Hi, I bought two beautiful Bengals from a respected breeder a year ago. A male pet and a female for breeding. I paid £900 for her and have a receipt stating that she is to be on the active register. The breeder sent me her pedigree and told me she had been registered but I recieved no papers.

I have contacted stud owners who say they need these papers but I can no longer get hold of the breeder!! Can I register her myself or is my cat now worthless?

Any advice greatly appreciated!

Im afraid this happened to me 4 years ago with a couple of ragdolls! no papers ever came!i could never contact the people i bought them off.Im not sure where you stand on this,but im sure someone here will.good luck!

Thanks. I feel a bit stupid but most breeders won't send papers until you can prove cats have been neutered (in the case of my male) so wasn't sure what else I could do except part with my money and trust they'd keep their promise.

I'm in a bit of a panic though! Was really looking forward to breeding and can't afford to part with another £900 - I'm expecting myself!

Have you contacted anyone about this? any of the cat clubs and asked for advice on what you can do? can you not go back to the breeders house,i would if i paid that money

have you contacted the breeder ? or also you maybe able to contact the gccf and tell them the name as it will be on the pedigree you have ! another option is to go to the breeders house and ask for it ?
am so sorry to hear the bad news and congratz on your new arrival too

awww the cat is not worthless still a beautiful and loving kitty but clair is right you must go back to the breeder if you paid that price !!!

If you can not get hold of the breeder, then I would definitely go to the registering body.

If it is the GCCF then they state

Good evening This is not good I could understand a breeder witholding the registration slip if it was due to awaiting proof of a cat being spayed, but not for a cat bought on the active register. After 12 months I would be getting pretty concerned ( I would after 3 months to be honest) and if I were you I would be contact the gccf with all the details you have of the cat and breeder to check if they have actually registered her

On the pedigree cert you have been given have they put the cat's date of birth and registration number. You could also quote the breeder's prefix and last know address. Good luck but I would be going apesh*t if I were you

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I would be very interested to know if the registration number and all the details were on the pedigree,they wernt on mine!so i was well and truley diddled,i hope you can get this sorted,dont be afraid to make a noise about this!!!

The pedigree cert should show every cat's registration number in the previous generations, and also that of the kitten being purchased providing the breeder has already registered it when the buyer collects

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