cross pedigree cats

[shiftylou]

How much would you guys pay for a cross pedigree cat? for example.... a pure bengal cross a domestic, or a bengal cross a bengal cross etc?

Seen some adverts for kittens lately asking some rediculous prices just thought id inquire.

[Shell195]

The adverts I have seen seem to charge between £130-£200

[LisaLQ]

How much would you guys pay for a cross pedigree cat?

Not as much as I would for a happy cat
I'd look into the average adoption fee for a rescue mog, and that's what I'd pay (and only to a rescue too).

[biohazard156]

I paid £150 for my snow bengal x egyptian mau boy but he came to me at 14 weeks, fully vaccinated and with 6 weeks free insurance, kitten pack (food, litter etc) and got to meet both his parents.

[Esarosa]

Originally Posted by biohazard156

I paid £150 for my snow bengal x egyptian mau boy but he came to me at 14 weeks, fully vaccinated and with 6 weeks free insurance, kitten pack (food, litter etc) and got to meet both his parents.

See I think that is excellent. Vaccinatedn insurance, 14 weeks so with his mum &siblings for plenty of time. If there were cross pedigree kittens or even moggies for that price that involved all that and had had the best start in life I would happily pay the money for it. It's when you get people trying to charge these prices for cats with no vaccinations/defleaing/deworming etc and trying to get rid of them at too young an age that I have a problem with it.

[KathyM]

I wouldn't buy a crossbreed cat, if the parents were good specimens of their breed they wouldn't be crossbreeding them. If I wanted a moggie, I'd go to a rescue and get one there (of course there are pedigree rescues too).

[feorag]

Originally Posted by biohazard156

I paid £150 for my snow bengal x egyptian mau boy but he came to me at 14 weeks, fully vaccinated and with 6 weeks free insurance, kitten pack (food, litter etc) and got to meet both his parents.

I presume you bought this kitten from a pedigree cat breeder because they treated it as they would a full pedigree kitten, in which case I would pay that too because you are getting a kitten that is (or should be) guaranteed to be free from FeLV and FIV, vaccinated, insured already and most importantly by that age it should be well socialised and less likely to have problems when it gets older.

If someone wasn't a pedigree breeder and not testing their cats and were selling them at 8 or 10 weeks, then I wouldn't pay more than I would pay for a 'normal' moggy kitten.

Also Egyptian Maus were used in the breeding programme for Bengals! Not sure if they are still permitted outcrosses, but if they are, then what you have bought is a Bengal variant and is an acceptible cross between 2 pedigree breeds of cats. Was he registered??

In a similar way I can outcross my Somalis with Abyssinians and get a Somali variant which is classed as a pedigree cat. I can register them and although they cant be shown yet with GCCF they can be shown at other organisation's breed shows and a campaign is up and running to have them accepted at shows run by GCCF.

[biohazard156]

Originally Posted by LisaLQ

I wouldn't buy a crossbreed cat, if the parents were good specimens of their breed they wouldn't be crossbreeding them. If I wanted a moggie, I'd go to a rescue and get one there (of course there are pedigree rescues too).

His mum and dad were both excellent examples of their breed and had won many shows in their own classes. The breeder did not have a Mau stud at the time, and since bengal/mau crosses are "acceptable" she had a litter from them.

Originally Posted by feorag

I presume you bought this kitten from a pedigree cat breeder because they treated it as they would a full pedigree kitten, in which case I would pay that too because you are getting a kitten that is (or should be) guaranteed to be free from FeLV and FIV, vaccinated, insured already and most importantly by that age it should be well socialised and less likely to have problems when it gets older.

If someone wasn't a pedigree breeder and not testing their cats and were selling them at 8 or 10 weeks, then I wouldn't pay more than I would pay for a 'normal' moggy kitten.

Also Egyptian Maus were used in the breeding programme for Bengals! Not sure if they are still permitted outcrosses, but if they are, then what you have bought is a Bengal variant and is an acceptible cross between 2 pedigree breeds of cats. Was he registered??

In a similar way I can outcross my Somalis with Abyssinians and get a Somali variant which is classed as a pedigree cat. I can register them and although they cant be shown yet with GCCF they can be shown at other organisation's breed shows and a campaign is up and running to have them accepted at shows run by GCCF.

Yes, she is a pedigree cat breeder, doing bengals, maus and norwegian forests. She didn't register him though, not sure why and at the time I didn't think to ask as I assumed they were not allowed to register "mixes".

His mum was a black smoke mau and very pretty, and now she is breeding pure mau's. My boy looks a bit like a normal silver mau almost, but you can see influences of his snow dad.




I was happy to pay that money for him, and he is the most confident cat we have. He settled in well, and has always been a lovely cat! On the other hand, paying £50 for a 6 week old moggy was a silly idea, and he is the most scared nervous wee cat we have ever owned.

I would only pay good money now if the kitten has has all the neccesary socialisation with mum and siblings and had been vaccinated,insured etc.

[feorag]

Originally Posted by KathyM

I wouldn't buy a crossbreed cat, if the parents were good specimens of their breed they wouldn't be crossbreeding them. If I wanted a moggie, I'd go to a rescue and get one there (of course there are pedigree rescues too).

As has already been explained, certain pedigree crosses are permitted by governing bodies to increase and improve the gene pool on 'minority' breed cats to prevent them from becoming inbred! So lots of good specimen pedigree cats are deliberated crossed.

Originally Posted by biohazard156

Yes, she is a pedigree cat breeder, doing bengals, maus and norwegian forests. She didn't register him though, not sure why and at the time I didn't think to ask as I assumed they were not allowed to register "mixes".

His mum was a black smoke mau and very pretty, and now she is breeding pure mau's. My boy looks a bit like a normal silver mau almost, but you can see influences of his snow dad.

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I was happy to pay that money for him, and he is the most confident cat we have. He settled in well, and has always been a lovely cat! On the other hand, paying £50 for a 6 week old moggy was a silly idea, and he is the most scared nervous wee cat we have ever owned.

I would only pay good money now if the kitten has has all the neccesary socialisation with mum and siblings and had been vaccinated,insured etc.

In actual fact I think you got him cheap!!! Most variants sell for very little less than the breeds themselves!

And as you say you paid £50 for an under-age unsocialised moggie kitten that came from untested parents and no vaccinations and you had to feed it for 2 months longer - that kitten probs cost you more than the bengal variant!!

[mattm]

In a similar way I can outcross my Somalis with Abyssinians and get a Somali variant which is classed as a pedigree cat. I can register them and although they cant be shown yet with GCCF they can be shown at other organisation's breed shows and a campaign is up and running to have them accepted at shows run by GCCF.

Well this is where the Kennel Club has gone wrong if you ask me, I think it's brilliant that this is allowed. No wonder pedigree dogs are so inbred and gene pools so small.

As for what i'd pay, it would really depend, if it was a a "cross" that isn't accepted then you do have to question the motives behind such a cross, why "pollute" such a good line of animals by crossing to something totally unexpected, but then again if crossed to another high quality animal I suppose it can be accepted, and if the homing procedure, vaccinations etc are all the same as a responsible breeder would do for a pedigree kitten. In that case I would be happy paying almost as much as I would for a pedigree animal, because just the same amount of work has gone into it. And whose to say I wouldn't like some particular crosses moreso than a pedigree animal?