My name is Nedra Tucker-Hedgecoth of Hankypankys Cattery. I got started in Persians back in the mid 1980's when I purchased my first cat from Marianne Byrne of Midas Cattery.  Champion Midas Sheba was my foundation female and is behind all my old lines. I bought her at the Ohio State Fair during fair week. Sheba was the love of my life, although just a breeder, I loved her no less and to this day she is deeply missed. I had originally purchased her as a pet but then later I decided to show and breed her. Marianne let me buy her papers after seeing how she had developed. I dragged that poor cat across the State and then some ! I guess no-one had the heart to tell me to go home until I had something better to bring out.

I eventually figured out that she did not have the qualities of the cats I had been seeing at the shows, so off I went. I took her back to Marianne for stud service to Grand Champion Lullaby Abracadabra Of Midas, DM which produced 8 black kittens !!! In the meantime I had met Nancy Davis of Willow Glen cattery who took me under her wing and we bred Sheba to Nancy's Grand Champion Willow Glen Baccarat, DM. This gave me my start and Nancy and I became good friends along the way. I then brought in a black male who granded easily from Sue Heitman of Marhei cattery. Grand Champion Marhei Express  produced 11 Grand Champions for me. He always threw that smooth frontal doming and one piece bodies that I like so much in a Persian

After that I acquired several Bolo Persians and have just recently begun to bring in new lines to hopefully improve on what I have already without losing something else in the process. These lines include Vinec, Joleigh, Beaubell, Pojo, Spellbound and Spookipawz. During this time I had gotten my sister started in breeding Persians, her cattery being Lamettas, and my niece being Purdy Katz. Both have since gone on to do other things but not without leaving behind some beautiful cats to the fancy. Hankypankys has produced 19 Grands and has granded quite a few cats from other catteries. I have a few cats within just a few points of granding and for one reason or another never got to finish them.

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My cattery is located in Englewood, Ohio, which is just north of Dayton close to I-70 and I-75 and only 5 minutes from the Dayton International Airport. Most of my cats have been PKD tested and are Feluke/FIP/FIV checked. All cats and kittens leaving my cattery are sold with a contract and written health guarantee. Cats and kittens are sold at my sole discretion. Hankypankys cats and kittens are shipped worldwide. I hope you enjoy your visit. I will be posting new litters as they arrive so check back often.  The pictures of the flowers (above) are in front of the cattery. The cattery is air conditioned for the summer, heated in the winter, and ventilated all year round. There are plenty of windows so the cats can watch the birds as they land on the deck to feed and watch the squirrels playing in the trees. They have a TV which is usually tuned into "Animal Planet" and a radio playing "Oldies", plus a variety of cat climbing trees. All of the pregnant girls are brought into my bedroom around the time they are due so I can be sure everything is going alright. They usually want me to be right there with them. Of course kittens and retired cats run freely throughout the house and my bed usually has several cats in it at all times. I feed Nutro Natural Choice and a meat mixture mainly for the babies or cats that I'm showing. The others are on Nutro Natural choice alone. Hankypankys is a hobby cattery, not out for profit, breeding cats to the written show standards.

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