The main goal in our cattery is to improve the Ragdoll breed with healthy, affectionate and well socialized kittens. Please note that we do not breed to have kittens around, we also do not breed to make money, we breed because we like to and we are working hard to improve this gorgeous breed of felines.

We also show our cats. Every single cat has a chance to be shown and if they enjoy it they have a show career in local and not so local shows. So far we only shown in TICA but currently we are working hard to bring CFA shows to our area. Every cat which goes to the show is kept in quarantine after the show.

Here is a short overview of what happens when a new breeding cat is accepted into our cattery.

Each kitten or adult cat gets a vet check within the first day of arrival. Each cat is then tested for Feline Leukemia and Feline Immunodeficiency virus. Every new arrival is kept in quarantine for about 2-3 weeks, depending on the circumstances. There is absolutely no exception to this rule.

Many customers ask us if we had any bad diseases in the cattery and what can we do to prevent congenital diseases in Ragdolls. First of all, our Cattery was one of the first Catteries around to test our breeders for a HCM (Heart Cardiomyopathy) DNA test in Ragdolls and Main Coons. The reason we test both is because in early days to get lynx pattern into Ragdoll breed, breeders outcrossed to Main Coons, so we tested all our cats for the mutation in Ragdolls and Main Coons.

We have tested all of our cats for the HCM mutation and none of them have tested positive, or heteropositive; thus, our breeding program has no known mutation of the HCM disease.

More information about this testing can be found here: www.vetmed.wsu.edu

All our cats get regular vet checks during their breeding life. There are many tests available and if we suspect the disease made it into the cattery, all cats get proper medical attention.

All kittens born get vet checks by our veterinarian, Dr. Leah Montgomery at the Shaugnessy Veterinary Hospital. Without Dr. Leah our cattery would not exist. She was with us during moments of joy, during times of frustration and during times of sadness. All our kittens get spayed and neutered at her hospital and we have never had any problems doing this procedure with her. Kittens can be spayed as early as 8 weeks old. Please note there is no exception to this rule; absolutely all kittens - unless they are sold as breeders - are surgically altered before leaving our cattery.

Links about why cats have to be spayed and neutered: www.cfainc.org

More information about our veterinary hospital can be found here coolvet.com

Here are some more useful links you might want to look at:

‘Where the Money You Pay for a Kitten Goes’ - even though this article is old, it is still worth to read to understand why registered breeders, who really care for the best of the breed, do not really make any profit on selling kittens. Raising a litter of kittens is a lot of work, and sometimes not everything goes as planned, but even if it goes as planned, there are hidden costs to every kitten raised: home.earthlink.net

‘How Young is Too Young?’ - this article explains why some breeders do keep kittens until they are 3 or even 4 month old. We find that kittens are more secure in the new home when they are above 12 weeks of age, however we do exceptions to this rule, especially when a new family wants to bond with the kitten as early as possible. www.breedlist.com

‘Why do breeders find new homes for adult cats?’ - this article touches bases about re-homing retired breeders. We are proud to announce that all breeders we retired for different reasons found excellent new homes: www.breedlist.com