CFA Registration of an Adopted shelter Cat?

I recently adopted a Siamese cat from a local Humane Society. The kitten has striking markings and my vet says is a definite siamese. I would like to register my cat with the CFA and starting him when he hits 6 months. I'm not interested in breeding and don't mind the "Not For Breeding" classification. However, everything I've read says you have to have papers from a breeder to register with the CFA. The only documentation I have is from the Humane Society indicating his breed as Siamese. Any suggestions?

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Systemxpert

I believe that you still have to have the paper registration for the kitty from the breeder. The breeder has to be registered in the CFA. I just have bought pure bred cats and never bred them. I always had to send in the paper with money to register them.

You can always enter your kitty in the household division! That is alot of fun!

Originally Posted by SystemXpert

I recently adopted a Siamese cat from a local Humane Society. The kitten has striking markings and my vet says is a definite siamese. I would like to register my cat with the CFA and starting him when he hits 6 months. I'm not interested in breeding and don't mind the "Not For Breeding" classification. However, everything I've read says you have to have papers from a breeder to register with the CFA. The only documentation I have is from the Humane Society indicating his breed as Siamese. Any suggestions?

Thanks
Systemxpert

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There's not much you can do, unless the humane society has the registration paperwork.
That would be highly unlikely. It's also unlikely that they know who the breeder is, if in fact your cat is a Siamese breed.
But, it wouldn't hurt to inquire. Maybe you can get them to tell you where exactly your kitten came from.
Was it turned in by an owner, or did it come from a rescued litter? If they are willing to answer some questions, you could be closer to finding out the lineage of your cat.
Without registration paperwork from a registered litter, what you in fact have is a DSH, that looks similar to Siamese.
But, as was mentioned by Abbycats, you can enter your cat in Household Pet division without a registration for shows, if that's what you're interested in doing.

You can also register your cat as a HHP in TICA.

Sorry but CFA will not accept that as "registration" for your cat. The only place you can register is in the household pet classes in ACFA or TICA. Unless you have actual breeder papers, what the Humane Society gave you or said is worthless.

I've heard that this year the CFA has accepted registration for HouseHold Pets, which is the only category your lovely kitty will belong to. You have to have at least a four generation pedigree to register a cat anywhere - it's quite possible that she is a mixed cat who favors a Siamese parent, and I've seen several in the shelters.

TICA has a wonderful HHP program, and they allowed declawed cats if that's an issue (some *stupid* shelters do that on their own). You can still earn titles and have a great time, but there's a lot less competitive stress.

It is possible for a kitten to totally resemble one parent over another. I had a siamese looking kitten born to a brown tabby cat. (I can't say if it would look siamese to a breeder, but it looked siamese to me! LOL!) So there is no way, without proof, that you can always tell by looking at the kitty. It could even be 3/4 siamese, or even pure siamese but the parents never got their papers. The cat is then considered mixed breed.

Originally Posted by abbycats

I believe that you still have to have the paper registration for the kitty from the breeder. The breeder has to be registered in the CFA. I just have bought pure bred cats and never bred them. I always had to send in the paper with money to register them.

You can always enter your kitty in the household division! That is alot of fun!

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Both the sire and the dam of the litter, as well as the litter, must be registered in the CFA or TICA. When I registered my cats, I had to provide CFA with signed proof of registration, which was provided to me when I purchased my cats from the breeder.

I don't like the way in some organisations the registration is left up to the breeder. As breeders WE must get our kittens registered, and once we have received desexing proof then we will transfer ownership which is $5 per kitten.