✦ 11 Years of Obsession ✦
We don’t breed for volume. We breed for perfection — in health, in temperament, and in the kind of bond that lasts a lifetime. Every decision we make starts and ends with the wellbeing of our cats.
✦ The Real Story
It started at the cat shows. In the early days I attended CFA shows across Northern California, trying to learn the standard, understand the look, and absorb everything I could from breeders who had been doing this for decades. I even bought show cats — CH Dalee Gummi Bear, CH Nu Moon’s Jane, and CH Dalee Treasure — and set my sights on granding a cat. Northern California didn’t offer enough show opportunities to accumulate points easily, so I shifted my goal: instead of showing, I would focus on producing show-worthy kittens. That’s when everything changed — and not in the way I expected.
I purchased two high-quality, show-potential females. They developed beautifully. But when it came time to birth their litters, neither could push. No contractions. Both required emergency C-sections. I sat down with my veterinarian afterward and he gave me a word that changed the trajectory of my entire program: uterine inertia. He believed it was hereditary — a bloodline trait — but suggested trying once more to see if it was a fluke. It wasn’t. It happened again with both queens. I spayed them immediately.
It was heartbreaking. It was traumatizing. It was one of the most expensive lessons I have ever learned. But it was also the turning point that defined who I am as a breeder. I wanted to go back to where mother nature started — Persians delivering naturally, with limited intervention unless truly necessary. I wanted to breed the emergency out of the birth entirely.
What followed was years of intentional trial and error. Working different bloodlines. Studying genetics. Obsessing over nutrition. Creating a calm, stimulating home environment where queens felt safe enough to labor without stress. If a cat’s temperament couldn’t coexist peacefully with the others, I retired them — because stress is the enemy of a natural birth. I started seriously working toward this goal in 2015. The last few years have been completely assistance-free. Watching my queens deliver calmly, quietly, and naturally without intervention is one of the greatest achievements of my breeding life.
And there is one more thing I am deeply proud of that nobody talks about enough: my males do not spray. I have purposefully sought out bloodlines and individual males that do not display spraying behavior. It is a natural trait in intact males — but one I refuse to accept or breed forward. Any male showing signs of it was immediately neutered and removed from my program. After 11 years, every male in this cattery has impeccable toilet habits and a docile, gentle temperament. That does not happen by accident.
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A queen with her litter, a newborn moment,
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I have perfected the health. I have perfected the look. I have perfected the nutrition. And I use an early neurological stimulation method with every litter that produces the kind of confident, curious, affectionate personalities that our families talk about for years.
— LynnC Caisse · Inara’s Prettiest Kittens, Eureka CA
✦ Health First ✦
No shortcuts. No assumptions. Every breeding animal at Inara’s is tested before they ever produce a litter. This is not optional — it is the foundation of everything we do.
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Health testing paperwork, vet visit,
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✦ Our Raising Philosophy
Every kitten born at Inara’s enters the world next to us — literally in our bedroom. From the very first breath they are held, spoken to, and surrounded by the sounds and rhythms of a real, warm, busy home.
We practice Early Neurological Stimulation (ENS) with every litter — a method that gently introduces specific neurological challenges in the first days of life that produce measurable, lasting improvements in temperament, confidence, and stress response. Our kittens are touched, handled, turned, and stimulated from day one. What you receive at 12 weeks is the result of that investment every single day.
Our kittens know dogs. They know children. They know the chaos and joy of a home full of life. That is not something that happens by accident — it is built intentionally, every day, from the moment they are born.
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Newborns, eyes just opening,
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Kittens with Fisher, with the dogs,
or exploring their world
✦ What We Breed For
We believe every kitten has a soul mate in human form. Our primary mission is placing companion cats with the families they were meant to find — and we believe the universe has a hand in that process. The right families always find us.
We are not a volume cattery. We do not breed for quantity. We breed selectively, we raise carefully, and we place intentionally. Every family that takes home one of our kittens goes through an application process — not because we are difficult, but because our babies deserve families who are ready for them.
We do occasionally place breeding cats with vetted, registered catteries. This is not something we do lightly — it requires a real relationship, shared values, and a level of trust that takes time to build. If you are a breeder interested in our lines, reach out and let’s have a conversation.
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A kitten with their new family,
a favorite portrait, or a regal moment
If you found us, we don’t think it was an accident. Apply for a kitten today and let’s find out if we’re meant to be.