Buying a Kitten
So you decided to buy a kitten
Start by visiting a cat show, observe the many breeds, talk to breeders, pick up flyers and business cards, make appointments with breeders for a visit after a show.
Bringing your new Kitten home Here is what you should expect from the breeder:
- A visit to the cattery and ask to see the kittens mom and if possible the dad. Information about the breed and the kitten's personality.
- Disclosure about the breeder's breeding procedures, possible health problems in the breeder's line and if the kitten is show or pet quality.
- You should get a health guarantee. If your vet thinks that you kitten has a genetic problem or is sick you should get your money back or a new kitten.
- To take the kitten or cat back in circumstances beyond your control and after serious consideration.
Here is what the breeder should expect from you:
- Disclosure where your kitten will be moving to and what other pets you have around your house. If it will be an inside cat or will you you let it out. Any intend to declaw
your kitten. That the kitten will be part of your family.
- That you take the new kitten to a vet as soon as possible to establish it is healthy and that you will keep up with the necessary vaccinations, tests and checkups.
- That you don't take the kitten back to the breeder (sometimes the responsible breeder will help you out if your problems are serious and beyond your control)
So You Want To Raise Kittens? - Janice Reichle/Cat Fanciers' Association(CFA) Yearbook Placing Kittens in Homes and Kitten Contracts What sex is the kitten? To Top |
