And oh, another group is:

Mudblood (non wizards/ witches but has magical powers/wands)= cats from BYB who collaborates with registered cattery to reg their cats.

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lyd

There's been a trade in persians from Oz for decades, but NFO (and MCO) are relatively new in S E Asia - surely they aren't already being corrupted by BYB? Good ol' pet shops, selling anything entire (and often suspect peds or health) for pots of money and no cares about what happens after.......

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Lesley (Tasmania)

Lesley, unfortunately that is probably the case.

Buyers here, (myself included till recently), are not aware of the poor conditions of kitten mills/BYBs, from where animals in pet shops originate. I was under the impression that mill animals would be in a sorry state (dirty, sick) and therefore unfit to be sold, whereas pet shops with a good level of cleanliness (reflected in the state of their animals) would get their supply from conscientious 'breeders' (BYBs or otherwise) who treat their animals well. Or the pet shops themselves breed their animals, so you could assess whether they care for their cats or otherwise. I had absolutely no idea then that when the term 'breeder' is used, it is in reference to breeders of pedigreed cats (did I get this right?).

I got my kitten from a shop that was clean, and their animals seemed healthy and happy, and were fed premium food with filtered water. They had already dewormed my kitty, and reminded me when I should deworm it again. I was told it was a persian mix, with a long 'snout' (heheh). It was only later when I brought my kitty to the vet's for its vaccinations that some people there said it looked like it was part NFO.

All this is making me a bit confused though. Should it really matter whether our kitties are 'muggles' or pureblood, as long as they are given the care and attention they so rightly deserve? On one hand I can see why we should not support pet shops, seeing the rampant abuse of animals, misrepresentations of the animals real pedigree to potential buyers and the current lack of tough legislations on cruelty to animals.

On the other, I can see that perhaps at the moment our only way of guaranteeing our cat (and its sires/mums) had been treated well is to buy through legitimate breeders. Sigh.

I do wish I went to SPCA though. I wish there was one nearby.

Well, back to the topic, I do agree that a pedigreed cat is a cat with provable lineage. No papers, no say. Therefore, mine are all domestics.

it happend to me once. went i brought mysuri to the vet, the girl in the counter registered her as a persian. Dengan malunye i had to correct her saying that Mysuri is actually an american curl.

than came one pakcik asking me samada mysuri kacukan kucing siam. huh?

Encik arisham, ada gamba? or yg closely to this description? tqs

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mel you're always in my pray

....in certain things the eye of a woman will always see more deeply than a hundred man's eyes....

Pakcik2 memang macam tu.....ilmu tentang kucing2 baka ni kurang@ tak de langsung. Kalau kat kampung, asal nampak kucing bulu panjang sikit mereka kata kucing siam. Padahal kucing siam berbulu pendek muka panjang slim jer. Jadi, asalkan kucing tu bulu panjang mereka panggil kucing siam tak kira lah main coon ker, exsortic ker, amarican curl ker persian ker.

Kalau kat bandar pulak lain cerita, asalkan orang nampak bulu panjang jer panggil Persian.....tul tak. Kalau pergi vet pun mereka kata persian.Pandai- pandai jer.....tapi sebenarnyer tak berapa pandai. Sebab kurang ilmu kucing.

Semua orang cam tu pada asalnye......lama-kelamaan kita tau la, sebabnyer,,,,,bila kucing baka menjadi sebahagian 'dunia' kita.

it is logic kalau org kata long hair cat tu persian tapi mana datangnye tanggapan kalau bulu panjang kucing siam?

KAT KAMPUNG SAYA KAT PERAK SANA.....ORAG TUA TUA PANGGIL KUCING SIAM KALAU BULU PANJANG. I PUN HERAN JUGAK. I PUN TERIKUT-IKUT MASA KECIK-KECIK DULU PANGGIL KUCING SIAM.

eh orghan peghrak jugak.