21-04-2008, 10:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Northwest UK Earth
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Re: Unregistered Queens & Kittens
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Originally Posted by xxSaffronxx
Hi All
Im afraid its another one of those unregistered things again...............
I have been enquiring about kittens and had an email from a breeder who said the following:
Hi there, i only sell my kittens as pets if you decide to breed from them i don't have a problem but they wont be registered. They will have a pedigree birth certificate to prove they are pedigree but will not be registered active.
I don't agree with charging an extra £800 or so just for a piece of paper an to have the cat on file so to speak! I have 1 female £500,shes spotted with a silver glitter from her dad,he is a beautiful blue eyed snow spotted Bengal, and 1 male £400,he's brown marbled very wild looking.
If you decide your interested let me know and ill email you some pictures or your welcome to come and visit.
I then asked her what she sells her kittens for and her repsonse was:
Hi again, you can sell them as pedigrees still, for around £500 each depending on the sex colour and markings. Just as i do.
Now im sure she is a really good breeder - but how can she get away with charging top money for kittens that are not registered??? Is this acceptable??? Do people who are buying for pets not worry about the registration papers???
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Basically she sounds like a BYB to me.. 
I bet her breeding cats were bought as pets - therefore are not on the active...( thats why she cant register them...)The reason we register the breeding cats is to guaruntee the quality of the breed..
unregistered means no guaruntee of parentage no matter what 'pedigree' they give you.
also you cant show non registered cats - why would anyone buy a kitten for registered price with non of the quality & parentage or health guarentee's??
If all breeders did this then everyone will be just churning out kittens for old rope and no end of problems will occur in the breed..
Surely to breed a specific breed you should have registered active cats, the parents then health screened, then register the kittens .. it all costs time & money but its for the good of the breed..
anyone who just breeds off unregistered so called 'pedigree' cats is harming the quality of the breed if you ask me & I wouldnt touch them with a barge pole..
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