Selling Cats Without Enabled Pedigrees

[Illuminatra Resident]

Hi Breeders and Addicts Alike,

I wanted to open this topic, because I feel for those of us that breed, buy and sell cats (mostly all of us lol) that this is a very important thing to discuss. I have noticed more and more that many breeders that sell their cats on the secondary market fail to open pedigrees. I visit countless amounts of markets and individual stores on a weekly basis and just click on cats that interest me because of their cuteness, etc and am just shocked at how many people do not enable the pedigrees.

If you sell your cats at auction, enabling the pedigrees is not only a requirement but it is part of that culture. If you don't enable a pedigree, the auctioneer will not auction off your cat. If I hear from a seller that X cat has a certain trait in the background that I am after, how can I be completely sure of that unless a pedigree is enabled? When I see sellers that constantly fail to enable pedigrees, I think "what are they trying to hide?" Now I realize that the process of enabling pedigrees of a few if not several hundred cats is quite a process, but if one is trying to sell their cats that should not be a problem.

I think that owners of secondary markets should really consider pushing the use of pedigrees. Obviously it would be quite difficult to force everyone to do it, especially if there isn't someone running around checking but I think it would help all of us. We wouldn't have to worry about buyers being taken for their money (whether purposely or accidentally) and we would be able to choose the cats that better meet our breeding programs. The pedigrees are there for a reason and they are wonderful. I love seeing how a cat was bred, and love being able to see the parents, grand parents, etc.

How do you all feel about this?

P.S. For those you who are new to KittyCatS! and want to learn more about pedigrees and their usefulness, here's an article from the website that may assist you. http://kittycats.biz/help/article.php?id=60

-Lumi