Thread: New Owners what do you Expect-- Breeders what do you give

Originally Posted by Karena

Debbie and Louise you both sound like very good caring breeders. I have no complaint about the breeder we got Simba from but although I continue to send her updated photos I don't get any response back now so I presume she has no more interest in how he is doing. I'm happy if that is how she feels but with my dogs I am still in contact with their breeders three years later. One has become a good friend and I am always in constant contact with them. I enjoy showing them they made the right decision selling me their pups and showing them how well and happy they are. I'm not sure why Simba's breeder doesn't show the same interest.

What we got:
With him we got one month free insurance, small pack of kitten food, fresh litter and a small toy, a contract of what the breeder expected from us and a helpful sheet on a few simple basics on having a kitten, pedigree certificate, and he was also micro chipped, neutered, vaccinated and wormed.

All seemed in order so as I say no other complaints. We visited once before picking him up. Their cats seemed healthy and well cared for and they were a nice couple so as I say no complaints really - just proud of my boy

I would expect before buying a kitten
1)to meet one or both parents.
2)See where they live and what condition they are living in.
3)A pedigree certificate
4) vaccination certificate and proof of worming.

Apart from that anything else would be a bonus.

Thank you so much.... I do try, my thoughts are if you can not do the job properly you should not do it at all...

I love to see new photos and I have a couple page dedicated to my new owners... I have over the years many pages, Sadly I lost many of them in a computer crash before the days of external hard drives... now I back them up twice you just never know...

sounds bad but did my best no to get too interested ,as kit was for fugde my old cat , the ony reason we got kit 2. found out fudge has heart problems. was not sure how she would be with them.,,, if she was not ,,then they would have to go, but she is ok so we can keep them and love them to bits
had not expected anything with them but we had papers ,a tin of cat food, RC in a tub, blanket ,a toy. as i paid £775 for 2 kits think it takes the piss....but i am happy to pay for the kits which is what i wanted ... not a bag of stuff ,, the one thing i will say is they look a lot bigger in the pics,when i saw anna thought you dont get much for your money lol we did not see them until collected them ,they are now part of the family would never be without them

Originally Posted by mollyanna

sounds bad but did my best no to get too interested ,as kit was for fugde my old cat , the ony reason we got kit 2. found out fudge has heart problems. was not sure how she would be with them.,,, if she was not ,,then they would have to go, but she is ok so we can keep them and love them to bits
had not expected anything with them but we had papers ,a tin of cat food, RC in a tub, blanket ,a toy. as i paid £775 for 2 kits think it takes the piss....but i am happy to pay for the kits which is what i wanted ... not a bag of stuff ,, the one thing i will say is they look a lot bigger in the pics,when i saw anna thought you dont get much for your money lol we did not see them until collected them ,they are now part of the family would never be without them

Wow not a lot really, I charge for a pet kitten across all the breeds!! around 400 euros..


Maybe not sure but people should have a weight chart around so that when new owners ask they can have an idea of the weight of the kitten....

Why did you not go before to see... them and if you ever though of a kitten in the future would you do things differently??

When I got Freyja, the breeder quite rightly wouldn't let me visit until she'd had her first jab, but allowed me to option her on the strength of a photo. So I saw immediately after she'd been jabbed and got to spend a good hour with her and her siblings - there were two litters born at the same time so 11 kittens to fawn over! And I got to meet Freyja's mum, her nan and the mum for the other litter. Also spend another hour or so with the breeder getting to know each other. Between my first visit and final collection, I had heaps of email correspondence with the breeder - I wanted to make sure I'd got all the bases covered, and despite the banality of some of my questions, Catherine was brilliant - good advice, always answering more fully than my original question required and I learnt heaps. When I picked Freyja up, I had another hour at the house and got to play with Freyja away from the kitten room before we took her away, and Catherine was great about me dragging my pa along. Since then, whilst most of the contact has been driven from my end, I've had lots of communication with Catherine - again, she's given me advice, encouragement, and confidence that I'm handling Freyja in the best way I can. She's always delighted to get pictures of her and is encouraging me to show her now.

In terms of the other stuff, I got a nice little wallet to keep her pedigree receipts in, and a booklet of RC vouchers that gave me a free bag of Kitten 36 and a discount on a second bag. I got a provisional certificate for Freyja's pedigree but the official one will provided once Freyja was spayed. And I got some simple instructions to follow for feeding, worming, flea prevention, and the jab record. I was offered copious amounts of tea/ coffee (no cake, but I've got a fat bum so probably no bad thing!!) and was made to feel incredibly welcome. I also got to meet a number of other pets and could see how happy and healthy they all were.

All in all, a great first experience of buying a pedigree kitten and Catherine would be one of my two first points of contact in the event I decide to get Freyja a playmate. Whilst there might not have been blankets and cat litter provided, the after care support and encouragement has been priceless and I wouldn't trade.

Cake, coffee!! Ha ha... I always think people are lucky to escape with their lives when they visit me!!! My kittens are lovely well adjusted purry furry's but my dogs nooooo! I love to hear news about my kittens, but some people just pick up the kitten sign the paperwork and run, never to be heard of again, and in all honesty it hurts... I've put months of care and love into the kitten and I know it's your cat now, not mine but I still feel love for them, even years after they have gone. But then I've only bred 40 kittens in five years, so I really am a small time breeder... I'm getting one of my boys back soon, which is going to prove difficult as he never got on with the other cats... maybe he can stay in the kitchen and bake cakes for me they'd probably be as edible as anyting I'd cook/burn!

Hmm we came away with two nearly eight week old kittens on our first visit. We knew they had no papers but did spend about an hour there with them and got to meet both parents. They all lived in the house and there were two litters for us to pick from. We saw the ad on pets4homes and had said we wanted two one of which was a blue one and we would pick the second when we saw them. We watched them to see which other kitten was the closest to her (or him as she was sexed wrongly) After all I have read on here I now know they left their mum too early but do seem to be happy. The sad part was after we had put them into the carrier their mum came to say goodbye and put her paw through the grill at the front of the carrier and touched them as if she was saying something to them before they went to their new home, I have to say I get a lump thinking about that still.