For all you breeders...........

Can you tell me what is included in your kitten packs? And the estimated cost of putting one together? (i.e. beds, toys, food, information etc)


Thanks

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Breeders of Burmese & Siamese Cats
www.purrfactor.com

Alot of food companies have breeders schemes that provide free kitten packs that include food, bowls toys etc they all have different rules but mostly its that you have to buy so much of their food. RC, James Wellbeloved, Hills, Techni cal, MPM products (Applaws & Worlds best cat litter supplier) all have breeders schemes. There may well be others. For additional toys, I just keep my eyes out for packs of mice and balls, tescos sometimes have little packs of various toys that are ideal.

The only other thing is the paper work, and theres a bare minimum you have to provide as per whatever registering body you register with. What you provide over and above that is completely at your discretion. Most pet buyers are only really interested in their new kitten and don't take much notice of the paper work.

I give mine a folder which contains :

• About your kitten - includes details of when where they were born, how much they weighed, the rest of the litter, pics of their Mum and Dad, what they like and dislike, and pics of them growing up
• Diet and Care sheets - keeps getting longer
• Copy of the contract
• Pedigree
• GCCF Pink Slip
• Insurance Cert
• Microchip form
• Vaccination card
• Receipt

think thats it, then that goes in a gift bag with any extra toys, packets of food they enjoy and a kitten pack from technical because they give a pack of litter I use - Oko Plus.

The most important part though is a lovely healthy, well grown, well socialised baby who is ready to take on the world, and a life time of support if needed from his/her breeder.

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"Love a lot, trust just a few and always paddle your own canoe"
"Who is the greater fool - the fool themself or those that follow them"

Thats excellent saikou thank you - just the sort of information I am after

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Breeders of Burmese & Siamese Cats
www.purrfactor.com

Anyone else put other things in their packs thats not listed here?

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Breeders of Burmese & Siamese Cats
www.purrfactor.com

The Kitten LOL

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That was on the list as well, at the bottom

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www.saikousiameseandorientals.com

"Love a lot, trust just a few and always paddle your own canoe"
"Who is the greater fool - the fool themself or those that follow them"

soweeeeeeeeee

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Lol

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Breeders of Burmese & Siamese Cats
www.purrfactor.com

Hi

Starting with the kitten pack, ours consists of sample of their kitten biscuits, litter scoop, sometimes a litter tray, litter freshener, toys, twin bowl, dental chew bites, thrives treats, whiskers kitten treat, and wet commercial food (Hi Life, Natures Menu, Felix, Gourmet Gold, Whiskers Kitten loaf). I buy all of this from our local Tesco as I've given up on the breeder kitten packs, half the time they never arrive and when they did, something was usually missing.

I also give each family a packed lunch for their baby in a Chinese container. This is simply my own homecooked mince that the babies are used to, with a bit of goats milk yoghurt and hi life mixed in. The idea of this is that once baby has been home for about an hour, the new family can just open the container, pop it in the bowl and then baby has a meal that he/she is used to. I also send home a Coke bottle full of our own tap water and tell the new family to fill the water bowl half with our water and half with their own. The reason for this is that water varies between counties and babies can get upset tummies by the change in water.

They also get an A4 folder which has the following paperwork:

*TICA Registration Certificate
*Laminated Pedigree Certificate (4 generations)
*Vaccination Certificate
*Certificate of Neutering/Spaying (to be signed/stamped by their own vet and returned to me)
*Kitten's weight chart and personal information (this includes a daily weight chart up until week 9, kitten vaccine dates and what brand was used, date they next have to be wormed and when their booster is due, time of birth, 13 week weight, when kitten was weaned, etc. etc.
*Kitten Care Sheet
*Kitten Diet Sheet
*Kitten Problem Sheet
*6 weeks free pet insurance with Pet Plan
*Kitten sales agreement
*Note for their vet
*Registration sheet (this explains step by step how to transfer the cat into their own name)
*Contact details for Siamese Cat Clubs and other cat organisations
*1 Year's paid membership to a Siamese & Oriental club
*Receipt for kitten fee
*Household Accident sheet
*Poisonous plants sheet
*Kitten recipe sheet

Also, when our babies turn 9 weeks of age, I post a "welcome letter" to each family which basically tells them what they will need to have in the home prior to collecting the baby i.e. cat carrier, litter trays, scratch post etc. as well as a copy of the diet sheet so they know what food to buy. This way the families get at least 5 weeks to do have everything ready for their baby so that they are not rushing out to get things they forgot once baby comes home.

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Purrs and best wishes
Kat
http://www.schimmelorientals.com