What are you expectations of "breeders" who should be professional about breeding/selling their cats?
I ask because I recently began to talk to a lady who breeds/sells Bengals. We started off talking about prices, quality, etc. She seemed rather professional until suddenly when I said I could afford a certain price - Then suddenly she no longer really offered that price, now it's higher.
She went off talking about how she does not try to keep up with other breeders, that her cat are TOP quality and yadda yadda - That CATS are expensive to take care of, and if I cannot afford to pay ( ridiculous prices, all I want is a pet quality cat ) that I need to look into what it takes to even care for a cat, expenses, toys, etc. That she did not want to see her cat adopted just to be thrown out because the expenses are too high, or that I just didnt like it.
I mean, I felt accused of being a bad cat owner before she even got to know much about me... all because I said I wanted a pet quality price Bengal - I do not need a breeder/show cat. I just want the jungle brought to my home - the look, and the awesomeness of a kitty!
I could go on, she wrote a lot and began acting really strange, even told me some one she knew died? LOL, I dont get it. All I wanted was a cat, not her life story or to be accused of being a cat owner and knowing nothing.
I ask because I recently began to talk to a lady who breeds/sells Bengals. We started off talking about prices, quality, etc. She seemed rather professional until suddenly when I said I could afford a certain price - Then suddenly she no longer really offered that price, now it's higher.
She went off talking about how she does not try to keep up with other breeders, that her cat are TOP quality and yadda yadda - That CATS are expensive to take care of, and if I cannot afford to pay ( ridiculous prices, all I want is a pet quality cat ) that I need to look into what it takes to even care for a cat, expenses, toys, etc. That she did not want to see her cat adopted just to be thrown out because the expenses are too high, or that I just didnt like it.
I mean, I felt accused of being a bad cat owner before she even got to know much about me... all because I said I wanted a pet quality price Bengal - I do not need a breeder/show cat. I just want the jungle brought to my home - the look, and the awesomeness of a kitty!
I could go on, she wrote a lot and began acting really strange, even told me some one she knew died? LOL, I dont get it. All I wanted was a cat, not her life story or to be accused of being a cat owner and knowing nothing.