Thread: Wanted! Recommended reputable breeders.

hi, I hope I'm a reputable breeder?! Now for the lecture.

Do not buy from someone who hides their kittens's parentage on their websites, and I'm very sorry to say this but do be more wary about UK breeders who are only TICA registered. Also a lot of the guff about being a so and so accedited cattery is just that - guff or tripe!

Study the pix on the Maine coon cat club site... do the cats that are on your chosen breeders website really look like the ones on there are or they just furry moggies. I hate to say this but there are some absolutely rubbish MCs out there and if your are going to hand over £400 at least get a kitten that fits the breed standard. The silver in the pic's head is too narrow and the eyes look like they do not line up properly, its muzzle is too long, not square at all - in short it is not a very good example of the breed at all.

The best thing anyone intersted in buying a good MC kitten can do is to go to a show and look closely at the cats in the Imperial classes, they will all be good cats, buy the catalogue and find out about those cats bloodlines, then hunt down the breeders and buy a well bred kitten!! (Coontastic & Lynxelot are no longer breeding)

End of lecture... as a 'bad' MC will still probably be a lovely pet... it is a cat afterall!

As I drove home from shopping today I saw the shattered remains of a tortie and white cat by the side of the road... when will people stop letting their cats roam and and up splashed along the roadside... much love to dead cat.