Hi All

Im afraid its another one of those unregistered things again...............

I have been enquiring about kittens and had an email from a breeder who said the following:
Hi there, i only sell my kittens as pets if you decide to breed from them i don't have a problem but they wont be registered. They will have a pedigree birth certificate to prove they are pedigree but will not be registered active.
I don't agree with charging an extra £800 or so just for a piece of paper an to have the cat on file so to speak! I have 1 female £500,shes spotted with a silver glitter from her dad,he is a beautiful blue eyed snow spotted Bengal, and 1 male £400,he's brown marbled very wild looking.
If you decide your interested let me know and ill email you some pictures or your welcome to come and visit.


I then asked her what she sells her kittens for and her repsonse was:
Hi again, you can sell them as pedigrees still, for around £500 each depending on the sex colour and markings. Just as i do.

Now im sure she is a really good breeder - but how can she get away with charging top money for kittens that are not registered??? Is this acceptable??? Do people who are buying for pets not worry about the registration papers???

I bought my siamese for pets, and they were not registered. I had never had pedigree cats before and rightly or wrongly didnt see the point in having papers?

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How much did you pay for the kittens if you dont mind my asking? And is that price the same for registered kittens?

Also if you were to buy them as unregistered pets you would you expect to pay the price of a registered one? I know I would expect a discount for unregistered??
But this woman is selling them at the same price as registered

I have to be honest and say i wouldnt expect to pay the same price. I paid £200 each for mine which at the time seemed very reasonable for unregistered, in fact still seems to be, though im no expert.

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My registered Bengal breeding queens cost me from £1000 up to £1450 and my males have cost me from £1300 up to £1700. So she is selling them cheaper than registered as far as I can see.

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Yes the prices you have quoted are the prices im expecting to pay for a snow bengal queen.

But as pets she wants to charge £550 and I have seen them on Pets4Homes between £400-£600 so it doesnt appear to be cheaper to me? Or do you think they should be sold at a higher price than £600 for pet not breeding?

Also Sakura I have just looked at your website and your cats are beautiful!!

Some breeders charge a premium for an active cat, but then to be that they would have to be registered.

If the kitten is for pet, and both the parents are registered (that way you have some guarantee that they are actually pedigree) then if the kitten was 13 weeks, vaccinated, socialised etc and not misrepresented as a pedigree, then there possibly may not be that much difference between a registered pet and a non registered pet price.

If, however, the parents are not registered, then there is no real proof that the kittens are pedigree as stated and in those circumstances I think the price should be lower than a registered pet, because you can not claim the kitten is pedigree. Like when they use that term "gold coloured metal" instead of stating gold, if there is no mark to prove it is gold - if that makes sense