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kittens and retired adults available Donegal Cattery
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These are available for contract. Photos can be emailed.
Please apply through the Contact Us page of this web site
Planned Breedings 2016: (Sire x Dam)
Please come back soon for updated listing
retired adults available
please check our HandiCats Available page for Adults Available with Special Needs
Donegal Cattery is down-sizing, placing several adults as pets. The following list contains the names of adult cats available for adoption. After each name is their description and the page on this web site where their photos can be viewed. Also listed are the cardiac status for each cat and their immediate ancestry. They are all in good health, even those with documented medical conditions. Each of these cats will be spayed or neutered prior to adoption with no exceptions. Some have already been altered and are ready to go. All adoptions will require a signed contract. I will be glad to send you my contract template for your review prior to adoption. |
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COLORS
Donegal Cattery is a purebred Himalayan and Persian cat breeder producing Himalayan kittens and Persian kittens in various patterns and all possible colors, including chocolate & lilac. Donegal Cattery produces show, breeder, and pet quality kittens and will offer Himalayan kittens for breeding and Persian kittens for breeding to select breeders. On occasion we may have a young adult Himalayan or Persian available for breeding, also to select breeders. In addition, retired Himalayan breeding cats and retired Persian breeding cats (spayed or neutered) are available from time to time for adoption to “forever homes” and will be listed on this page in the retired adults available section.
Donegal Cattery’s HCM scanned Himalayans and Persians can produce any of the colors listed below, depending on which cats are bred. The ones that are currently available can be found with photos and descriptions on this page. You can inquire about these and/or the future possibility of other colors and patterns via the Contact Us page of this web site.
HIMALAYAN colors: (regular, lynx, & point and white-often called a bicolor Himalayan)
Seal Point, Flame Point, Chocolate Point, Blue Point, Cream Point, Lilac Point, Tortie Point, Chocolate Tortie Point, Blue Cream Point, & Lilac Cream Point. All of these colors are possible in the regular Himalayan pattern, the lynx point pattern (tabby striping in the point color), the point and white pattern (bicolor intermingled in the points replacing some of the color with white), and the point and white lynx pattern (bicolor intermingled in the lynx points).
PERSIAN colors:(solid, particolor, tabby, & bicolor-including calico)
SOLID & PARTICOLOR: Black, Red, Tortoiseshell (Tortie), Chocolate, Chocolate Tortoiseshell, Blue, Cream, Lilac, Blue Cream, Lilac Cream
TABBY: Brown Tabby, Red Tabby, Chocolate Tabby, Brown Patched Tabby, Chocolate Patched Tabby, Blue Tabby, Cream Tabby, Lilac Tabby, Blue Patched Tabby, Lilac Patched Tabby
BICOLOR: Black and White, Red and White, Chocolate and White, Blue and White, Cream and White, Lilac and White, Calico (black, red & white), Chocolate Calico (chocolate, red & white), Dilute Calico (blue, cream & white), Lilac Calico (lilac, cream & white)
I allow for visitations and send periodic photos throughout the kitten’s development. By the time these babies are ready for their new homes they will have received all core vaccinations: two Intranasal 3 in 1 immunizations (3 weeks apart) and the Merial Adjuvant-free Rabies shot (with certificate and tag). In addition, they receive a Bordatella vaccination and a veterinarian examination at sixteen weeks of age. They are ready to go to their new homes the following day barring a setback in the vaccination schedule or a need for an additional 2 in 1 vaccination. In that event they will be held until eighteen weeks of age.
Pet buyers are required to spay or neuter at six months of age or older and provide proof from their veterinarian to the breeder. Without that proof CFA registration papers will not be provided. Show/Breeder buyers receive their kitten's blue slip with pin number upon final payment for their kitten.
To inquire about a particular kitten or adult cat listed on this page or the HandiCats Available page, please fill out the inquiry form on the Contact Us page of this site.
Without my husband’s provision and the grace of God none of this would be possible. I am eternally grateful for the opportunity to fulfill my dream of breeding these lovely creatures. I treat each and every baby as if it were going to be mine, and can only hope that they bring as much joy to their adoptive parents as they continually bring to me.
Health is a major concern at Donegal Cattery. All Donegal breeding cats are DNA PKD (polycystic kidney disease) Negative, tested at UC Davis Genetics Laboratory and/or Texas A&M Research Facility (Catgenes). All breeding cats receive cardiac ultrasounds by the age of two at The Sound Cat in Wilmington, NC (veterinarian: Rosemarie Williams, DVM). Any cats with ultrasounds that indicate signs of HCM (Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy), a genetic disease which causes an enlarged heart, are retired from the breeding program. Ultrasound is currently the only definitive test for this disease. There is no DNA test currently available for any type of Persians, only for Maine Coons and Ragdolls.
Please visit the HEALTH ISSUES pages on this web site for more information about HCM, PKD and FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis) to see how Donegal Cattery is contributing to the elimination and/or control for these diseases.
NUTRITION is critical to raising healthy Himalayans and other Persian kittens. Donegal Cattery uses the highest quality foods available for nurturing kittens and maintaining healthy breeding cats. Please visit the NUTRITION pages for information on the recommendations for foods and supplements.
