who here breeds cats and why? also have have you found it?

Regards,

Lloyd Wharton

we are small breeders... only had 2 litters first one had 2 kittens and the second has had 7..

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I do - see my website. Why? Because I'm helping to establish a new breed to the UK and it's exciting being on the forefront of this adventure - I love kittens and seeing the Joy they bring to others. I love the genetics side. I love learning etc. It's fun, exhilarating, exhausting and costly but I still love it.

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I dont but its something I would love to do. Id quite like to breed Bengals to try and get rid of some of the issues like HCM. It was one of the things that put me off getting a Bengal so if we could breed HCM free Bengals (and eventually other cats like Ragdolls) it would be great.

Wouldnt have the faintest how to go about it but its unlikely it will happen as I dont have the money or the time.

I haven't yet bred but hope to do so this year. I made the decision that I want to as I want to better the breed and also because I enjoy showing so would love to show a cat I have bred.

ok cool, how do you get the breeding papers then?

you start by getting a breeding quality male/female from a decent breeder, you get papers from them to state your cat you bought is active as a breeding cat,

then register with the gccf,,, ect..ect..its too long for me to type everything.. best go to gccf website they will inform you everything you need to know..

i got finger ache now......

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I breed cats because I enjoy it, it gives me pleasure to know that I am sharing my love of the breed (Siamese, in my case) with others who are just wanting a Siamese companion. Having kept Siamese cats for most of my adult life I was offered the chance to buy a queen on the active register a few years ago and it all went from there. She is from an experimental breeding programme, which I won't bore you with, but it means that she and her kittens cannot be shown in Pedigree classes in GCCF shows, even though she is a Pedigree herself. I now also have a second breeding queen who is yet to have her first litter.
Not sure about the second part of your question

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You have to buy a breeding cat from a reputable registered breeder that will come with the correct papers - they need to be registered with a recognised registry (GCCF, TICA, or FiFE) - you need to use a recognised stud and get a certificate of mating, then you send off all the relevant paperwork and fee to get the kittens registered. You have to abide by the registries rules - i.e vaccinate cats before rehoming , do the relevant health/ genetic tests/ not to breed from unregistered cats etc.It's not easy to get into and do it properly. Many people decide to go the back door route and become back yard breeders but this is really wrong - cats aren't health tested and kittens are often badly socialised or ill.

If you want to do it - the best place to start is to go to shows and meet breeders of the breed you have chosen and get yourself known. Learn as much as you can and get a breeding queen from someone who will also be your mentor. HTH

EDIT: it can be fun and also heartbreaking - it is also expensive (you don't make money) . My first litter had a stillborn with hydrocephalous and he was huge and my queen struggled to birth him for about 45 mins - he came out just as I lifted her up to take to the vets. Then the next litter she reabsorbed 3 out of 4 kittens and had a singleton - then we found out she had HCM and she will die of this eventually. Heartbreaking! It's not all glamourous.

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I do. I have Norwegian Forestcats and Burmilla. Feel free to visit my homepages.
Why. Becourse NFO are soo lovely and you meet so many nice people.

Uldtotten´s Babette. My first queen. She is now an elderly lady. She is 15 years now.

These are my latest kittens.
Babett´s Mie and her kittens. They are now 4 month.

The Burmilla came into my life a few years ago becourse I wanted a challenge in my breeding work.
They are so lovely but very different and very much alike at the same time.
Amadeus playing like any other kitten. He is now almost 8 month now and looking no sniffing after the girls.

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Krista Nielsen
Breeder of NFO and Burmilla
www.bricksite.com/babette