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| I love my little kitty ...... I love my little kitty, she makes my house a home. She always is my best friend, I never feel alone. She makes me smile, she makes me laugh, She fills my heart with love ... Did some breeder breed her, or did she fall down from above? I've never been a breeder, seen life through their eyes, I hold my little kitty and just sit and criticize. I've never known their anguish, I've never felt their pain, The caring of their charges, through snow or wind and rain. I've never sat the whole night through, waiting for babies to be born, The stress and trepidation when they're still not there by dawn. I've never felt the heartache, of a little life in my hands, This darling little baby, who weighs but 60 grams. Should you do that instead of this ....or this instead of that, Alone you fight, and hope one day, he'll grow to be a cat, and bring joy to another being, and make a house a home, You know it's all just up to you, you'll fight this fight alone. Formula, bottles, heating pads, you've got to get this right, Two hourly feeds for this tiny guy, throughout the day and night. In your heart you know, you're almost sure to lose the fight, to save this little baby, but God willing ... you just MIGHT. Day one he's in there fighting, you say a silent prayer, Day two & three, he's doing well, with lots of love and care. Day four & five ... he's still alive, your hopes soar to the heavens, Day six he slips away again, dies in your hands day seven. You take this little angel, and bury him alone, With aching heart and burning tears, and an exhausted groan, You ask yourself "Why do this? ... why suffer all this pain?" But see the joy your kittens bring... it really self explains. So, when you think of breeders and label them with "greed", Think about what they endure to fill anothers need. When you buy a kitten and with your precious dollars part, You only pay with money ... we pay with our heart. ... Heather Fields of www.jagsun.com |
| Breeding cats, or any animals for that matter, is a HUGE responsibility. The costs are high, monetarily and emotionally. This poem above explains how hard this is on the emotional aspect of our daily life. We take this responsibility very seriously! Our daily life is affected by being a cat breeder, this is something that we choose, but it is a hard decision that now everyone can make. We spend at least 4-5 hours a day cleaning/sanitizing our cats/litter/cattery. Then we also have days which are longer if a queen is ready to deliver. (I have spent 11 hours with one queen when she was delivering!) Or if we have kittens born as we socialize daily as well and depending on how many kittens we have, that could take hours! Our cats are treated with respect and love. Our cats are not "just breeders", they are our pets and babies. First and foremost, their happiness and health is considered. We DO NOT sell kittens/cats with breeding rights to persons just wanting to breed Bengals for extra money or on a whim. This is not something to "get rich" by! When I calculate all of my hours I put into my cattery and cats, I make less than minimum wage!! It is a labor of LOVE, not money....We require all cats sold with breeding rights to be placed only in serious breeding homes/programs that wish to improve the Bengal breed. There is a large amount of research that needs to be done and a lot of studying to be had before anyone should consider breeding! This is not just putting a male and a female together to create babies. A large amount of time and knowledge is required to produce quality healthy kittens! |