too many, he kept thinking about Sakura, whom he had seen at Bagheera's cattery. After a while, the breeder contacted Christopher because Sakura was not accepted by the other cats at the cattery and would be better off finding a new home. She found that home with Christopher and Luna Jasmin.

Special tape

Since then, not only Christopher has been inseparable from Sakura, but also (or especially) his daughter Luna Jasmin. Beforehand, Christopher told his daughter about Sakura, and also that she was bullied by the other cats because of her eye and tail. "Since then, they have been inseparable and Luna Jasmin promised to always take care of Sakura," says Christopher about the sweet duo. "Since then, my daughter has also come out of her shell more and is less shy," he continues. Christopher says it was meant to be this way, and that the balance in the house is now just right.