Looking for a Ex-Show Coon.

[wearymicrobe]

This is a long shot but I am looking for a ex-show altered Maine Coon age not that important but big and mellow and lap friendly.

I would like to get a companion for my current female coon, willing to travel to pickup and donate to maine coon rescue or another shelter in your area and give a nice home. Just post here or PM. I am on the site about one a week.

 

[solaritybengals]

If you look at breeders web sites many times they have retirees available from their breeding programs.

 

[wellingtoncats]

Yeah -- I don't know about overseas but here in NZ I doubt you would get an ex-show MC for cheap?

 

[rosehawke]

You can adopt one, but you will most likely have to pay a pretty hefty fee to the breeder involved as well. Not as much as purchasing a kitten, but usually a couple of hundred dollars or so anyway.

Here's you a start anyway:

FBRL Retired Friends: Maine Coon

 

[goldenkitty45]

You can check with CFA's Breeder Referral on the web - they have retired show cats looking for homes.

 

[wearymicrobe]

Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

You can check with CFA's Breeder Referral on the web - they have retired show cats looking for homes.

Cheap for me is under 1K but free is always nice.

I have been asking at a few of the local shows and have had a few breeders who were interested. Once they are altered they clearly don't have breeding rights attached. Timing has never been right, but now it is so I started looking again.

Will check with the CFA. Thanks for that info, I forgot to look there.

 

[goldenkitty45]

A lot of times breeders will retire a show cat (if its really good they may keep and show in the altered class) and charge for the cost of spaying/neutering, shots, and shipping charges....so you could get a nice retired one for maybe $300 (more or less).