Hiya,

I have been looking for good, reliable British shorthair's breeders in Essex but cant seem to find the right one
Im scared of getting a kitten from the adverts online as some of these people just breed the cats but none of them get registered and i dont believe they look after the kittens as well as they should.
Have also been in touch with one breeder but she wanted £500 for one kitten and I was prepared to pay max of £400
Im so disappointed because since I made a decision of getting a kitten (4 months ago) I just seem not to have a good luck with finding perfect breeder
Please help..

Both breeders below are personal friends of mine and I can't recommend them highly enough. I think both may ask a little more than you'd hoped to pay for a kitten... there's a chance that one of them may be the breeder you've already contacted, I'm obviously not sure.

Colin Evans, Evavale Cats
Angela Sidey, Latchcats

Both have a web site which Google will find.

Best of luck

Yep, I contacted one of them.. They wanted 500.. I will send an email to the other one.. see what they say..
It wouldnt be such an issue but me and my boyfriend are buying a flat and we really want a kitten but obviously all money we had had to go towards new place etc..
At first we wanted a Ragdoll and could have got 2 for £700 but I thought it was just a bit too much for us - as we have already spent so much money (but its great price for 2 kittens) and paying £500 for just one BSH seems a bit dear

You could try our own member Taylorbaby who breeds ragdolls and BSH

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I already contacted her directly.. She wont have any BSH this year (maybe end of this year.. (dont think i can wait that long)) and I cant have a ragdoll.. as much as id love to.. cant afford 2 and 1 would feel lonely when me and my boyfriend are at work..

I pressume then that you have visited the breeders that advertise online before makin the assumption that they don't look after their kittens? I know many reputable breeders and they all advertise online. What would you have them do? Hire a jumbo jet to fly around with the words 'we have kittens' painted on the side?

I very much appreciate that all of us have a financial limit we can go to. Being very cautious about finding the right breeder is certainly no bad thing but you probably aren't going to get a feel for that until you actually visit a few breeders.

The price of a BSH kitten varies a lot. I often see £300 - £400 being quoted as the average on Petforums but that's not my experience of the good, highly reputable breeders I know; they do charge more. That's not to say you can't find yourself a perfectly nice kitten from a perfectly good breeder for a little less. However, if you['re loooking for the 'perfect breeder' as you mentioned it might be worth trying, if you possibly can, to find that little extra for a breeder who's been highly recommended to you.

yyy.. well no.. not really.. but if they call themselves breeders id assume they wouldnt let their kittens go at the age of 8 weeks, unregistered but keep repeating that they are purebred...

There are a very small handful of breeders (using the term loosely) who ask top prices and yet will let kittens go too early, unvaccinated, etc. But for the most part, you do get what you pay for. If you're looking to pay less, it's SO much harder to weed out the not so good breeders from the excellent.

Gskinner..
Now youre saying that.. Im actually confused.. I always thought that the all breeders are the same.. They will do their best for their kittens and will sell them for roughly same price.. I dont know now what I should be looking for now
Its hard to judge from adverts online, I sent loads of messages to people who called themselves breeders, and unfortunately most of the time I was a bit dissapointed Thats why Im looking for recommendations, "professional" websites etc

I dont mean to be rude, or come across ungrateful but I dont wanna be disappointed.. Sometimes what you see online isnt as colourful in the real life..