When
I was a child, we had a Siamese tabby point cat. One year my mum
decided he was such a character, he ought to be entered in a local
cat show. Oscar was a pretty handsome boy and exceedingly
good-natured so it was no surprise when he won a rosette. I can't
remember much about the experience other than him being weighed and
people cooing around him.
More
than twenty years on, I re-lived the experience at the cat equivalent
of Crufts: The Supreme Cat Show. Four of us ventured over to
Birmingham for the night with pre-booked tickets, excited “Cat Day”
had finally arrived and unsure of what to expect. Checking out
impressive Comic-Con costumes on the way over, expectations were
high.
We
all hoped for some kind of cat assault course but unfortunately cats
don't seem to be deemed suitable for such qualifiers. Instead, there
was an enormous hall with a centre section of cat-related merchandise
both for meows and their owners surrounded by cats of every breed
imaginable and yet more stalls lining the walls.
There
was very little to see or do, aside from judges inspecting cats and
talks on how to treat cat diarrhoea. But it was still awesome because
we got to go around meeting all sorts of dudey cats, gawp at comical
fairytale-themed display cages and marvel at some rather eccentric
owners, decked out in cat print clothes and jewellery.
On
the whole the cats looked happy, despite some rather paranoid owners
putting signs on cages warning against strokes and contact in fear of
diseases being spread. Here are some favourite mementos from the
day:
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| For fatty cats with balance who have VERY rich owners. |
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| British Blues are awesome! |
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| You can actually get four poster cat/dog beds too. |
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