Mon Chéri Cattery

Would an Exotic Shorthair kitten be a good gift?

Tortoiseshell Exotic Shorthair Kitten, Collierville, Tennessee
Mon Chéri Emmy is a beautiful and rare tortoiseshell Exotic Shorthair happily in Collierville, Tennessee with Doug and Kathleen Strodtbeck.

Are you thinking about getting a kitten from Mon Chéri or giving a Mon Chéri Exotic Shorthair kitten or Exotic Longhair kitten for a loved one? Hear Doug Strodtbeck’s customer experience. Doug gifted a Mon Chéri Exotic Shorthair kitten to his wife, Kathleen after her beloved cat died. 

He wrote us: “Two months ago I decided to surprise my wife with a new kitten after we tragically lost one of our two Exotic Shorthair female cats (age 13) earlier this summer in a sudden and totally unexpected mishap.   

I initially chose the Mon Chéri Cattery for two reasons, first because of its relative proximity in Arkansas to our home near Memphis, but, more important, because it was deemed a “Cattery of Excellence” by the Cat Fanciers Association, and now that our new Tortie kitten has been home with us for more than two weeks, it’s easy to understand why.

Tortoiseshell Exotic Shorthair Kittens, Collierville, Tennessee
Best friends! Mon Chéri Emmy is a tortoiseshell Exotic Shorthair loves her big sister Sophie in Collierville, Tennessee with Doug and Kathleen Strodtbeck.

From start to finish the entire adoption process was a genuine delight. Owner Nancy Christie and her husband, Ted, are both very gracious, down-to-earth folks, and the energy and expertise they use to maintain their remarkably picturesque farm near the Ouachita Mountains of western Arkansas is reflected in their cattery as well. As we expected with any Exotic, our kitten is very affectionate and extraordinarily personable, so much so that my wife has nicknamed her “Miss Pizzazz” and often describes her as a “genuine snuggle baby”. No lap remains empty for long in our home if our kitten is nearby, though I’ve come to suspect that there something much more dynamic in her DNA, as she is incredibly intelligent and as stealthily agile as a panther whenever she frolics around the house. Moreover, her light chocolate tortoiseshell coloring is like nothing we’ve ever seen — it is truly rare and unique.

When we asked Nancy how she manages to breed and raise such beautiful, healthy kittens, she replied: “I want pretty and sweet and smart and healthy. It’s not easy to get all those qualities.”  While this may be true, after viewing the galleries of Kitten and Newborn photographs on the Mon Cheri website, we’d say Nancy is very successful at what she does.

Tortoiseshell Exotic Shorthair Kitten, Collierville, Tennessee
Sleeping beauty! Mon Chéri Emmy is a tortoiseshell Exotic Shorthair happily in Collierville, Tennessee with Doug and Kathleen Strodtbeck.

For anyone who might raise an eyebrow at the price one might pay for a kitten from the Mon Chéri Cattery, we simply say, consider the pet you will be getting and what it took to place that kitten into your hands. As billionaire investor Warren Buffet, the Oracle of Omaha, once famously remarked:“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”Believe us, if you become fortunate enough to adopt a kitten from this cattery, you will not be disappointed.”

– Doug Strodtbeck of Collierville, Tennessee

Video of his wife Kathleen’s reaction when she sees Mon Chéri Emmy, a tortoiseshell Exotic Shorthair kitten for the first time!

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Bird flick 🎥 🦆😺 gets two paws up! from Mon Chéri Emmy, tortoiseshell Exotic Shorthair kitten!

Additional Videos

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  • See Kathleen’s kitten Mon Chéri Emmy trying to pounce the chipmunks outside, if only she could break through the window. View video
  • Learn how Kathleen has trained her kittens to be well-mannered and take turns eating. View video
  • Mon Chéri Emmy also enjoys watching chipmunk flicks!
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