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If you are seriously considering adopting
one of our babies you must first agree to the terms of our
contract. Our primary concern is to make sure
our kittens go to good homes where they will be loved and cared for just as
much as they are in our home.
KITTEN COST AND WHAT YOU RECEIVE -
You can
adopt one of our kittens for $600. This includes first and
second sets of shots, worming, spaying or neutering, and
tattooing. We will also give you a small bag of Orijen cat food
and, if you have given us a
name for your kitten prior to taking him/her home, we will give you a very nice
photographic pictorial
pedigree showing 4 generations of ancestors. You will
also receive the kitten's T.C.A. litter
registration which allows you to register the kitten in
your name. And, providing I have the time, you'll get some nice
5x7 photos of your kitten.
DEPOSITS & PAYMENT -
To hold a kitten we require a $100
deposit. We prefer you to come visit us and, if you're happy with what you
see, you can leave us a deposit by cheque or cash.
If you cannot make
the trip you can send us a cheque
as long as there is enough time for the cheque to clear the bank before you pick up
the kitten.
Or you can easily
do an email money transfer to us through your bank if
you do on-line banking. This service is offered by the BMO, RBC,
Scotiabank, CIBC, and Canada Trust. Just go to the bill payment page on your bank's
web site and look for an Interact email money transfer. You enter our email
address, the amount, and a security question and answer, then click
send. Then you email or phone us with the security answer. We will
receive an email from your bank asking us to click on the name of our
bank and we are directed to our bank site. Then our bank asks us the
security question. Once we answer correctly the funds are transferred to
our account.
Some credit unions
also offer this service but you would have to check with them on which
service company they use. A lot of them use a service called Hyperwallet
which accomplishes the same thing.
The last method of payment would be
by Paypal or credit card. Both of these options are available on the
Paypal web site. If you have a credit card that collects air miles, you
might want to consider this option. We have a Paypal business account but please be advised that
Paypal charges us a fee twice, once to receive the money into my paypal
account and again to transfer the money to our bank. Unfortunately we
cannot absorb the cost of these fees. On a $100 deposit the paypal fees
are $4.00. For final payment the paypal fee is 2.9%. Emailing your deposit
is by far the quickest way and gets you in line for a kitten sooner.
Please note that
your deposit is non-refundable. The final
payment will have to be by cash if you are picking up your kitten, or by bank money transfer.
If we are shipping the kitten and you cannot use email money transfer or
Paypal, and you have to make the final payment by cheque, we must receive
the payment, including all shipping charges, no later then the date the
kitten turns 10 weeks old. This will allow three weeks for the cheque to
clear the bank before we ship him/her.
YOUR CHOICE OF
KITTEN -
Our policy on
kitten deposits is that all deposits for any given litter are recorded by
the date we receive the deposit. First deposit received gets
first choice, second deposit gets second choice and so on.
However, since we
quite often receive deposits before the kittens are born, and we have no idea of
how many girls and boys there will be, we have developed the following
method for ensuring you get your kitten as soon as possible.
If you have given
us a deposit on a kitten from a particular litter that hasn't been born
yet, your place in line is determined by the date we receive your
deposit. If
you have specified the sex and color, your deposit will be for a kitten
that matches your request.
Once the litter is
born, should we discover Mom has not provided enough kittens or in the
right sex and colour that you had wanted,
you may either choose another kitten from that litter if one is still
available or we will transfer your deposit for a kitten that matches
your request to the next litter. (We breed at least one female every
month so you won't have long to wait).
Transferring your deposit to the next litter
is done by the date we receive your deposit. Usually we will have
already received some deposits for that second litter and when we
transfer you to that litter your place in line is determined by the
dates we received those deposits. Chances are good that it would mean
you would have first or second choice of that second litter (based on
the assumption your deposit would have been received long before we
starting receiving deposits on the second litter).
Over the years we have
found that this is the fairest method of ensuring that everyone gets
their kitten with the least amount of waiting time. I would be happy to
explain this in greater detail if you wish. Just give us a call or send
an email.
Be advised that
once you are guaranteed a kitten from a particular litter, you
must select your kitten when the litter turns 8 weeks old so the
families that have choices after yours can pick theirs. We usually
arrange these appointments on Saturday and Sunday. First choice of
kittens is the first appointment and so on. I'm sure if you
had third choice you would want the people with first and second choice
to hurry up and pick theirs so you would know which one was yours.
POST PURCHASE -
We insist you take the kitten to your vet within
3 days of purchase to ensure yourself that the kitten is healthy. This is
also mentioned in our health guarantee and contract which you must read and
agree to. Other than that, the
kitten will only need an annual checkup for a booster shot and teeth
cleaning at one year old.
SHIPPING INFORMATION -
We will ship a kitten within
North America. But before we ship you will
have to pay in advance the airfare (about $120 for 1 kitten, $170 for
2 kittens in one carrier), an airline approved carrier ($40), a
bed for the carrier ($15), and $30 for gas (Vancouver airport is a 90 minute drive from
our house).
Total shipping costs for 1 kitten is approximately $200. It is roughly $250 for 2 kittens in one
carrier. Please be advised that with the rising cost of fuel
most airlines are now charging a fuel service charge. The cost of the actual airfare may
also vary depending on
destination. If we are shipping a kitten to you, we will advise you on the
total cost as soon as we book the flight (about 3 weeks prior to
shipping).
We will not ship freight collect.
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