gwendolyn
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Not sure how much dogs from breeders cost, but the Siamese cats my family have ranged from $300 each to $600 each (over the years, the more recent ones have cost more, 3 years ago $520 and 2 years ago, $600). I love them too, but don''t like the price tag associated with them!Date: 11/25/2008 3:52:20 PM
Author: elrohwen
Date: 11/25/2008 1:57:19 PM
Author: gwendolyn
Date: 11/25/2008 1:41:05 PM
Author: elrohwen
A question for the cat lovers: As a non-cat person, it seems to me that the vast majority of cats come from shelters or are strays; is this true? Why don''t more people get cats from breeders? I would assume it''s because cats don''t do things like hunt, water rescue, etc so it''s not important to get one with particular traits like it is for dogs. I''m just curious
I haven''t had my own cats yet because I''ve lived in rented rooms in houses/small apartments and have moved to another country recently, but growing up most of our cats were Siamese, purchased from a breeder. My parents had two cats they rescued and both had major issues most likely due to abuse from their former homes. The rescue cats were randomly violent and would bite and scratch anything that moved, including my baby brother''s face. He ended up ok, but the cat very nearly clawed his eyes while my mom was holding him. That was when my parents decided that they didn''t want to risk the unknown of having a rescue cat. My mother has always loved the talkative, attentive personalities of Siamese cats and did lots of research and met the cats a number of times before deciding which kittens we''d take home.
When it is my turn to get some feline family members, I hope to compromise and find a breed-specific rescue option so I can rescue some Siamese babies, since I''m crazy about them now too.
Gwen, are cats from a breeder as expensive as dogs from a breeder?
I love Siamese too! They''re beautiful. I got to cat-sit for a pair once and they were so sweet.
My mom considers the price to be an investment because she thinks purebreds are less likely to have emotional and/or physical problems. The last kitten she got did have a slight heart murmur which was discovered a month or so after he came to live with my parents, and the breeder said that she would either trade the kitten in for another (would never do that!) or cover the cost of any medications or surgeries for the first six months. After a few months of pills, the kitten grew out of the heart murmur (which was what the vet said would probably happen anyway), but it was nice that the breeder helped out financially and felt partially responsible for the health of the kitten, and didn''t want us to feel scammed by her or anything I guess.