About SkeenVille

We are a very small TICA registered cattery breeding for health, temperament, type, and quality. Our breeding program consists of 5 cats: 2 healthy HCM negative females (scanned yearly), and 3 spayed/neutered show cats (scanned yearly). Both of our breeding females are bred no more than once per year to healthy HCM negative males of like quality. We work closely with select like-minded breeders to ensure the health and breed standard of the Sphynx is preserved. We work in close contact with our veterinarian, and our cattery is inspected annually to ensure quality. We have earned the TICA Outstanding Cattery recognition. We recommend that before buying any cat, do your research and visit the home in which it was raised.

Please see the Coming Soon page for more info on acquiring one of our babies.

Formerly known as Smoothies Sphynx Cattery, we changed our name to SkeenVille. "Skeen", the nickname of LA SGC/GP, RW Angelsark Liza Skinnelli is the one who started it all. Our first "real" show cat, Skeen got us "hooked" into the world of showing cats and making friends around the globe. Skeen remains one of the most successful Sphynx Show Cats in history. Besides her career as a show cat, Skeen was a fabulous pet. Her temperament was one of the reasons we fell in love with this special breed. Our breeding goals are to produce more cats like Skeen: healthy, happy, HCM clear, full of personality, and of course beautiful. Sadly, Skeen passed away in 2011 from Lymphoblastic (high grade) Intestinal Lymphoma.  

All of our cats are treated with the utmost love and respect, and are never caged. They are all very lovable, socialized cats, most of which sleep in our beds every night. Each of our cats is unique in personality. They are well-traveled, as we like to promote them by taking them to shows often. We believe in showing cats as a way to preserve the breed standard, making sure that all cats being bred conform to that standard. It is for this reason that we have not bred a cat who has not earned at least a minimal show title. We strive for excellence and carefully select which unions will be most likely to produce the type of look we want. We are not breeding exclusively for eye and coat color. We focus on head and body type, because in the show ring, eye and coat color are immaterial. Pedigrees are scrutinized closely for healthy lines to ensure the preservation of the Sphynx gene pool. We are an HCM Scanning Cattery. Our breeding cats as well as our neutered and spayed pets are scanned annually for HCM.

   

 

About Marion Yates

Marion is committed to producing healthy, well adjusted, socialized, excellent show quality kittens. She has been showing for 5 years in The International Cat Association (TICA) and has won several Regional and International Awards in that time. She has titled every cat used in her breeding program, and screens each of her cats annually for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). She works with select like-minded breeders and attends cat shows several times a month. Marion was elected TICA Sphynx Breed Chair in 2009 and is actively serving the position. She is also a LH/SH Specialty Cat Show Judge for TICA, a Licensed Master Clerk, Entry Clerk, and Head Ring Clerk. She is involved in the management of several cat shows all over the United States, and is a member of many TICA clubs. Outside of the cat fancy, Marion is an investor, property manager, and Registered Nurse in Critical Care in the Orange County area.

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