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Don't you feel sorry for the poor kitten whatever the breed wether pedigree or moggy it still should not have been away from its mum & siblings.It also seems as if there are a lot of people out there passing off kittens as MC's. A friend of mine got had a few months ago,thought she would have known better,always loved coming to see my cats but said she couldn't afford to buy one so I had suggested perhaps rehoming an older one but she phoned up work to book in a MC kitten she had got for £200 for its 1st vacc.saying it was eight weeks old,when I told her that good breeders didn't let their babies go until they were 13wks old plus vaccs.done she went quiet & I found out there were no papers{what a surprise}she had paid cash,the people had taken kitten to her & hadn't given her a receipt for the money & she had nothing in writing to say it was a maine coon so no comeback.When I first saw it giving it the benefit of doubt I politely said it could have a bit of MC in it,she was convinced it was one because it was fluffy....! the vet took one look & said nothing but a moggy & when it came to be castrated the proof was there to be seen ,a very expensive con.
The worrying thing was though that this "lady" & her son had several MC kits for sale as my friend had the choice of six to pick from emails photos that were sent to her so how many other people were stupid enough to fall for it.Interestingly both email adress & phone no are now unavailable.

It is frustrating because there really are a lot of good and ethical breeders out there but there are also a lot of backyard breeders that pass their kittens on without any care for their welfare at all

That makes me sad too... some people are just after a quick profit unfortunately.

Originally Posted by Scrapdragon

That makes me sad too... some people are just after a quick profit unfortunately.

Sady yes, & from what I can remember form our old MC breeder who dosent anymore because there were so many aledged breeders suddenly in her area. When done properly there isnt that much money, if any, to be made she did it for the love of the breed. So kittens kicked out at 6 weeks old, assuming this kitten has only been with these people for a week, are a quick profit & nothing else

I found an add in pets4homes that showed a pic of the most beautiful kitten ever for sale for £200 in Kent. I sent questions like how long have you been breading, do you have mum and dad, how old, male or female. The usual things, anyway, the first email I received in reply asked questions about my circumstances which I happily answered then I again asked my questions. The reply I then got said OK you can have one, I'll ship it to you as they are in the Orkneys, just send the money. Attached to the reply was a pic of 2 persian kittens! Some people would fall in love with the pic and send the money and get nothing in return. What do these people think they are doing?

When you see or experience adverts like that usually on the site they are advertised on there is a report button & the sites do take these scams seriously which helps a little

Its always going to happen unless laws are changed & enforced but dont know how on earth they would do it, the amount of Dalmatians puppys that have hearing problems plus other health issues is terrible its always puppy farms or byb

I agree Louie-Louie what can be done to stop all these nasty things & help the overbreeding of any animals.I still wonder if you want to breed anything be it pedigree or not if you had to register yourself & each animal had to be ID chipped or have some form of identification you would then be able to track to source & if you bought an animal that hadn't been ID registered then the new owner would be liable to a fine etc,I know it most probaly would be hard to set something workable up but the costs of unwanted pets must surely outweigh at the end of the day.I know a lot of breeders are having babes neutered before selling them & in some ways perhaps that is the way to go,selling rights can't be abused but those that don't care are still just going to carry on as normal & they are the problem,I also still can't quite come to terms with neutering at such an early age ,I along with my vet boss are still sitting on the fence over that one.It would be great if someone out there could come up with something , the "True" animal lovers/breeders would be right behind it I am sure & how true it is that the good breeders are not in it for the money I sure wouldn't want my breeder friends overheads especially when you end up with one baby & an out of hours cesarean to pay for....