Breeder: Siamese Cats and Siamese Kittens for sale Florida

Welcome New Breeders

If you email me asking to sell you a breeding cat, here is the general response I am going to give you:

I would investigate this to its absolute fullest. This is a fun and exciting hobby, but it comes with realistic difficulties that everyone should be prepared for, before purchasing your first breeding cat.

The very first thing to be mindful of, is that cats are domesticated creatures that demand love, attention, and affection. It is often hard to make objective decisions for a working animal, when emotionally the majority of people see cats as pets. To be an effective breeder, one must learn to balance the skills it takes to be an effective breeder, while harnessing a strong emotional attachment to particular cats. Often, very difficult decisions must be made that may conflict with our feelings. For examples, new breeders often treat their new stud kittens as beloved pets; the stud kitten grow up with the affection, commonalities, and freedom of a typical house pet. however, problems begin to arise when the stud kitten's hormones begin to kick in, and results in the stud kitten marking their territory, and howling. These features are extremely common for stud cats, unfortunately, this is not a comfortable setting for your typical pet owner/new Breeder. The new Breeder quickly learns that stud cats need to have a dedicated and often contained area where their behavior, while normal, can be displayed without affecting the entire household. As a result, breeders then have to make a very difficult decision to isolate the stud from a life he has come a custom; this action results in emotional conflict for the Breeder, and depression for the cat. New breeders will often learn that female breeding cats can also spray. Some do and then some don't, but It really is just the luck of the draw when it comes to which cats will spray and which ones will not. Hormones do funny things to cats. You NEVER know who will spray and who won't.

Queens SCREAM when they are in heat. There is NO getting around this. It is a horrible howling sound that lasts 7-14 days, and sometimes longer. I have learned that I must put my queens in a dark room to get them to come out of heat, but this process takes about 3-4 days of howling. My one queen use to go into heat every 2 weeks starting in the spring, now I have it to about once a month, because I keep the shades down in my daughters' room, which is where she lives. My other queen howls constantly, she is on my last nerves and will likely get spayed soon. My youngest queen has only gone into heat once and she is just over a year. Queens tend to go into heat starting at 6 mons, and then they become territorial and start to fight. I have found that assigning rooms for each cat, and then allowing them out individually works the best. This may also account for why my cats are not spraying. For example, Sophia who is in Jessica's (my daughter's room is not aloud in Rieslings room with my Son Justin. Sophia is aloud to roam the house during the morning, Riesling the afternoon, and Eärwen with kitten during the evening -- weekends are different. queens are also territorial, and need their own areas to claim as their own. My personal rule of thumb, is that a breeder should have no more cats in their home and then places that can be used to isolate each cat as necessary. I will use myself as an example: my stud, is in my office which is actually a converted and enclosed lanai, a 17 x 18 square-foot room; each queen has their very own bedroom where one human child is assigned as their personal cuddler/servant; my kitten room is a tiled-floor laundry/kitchen; and my isolation room is a large walk-in closet, that can easily be converted.

Kittens are cute, and fun -- but they are incredibly messy. They are also very unruly, and do have accidents. This particular litter I remember well spent 10 weeks successfully missing the litter box. They often miss the litter box for the first few weeks, and are constantly tipping over their food. One litter actually decided to make a habit of climbing up my sheer curtains -- thank goodness for Wal-Mart.

I would LOVE to tell you to just get one queen, and send her for stud service. But, the reality is, that NO ONE allows stud service in our breed. So this almost always forces you into getting a stud. One boy and one girl is manageable, there is work involved but its not as stressful as having three cats or more. For the two cats, you would absolutely need at least need stud room, and a room to raise kittens for easy cleaning.

The top two things that stresses breeders out are the studs spraying/peeing, and the queens constant howling.

Careful planning is absolutely necessary, because if you do not start your breeding cats out right, there may be serious consequences for the cat that would include spraying/peeing even after the cat is neutered/spayed, and numerous diseases.

I need to stress how important it is to join established "reputable" clubs and registries. The internet is a frenzy marketing forum that easily misleads many new breeders into believing that certain cat clubs are of value. Don't get sucked into false sense of security. Real clubs are Not-for-Profit, hold meetings and publish those notes to the public, along with a financial account -- if you question a club, evaluate their business practices. Ethical clubs belong to the [World Cat Federation] and hold physical annual shows throughout the world. Clubs in the United States include: [CFA], [TICA], [ACFA], and [CFF]. If you are interested in showing the Old-Style as Thai, I would absolutely advise you to join a [TICA] breed club in the area, meet with the breeders around you and then ask to visit their homes. Additionally, it is really imported to join a breed club so that you can fully educate yourself on the cat, and learn from others who have more experience. I recommend joining [PREOSSIA] because it's primary function is to be a breed club.

I hope my information gives you more insight to the amount of passion it takes to make the leap towards breeding. You will see some great breeders and some not so great, but either way it will give you a clearer vision of what you can expect. I had the privilege of getting to be friends with one breeder who had an exceptional cattery and another who's cats let her live with them. Having people who understand the "stress" that is involved with this hobby, will make all the difference when you have a kitten that is sick or hurt - more over, you will quickly find how little vets understand the multi-dimensional aspects of breeding, compared to caring for a plain house pet.

If you go into this with your eyes open, and plan ahead you will have no problems. This is definitely something you will want to talk to your husband about as he WILL notice.

I have two great articles that give a fair idea of associated costs in getting started with this hobby: [Where the Money you Pay for a Kitten Goes] and [Breeding Costs] both of these articles are dead on close, so unless you have in your head the financial burden that comes with the hobby, you will not fully appreciate the most crucial part of working towards quality.

If you are truly committed and show planning and sincerity, I would love to hear from you. Things I will want to know right up front include: