Devil Child of a Cat

[Marrissa]

So are you going to be spaying and neutering all the kittens to prevent more mutt cats down the road? I don't say mutt as an offense because all my best dogs have been mutts, but by mutt you don't know the cat's lineage, you don't have papers, and you don't have anything show worthy. If you're going to breed, breed something that's worth it. Heck I feel the same way about those people doing simple co dom crosses with ball pythons to normal females. Which is why I won't be doing that. I'm going to make combos worth it, and I'll be hanging onto those babies if they don't sell. Are you going to do the responsible thing and spay and neuter all those kittens and find them good homes? Do you have the money to get them all their shots and spay/neuter them? Are you going to keep them if they don't find homes?

I just find it really irresponsible to breed an animal to just carry on the line. BPs and cats are different. 100 BPs isn't as crazy to me as having 5+ cats. Cats are more work I'd think. My grandma breeds dogs occasionally. She has really nice stock (papered too), great colors, and people lined up to buy the pups each and every time. She has also bred her horses and they are always from papered stock and with excellent sires. She also gets all the colts gelded. I actually have a gelding that she bred for me. I got him gelded early and he's got a forever home with me. He means a lot to me but no way would I keep him intact just to get a foal from him to carry on the line. That's not fair to him at all. He'd have to lead a completely different life if he was intact. Not to mention if I were to breed a mammal like that, I'd buy the best stock I could afford and breed it to the best stock I could afford. I'd also be keeping that baby personally or make sure I do the right thing and geld it and train it up for a new owner.

Breed with a good purpose (producing the best animal you can conformationally and for an intended purpose like show). My horse was bred to be very athletic and boy is he. With things like horses, dogs, and cats there are SO many average jo's there's no reason to add more average stock to the population. There are so many waiting at shelters or rescues. I'm sorry about Red but think of the life this male cat is having. That's not fair he has to be locked up because you want one baby from him. Plus neutering when older is harder on them physically and it takes a while (six months or so) for them to stop the spraying. So stop waiting on it. He'll also live a long life once he's neutered. Red's death opened up the door for you to adopt another cat. And when that cat eventually passes, they open up the door for another cat to have a loving home with you. That's exactly what I plan on doing with my future dogs. I'm going to adopt a Pit from a shelter. When that animal eventually passes, well they gave me a lot of love and made way for me to give my love to the next needy animal.

Sorry for the novel. Just please don't breed for sentimental reasons. Breed for good conformation, from good bloodlines, and for good personality if that's what you're going to do. (Which means go invest in some cats from good show lines)