Currently, we don't have kittens, but we have friends who do:
www.dwasusy.pl
www.puszystekoty.pl
www.lesnychochlik.pl
www.nordhouse-nfo.pl
www.agpamis.pl
www.atlaskoty.prv.pl
Junona AB-Cat*PL, a lovely 5-year old lady is looking for a new, permanent home. Currently, she's recovering from bad experiences caused by evil, careless people and she's staying temporarily with one of the breeders. If you dream about a wegie to call your own, yet are a bit scared that a small kitten will wreck havoc in your home — maybe you and this beautiful greeneyed lady are meant for each other? If you want to know more about her please contact cattery Norbat*PL: norbat@o2.pl
Plans are just plans and more often than not they are subject to verification. It's Metanira's call (literally), but we are hoping to welcome the next litter in spring 2010.
Our kittens may leave for their new homes when they are at least 14 weeks old, have been properly vaccinated and dewormed, microchipped and tested for GSD IV. Besides the mandatory documents (pedigree, health book, passport and veterinary certificate of good health, kittens sold for breeding will receive also certificate with the result of the genetic test for GSD IV. Only GSD IV-negative kittens can be qualified as fit for breeding. Kittens sold as pets/show only are accompanied by similar documents and they leave our cattery already neutered. We don't sell kittens to homes which allow free roaming and we don't sell cats for breeding to inexperienced people.
Litter F - 17.06.2007 - Metanira AB-CAT*PL x EC D*Afjord’s Cyrano DSM
Although Norwegian forest cats descend from the cats which lived and still are living in the Norwegian forests, those who want to have such a cat at home should remember that the only proof that a cat is purebred is a pedigree and cats without that document cannot be regarded as such.
The actual breeding of the Norwegian forest cats began in the seventies of the last century, as a response to the threat of "dissolving" the breed due to the increasingly common mating between the wegies from the forests and the domestic shorthair cats. All cats used for breeding had to be shown as novices and accepted by the judges of the feline organization. A novice could be bred and shown as a Norwegian forest cat and his progeny could receive pedigrees. When the number of accepted novices reached a certain level, enabling breeding on the basis of the suitably diversified gene pool, the novice class for the NFO was closed. Since then the only document confirming that a given cat is indeed a Norwegian Forest Cat has been a pedigree.
Which requirement have to fulfilled in order for the kittens to receive pedigrees? First and foremost, their parents must have pedigrees as well, stating that those cats are purebred since for (or five, depending on the organisation) generations. Cats have to be registered in one of the feline organizations (in Poland Felis Polonia/FIFe, PZF/WCF, ICF/FFE), which means that the breeder agrees to observe the breeding rules of that organization. Those rules regulate the frequency of the litters for a female cat, the specific conditions that have to be fulfilled before the cat can be bred from or the age at which the kittens can leave for their new homes. No respectable breeder, abiding by those rules, will let go of a too young kitten unprotected by necessary vaccinations. No breeder, who really loves his kittens, will sell a kitten to a stranger on the auction in the Internet or at s show. No honest breeder will sell a kitten without a written proof of origin – the pedigree. The argument that pedigree is expensive does not hold - it is just 30 PLN, a mere fraction of all cattery costs.
Unregistered ‘breeders’ tempt the new owners with apparently low prices of their kittens, about a half or so lower, than the prices of kittens with pedigree. Yet it is hardly a bargain: unregistered ‘breeder’ does not observe the rules concerning the suitable age for a kitten to leave the cattery, does not care about veterinary check-ups or health in general, does not show his cats in order to learn if they follow the standard of the breed. Thus the kittens are often undernourished, small for their age or quite simply sick or infested with parasites. New owner has to spend a small fortune on veterinary costs, not to mention the suffering of the kitten, which often loses the battle for life despite many efforts. And that with the optimistic assumption that the parents have indeed been wegies - there is no document to prove it, just the 'breeder's' words.
A layman's eye cannot tell the difference between a NFO kitten and, say, a darling moggie kitten, result of mating between a Persian and a domestic shorthair. The disappointment comes later, when a little puff of fur grows into a shorthair cat, not in the least wegie-like. All that can be avoided by obtaining a cat with a pedigree from a registered cattery.
It is not my intention to abuse moggies: they deserve all respect and protection we can give them – that goes for the breeders as well. It is not the registered catteries that are the problem for the well-being of mixed breed cats, but the egoistic, careless or simply greedy people who produce pseudo-purebred cats in order to gain material benefits.
A true breeder, as befits a true cat fancier, will do his best to ensure that the kittens from his cattery, cuddled and nurtured during the first three months of their lives, find the best homes possible. That is why the breeders often insist that the new owner lets them visit the cat in its new home, that the new owner installs nets in the windows or secures a garden/balcony, that the cat is fed in the appropriate way etc. That is also the reason the breeder decides that some kitten from the litter can be shown/used for breeding and some should be just kept as pets. Yet regardless of the "quality" of the kittens, ALL KITTENS FORM THE LITTER ARE ENTITLED TO A PEDIGREE. The pedigree is just a confirmation of kitten's genealogy, it does not oblige the new owner to show a cat, nor does it make a breeding cat.
To cut the matter short: if you want to share your life with a Norwegian Forest cat, with all its features (coat shedding, eternal nosiness, exploring, bravado) – search for a pedigree cat from a good, caring cattery. But if dream of cat as it is, go to a shelter and let some unlucky stray claim your heart. You cannot do wrong here. Just do not let ruthless people who do not really care about the welfare of their cats thrive on your trust and ignorance.
Purebred cat = a cat with a pedigree.
