Skiboots Snowshoes - Snowshoe Cat Breeder - Melbourne, VIC
Snowshoe Cat Breeder - Croydon North, VIC
Skiboots Snowshoes are proudly introducing the Snowshoe cat to Australia. The Snowshoe is the cat worlds best kept secret! An interactive, playful & charming cat who socialises well with kids and other pets, a perfect family cat that will delight and entertain you for many years to come.
Skiboots offers beautiful & healthy pet kittens available to all States in Australia.
FCCV Breeder 7314
PER Source Number RB100020
Located Croydon North, Victoria.
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Registrations & memberships
Registration: FCCVIC;
Prefix: Skiboots Snowshoes
Supply/Source
RB100020
Clubs & Assoc: FCCV 7314
Category
Breeder - Cats
For
Cats - Snowshoe
Our standards & practices
Health testing & screening
Question. Do you health test in accordance with the current standards and recommended guidelines for your breed? Can you demonstrate your knowledge of any required DNA or other health related test results concerning your breed (if applicable).
Answer. Yes.Because we have a very rare breed, and a small breeding Group in Australia we use approved Foundation outcrosses to expand and freshen the Australian gene pool. These cats must undergo full genetic and health testing to rule out any hereditary faults or major disease / illness before entering our breeding group as the Snowshoe is renowned for it's good health and we want to keep the breed free of hereditary problems.
Preparation & socialisation
Question. Do you ensure that your kittens are appropriately socialised? Please provide details about how you raise your kittens to ensure that their environmental and social needs are met, that they are suitable as pets. And, do you ensure that the new family understands and is equipped to continue this socialisation?
Answer. Yes.All the kittens are born in my bedroom and raised in our home. They are used to plenty of human interaction, are dog socialised and also used to lots of visitors. They are also fully acclimatized to all household noises etc.
Placement & matching
Question. Is ensuring that your kittens go to the right home a high priority? How do you ensure that the kitten will be a good fit, and be well cared for in its new home? Do you have a verbal or personal interview?
Answer. Yes.We require convincing that the home is suitable for our kittens. We have a written undertaking about ongoing care or returning the cat to us if unable to continue that care.
Question. What written information about the conditions of sale, warranty, and information concerning the care and maintenance of the breed do you provide?
Answer. Yes.We sell under written contract with a health guarantee. The kittens are ALL sold already desexed, microchipped, vaccinated & health checked. The buyer must satisfy us that they are a suitable household for our kittens before we proceed. Indoor or safely contained pets only, no free roaming homes are considered suitable. Plus we require the kittens to have company of another animal, or human company, each day and do not sell to homes where the kitten would be home alone all day everyday.
Ongoing support
Question. Do you offer ongoing support? For example: Help with introducing a kitten to other animals; help with any health or behavioural problems that might occur.
Answer. Yes.Always available by phone or email for help / advice.
Question. In the long term, do you assist with re-homing a kitten or cat if for some reason the new family are unable to care for it?
Answer. Yes.I will either advertise and find the home for them direct, or if the rehome is urgent I take the cat back and then find it a new home. Lifetime support for my precious babies.
Clubs & Associations
Question. Are you a current member of any breed clubs and/or associations?
Answer. Yes.The Snowshoe Cat Club (an international association based in UK)
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