Hi, my name is Karin Broeders and together with my son Julian, owner of the JERBA NICOL cattery. Julian is 8 years old, and of course... the most beautiful 'Jerba Nicol member'. He also is to be named as the main kitten socializer, as well as our French Bulldog 'Flambé de La Parure'! We are located in a beautiful town called Kampen, situated in the Province Overijssel the Netherlands.

::: 22 years of breeding :::

Jerba Nicol is a independent registered cattery since 1986, but also a CFA (Cat Fanciers' Association) registered cattery since 1994. Our cattery is small, and we only breed a few litters a year. Our cats and kittens come from the best Grand Champion, National Winning, Regional Winning and Divisional Winning Persian and Exotic lines! Our cats and kittens all are registered with CFA, and meet the standard for their breed.
We breed for quality, not quantity!

With each litter my ultimate goal is to create wonderful show cats with cobby and massive body & legs, big wide open and dark copper eyes, small ears, round round head, smooth doming, and a sweet open expression... which should be typical for a Jerba Nicol cat.
I aim for cats that not only meet their breed standard, but also for healthy cats with a strong constitution and a good personality. Of course all of our cats and kittens are PKD negative (we have been PKD testing our cats and kittens via scan since 1998 and up, as well as via DNA since 2005).
Our cats are members of the family (no cages), meaning they have the run of the house and sleep in our beds. Our kittens are born in my bedroom and as soon as they're old enough they get the run of the house together with the rest of the cats and our dog where they are well socialized. They are raised underfoot with plenty of love and attention.

I got my first pedigreed cat in 1984, a Cream Persian Male, named Sjoerd van Flossy's Home. Not long after that I bought a tortoiseshell Female, named Artimis van Slavenburg. With these two cats I started breeding Persians.

The breeding of Bi-colors, including Vans (in The Netherlands we also have 'Harlequins'), started in 1988 after I bought a black and white girl named Eur.Gr.Int.Ch. Jerry of the Purple Rain (Miesja).
I always thought that I loved solids, 'till my black and white girl gave me 4 wonderful babygirls... including 2 lovely Vans! I totally felt in Love... so from that moment I decided to get specialized in Bi-colors and especially in Vans. This still is my challenge these days! Like an old story says... Old love never dies.

Also Miesja was the cat who gave me my first Exotic litter. Jerba Nicol's Danyo-Douè was one of them. A sweet n' stunning blue boy, born in 1991. And you probably know what happened... "the Exotics ruled the house"! I just love them as well as they are a lot of fun to live with! Together with the Exotics... there of course was created a new love as well: The Van (and/or Harlequin/High White) Exotic!!!
It took some time, but finally my first Exotic Van was born in 1996. I called her CFA CH & Int.Ch. Jerba Nicol's My-Dreams-Desire. She was out of Ch. Jerba Nicol's Sonny-Go-Steady and CFA CH & Eur.Gr.Int.Ch. Jerba Nicol's Never-Say-Never.

My first import cat arrived in 1992, after I met Sue and Larry at a cat show in California, U.S.A. Their beautiful blue-cream longhaired girl Eur.Gr.Int.Ch. Lion House-Shamu of Jerba Nicol, became one of my most important foundationcats. Thank you Shamu... I'll never forget you!
A little later I also purchased CFA CH & Int.Ch. Lion House D.J.Jovi of Jerba Nicol, a gorgeous homozygous Red Tabby and White Exotic boy. Both Shamu and D.J. are the ancestors of our current Grands, Divisional Winners, Regional Winners and Best in Show, Best of Best & Best over All Winners.

"I am not a pig, I am not a pug!
My ears haven't been cropped, my tail hasn't been docked.
I didn't run into a wall, or get hit in the face with a fry pan!
I do NOT bite - but my owner is another matter altogether...
That noise is how I breathe - I am not growling at your child.
I'm not ugly, I'm almost CUTE...
and anyone who'd say that is so stupid they're almost smart."

I am a FRENCH BULLDOG and I am PERFECT in every way!!

Hereby I gladly would like to mention the following cats which also have been very important for my breeding and showing program over the years:
"CFA CH & Pr. Katyiah's Rhapsidy of Jerba Nicol, CFA GC Purrsay's Purr C Heartthrob, CFA GC & Eur.Gr.Int.Ch. Ubi Bene Ibi El Kahena, Ch. Oceano's Clouseau of Jerba Nicol, Matrimindo Mischief of Jerba Nicol, Int.Ch. Polcann's Apollo, Tyolet's Triton, Eur.Gr.Int.Ch. Stella Nova's Exotic Radar, Int.Ch. & Pr. Tocambar's Ice Bear of Jerba Nicol, Tocambar's Nando of Jerba Nicol, Int.Ch. Ixiolirion's Bubbles of Jerba Nicol, CFA CH & Int.Ch. Lindsy's Home Dream Girl, Phailin's Day Dream of Jerba Nicol, CFA CH & Int.Ch. Sandy-B Fancy-Pants of Jerba Nicol, Ch. Aimée's White Wish of Jerba Nicol, CFA GC Floricats Work of Art of Jerba Nicol, CFA CH & Gr.Int.Ch. Marquardstein Sylvia of Jerba Nicol, CFA CH Miramacats J-Lo of Jerba Nicol, CFA CH & Ch. Brettonpark Cotton Eye Joe, CFA CH Floricats Blondie of Jerba Nicol and Ch. Athelstones IceCream of Jerba Nicol"!
They all made the Jerba Nicol cats as beautiful, sweet and succesful as they are!

And of course... I can not let out our current welcome additions:
"CFA GC, DW & Eur.Gr.Int.Ch. Brettonpark Big Hug of Jerba Nicol, CFA CH Calivan's Ice-T of Jerba Nicol, Psymis Celina of Jerba Nicol, Mockingbird X-Sampa of Jerba Nicol, Maradan Gold Fever of Jerba Nicol and Athelstones Nine Inch Nails".
They all made (and still do) Jerba Nicol a Top Winning Cattery time after time!

Huge thanks to all my friends for sharing their beautiful cats with me, for entrusting me with their great bloodlines, for their support, and... for making my dreams come true!!

I hope you enjoy reading about and visiting our Cattery. Please come by often to check for updates, and feel free to E-mail me with any questions. I will be happy to answer them!
Thank you for visiting our Website! We look forward to hearing from you!
Please, don't forget to sign our guestbook as well, since we know you have visit us.

Thanks,

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