Thread: Kitten registration

Over here most of the good breeders automatically register their babes with one of the associations wether it be for pet or pet/showing that way an eye is also kept on the breeder to make sure that they are not overbreeding with a cat,the only other registrating I have done with any of mine is when I have wanted to show under a different banner & then obviously have had to re register that cat but all the others have just stayed with the one the breeders done. Do none of them register where you are...? There are members on here who live in the same area as you so hopefully they will pop up & say how they got on with their babes,I would say that if you don't want to show & obviously won't be breeding then if registration isn't done then don't worry you will have nothing to loose it is only a bit of paper but a bit of paper that I think the breeder should present to you even if it is after proof that you have had the babe neutered .{that is when some breeders over here give it to you}
Good luck with your kitten hunt {don't think you will be able to stop at one MC,big warning,you won't} they are very addictive,will look forward to hopefully you putting some photos on here for us all to go broody over....

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Do none of them register where you are...?

From my understanding, I could be wrong, the breeder registers the litter, then I think they can either register the individual kittens, prepay the registration fee, or just give the new owner the registration and let them pay for it.

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Good luck with your kitten hunt {don't think you will be able to stop at one MC,big warning,you won't} they are very addictive,will look forward to hopefully you putting some photos on here for us all to go broody over....

We are going to get 2 kittens, I think my place is large enough to accommodate 2 grown Maine Coons, more than 2 and I don't think it would be fair to them. I'm hoping to start looking for them in about 3 months, after things have settled down.

Agree one is not enough, get two to start with. My lot were registered but I didn't want to show, but when they were a year I decided to visit a show and got the bug so now show ;)

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We are going to get 2 kittens, I think my place is large enough to accommodate 2 grown Maine Coons, more than 2 and I don't think it would be fair to them. I'm hoping to start looking for them in about 3 months, after things have settled down.[/QUOTE]

So pleased you are having two together you won't regret it,we went up in ones until we reached four & when we went for the fith ended up having having a pair & it was great fun watching them & what one didn't think of the other one did plus one would do something naughty & just like a child would sit there all innocent blaming the other I am so pleased that we had that chance,I would never have wanted a big two legged family but I feel honoured to have had the luv & companionship of the furries so much so that when we lost one five just didn't seem right so had to have another babe but that is it..... Will look forward to seeing them....

Welcome brims. I found this site most helpful when we were looking for a purebred MC. Here in the States, I've found that every breeder is different on their registration requirements. We too were just looking for an adorable purebred MC to add as a member of our family. We did not have and still don't have any intentions of showing or breeding our guy (he's fixed now so breeding is out of the question). Some breeders registered the kittens prior to going to their forever home. Other breeders required you to neuter before giving you the registration papers. Our breeder gave us the papers to register but marked the papers so we couldn't use our guy for breeding. Against my DH's wishes, I did register our guy and have not found any advantages or disadvantages of doing so. I just wanted to have a certificate to put in with his paperwork and also have the bragging rights to say we have a registered purebred MC. We registered Whiskey with the CFA and 8 months ago it cost $12 for the basic registration.

Thank you for the information about registration, for the nominal amount of money that it requires, I'll more than likely just do it since they will be purebreds.

My fiancee and I will be at work all day so 1 kitten will get bored, so I recommended to her that we get 2 so they can have something to do while we're gone and so we can watch their antics, 2 kittens definately have more fun together than 1.