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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 |
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:59:43 GMT, "star625"
wrote: 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 As Tracy said, this is a group for people involved with rescuing homeless, abandoned, or about to be abandoned cats - we don't buy our cats, we take them in. Most of us have too many cats, but somehow manage to find room for the next hardship case that comes our way. I think it fair to say that most of us think that purebred cats from breeders are best left to people interested in showing and breeding. If you really need a purebred, it is better to take in one that someone has rejected - sent to a shelter or just thrown out along the roadside - rather than buy one, though you don't have the opportunity to make sure you are getting from a reputable breeder. Personally, I think the best pets are adult or nearly adult cats rather than kittens because you can judge their personalities and don't have to suffer through the kitten stage. T.E.D. ) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. |
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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 : |
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:59:43 GMT, "star625"
wrote: 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 As Tracy said, this is a group for people involved with rescuing homeless, abandoned, or about to be abandoned cats - we don't buy our cats, we take them in. Most of us have too many cats, but somehow manage to find room for the next hardship case that comes our way. I think it fair to say that most of us think that purebred cats from breeders are best left to people interested in showing and breeding. If you really need a purebred, it is better to take in one that someone has rejected - sent to a shelter or just thrown out along the roadside - rather than buy one, though you don't have the opportunity to make sure you are getting from a reputable breeder. Personally, I think the best pets are adult or nearly adult cats rather than kittens because you can judge their personalities and don't have to suffer through the kitten stage. T.E.D. ) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. |
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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 : |
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star625 wrote:
wow thats interesting! why wouldnt you adopt from a breeder??? It's called ethics. There are literally millions of cats being killed every year because there are not enough homes for them. Breeding *more* cats or buying a cat from someone who does so makes you directly responsible for the murder of those innocent cats. It's also a crapshoot as to whether a so-called "purebred" will be healthy. There is so much inbreeding these days that a mixed breed shelter cat is more likely to be made of stronger stuff and healthier. Ragdolls are notorious for developing Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and the fact that you want to get one cheap increases your chances of getting a less than healthy one as the only one you'll get cheap is from a backyard breeder. My advice is that you go to a kill shelter, look at all the cats that are there while the clock is ticking, and really think about what the right thing to do is, which AFAIC is to save one from being killed rather than give money to someone who is adding more cats to an already overpopulated world. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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star625 wrote:
wow thats interesting! why wouldnt you adopt from a breeder??? It's called ethics. There are literally millions of cats being killed every year because there are not enough homes for them. Breeding *more* cats or buying a cat from someone who does so makes you directly responsible for the murder of those innocent cats. It's also a crapshoot as to whether a so-called "purebred" will be healthy. There is so much inbreeding these days that a mixed breed shelter cat is more likely to be made of stronger stuff and healthier. Ragdolls are notorious for developing Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and the fact that you want to get one cheap increases your chances of getting a less than healthy one as the only one you'll get cheap is from a backyard breeder. My advice is that you go to a kill shelter, look at all the cats that are there while the clock is ticking, and really think about what the right thing to do is, which AFAIC is to save one from being killed rather than give money to someone who is adding more cats to an already overpopulated world. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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