Attitude

posiepurrs · Attitude

I am having some major attitude issues with Mr Sol. He is king of the castle and is turning into a dictator. He has started sitting at the door of our TV room - it has glass panes - and howling and growling at his daddy, Spencer. Spence sits on the other side and does the same. Then Spence gets upset and picks on the girls. He runs with the girls since he is neutered. I have started putting Sol in a room where he can't see the other cats. I hate doing it but it keeps the peace. After we have a litter from him and Poppy he will be neutered. He is the only boy I have for Poppy so she will be spayed. Hormones have hit my sweet little boy HARD!!

JoaneWing

HORMONES!!! Bah Humbug! They get to ALL of us men and women alike!

I can't wait to see little golden babies Lynda. I think I am getting "kitten fever" just thinking about them :heart

Bluegirl

LOl the lion roars. I am King, poor Sol and such a suitable name.

simbakui

Lynda,
Why not get a new handsome outcross boy for Poppy? Choose your favorite look at Dixieland this year and ask the breeder if they have a male they'd be willing to place with you? Hormones are tough to deal with in boys sometimes. That is why I really like having only 1 male. He gets to run my house with the girls with no problems whatsoever.

posiepurrs

Tracy,
I would love to do that but there are 2 obstacles - one being money (that could be overcome), the other is the husband. Not so easy to convince! To use an old Southern expression he thinks we are 'cat poor' - meaning we have enough. :lol

simbakui

Well, you have to convince hubby that a new boy is an investment in the future. First, it will get you out of the house on some weekends going to shows and what man doesn't like the house all to himself for a weekend. haha Second, you really have to bring in new blood every so often in a breeding program. Promise to place one of your boys now in a great pet home. I know it's super hard placing retired kitties, but I see it this way -- they have a better life than I do usually in the homes I place them in :) It's hard being a breeder and keeping numbers down. I would keep everyone if I could.

posiepurrs

Tracy
That's the rub - once the cat is named he doesn't want me to place it. I won't be breeding very long because of this. I think we will probably have 1 or 2 more litters and that will be it. I owe Sally a kitten from Boo so we have to do a breeding with him. I feel like I really should offer her another kitten since there was a kitten back agreement with Spencer. She told me to go ahead and neuter him if I wanted to last year, but I still feel like I short changed her. An agreement is an agreement.

simbakui

I would just get a new cat then. If he objects to placing and getting a new cat, that isn't fair. I'm really sorry to hear you don't plan on breeding much longer :(

posiepurrs

To be fair he is right about the numbers - I don't want to get over run and not be able to care for them properly. I am taking it one day at a time about the breeding. I am not making any spay/neuter appointments yet! I think I need to keep him away from the kittens when we have them - he gets to attached. Not saying that I don't - I just know that they are going to a new home.

JoaneWing

Both of you deserve so much credit. After just bathing 2 cats yesterday, I was bone tired. I thought about having show cats and how you bathe them weekly and all that you go through. Then I thought about how you have kittens and then have to give them up. I am not selfless enough to do this. I would never trust anyone else with my cat. And just where would I be if you wonderful breeders felt this way? I would be catless and heartbroken and very, very lonely. You deserve ALL the credit and gratitude in the world from us pet owners :)

And tell me, how do you size up a person that wants to buy your kitten? I always wondered about that.

Sheryl

JoaneWing

Having no children or close relatives left, I know how you feel Sheryl. My niece/godchild has 3 rescues of her own plus a small baby and lives out of town. However, I asked a dear friend much younger than I that I trust with all my heart to take on the responsibility of my beloved cats. I now feel so relieved I can not put into words.

simbakui

I meet most of my future kitten owners at shows, and I instantly get a good or bad feeling when I meet someone. I've also got to know quite a few great pet owners over email. For me, I look for someone who has owned Persians before (although not an absolute requirement) and who thinks of their cats as children. I despise emails that say only 'how much do you ask for your kittens' or 'what do you have available'. There are a lot of great pet owners out there, and although it is very difficult to not get attached to kittens, I know they are going to live a good life. Probably better than I could give them in many cases. So you just have to learn not to get too attached. But I also usually keep one kitten per year.