​Pricing - what makes up the cost of a kitten?

1. Quality keeping of breeding cats
This includes:
• proper nutrition
• routine veterinary observation
• maintaining hygiene and cleanliness
• grooming

2. Shows
Each breeding cat must confirm their breeding quality at a cat show, having received expert approval (just consider the fees when driving/flying to another city for a show: airplane, hotel, show fee, cat sitter for the cattery when we are away). We show with three associations: CCA (Canadian association), CFA (the US shows - there are a couple of CFA judges who are experts in evaluating our breed) and TICA (international association that includes European judges and breeders).

3. Purchasing of new breeding / show cats

4. We have very small litters. There are approximately 3 kitten in a litter and a breeding cat usually has three litters in two years. 

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5. And, in fact, raising the kittens themselves... it's not just about proper food, vaccinations, veterinarian and other costs...
Things to consider:

• allocating a portion of the home for cats/kittens
• sleepless nights when a cat is in a labor
• hourly feeding of kittens who are gaining weight poorly
• checking whether a cesarean delivery is needed
• tears over those who “failed”