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ello My name is Meryle Frame and for the last 40 years I have lived at
North Sunshine which is 20 minutes drive from the city of Melbourne in Victoria,
Australia.I have a Husband and three children and our Cattery Name TOMELIMA is derived by using the first 2 letters of our first names: TOM. MEryle. LIsa and MAndy/MArk. We joined the Feline Control Council of Victoria in 1977 and began showing Siamese as an interest for the children. We started with a Seal Point Neuter pet and later bought a Blue Torti Point as a friend for him. "Just one litter" was the plan; famous last words as 25 years later I am deeply involved in the Cat Fancy. We were introduced to Orientals in 1980 when we aquired a Chocolate Female for Mandy's birthday. A year later we introduced a Foreign White Female into our cattery.  I mated our Blue Torti Point to a prominant
English Import and she produced one kitten by caesarian; a Lilac Tabby/Torti Point,
Tomelima Phueng who became our foundation brood queen who has produced many well known
cats in Australia. She was a great family member and would let only members of the
family handle her, for this reason she never obtained a title. She was very protective
of the children and growled like a German Shepherd if she thought there was any danger.
Our Queens live in the house and we have built an extention on the back of the house
for the kittens and as a play area for the Queens and their babies.
I like to keep the numbers of my breeding cats to between 6 and 10 allowing for onw or two
desexed cats and 3 stud cats. This allows for 2 or 3 breeding queens and maybe a couple of kittens
to "run on".
I have always been with the FCCV except for a short time when I registered with the
Democratic Cat Council in the late 1980's where in 1989 with the help of family and friends
I formed the Sunshine Cat Club. When I rejoined the FCCV in 1990 this club with 30 members
came with me.
The Frame Family have had many successes on the show bench over the years achieving
many major awards and
breeding Cat,Kitten and Neuter
of the Year .  . 
 
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Bree is a white miniature poodle and since 1994 has been our
cattery supervisor. She loves all the cats and they love her. When she is not overseeing cattery
operations she is lazing on the couch or travelling over to her hairdresser in Toorak for
her very special "do". 
In 2004 I became a fully qualified Group 1 judge. I qualified as a Gp 2 judge in 1993.