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Old June 19th 04, 03:11 AM
Tracy
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"star625" wrote in message igy.com...
wow thats interesting! why wouldnt you adopt from a breeder??? I am not
saying this to be smug i am interested in knowing why you wouldnt adopt from
a breeder? I thought that was the best way to go knowing they would have a
gaurantee of health and stuff like that am I wrong??? I am very interested
in learning more....thanks Star


Hi Star,

Personally, I have a couple of reasons why "I" wouldn't buy from a
breeder. The first one is just that I really have feelings about the
cat overpopulation problem
and I don't like to encourage people to produce more cats, especially
just for companionship purposes, when there's so many great cats who
can't find a home.
Secondly, spending as much time volunteering at a shelter as I do (a
no-kill), I know that there are lots of cats who carry a chunk of
genetic material from the breeds and while they don't have papers,
they can and do have the look and temperament of any breed you can
imagine.

You mentioned health, so I do want to add that it isn't necessarily so
that purebreds are guaranteed healthy. There are many problems that
can come with inbreeding small groups of cats (and ragdolls are a
fairly new breed so there aren't that many with papers and they're
closely related) and while people will say they can guarantee health
and temperament, there really are no guarantees.

If your heart is really set on a ragdoll cat, I'd encourage you to
contact Ragdoll Rescue of America
http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/OR104.html and look at opening your
home to a cat that has lost their home. Check it out! They look to
have some pretty beautiful cats up for adoption to me :