I'm a lurker here and researching different breeders. My husband thinks it's crazy to travel far to find a kitten so I am wondering how far you guys went?
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I'm a lurker here and researching different breeders. My husband thinks it's crazy to travel far to find a kitten so I am wondering how far you guys went?
:)
Compared to a lot on here we kept ours pretty local,the furthest was 170 miles & the closest just round the corner until she moved & then we had to travel all of about five miles...
About 60 miles for both of ours, but worth every penny spent on petrol! :o)
260 miles/4.5 hours each way, and we had to go twice because the first time we got Chloe and her mum who sadly got ill and died of feline corona virus within a few days of getting her so we did the journey again to get Theo.
On the way home, Theo sat on my lap and looked out the window!
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Originally Posted by merindah
1,500 miles... several times... lol
Hi
Mine were about 450 miles away but they were both flown over.
I thought better the 1 hr flight than 7 -8 hrs in a car
Our breeder is local, only 15 minutes' drive across the city, very lucky there.
I travelled from Gravesend, Kent to Bodmin, Cornwall - approximately 540 miles. Although I can't claim any sort of record as I have a friend in Scotland who has been to the same breeder to collect 5 cats (at three different times) - a journey of over 1,000 miles each time :suprised:
I'm a bit like Howlinbob - my breeder's pretty local and I can get to her in 45 minutes unless traffic is bad. I would have travelled further had I not struck it lucky with my breeder though!
In the same lucky position as karen Freyja & wicca!! My Breeder only 45 mins away, but would of also travelled futher if needs been!!
My first cat came to me through the 3000 km :redface:
2:20 round trip. Not too far
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I got my M.C. at an adoption agency about 60 miles away, poor baby was in a house with a horder, I'm glad I got him before anyone else, He is my happiness I love him
561mile round trip for me.
Id searched the net and found the two i wanted, bro & sis from same breeder, and REALLY wanted to be with the brown tabby. (see photos below linked from breeders site).
Well worth it. As I type this Storvenn is sat on my lap cleaning himself.
A year on and they are much bigger than the photos lol.. :)
Storvenn
http://www.spanglefish.com/jaroca-fo...ig/kit%205.jpg
Loki
http://www.spanglefish.com/jaroca-fo...s/big/kit2.jpg
We drove appx 2 hours each way for our Birman and 1 hour each way for the MC mix I rescued. Unfortunately the little MC mix died last month from FIP. He was only 6 months old :-(
So now I'm researching MC breeders.
Well...the Netherlands is a small country. I am from the US so everwhere here is close to me. We drove around 120 km round trip to collect our MC tortiseshell Samantha.
Our breeder was about 30 minutes from us. Very lucky! In fact there are a couple of them in that proximity.
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Sorry to hear that, Merindah. I know you didn't have him for very long but I don't imagine that makes losing him any easier. Thoughts and paws are with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by merindah
We drove 3 1/2 hours each way, from Oregon City, Oregon to Yakima, Washington.
Long way it seemed and waited for years to get our 2 male littermate Maine Coon kittens.
We liked the breeder, researched quite a few and waited years until she had a red available.
Now for our Newfie puppy we had to get him all the way from Belgium Europe to the west coast of America! Orka's breeder flew him over and lived with us for 2 weeks, training us how to train him, and we showing her the sights.
When I started out I thought it would be easy and we'd get our furries from breeders in Portland. No such luck! It was all worth it because we are extremely happy with our 3 wonderful furkids.