When we don’t have kittens available, we establish waiting lists.
The purpose of the waiting list is to promote responsible breeding by ensuring that we have a loving home for any pet kittens we choose not to keep for our breeding program.
We will place your name on our waiting list with a list of your preferences. This information is stored on a secure page. Other than the information listed on the webpage, the rest of the information you share with us is 100% confidential and we will never share your email address or details with anyone else unless you give us permission (such as for travel arrangements, etc).
We publish our breeding plans, confirmed pregnancies and current litters on the secure page with the waiting list, so you can watch what’s going on, and see how you progress through the waiting queue. We try to do our best to update this information as soon as we have it (within a day or 2 of litters being born, unless we are concerned, then we may withhold the information until we know all is well)
When the babies are born, we generally know the genders immediately. Sometimes, the colors are obvious immediately. Sometimes, we have to wait to see how the colors will turn out (some colors are progressive, like pointed kittens, smokes, lynxes and eye color). At this point, we will often know if there is a kitten we are thinking about keeping. We love sharing pictures and will post them as we take them 🙂
Please understand that things happen. Some new moms aren’t as good at tending to their young. Some babies don’t thrive as well, some need to be hand fed, sometimes babies just get pneumonia from aspirating fluid during birth. Babies are tricky, and we do our best to ensure they are healthy, and thriving. But we can’t control nature’s course, so while we do our best, things happen.
We do accept a small deposit to reserve pick of kitten out of a litter – this is our “A” waiting list. This is refundable if we can’t supply you with a kitten, within a reasonable timeframe, due to litter complications or strong gender preferences. If you change your mind about taking a kitten, it’s non-refundable. The reason we do this is to ensure that those who are seriously interested in a kitten, get a kitten of their choosing, and no one’s time is wasted by tire kickers.
We realize that you may not be 100% sure about a kitten, especially if allergies are involved. In this case, you can choose to not leave a deposit. You will then be placed on the “B” waiting list. For example, if there’s two people on the “A” waiting list, and two people on the “B” waiting list, and we have a litter of 3 kittens born, the people on the “A” waiting list get to choose their babies before the people on the “B” waiting list. If someone from the “B” list leaves a deposit, they will now be on the “A” waiting list, and the person on the “B” list is bumped to be contacted the next litter. We may not take a deposit if we are unsure about future litters, maybe because it’s a maiden mom, or we are expecting fewer kittens than normal.
When the kittens are 3-5 weeks old, they are starting to move around on their own, learning to use the litterbox and eat food. At this time, we allow people on our “A” waiting list to start choosing their babies in order. This is also when we can see personality traits emerging. We have always had an open door policy with our babies, but unfortunately, due to a few incidents in the last couple years, we’ve had to restrict visitors and access to young kittens to prevent illness and infections, as per our vet’s recommendation. It’s for the health of your, and other people’s, future kittens, we’ve had to adopt this policy. We do still encourage allergy tests, if needed, with some of our older kittens & cats. See our Allergy page for more information on how this works.
If we don’t have anyone on our “A” waiting list (doesn’t happen often), we contact those on our “B” waiting list. By this point, we generally have spent a bit of time talking to you, weeded out potentially unsuitable families (we reserve the right to refuse a sale at any time based on our discretion!) and figured out who is truly interested in adding a kitten to their family, and who isn’t at this time. If you aren’t ready, that’s ok! We want to make sure you are ready for the lifetime commitment of keeping one of our babies. But please, notify us so someone else has an opportunity for a baby.
We do our best to match preferences, personalities, etc to new owners and we try and be as fair as possible, but with the number of people looking for babies, it can be very difficult to juggle preferences and schedules. We will go down our “B” list, and notify those who have contacted us all at the same time. We do give preference in some cases based on interest, preference, or when they first contacted us. Sometimes, we have to adopt a first come, first serve basis for people who are looking for a similar kitten. We will send you a copy of our kitten sales agreement, which outlines the conditions of sale before we even get to this point.
When you choose your kitten, we will ask for a $250 non-refundable deposit (locally) or a 50% deposit (for out of province). We keep a record of all payments and provide you with a record when you pick up baby. If you change your mind and no longer want a baby, you will lose your deposit. If you change your mind about the specific baby you chose down the road, and another baby is available, you may be able to transfer your deposit over (our discretion applies). If something happens to your baby between the time of reservation and the time it is ready to go home, you can transfer your deposit to another baby, or we will refund your deposit if no other options are available.
We deworm the babies starting at 5 weeks, and take the babies to the vet at 8-9 weeks of age for check-ups. They get 1st vaccinations, and dewormings. Babies leave when they are physically and emotionally developed enough to leave. Generally, this occurs between 10 & 12 weeks. If we are shipping your baby, they need to be at least 10 weeks old. This is for their safety and well being!
Your baby will come to you with a copy of their vetting records, a copy of their pedigree, a kitten starter pack, and 6 weeks free pet insurance. If you are purchasing a kitten with breeding rights, you will get a copy of their TICA registration slip (yellow or blue) to register. If you are purchasing a pet, we will wait to register the kitten until proof of spay/neuter is provided to us, at which time, we will submit your kitten’s registration online and you will receive it online.
Pricing (subject to change without notice)
Siberians:
Pets:
Standard Colors (e.g: red tabby, brown tabby, blue, torbie, silver):
$1200.00 – $1500.00
Specialized Colors (e.g: gold, bimetallic, red silvers, blue gold, white )
$1500.00 – $1800.00
Breeding/Show (established catteries, or someone interested in mentorship):
Standard Colors (red tabby, brown tabby, blue, torbie, silver, some pointeds):
$3200 – $3700.00
Specialized Colors (gold, bimetallic, red silvers, blue gold, white, some pointeds):
$3500.00- $5000.00
Caring for your Cat
We have added a page that covers topics such as:
– Grooming
– Bathing
– Nail trimming
– Declawing (coming- no, we do not recommend for it!)
– Showing (coming)
Click on Caring for your cat to see some useful tips!