My much loved Maine Coon died. I didn't think our family set up was suitable to get a kitten so I researched the websites for MC breeders - I went via affiliated GCCF Club sites and also to links within those breeders sites. If they weren't on the web I was not interested.

For kittens, most insisted that you told them your circumstances - family, pets, work hours etc. One or two felt that it was best for them to deliver the kitten to you.

I have no problem with that. I think that it is important to be vetted. And in fact a couple of breeders showed on their websites very special circumstances where they had fitted the temperment of the kitten to the needs of the buyer. One stands out where a wheelchaired owner wanted a kitten who would be confident and intelligent enough to cope with her circumstances and be loving and cuddling to enjoy being a lap cat.

I quoted because these very same breeders sometimes want to re-home adult cats who, for whatever reason, no longer are suitable to be breed from. If the breeder is true to the GCCF rules (probably TICA too etc) these cats are also loving and accustomed to being around a house and need love and attention and spoiling. However their character will be formed because they are older cats. A good breeder will know what sort of family these cats will suit.

There is a monetary cost - usually neutering, health check and transfer fees.