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By Anne Michalowski-Mouchaud
It is often said that the price for a purely-bred kitten is much increased and that this is very profitable when a litter is sold...
I had a little fun making a calculation... I only took into account the expenses with Pléiade, our russian blue cat, excluding the ones with our 2 house cats (who cost us much more!)
The period of my calculation lasted from June 1999 until December 2000 (that would be 1 year and a half of considered spendings). I took into account the expenses from our first litter (4 kitten).
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| Veterinary |
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This only comprises the usual vaccinations of the mother. Without costs of vermifugation and anti-fleas |
| Food |
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Without the sweets ! |
| Annual subscription to the Cat Club |
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| Subscription to the Webfélin Web |
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| Feline Exhibitions |
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Ranking a cat has a definitive price , and getting known is indispensable! Comprised : exhibition attendance costs, motorway expenses, car expenses, hotel expenses. 10 exhibitions have been taken as reference. |
| The Kitten |
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Mating price (and this one is very cheap !) There should be added here 2 trips in order to fetch and then to take back the female from the male's home, considering that the russian blue males cannot be found very easily... |
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Pedigree registration for 4 kitten | |
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Food for 4 kitten for 3 months | |
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First vaccine shots at 2 months old (4 kitten) | |
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Second vaccine shots at 3 months old | |
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Vermifugations and anti-fleas | |
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Other veterinary expenses for kitten (Tests) | |
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Other veterinary expenses for the mother | |
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Radiography of the pregnant mother | |
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The cost of a kitten for a litter of 4 : 1193.- CHF
All these facts are not costless and are to be taken into consideration as well
It is better to pay a bit more for a cat in a good health condition than to buy a cat "on sale" that would make you frequently attend the veterinary!
That is why we do not cut prices for kittens and we do not sell them to the one who offer more.
We offer our kittens to serious and conscious buyers who respect the cats and ourselves, and are aware of the costs (in terms of time and money) that are included in owning a pet.
Breeding cats is only rarely profitable. Breeding cats is a passion, much more than a simple hobby! !
Selling kittens helps the cat-breeder covering his expenses , or at least a part of them. But you will never cover everything by gaining irregularly money.
If we sell a kitten for at least 1200 CHF (5000 FF), we can cover all the expenses only with a litter of at least 4 kittens, and in circumstances where all of them are in a good health condition.
But still, one litter per year or once in two years (in the case where we have only one reproductive female) implies more expenses than profits, especially if it includes only one or two kittens, and if there's any other kind of problem (like a Caesarean operation that costs around 500.- CHF) or any health problem with the kittens.
We have to analyze the spendings and profits for a longer period of time: a serious cat-breeder takes care of the reproductive female during several years not only before, but also after the kittens are sold!
These prices can be regulated according to the opinion that we make upon the quality of the kittens at the age of 3 months, and upon their evolution in time. This doesn't mean that the quality of the kittens that are sold at low prices is poor, we only consider them as less qualified for competing in different feline exhibitions or for the reproduction. The price for a kitten is mainly set according to the expenses that we carry, and that are increasing each year, also according to the "market price". Then, we think that we seriously invest in our blue russian cats and kittens, and that the prices should equally reflect the efforts made for an qualitative breeding...
We wish you a lot of pleasure and happiness with your all-blue feline!