How much would you have lasted in this business?

[Ivy Norsk]

I don't think KittyCats works for independent breeders as a business at all. I don't think that it has for years and years. The supply of cats on the grid is in the millions (Tad did the estimate in one of his posts) and the demand is vastly lower because, let's face it, we can all breed our own cats.

There are a few people who have been able to make it work. These breeders focus on purchasing new and recessive traits right away when they come out and getting those cats ready for market as fast as they can. The most recessive cats always sell pretty well because those cats are the most useful for everyone trying to pull the hidden traits out of the Limited Edition releases. But keeping up a breeding stable of the always most recessive traits is not easy. I call it "trait-racing". There is nothing wrong with this, but I don't find it to be a relaxing way to breed and I personally don't want to shell out the money for the new traits at auction.

The markets rely on turn over, and new people coming into the hobby trying to build up their Catteries with the traits they lack. There is also a steady but not dramatic market for the LE collector cats.

At this point, 3 years into the hobby, I don't really try to sell cats. I enjoy breeding for the puzzle games that they provide and because a cute cat is a cute cat.