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Cost of "pedigree" kittens?

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RiverFlowers · 15/04/2022 21:33

We sadly lost one of our cats recently - it was very unexpected and I haven't been coping with it particularly well. We have his brother still but he is very much my husbands cat in that, he isn't remotely interested in me but will follow my husband around constantly. We always joked about it but now my boy has gone, I am actually struggling with it as i feel like I have lost "my" cat.

I didn't really have any intentions of getting another cat at the moment but I did look to see if the breeder we got our boys from still existed and they do and it got me looking at kittens and older cats of that breed who need re-homing. However, I think I am very out of touch with how much kittens and cats cost these days - when we got our boys nearly ten years ago they were £400 each (think British Shorthair, Persian, Exotics) yet people seem to be trying to sell them for £1k now? Is that right?! Is that how much they cost now as that seems extortionate!

It also seems most breeders won't even tell you their prices anymore! I have looked at re-homing but as we have young children, they won't even consider us.

Has anyone purchased a British shorthair, Persian or exotic recently and can tell me what they paid?!

Thanks

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JeffThePilot · 26/04/2022 22:08

I’ve four cats. Three British Shorthair and a moggy (accidental litter).
two of my BSH are ex breeding queens, I got them at the age of 2 and 8 respectively, paid £200 and £50.
One BSH I purchased as a kitten in October 2020, paid £900. Registered and licensed breeder.
Moggy was £100 around same time as we got the BSH kitten, we wanted two for company but couldn’t afford two lots of £900! They’re best friends and they don’t know what they cost.

AberBaby · 26/04/2022 22:25

Our Maine Coon in October 2021 was £1,000. He came intact but his papers were marked as not for breeding - those with papers for breeding go for much more .

PerrinAybara · 26/04/2022 22:26

Some shelters definitely re-home with young children. Our initial rescues joined us as young adults (3 year olds) when the DC were 5 and 3. I don't think they would have let us have a kitten though.

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