Just wondered if the breeder you got your queen from didn't line up a future stud for you to use - or be prepared to act as a mentor? I haven't sold a breeding cat yet (I would think long and hard before I did) but if I sold a potential queen I would, at least, try to line up one, if not two, potential studs for the new owners. If they didn't choose to use them then that's fine but at least I would have tried to help them along. It can be very hard to get into stud sometimes.

You have had some very sound advice here - do go to shows if you can and get talking to the breeders there. Do your research and ask them to check that pedigrees are compatible.

Good luck

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Kaz

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