Would you take this as a warning sign.......?

[ChrisK2793]

The responses you received are all from breeders. I am not a breeder but an owner and I fully agree with their opinions.

I look forward to seeing pictures of your new furbabies (hint hint)!

Here are pictures of Zeus taken last week when he was 2 weeks old. We're getting him the first week of August when he's 16 weeks old.

 

[ChrisK2793]

I asked the breeder about the wording of the contract ..... her reply is quoted below and made me feel much better:

"Good morning Chris,

FIP is so incredibly rare and doesn’t happen very often at all. Usually when a coronavirus mutates into FIP it is when the cat is young, under 2 years old.
Because it usually happens when the cat is so young, I felt it necessary to give my buyers the peace of mind that I will offer a replacement in the unfortunate event that their kitten is diagnosed with FIP.
I haven’t had any cats diagnosed with FIP and hopefully never will, but my buyers are protected just in case."

 

[ChrisK2793]

Oh.... Zeus is an F5 SBT, I forgot to say that lol

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

I forgot to ask if there was coverage for diseases that actually are of interest in our breed AND are testable, PK Deficiency and PRA. Good breeders are now testing their breeding cats for these diseases so that kittens are known to be negative. I would consider this more important than Coronavirus...

 

[ChrisK2793]

I forgot to ask if there was coverage for diseases that actually are of interest in our breed AND are testable, PK Deficiency and PRA. Good breeders are now testing their breeding cats for these diseases so that kittens are known to be negative. I would consider this more important than Coronavirus...

The contract for Atlas (maybe Apollo) says 2 years guarantee for anything congetital/genetic and the one for Zeus gives 1 year for the same.

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

The contract for Atlas (maybe Apollo) says 2 years guarantee for anything congetital/genetic and the one for Zeus gives 1 year for the same.

Yes, but are the parents tested already for PK Def and PRA? By having negative parents then the kitten buyers don't have to pay for unnecessary testing, or find out too late the kitten is affected... just thought the contract might mention that the parents were tested negative.

 

[ChrisK2793]

Yes, but are the parents tested already for PK Def and PRA? By having negative parents then the kitten buyers don't have to pay for unnecessary testing, or find out too late the kitten is affected... just thought the contract might mention that the parents were tested negative.

Neither breeder specifically mentions those things in the contract or on their website. I'll have to ask them about it. If not I'll have them tested.