Limited Purchases for Special Colletion Kitties

[Keltora Edenbaum]

I read through this whole thread and I must say there are so many good points brought into this discussion. Personally I don't think it would be a positive move to limit purchases of collectables or starter cats with new traits. I just don't find it a solution to any of the concerns listed.

I do consider myself very new to the kittycats scene because it is barely going on a year I bought my first kittycat and just recently I started selling them so I will say from the outset I'm still learning as I go. My real life funds are limited so I do have a budget with how much I can actually put into these cute pets. When the new collections come out, I can only usually buy about four so I by no means have a limitless amount of money to put into my hobby here.

This being said I have a very soft spot in my heart for each kittycat that comes through my home. It is hard for me to let them go. I will even purchase older kitties and try to find them homes because they make wonderful pets. Much of the time my home is filled with these older kitties that I do pay to feed until I can find them homes and I love each and every one of them. Sometimes I can afford to perma-pet a few and give them as gifts to friends going through a hard time, etc. Several I've gifted with friends who have lost a cat in real life and let me tell you, it helps them. I'm not in it for big money.

I will admit that I have sold some of my collector kitties for lower prices after they have had their offspring and I have done this for a few reasons. One being I have actually tried to find a home for them first and foremost...yes I give them away before I sell them. If I can't find a home, then I let them go for relatively cheap because I don't have the room for them or the continual never ending supply of food and I would rather see them go to someone who will give them a good home. In the last few weeks I've had to do this quite a bit because I've had to downsize not only my real life household, but my household here. My funds and space are now very limited and it does break my heart, but that is life. This has meant I've had to sell many of my own pets I've had for the year I have been part of kittycats and it has been hard.

My prices fluctuate as well because I'm always wondering what is a fair price for my kitties. I don't want to charge outrageously like some do, but I also don't want to charge so low my cats come off as being worth nothing because that isn't the case at all. I shop around price wise and see what others are charging, but there is always a question there in my mind if I'm over-charging or not charging enough. Overall I just try to be fair in my prices. I'm not out to hurt the market or to get rich. I wouldn't take in all the cats I do if I was in it for the money. I'm here to learn how to best work with the breeds and traits I love so I can create kittens I can be proud of and enjoy.

Being a breeder of these beautiful kitties is a constant learning process where I'm finding something new daily. I know to some it has come easy to understand, but for me I will admit it hasn't. I'm honest, and I try to do the best I can and that is all I can do.

The point is I understand both sides. I don't look at it as a war or anything, but as a learning experience. From what I've read here many new breeders have come into the scene in the past year so some of them could be just like me. Trying to learn as they go and not doing it purposefully.
Some over-price, some don't charge enough so really it is just a constant process of trying to do the best we can.

To put a limit on how many each person can purchase of these collector or starter cats would be detrimental to the money kittycats brings in and I think that would hurt all of us in the long run because without the actual kittycats, we wouldn't have our beautiful pets or small businesses either. Just my thoughts.