Oriental Shorthair Kittens For Sale.

What makes purebred Oriental shorthair kittens so expensive?

Various elements influence the cost of purebred Oriental shorthair cats and the operation of a small cattery. Responsible breeders invest a significant amount of money into their breeding programs. This is typically not a lucrative endeavor. Just so you know, many breeders nowadays are blending various breeds, which concerns me that the original Oriental shorthair breed might be lost. We are making every effort to ensure the purebred Oriental shorthair continues to flourish. A responsible breeder typically invests $1,400 or more on the breeding cats they acquire to ensure they obtain an Oriental shorthair cat from a reputable lineage with registration documents and breeding privileges. Not every breeder turns out well for various reasons, and not all supposedly reputable catteries will guarantee or replace a breeder that fails. I discovered this the hard way, losing thousands of dollars. We continuously update and enhance the program. Costly high-end cat food, both wet and dry, when pregnant and nursing queens consume 2 to 3 times the usual amount; supplements; large quantities of litter; scratching posts; cat condos; toys; and veterinary expenses for a full cattery accumulate rapidly. Additionally, there are expenses for advertising, cattery registration, and the registration of each individual Oriental shorthair kitten/cat and litter, along with website maintenance.

Time spent socializing a kitten
In almost every litter, there is at least one kitten who, during its 9/12 weeks with the breeder, needs veterinary care because of an umbilical infection, failure to thrive properly, getting poked in the eye, falling off a table awkwardly, acquiring an upper respiratory infection, developing a slight eye infection as its eyes begin to open, being born with a minor birth defect, having an unexplained limp, ingesting a foreign object, or various other potential issues. Kittens resemble tiny human kids. They possess a knack for finding themselves in trouble or catching illnesses. Veterinary expenses usually range from an $85 examination to, err on the side of caution, $800 for emergency surgery or treatment on off hours.
Our Oriental Shorthair adult cats have full panel blood work and yearly vet wellness checks done before breeding them. Breeders also face unexpected vet bills such as emergency C- sections, pyometra, etc.  As your Oriental shorthair cats age there are more expenses, teeth cleaning, basic maintenance costs. Most people are not prepared to house an ‘intact’ male that sprays and must then build special accommodations for him, or even more than one male, which can add up to a considerable expense. We made a commitment to be there for our Oriental shorthair cats & kittens, so this means missing family functions once in a while. Vacations???? What are those? Oriental shorthair are very energetic

Do you sell cats for breeding purposes?

No, we do not sell nor have interest in selling kittens for breeding purposes. All our kittens leave our home with an altering (spayed or neutered) agreement PERIOD. The reason for this is that we do not want to contribute to the irresponsible breeding of cats. There are enough kittens/cats in animal shelters. We have also found that not all breeders are created equal and we are very strict as to who gets our breeding lines. We would like to keep our lines pure, as well as genetically diversified and giving our breeding lines to others carries the risk of lines concentrating, inbreeding and future genetic problems to the breed as a whole.We have seen this occur in the past and the effect in lack of new breeding stock for the future, which can be very detrimental to the breed. We also do not feel it is fair to "pass on" breeding stock to irresponsible breeders that just care in producing kittens without contributing to the breed positively.There could be exceptions to this rule depending on our present breeding program but we feel it is best to enforce it for the sake of the breed and to avoid problems with other “breeders” of cats. Please keep in mind that cats with "breeder rights" are not pet priced due to the seriousness and granted rights to breed them and at times can be up to 2x-3x the regular pet price.