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After 9 months of waiting.... :sad2:
We have finally got our Black Silver Mainecoon Corrigan home with us.. Thanks to Denise and her friend Lee for bring her over from the UK to Germany on Saturday.... she has a wonderful nature and settled in fine, we have a lot of work to do now to build her up... but with Ambers love and care she will get there soon enough!!:nod:
Congratulations... it must be such a relief for you to finally have her home.
I am very relieved, she is a sweet girl but its going to take some work to get her back to the correct condition to use a future queen... I will take some photos.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Antonia
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Originally Posted by candes
You got that right!!!
No this is not the end, she owes me a lot of money!!
There is another court date 30th of September then the bailiffs again, because she is not like the rest of us respectful and pays her dues... everyone that requires paying from her has to bring in the Bailiffs... She does not mind TAKING money though for all the kittens...
After all if she paid her bill she would have paid me what she originally owed me as ordered by the Court forthwith... in June 2010... Still waiting for that, now she has more to pay!!
I will be glad when this year is over, and believe me I have no problems with sending in the Bailiffs...:satisfied:
So glad she is back home with you Debbie - what a relief. Look forward to seeing pics of her xx
Thanks Louise, she is with Amber in her room for a while, but we shall when she is settled put some photos.. on... Still shattered from Yesterday went to Paris to pick up my two new boy... one Lilac Somali one Chocolate Abyssinian!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodsideMaineCoons
I love bringing new cats in - so exciting getting to know them.
It certainly is... and these two are amazing they have traveled from the South of France to Paris stayed there the night.. then undertook a 7 hour journey with me on 5 trains and a car journey... and they both came out of the box purring... amazing... Fantastic breeders.... and wonderful people..Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodsideMaineCoons
2 photos... she has just been wormed so not happy with me, but she is just so skinny...thought I had better after all she has had a litter of kittens, and I suspect in 9 months she has never seen a worm tablet!! so better safe than sorry!!Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodsideMaineCoons
This is the cat I bought!! 4 day after she arrived with THAT woman.... the difference is immense!!:sad2:Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodsideMaineCoons
Thank goodness you have got her back, she does look small and rather stressed, but I can understand that. Did you ever find out what happened to the kittens?
She is but despite a little set back she is fully tested and well, I will now find a girl she can befriend, and then we move slowly!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tivicoons
she is eating and drinking.. and using the tray one step at a time.
No I didn't I do know someone said they where alive and she was selling them... either way the truth is something that will never come out.. sadly.. But she has cost me a lot of money... and so I hope she is happy with what she made on the kittens... because it will cost her a lot more. I will loose no sleep at all in bringing in the Bailiffs... NONE... after what she has put these cats through :sad2:
Evil woman indeed... lets just hope the poor babies actually found good homes. Best wishes for the 30th
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Originally Posted by Tivicoons
I do hope so indeed... :smile:
Lol, I was not certain you are right indeed... Glad you can see this too... I thought I was going mad until I received a few emails and now this post!!Quote:
Originally Posted by candes
She has lost a great deal of her coat and ruff!!
However she does have a kind of expression that you can see when you look at her!!
plus I checked the microchip number I have my own scanner... and this chip was implanted before Zech decided to take me for every penny she could get... basically she is half the size of the original through neglect... thats the top and bottom of it... What shocked me was when I weighed her knowing that she is 2 years old and my 13 week old British Shorthair kittens weigh more than her.... That made me feel physically sick!!
The other girl I got back again I had the same problem she was also un-recognisable to the cat photo I received from the seller... its was only because of markings on her face that I could tell it was the same cat. I nearly had the Bailiffs take her back when they brought her to me... I was in the lay by near her home... Shock and disbelief was then all I felt and still now.. I studied the photos I had and her in my arms... 2 bailiffs, a friend and I took some time deliberating believe me..
What makes me laugh, is that in one of her emails to me she stated that in HER opinion this girl was far too small to be bred off... Did not stop her though did it!!
I will take it slow GOOD quality food TLC.... and then when she is healthy and ready, she will be mated to Jet... you never know... I have had British girls in the past that have been small that have produced huge kittens and vice versa
Debbie
Bless her,she looks a little sweetie,give her a kiss & cuddle from me,she is safe now x
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Originally Posted by jckkerrison
Thank you I will xx
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Originally Posted by candes
Health and diet can severely affect a coat... you have to bear in mind also that this girl is only 2 years old.
I am her 4th Home.. in that short time, she was bred off.. she was ripped away from her kittens ( no matter what she says) and then she had to have more vaccinations and tests because She burnt her passports to stop me taking them out of the country!! so she could not travel and she has disease in her cattery! so we had to be careful..
I should have been her 3rd home... her second home should have only been so short that it was similar to going to a boarding cattery!!
Imagine the hell she has been through, brought from a home where although not wanted she was loved and cared for, then taken to another home where she was supposed to have been kept in quarantine with her friend, but was in fact kept with an already established breeding colony of female cats ( this should never have happened) then moved to another place within the same home because she knew I had reported her with another girl as well as her friend... From there on it gets vague... as I have had so many emails telling me she was moved, to other places.... so WHO knows the truth... of that!? she was then moved then to another cattery like situation.. where she had once again to under go quarantine.. and now here!! where she will remain to live out her life.. She is actually 10 times better than her friend... who has had no social interaction... in the time she was in that hell hole.. and is still very nervous... she will never make a house cat... and thats not what I wanted at all!! but again she will stay here... I think both have certainly been though more than enough in their short lives !!
Debbie
This post has been removed by me, Mrs Zech is posting stuff from this forum off line... and to private emails..
If anyone has question please send me a private email
After seeing last post don't think I want to know what happened on the 30th,reads as if it wasn't conclusive,will just look forward to photo updates to see how she improves....
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Originally Posted by jckkerrison
You got that right!! Thank you end of the day you have stated the very obvious we can all be accused of making things up but we all have eyes.. and can see the evidence using them...
Think the best thing for me to do would be to put her next to shall we say an Abyssinian or British of the same age... and you will then see the comparison...:satisfied:
Owh dear... she's gorgeous.. I like the color. She looks like my Gegirl but different in color. It's glad to hear that she is finally home with you. You are really strong Debbie. I just can't imagine if I were in your position.
Thanks you, she is very pretty and we will hopefully in the future when she is back in condition, do a trail mating with her to Jet Li... if the kittens are small and or not good in type etc etc, then she will be neutered but after 4 homes I think enough is enough..Quote:
Originally Posted by Zalifah
I will today take a photograph of her besides a 5 month old Abyssinian and show the comparison as the British girl she is currently living with is a big girl and that would not be fair..
I have not felt strong believe me I have just had the support of many good people and friends and family behind me. Believe me when I say I many times was going to walk away, when I bought these girls I had recently lost my job, I had no extra money, my daughter paid for these two girl ( they are hers)... and I was at my wits end.
But it was almost as is with most of my life... someone was watching over me, Jobs came in thick and fast.. so I was employed again, I had help in the UK to avoid money transfer fees.. even my Child-minder who has looked after all of my 4 children while I worked... helped out!!
The reason I think that this has come so far and was so difficult is because of the lack of support from the agency's that we register our cats with, its because of the length and time involved with this kind of process to get someone to court is a difficult one.
Bear in mind she refused to let me have my cats the last date being the 9th of January 2010..
I had already applied to the court but the process takes so long to get a hearing. the first date was the 5th of July MY CATS independence day!! well one of them!
After recent discussion with cat registration bodies a lot of them are re looking at their policys to protect the breeders and new owners...
The stupid situation in the case with the GCCF is the rules they have in place
For instance in the case of the little boy Jenin.. Yes she had evidence and yes with the evidence of her and others the GCCF have the right to take away someones prefix, but to do this you have to pay £150.00 administration fee, and when a person has lost money, already and is paying money out for vets fees etc, they usually do not have that kind of money to throw away!!
Plus sadly given the amount of cat organisations, they cannot monitor say for instance if someone registers a mother cats kittens with tica and then in the same year registers that same mother wirh GCCF and or fife etc etc..
But sadly in all cases it the Pet owner that pays the price. and they are not protected.
I have reported and logged all of my complaint with the trading standard and consumers affairs, but THESE are cats and there are very few organisations that will protect them, in most cases cats are still classed as Vermin..
The RSPCA only take action in extreme circumstances, if an animal has food and water they usually leave well alone. I was for many years involved with the rescues for the International League of Horses I am still a member... and believe me the sites I have seen have been terrible but the rescue agency's again... run away, they see food water and they advise, but only usually in the most extreme cases does action kick in immediately.
The Welsh are staring a pilot scheme to monitor kitten and puppy farms, so breeders have to undergo the same checks that a registered boarding cattery does.. and this is one step forward I agree in.. fully...
My advice and this is stated on my website to all New Owners..
Is spend time at the breeders, NEVER pay a deposit until you have seen the kitten, ask to see the parents. Take photos of your kitten when you visit as some have pointed out our girl did not look like the original photo. Breeder do swap!!
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ALWAYS get a receipt with you deposit a. one of the ladies that contacted me, said she paid a deposit and she was told at 13 weeks the kittens was sick at 14 weeks and right up to 20 weeks...so within this receipt make sure that it states if the kitten is not supplied by the breeder that you get the deposit back THIS CAN be used in court....
This lady 2 years on she was offered no replacement by the breeder... and the breeder kept her deposit.. and her kitten..
The Rules in Europe... in General not including the UK????? is that all kittens are micro chipped, and registered and have to come with a copy of all tests... plus a signed separate health certificate.
If a breeder is letting you handle un vaccinated kittens ask your self why
A few checks...
Check the babies eyes your self they should be clear the haws in the corners should not be raised.
Feel the weight of the kitten does it look well covered.
Look at the condition of the baby's coat is it shiny..
If the kitten is brought to you aged 9 weeks from another room ask can you see the kittens in that room, or at least see the room the babies have been raised.
Is the kitten playful, friendly interacting with its babies..
NEVER take a pedigree kitten before it is 13 weeks old fully vaccinated etc no matter how many deals discount the breeder offers... that little saving you make... mean hell and a lot of money later!!
NEVER take a kitten because you feel sorry for it... DO something about it. but do not take it home.
I will post something on here for all to read, whom are looking for a new baby!! I have it on my on my website which applies to all breeds
The first photo is a photo taken 2 days after she arrived at her supposed to be temporary home .. you can see from the top of her even with her coat so full she is chunky!!
Photos taken today!! the hands are that of a 15 year old girl. A friend of my daughter .
And the Abyssinians used next to her is just 5 months old.
Now.. this is not about her size as in stature as in she is very small.. this is about how thin she is..
For those of you that wish to follow this story it took 8 months of bad care to reduce this cat to the 2 photos you see below.
I will take monthly photos for 8 months. of her to show her progression and change with the correct care and management!!
Pity her. She looks really different now. Hopefully you can get her recover.. I mean really well recovered. Really pity her. Can't wait to look at her progress picture. You go girl.
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Originally Posted by Zalifah
Thank you so much!!
Very different indeed... but we will bring her back of that I am sure just basic regular feeding should do it... we have been advised to do it slowly... is all... her digestive system has to be treated gently! will keep it all updated.. I also have a diary of Corrigan on My face book page..
I had a lovely email off a lady who is not a breeder, just an owner!! who saw Corrigans diary.. I won't put here what she said but basically it made my heart sing.. and kept me focused that I am not going ga ga... lol..
Those pictures says it all,poor little girl being that thin but I am sure we are going to see a big difference in her,even in a month !
Fingers crossed.... will keep you posted!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jckkerrison
Yeah... let your heart sing to it's content... well at least it can start singing now :)... believe love will succeed.