Højmarken's Lille Drøm

 

Our Lilly..., Absolute L*O*V*E the minute we met her. Lille Drøm means Little Dream in Danish, the good name for this sweet tempered, beautiful girl with a heart of gold. Her pedigree is a combination of cats we like and we have been privileged to see in real (and brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts of these cats). Katja, a million thanks for letting us have your special "Lille" Sweetheart into our home and heart.

 

	Date of birth	26/09/2008
	EMS code	NFO a 03 22
	Colour	Blue classic tabby with white
	Genotype	dd oo ww Aa mcmc S- ii
	Sire	F*Chaplin des FriggOdin
	Dam	GIC N*Bytangen's Bitten
	Breeder	Katja Schmatz, Højmarken's
	FeLV	Negative
	FIV	Negative
	HCM	Normal 2011
	PKD	Negative 2011
	CIN	Positive 2011
	PL	Negative
	GSD-IV	Both parents homozygous normal (N/N)
	Litters	L2

Because Lilly doesn't like it, she will not be taken to any show.
She can be admired at home ;)
 

13.10.2011 Unfortunately our Lilly will have no litters anymore.
We will have to talk with the vet about the risks for neutering in her case.
She has been diagnosed with CIN (Chronical Interstitial Nephritis)
Information can also be found under the name CRF (Chronic Renal Failure).

CIN is the most common kidney disease. The kidneys become shrunken and normal kidney tissue turns into dead scar tissue.
It can affect cats of all breeds and also domestic cats.

Lilly is diagnosed PKD Negative, which means that a diagnose of PKD negative doesn't mean the kidneys are okay.
CIN attacks the kidneys slowly, a negative result on an early age doesn't mean a thing.
Lilly's disease is discovered in a very early stage and she is 3 years old. So an earlier test would have shown us nothing.

CIN is much more common than we think. It often goes unnoticed because no tests are done. When the cat isn't tested the disease can go unnoticed until 75% of the kidneys is destroyed. So when the first symptoms are appearing, mostly at a stage when only one third of the kidney is still functional, it is often too late.

I'm working on a database for CIN and other kidney diseases in Norwegian Forest Cats.
If you want, please send in your data (ONLY test results or autopsy reports of Norwegian Forest Cats).