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Hi! Any advice or insights on this would be greatly appreciated, as I'm clueless! Maybe over worrying? Not sure!
I've agreed to buy a female Russian Blue kitten, currently 9 weeks old. I will collect at 10 weeks. I viewed the litter 2 days ago. 2 boys and a girl. One slept through the whole visit, the others were running around playing. The female was much smaller than the boys. There was a 4th kitten who died very young. I don't know why.
I'm worried about her size. These kittens do not come vaccinated, wormed or vet checked (hence the cheaper price I guess) - they say they are 100% indoor so not exposed. I'm happy to do all this asap after purchace, but I want to buy a healthy kitten.
I said I'd take the girl, but want her vet checked first as I'm worried about her size and health. She was running around playing, and licking my hand a lot. Looked ok. Just the size. They told me she is 680 grams at 9 weeks old at anything over 500g is fine. Is this true? I've heard female Russian Blue should be around 900g at this age (from a breeder)
Is this a worry? Should I walk away? Or take her and fix her up? Also notices very slight tear marks on inner corners of eyes. Not runny, just looked like sleep, that animals and human gets! But hard to know after one visit.
Cheers, Kat
I've agreed to buy a female Russian Blue kitten, currently 9 weeks old. I will collect at 10 weeks. I viewed the litter 2 days ago. 2 boys and a girl. One slept through the whole visit, the others were running around playing. The female was much smaller than the boys. There was a 4th kitten who died very young. I don't know why.
I'm worried about her size. These kittens do not come vaccinated, wormed or vet checked (hence the cheaper price I guess) - they say they are 100% indoor so not exposed. I'm happy to do all this asap after purchace, but I want to buy a healthy kitten.
I said I'd take the girl, but want her vet checked first as I'm worried about her size and health. She was running around playing, and licking my hand a lot. Looked ok. Just the size. They told me she is 680 grams at 9 weeks old at anything over 500g is fine. Is this true? I've heard female Russian Blue should be around 900g at this age (from a breeder)
Is this a worry? Should I walk away? Or take her and fix her up? Also notices very slight tear marks on inner corners of eyes. Not runny, just looked like sleep, that animals and human gets! But hard to know after one visit.
Cheers, Kat