Meet Heidi
RAYANSHEL HIGH-VOLTAGE, and Heidi to us. A black tortoiseshell girl bred by Sandie Holloway at Rayanshel, PKD1 Normal by parentage, and the second Rayanshel cat to come to us.
Still growing up.
A black tortoiseshell girl bred by Sandie Holloway at Rayanshel, born 18 May 2026, and known here as Heidi. She is the second Rayanshel cat to come to us. The first was Rosie.
- Breed/colour: British Shorthair — black tortoiseshell (BSH f)
- Born: 18 May 2026
- Sire: GRCH RAYANSHEL BLACK ICE (BSH n) · Dam: RAYANSHEL JELLYTOT
- Breeder: Sandie Holloway, Rayanshel
- GCCF registered
- PKD1 Normal by parentage
- Blood type not yet done — she will be typed before she is ever mated, as every cat here is
The second Rayanshel girl
Going back to the same breeder twice says more than any review would.
Sandie trusted us with Rosie when EzBritz was a prefix and nothing else, and she has since become my mentor in this breed as well as a friend. That story is on our About page and I will not retell it here. What matters on this page is the practical part: I know the lines behind Heidi, I know the woman who bred her, and I have seen the cats she comes from in the flesh rather than in photographs.
Her father is Grand Champion Rayanshel Black Ice. I have judged him, and given him Best of Breed, which I mention because you would rather hear it from me than work it out later. Judges in a fancy this small assess cats belonging to people they know constantly; saying so openly is the only sensible way to handle it.
A tortie, which is a decision in itself
A black tortoiseshell carries both black and red. That is simply what a tortie is, and it is also why Heidi is a more interesting girl to have here than another black one.
She can produce colours Rosie cannot. Whether we ever take that anywhere is a question for two years’ time, and anyone who tells you they have a five-year breeding plan has not been doing this very long.
Heidi is also, in the way of torties, entirely certain that she is in charge. Nobody has told the rest of the house yet.
What is tested, and what is not yet
She is PKD1 Normal by parentage from her parents’ results.
Her blood type has not been done. There is no rush at fourteen weeks and no honest way to present a gap as anything other than a gap, so here it is: she will be typed before she is ever mated, because that is the rule here and blood typing genuinely matters in British Shorthairs.
We do not heart scan, for reasons set out in full on our health and genetics page. That applies to her as it does to every cat here.
What happens next
She grows up. That is the entire plan for the next year and a half.
She may be bred from and she may not. Pets first is the rule, and a cat who turns out not to suit breeding stays here regardless, which is the luxury of doing this as a hobby rather than a business.
The other girls are on our girls page — Rosie, and Rosie’s chocolate daughter Highway, who arrived at almost exactly the same time and shares a naming theme with her.