Koeb af killinger

The price for a kitten sold for breeding is 1.250 Euro.
When reserving a kitten a deposit on 400 Euro must be paid.
NB! Please notice the we don't pay for your transferring of the payment!

Price of the kitten will include:

-        2 kitten vaccinations (at 8 and 12 weeks old)

-        1 rabies vaccinations (at 12 weeks old)

-        EU pet passport

-        Micro chip (of ISO-standard)

-        Health check by the veterinarian

-        Danish FIFé pedigree and international transfer

-        Treatments against worms, ticks and fleas

The total amount of costs would have been 350 Euro + 950 Euro for the kitten, but we have included it all in the price of the kitten, 
so the final amount will be 1.250 Euro!

Please notice that a kitten is not considered as reserved before deposit is paid!
Our kittens will be ready to leave home at 12 weeks old. If we have to keep a kitten longer than until it is 14 weeks old, then we charge 15 euro for each week extra it is taken care of by us in our home. If there is two kittens going to the same home, then we charge 25 euro in total for both kittens for each extra week.

White kittens will be sold with a certificate according to deafness, which will be made by a normal veterinarian. If you wish to have the white kitten checked for deafness by a veterinarian specialist, by using the BEAR (brainstem auditory evoked response) test, then there will be an extra price on 140 Euros. The test can be done from the kitten is 9 weeks old.

If you buy 2 kittens at the same time and they are going to live togehter in the same home, then there will be a discount on 100 Euro.

If buyer wish us to bring the kitten to cat shows, then there would be added 45 euros for each show to the final payment. The kitten can only be brought to shows, which we already plan to participate in with our other cats.

We will make new photos of our kitten each week and they will be placed at our homepage at "Kittens gallery", where you can select the litter you wish to follow in development.

Please notice; Breeding, safety & guarantee:
If a cat sold from our breeding isn’t fertile within an age of 2 years, then there will be offered a new cat/kitten for 50 % of the price. By use of this guarantee, the cats must have been tried mated at least 3 times, with 2 different cats, which have offspring’s from former mates. There must be at least 4 weeks between the matings.

If the cat turns out to be positive of HCM, PKD, have a broken tail, is kryptorchid/monochid or have hernia, then we offer a new breeding cat for 50 % of the price. To use this guarantee, then the breeder must be handed a veterinarian certificate written and signed by the veterinarian who have examinated the cat and found the disease/penalize.
The guarantee will last for 2 years from the date the cat is bought. The guarantee does not cover FIP or any virus that is shown after the kitten has left the breeders cattery.

We always recommend that a new cat/kitten is kept separated from other cats/kittens when it enters its new home, for at least 7-10 days.
Buyer has 48 hours to return the kitten. The shipping costs must be paid by buyer! The kitten can only be returned, if it has been kept separated from other cats! All papers issued with this kitten, must be returned to the breeder.

We recommend that the cat/kitten not participate in breeding with more than 6-8 litters, and from that maximum 50 % of the offsprings go for further breeding. This is to keep special lines unique, and to provide a large genepool in the Siberian breed in the future!
No kitten or mating of this cat must be sold back to Denmark, except for DK Meldgaards.

Shipping;
We have exported cats to New Zealand, Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Canada and U.S.A. and we have imported cats from Russia, Sweden, Italy and Germany.
We prefer to meet the buyers, so that we can get to know each other, and so the buyers come to our home and pick up the kitten. If it’s not possible, then we wish for the buyers to meet us in the airport, so the kitten doesn’t have to travel alone (actually it's an official shipping rule for kittens and puppies).
If we must ship the kitten internationally, we ship by “Hecksher Linieagenturer A/S” www.hecksher.dk or "TRUST Forwarding" www.trustforwarding.com unless the buyer has another request for shipment. If the kitten must be shipped alone, then we have to travel 370 km to Copenhagen, and therefore we need to charge the buyer 1.200 Danish Kroner for our expenses.

We recommend that the kitten will be shipped in "Cayman/Ihdra" transport boxes. They are of a very strong and good quality and we have been using them for shipping several times through the years. You are always welcome to ask us to buy a transport box for you. The sizes and prices are:

Cayman 1: 50 x 33 x 32 cm. = 30 euro
Cayman 2: 57 37 36 cm. = 40 euro
Cayman 3: 64 x 43 x 43 cm. = 50 euro
Ihdra 4: 71 x 50 x 51 cm. = 135 euro
Ihdra 5: 82 x 57 x 60 cm. = 175 euro
Ihdra 6: 93 x 65 x 68 cm. = 215 euro

The price for a kitten sold as a pet is 800 Euro. Kittens which are sold as a pet will all be neutralized!
We have chosen to neutralize all kittens, which are going to a home as a affectionate cat. We think that you will have a much happier and sweeter cat, if they are neutralized before they are starting to be sexually mature. Those kittens that are sold as an affectionate cat, and not for breeding, will be sold 1-2 weeks later, because of the neutralization.

It has to be said, that it's proved, that sexually mature cats are more aggressive then neutralized cats. And because of that, it's difficult to have more then one sexually mature cat at the time.
Then you also avoid that the cat starts marking/urinating in the home or scratching the new leather furniture and so on - 10% of all cats whom are marking/urinating won’t stop after being neutralized.
Sexually mature cats shows a tendency of wondering around and often ends up in a cat fight. - Therefore the risk of the cat being infected or hit by a car will increase drastically.

Early neutralizing hasn’t got any negative effect on the urinary tract and it's a tall story, which early neutralized cats are smaller and under developed. - Growth hormones is created in the brain and not in the bones. That means that the size of the cat is depending on genetics, environment, and feed and so on.
What's important is that a neutralized cat has a tendency of gaining weight, but this can be prevented, by using the right kind of feed. Actually there is a larger risk for gaining weight with neutralisation in a late age. It's best to be done with in 7 weeks and 7 months. When you neutralise you move the hormones. - That means less change in the body later on.

There is a much larger risk for breast cancer among cats that’s not neutralised, because of the hormones. The risk is 7 times larger!

We feel that there is a lot of advantages, when neutralizing the cat as a kitten. An operation effects the kitten much less than if it was a full grown cat. The wound will heal much sooner than on a full grown cat and the new owner wont have to worry about it later on. The cat won’t wonder around the neighbourhood and mate, with random cats. It will never end up on a "cat factory", where it's just producing kittens without pedigree.

For more detailed description about early neutralizing, read this article

We expect to hear from our kitten buyers and to follow the kitten for a while. Pictures are gladly accepted ;-)
If anything should happen, against all expectations, or if you have some questions or just want to talk, your always more then welcome to contact us.

Cattery DK Meldgaards is only a hobby, in spite of the fact that we are spending all our time on it. We do only have kittens for fun and pleasure, but still we are very serious and determined in our breeding programme.

In our cattery, you are always buying an unique kitten, no matter if you are buying a kitten for show and breeding or for pet! We do never make the same combination/match more than once, and our cats do only make a few litters each.

All our cats are tested for HCM, FIV/FeLV, blood group tested and tested for the Neva Masquerade gene. We feed our cats only with quality food from Royal Canin and Hill's.

All our cats live together with us, and have access to most of our house. We care much about our cat’s wellbeing and it’s very important for us that they are a part of the family.
In spite of the fact that we have a relatively big cattery, we do everything to socialise our kittens! Our kittens are born and grow up inside our house, and have a pretty big playpen in our kitchen/living room, which they get out of when they are about 5-6 weeks old. When the kittens are old enough, they do also have the opportunity of getting out in our cat run on 50 square metres.

We wish to contribute with a healthy and aimed breeding, with a wide genpool. We wish to breed Siberians, for both future breeding and for pets, and our priority is to breed beautiful and healthy Siberians with good temperament.

Kittens playpen

We put an effort into spending enough time every day with our cats and kittens. The kittens grow up in our house and have a large playpen in our kitchen-dining area, which is a very central room in the house. This prepares the kittens for the big, dangerous world that is waiting for them in their new homes.

As the kittens become more mobile, they have the opportunity to crawl out of the breedingbox on their own, and out into the playpen. In these protected surroundings, we introduce them to canned food with a milk substitute for kittens when they are old enough to eat. Later we introduce them to dry-food, water bowls and tubs with water to play in. We show them many different toys, scratching devices and both open and closed cat toilets. When the kittens are 6 weeks old, they are mostly able to jump the fence in the playpen. At this point they have enough control of their legs to run in the entire house. And then we have a house full of kittens!

The kittens also get the opportunity to get out in our outdoor playpen with the other cats. The exit to this is in a special room only for the cats, which is arranged with large scratching trees and a lot of fun stuff. The outdoor playpen is an extension to the cat room, and it is 50 square metres big. The female cats and the kittens have access to this playpen at all times through a cat door in a window. Outside are many stimulating activities. The playpen is surrounded by aviary net, digged far down into the ground and covered with plastic glass up to 1 meter from the ground. Half of the playpen is roofed; this half is made into a terrace of wood.

Here we show a pictures from the outdoor catrun/fencing, for the female cats and the kittens (50 square metres in extension of the house).

The catrun/fencing for females and kittens.

Cat room

The cat room consists of most of the toilets of the cats, scratching trees and toys. Our exhibition cups and ribbons are also displayed in here.
This is the sacred room of the cats, where they have all-time access and can escape from our dogs and playful puppies. In the doorway we have put a children’s gate to prevent the dogs from entering. Our scratching trees are imported from the Swedish company “Katz”. They are very solid and of good quality. The shelves are made like hammocks, and the cats love them.

When we sell a kitten, it usually settles in its new home very fast, even if there are other cats. Because we have both dogs and many cats, the kittens are not scared by new animals. Our dogs are very trustful and calm, and the kittens love playing on their bags and chasing their tales when they wag them. Very often we see them all lying in the same basket together. When we have puppies, the kittens crawl down beside them with the mother dog to keep them warm.

Two of our female dogs & puppies, together with Meldgaards Masha & Meldgaards Ganya Galina

When we have a litter of kittens, we don’t approve of having visitors within the first two weeks, because we feel that it is unnecessarily stressful for the mother cat. Especially if the cat has its first litter. But after this period of two weeks, everyone is welcome to visit us and the cats.

We put an effort into giving the kittens what they need in their upbringing, and we try to imprint them with lots of good experiences. Our cats are very social, both towards each other, the dogs and towards humans.

We often plan having two litters at the same time, so that the kittens will have more playmates and will be taught how to act as a cat much faster and by several individuals. This way the kittens have more than one mother, because they just lie with whom ever is around. The female cats don’t shut out anyone. They don’t mind taking care of all the kittens. Usually the gather all the kittens in one breedingbox , even though there are more than one. It is fantastic to experience that all the cats show so much care for the kittens. Even the cats who don’t have kittens often get so strong maternal instincts that they begin producing milk. The older female cats often take on the role of substitute mother and show great care for the kittens. Whe we keep one of the kittens ourselves, we can see that the older cats keep one showing great care for the kittens even until it’s around 1 year old. It is a great advantage for the kittens that there is always a female cat to take care of them, and we are very sure they don’t miss anything.
In the picture is shown Arwen-Timange Fialka and her daughter Meldgaards Belochka, helping each other with a litter.

In our breeding we only use combinations that we find very interesting, and we rarely use the same combination more than once, unless we have a special reason for using this combination again. We try to make a wide genetic variation, because within the Siberian race there is a very small selection of material for breeding. The race is still rare in Europe, and we try to expand it with only good breeding material.

Our combinations are carefully selected, and often we keep a kitten ourselves, with the intention of further breeding. We never make combinations just to breed.

We breed kittens as well for families as for breeding and exhibitions. We give health, good temper and race-typical look a high priority in our breeding. All our cats are tested for genetic and infectious diseases, vaccinated, treated for worms and fleas and continuously get health checks. Most of our cats has been premiered in exhibitions and has a champion title. As far as possible we try to breed our own lines, but all of our cats are of Russian origin from our first imported cats. We frequently import new cats from Russia, always trying to make new combinations.

We put almost all of our time and love in our kittens, and therefore it is very important to us that the kitten gets a good, loving home, where people really care about them. We like very much to get to know the buyers and keep in contact after they receive the kitten. This is why we might ask a lot of questions. It is not meant as an interrogation, but as an expression of our care for the kittens. All of our kittens are unique, and it is a great question of trust for us to leave a kitten with a new family. Therefore we reserve the right to reject people we for some reason don’t feel good about leaving a kitten to.

Of course it is also a question of trust for the buyer, to contact a breeder for a kitten, and trusting that the kitten gets a good upbringing and the best conditions for becoming a well-functioning grown cat. Because of this, we prefer that people visit us, so everybody can get to know each other. This way the new family also gets a chance of following the kitten in its upbringing and gets to help socialising the kitten. This will give the kitten a good start and a chance to get to know the people it has to live with later on. It’s a great advantage when getting the kitten home, if it recognizes the family.