About us

Marianne and John Brett live in South Yorkshire, England.

Marianne was born in Sweden but moved to England in 1988,

John has always lived in Yorkshire.

Both have kept and bred animals most of their lives,

of a large variety ranging from worms to dogs and sheep.

Both have children that all are just as animal mad.

We got married on the 10th of May 2003 .

Marianne has worked as a veterinary nurse, dog groomer and kennel maid, and is the author of

several books on pet care:

*GULDHAMSTERN (Swedish), ICA 1986. (As Marianne Bornhult)

(As Marianne Mays:)

*THE PROPER CARE OF HAMSTERS, TFH 1993

*PET OWNER'S GUIDE TO RABBITS, Ringpress 1995

*YOUR FIRST GUINEA PIG, TFH/Kingdom 1995

*YOUR FIRST PUPPY, TFH/Kingdom 1995

*YOUR FIRST KITTEN , TFH/Kingdom 1995

(The "Your First" books now known as "HOW TO CARE FOR..")

*PERSIAN CATS, Kingdom 1996

*MOGGIES, A BOOK ON NON-PEDIGREE CATS, Kingdom 1997

*EXOTIC SHORTHAIR CATS, Kingdom 1998

*WORLD OF CATS, Gramercy 1999

*FACTFINDER GUIDE TO CATS, Grange 1999

*THE DOG IN YOUR FAMILY, Kingdom 1999

*YOUR FIRST DWARF HAMSTER, TFH/Kingdom 1999

She started breeding Persians in 1989, with Exotics following in 1994.

Our animals are kept first and foremost as pets.

The dogs all live indoors and always will.

The indoor cats have a safely enclosed run to go out in.

They are not allowed outside otherwise -it is too dangerous.

The stud boys have to live in cat houses outside as they would fight otherwise.

Some females live in cat houses, but we tend to alternate these so that

each gets time indoors.

Our cat houses are built into a large garage, and are heated in winter.

Kittens are ALWAYS reared indoors with lots of attention.

From July 2004, only FAB PKD tested negative cats will be bred from.

(Before this we had not yet had a chance to have our cats tested. There were few vets in the UK that offer this service.)

Read up about Polycystic Kidney Disease HERE

Many of our oldies still live with us happily retired. Katy is almost 15 and Endora was 15 ½ when she died.

We don't believe in discarding cats just because they are no longer "useful" -

although the occasional retired adult cat may be re-homed to special pet homes.