Hello, I am Zoen's breeder. I haven't been on this forum since I first signed up over a year ago, so I had no idea that any of this was going on. Wow.
To set the record straight, I was told Diane had an F3 in her home and "a couple outdoor cats". I was not aware that she had 5 cats in her home. Secondly, her husband was aware that she wanted another SV, and in fact, he came with her to pick Zoen up and at no time in my presence did he seem displeased or annoyed that she was getting another cat. This was a considerable investment, and it seems to me that if he was concerned about them having too many cats, he would have put the kabash on her getting another kitten, especially such an expensive one.
I cannot possibly know what transpires in a home between a husband and wife as far as if they are both agreeable to acquiring a kitten unless I start demanding to personally get the husband's permission before I sell a kitten to any married woman, and I think that would just be rediculous to do. Did Diane promise to get rid of her other cats as part of the condition of her being able to get Zoen- only Diane knows that answer. If I had been told the truth about the situation ahead of time that she had 5 cats and needed to get rid of 3 of them, I would NOT have placed Zoen with Diane. But I think Diane probably knew that and that is why she did not tell me the truth. That is very disappointing to me to find out that because I sold her a kitten, she is essentially going to throw away her old cats. I can't tell you how this breaks my heart. I had no idea- I guess some people will do whatever is necessary to get what they want, including deceiving others. That is NOT how I operate, and I surely am kicking myself now over this situation. I didn't have to sell Zoen to Diane- I had two offers from other buyers willing to pay me more money than Diane was paying for Zoen, but as I had already accepted a deposit from Diane and my ethics prevent me from being dishonest in making up a story to tell Diane why I was refunding her deposit and she wouldn't get Zoen just so that I could sell Zoen for a higher price, I turned them down and stuck with selling to Diane. This is where the high road has led me, and now I have to question everything.
To Diane: I find the tone of your posts regarding Zoen's testicles to be troubling, ESPECIALLY the threatening nature and negative tone taken against Zoen's breeder (me). Before Zoen left me, he had a comprehensive physical exam. My vet always checks for testicles on every male kitten and makes sure he can feel both in the scrotum. At the time of that exam, both testicles were in the scrotum, which is why I was shocked that at his third exam he suddenly didn't have descended testicles. Nonetheless, knowing young males can pull them up when nervous, I advised you to delay the neutering. This was about the same time that you wrote me an angry email about having to run to different vets because my vaccine and anesthesia requirements angered your vet who wanted to give Zoen a vaccination he didn't need and wanted to use ketamine, and because it offended your vet that you wouldn't comply with what she wanted because of my difficult stipulations, your vet told you to take a hike and never come back. Yes, you blamed that on me, even though my vaccine protocol is what the AAFP recommends and what my vet recommends, so they are not at all strange and most cat breeders follow the same protocol. Same with the ketamine issue- most vets can do surgery on cats without using ketamine and don't make a fuss about it if the client requests that they don't use it. I've never heard of a vet firing someone as a client because they declined a vaccine or asked the vet to not use a particular anesthetic agent. That was a complete overreaction by the vet, unless of course the way it was approached by you as the client was inappropriate and things were said that seemed threatening or horribly disrespectful to the vet to the extent that she felt it was not advisable to keep you as a client for liability reasons. I don't know the whole story because I wasn't there, but I can guarantee that there are other vets in your area that would not think my vaccine protocol and no ketamine requirement would be an issue at all.
NOW- the part of the neutering story that you didn't tell the list while you were bashing me is that when this happened, I offered to drive to meet you halfway (you don't live that far from me/ just 3-3.5 hours) and pick up Zoen and take him to my vet to have him neutered for you, then the following weekend, meet you again to get him back to you. You declined my offer.
In regard to your thinly veiled threats about getting rid of Zoen if he sprayed in your house because I told you to put off the neutering and you getting all of your money back even if you have to sell him yourself, I think that you should refer back to the legally binding contract you signed that states that Zoen cannot be resold or rehomed- if for any reason you do not wish to keep him at any time during his lifetime, he is to be returned to me. It also states that I wil not refund your money, but if I do manage to rehome him, I would turn over whatever proceeds I receive from that placement minus expenses. That's how it works, not the way you say it does. If you had issues with that part of the contract, it would have been prudent for you to have said something prior to signing it, because once it's signed, it's legally binding. And undescended testicles do not qualify as a genetic defect that adversely affects the health of a cat that would qualify you for a replacement since part of the contract mandates that he have his testicles removed anyway. The only exception where a replacement would be warranted is if he didn't have testicles because I accidentally sold you a female instead of a male, or if I sold you a cat for breeding and the testicles never descended by the time he was a year old.
I don't appreciate people who say one thing to me and then another behind my back. I don't appreciate being painted in an unfavorable light by leaving out details or not giving the full context. I don't like being deceived, either. I find this entire thing to have been extremely disrespectful and troubling. Please have your husband give me a call at his earliest convenience so that I can discuss the plight of your older cats with him since he is the one who, according to you, is making you get rid of them. Perhaps we can comevto some sort of understanding about them.
Thank you, that's all I have to say on this matter. Any further discussion can be done privately by emailing me or calling me.
