Still, I'll try to make my introduction short and sweet.
So, hello all! My name's Edward and I reside in Ottawa, Ontario. I've known about this wonderful site for some time but only now, have I decided to take part in the fun. Procrastination, I suppose.
Anyway, I'm the owner of... or I guess I should say, am owned by a year old, indoor-residing, neutered, domestic longhaired feline named, "Mischief" (His nicknames include, "MadCat" and, "Mr. Kitty" among others) and let me tell you, he certainly lives up to his name! He's the first male cat I've ever had and it's quite a different experience.
Such brilliant green eyes...
He was a stray kitten that someone had abandonned, at far too early an age, might I add. We actually found him in our fenced-in backyard. It was starting to snow around that time and late one night, we found him shivering on our back step. We just HAD to take him in. He chose us, not the other way around.
He's spoiled to the core... brushed, hugged, kissed, pet, and played with daily.
Currently, he's my only feline... I also have a black lab named, "Seraphim."
For years, I've wanted to own a modern, chocolate-point Siamese but I'm having SEVERE difficulties locating a breeder in my area. I did manage to find one as of last night... but there weren't any chocolate-point females left. (I've read that when bringing a new feline into a home wherein a male is already residing, it's best that it be a female.)
It was rather strange actually... the breeder apparently does all her business via telephone and delivers the cats personally. Well, it seemed rather strange to me anyhow. I did locate a breeder around four years ago, mind you but she had no website and I don't recall her address... she sold her cats by word of mouth and they were pretty costly, around $800 or something like that. She had Grand Champions, hundreds of show ribbons, etc. She was an absolutely astounding woman, really... even her decor and clothing matched her cats. She kept my name and number but unfortunately, the litter wound up being blue and lilac point. I never heard from her again. I WISH I could've convinced myself to spend that amount of money but I just couldn't, nor can I now, it seems.
The ones I discovered last night, which can be found here are $225 which I don't think is unreasonable at all.
How do you place a price on an animal? I mean, I partially feel bad for not wanting to pay $800 but her justification was that she sees dogs being sold for upwards of a thousand dollars, so her asking price for her Siamese was fair. I guess I can see her side of things but I didn't like it, when she told me that she'd drop the price if there were genetic defects, etc.
I guess all I'm asking for is this...
a local breeder (so that I wouldn't have to pay an arm and a leg to have the kitten shipped to me) offering a modern (wedge-head, I apologize to those of you that hate this term, I'm just using it for specifics) chocolate/seal-point Siamese kitten, at a reasonable price.
Example:
well, it would grow into that.
Is all this too much to ask for? I know, keep dreaming, right?
Bah, it's all driving me so very crazy...
and I've ranted long enough so, I'll shut up now.
Well, I guess this wasn't exactly short and sweet, after all.
My apologies.
Take care!
Edward
So, hello all! My name's Edward and I reside in Ottawa, Ontario. I've known about this wonderful site for some time but only now, have I decided to take part in the fun. Procrastination, I suppose.
Anyway, I'm the owner of... or I guess I should say, am owned by a year old, indoor-residing, neutered, domestic longhaired feline named, "Mischief" (His nicknames include, "MadCat" and, "Mr. Kitty" among others) and let me tell you, he certainly lives up to his name! He's the first male cat I've ever had and it's quite a different experience.
Such brilliant green eyes...
He was a stray kitten that someone had abandonned, at far too early an age, might I add. We actually found him in our fenced-in backyard. It was starting to snow around that time and late one night, we found him shivering on our back step. We just HAD to take him in. He chose us, not the other way around.
He's spoiled to the core... brushed, hugged, kissed, pet, and played with daily.
Currently, he's my only feline... I also have a black lab named, "Seraphim."
For years, I've wanted to own a modern, chocolate-point Siamese but I'm having SEVERE difficulties locating a breeder in my area. I did manage to find one as of last night... but there weren't any chocolate-point females left. (I've read that when bringing a new feline into a home wherein a male is already residing, it's best that it be a female.)
It was rather strange actually... the breeder apparently does all her business via telephone and delivers the cats personally. Well, it seemed rather strange to me anyhow. I did locate a breeder around four years ago, mind you but she had no website and I don't recall her address... she sold her cats by word of mouth and they were pretty costly, around $800 or something like that. She had Grand Champions, hundreds of show ribbons, etc. She was an absolutely astounding woman, really... even her decor and clothing matched her cats. She kept my name and number but unfortunately, the litter wound up being blue and lilac point. I never heard from her again. I WISH I could've convinced myself to spend that amount of money but I just couldn't, nor can I now, it seems.
The ones I discovered last night, which can be found here are $225 which I don't think is unreasonable at all.
How do you place a price on an animal? I mean, I partially feel bad for not wanting to pay $800 but her justification was that she sees dogs being sold for upwards of a thousand dollars, so her asking price for her Siamese was fair. I guess I can see her side of things but I didn't like it, when she told me that she'd drop the price if there were genetic defects, etc.
I guess all I'm asking for is this...
a local breeder (so that I wouldn't have to pay an arm and a leg to have the kitten shipped to me) offering a modern (wedge-head, I apologize to those of you that hate this term, I'm just using it for specifics) chocolate/seal-point Siamese kitten, at a reasonable price.
Example:
well, it would grow into that.
Is all this too much to ask for? I know, keep dreaming, right?
Bah, it's all driving me so very crazy...
and I've ranted long enough so, I'll shut up now.
Well, I guess this wasn't exactly short and sweet, after all.
My apologies.
Take care!
Edward