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[Heather2mc]

Warning to fraudsters behind the cat ads!

I am a breeder of Maine Coon cats. The last few years I have received some calls and also heard about a lot of other breeders who also received calls from desperate buyers that have been duped! I want to hereby clarify just ONE thing and one thing only, a Maine Coon is a purebred, registered in any cat association, and has ... pedigree! The same applies to other breeds such as Ragdolls, Birman, Sphynx, Ocicat, Bengal and others.


There are some things that you as a buyer need to be aware of!

* A cat without a pedigree is a domestic cat, nothing else. It does not matter how purebred the parents claimed to be. A cat without a pedigree is, and will always be, a domestic cat. And without a pedigree – there is no proof that the parents are who they claimed to be?

* Some kittens claim to be 25% Maine Coon, Ragdoll 25%, 75% etc. Birman. This is a warning sign that the breeder is not serious. Unless both parents are pedigree cats, and of the same breed, the kittens will be domestic cats. A mixture as a percentage is frequently quoted to make the domestic cats more attractive to buyers, and is used as a reason to charge a higher price. There is also a huge risk of HCM and HD among Maine Coon, among Ragdoll there is HCM and PKD, and in Birman we have yet another type of heart disease called RCM.

* Two long-haired cats can NOT make a short-haired kitten, watch out for that! If a single kitten in the litter is short haired, well then it may possibly have been a mutation. But getting several short-haired kittens, from two long-haired parents is a genetic impossibility, and a way to lure buyers to pay more by alleging the pedigree of a kitten, which does not really exist.

* There is no race called Norsk skogskatt, but it's often referred to as virtually all long-haired cats for skogskatt( Don’t understand that sentence). The real version is called Norwegian Forest Cat - and is always registered in the cat associations and has a pedigree.

* Domestic cat produce all hair lengths, a long-haired domestic cat does not mean that it is a purebred cat itself. Domestic cats also produce all of the patterns and colors and even in different amounts of white, this does not mean that the domestic cat has any kind of pedigree.

* A domestic cat can not (in sweden) be insured for more than 1 500 SEK, so do not pay more for your house cat. For that price the kitten should be dewormed, vaccinated twice, ID-marked and have a health certificate from a veterinarian. Note that for a domestic cat that is vaccinated x2, ID-marked, has a health certificate from the veterinarian, and also is early neutered, a price of up to 3000 SEK would be quite in order. This is because the breeder has invested money in the kittens and made an effort and not because the kitten is pedigree in itself. Our house cat is worth money as the unique individual it is!

* Note that a breeder who has more than one breed at home and suffer a sneak mating of these breeds, can report this to his covenant and get a proof of domestic cat kittens.( not sure what this means)
What tricks fraudsters then use to lure you to buy unregistered cat?

* Some breeders argue that for the owner of the sold unregistered cat is not in any cat club. But! It costs only 350 SEK / year to join a cat club. All breeders must be with the cat club, not only to register their kittens, but also for the cat club's mission is to ensure that the individual breeder complies with the rules and regulations that exist. A breeder who does not have a cat registered in the club may well be excluded because he or she did not behave. Is there someone you want to entrust the 2000-4000 SEK? Is there anyone whose fraudulent breeding you want to co-sponsor?

* Another common excuse is that the cats are sold without a pedigree for more people to afford a purebred cat. As stated above, a cat without pedigree is a domestic cat and nothing else. An alert (ie pedigree) costs 200 to take out: Consider this: SEK 200, there is not any money to speak of and definitely not something that lowers the price by a few thousand? So what is it that allows them to reduce the price by a few thousand?

* Sometimes say they are selling unregistered kittens because one or both parents are unregistered and therefore can not register the kittens.
Why is that?
- One reason may be that one or both of the parents are not even purebred cats, the breeder might have been fooled from the beginning and so on.
- Another reason to be very careful not to buy an unregistered cat is that there are defects that should not be passed on through breeding, and it may be a reason why the breeder can not take on cat litter and solve this by disavowing the record kids( don’t know what that is). The breeder, therefore, has breeding bans.

I am in no way saying that a domestic cat is worth less. A domestic cat is a very unique wonderful cat, just like all our other beloved domestic cats.

A cat does not need to have a few percent raskattsinslag to get better or finer.

It is important that you are aware of what you buy. Parents will probably be tested, so be aware that there is a risk you take. You can get a cat with diseases that will shorten its life and may require costly veterinary care. You will not get ASSURE cat for more than SEK 1500. You can not make your cat as something other than the domestic cat, if you are interested in the exhibition. Are you interested in breeding so there will be no serious raskattuppfödare want to lend her cat to you, because then they will be expelled from his federal tax, then domestic cat breeding is not allowed.
Status Cats do not recommend that you buy cats from this kind of breeder, and I personally would never advise anyone who asked me for advice on buying a cat from a person like that either. But if you still choose to do it, do it with open eyes and be aware of the risks. If you have any questions, please contact me to answer them as best I can! I can be reached through the cat's own status email.



I have had a go at this - not sure if it is the best for grammer

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