Our contract is to be signed ONLY when you select your forever kitten - no contract is required when you place your $500 reservation deposit. You can and SHOULD read the entire contract on this webpage before placing a reservation deposit. If you don't like my contract (that I have painstakingly created over the past 20 years) then I am NOT the breeder for you. If you don't want to wait. Then I am not your breeder. If you want to call me three times a week to talk about why the cat you like is not pregnant yet, I am not your breeder. I can recommend an entire list of qualified breeders who may have a contract that you prefer. Once you are offered a kitten to reserve and you select the perfect kitten, only THEN will you be asked to sign a Specific Kitten Contract. Your $500 will be deducted from the total purchase price and on the day you sign the Specific Kitten Contract, you will be asked to pay 1/2 of the remaining balance. The other half of the kitten cost is due when your kitten turns 8 weeks old. For example, if you paid $500 to reserve a male kitten, and later you pick out the perfect male kitten, then your balance will be $4000. You will owe 1/2 of that amount, when you sign your contract reserving your Specific Kitten ($2000) and the balance of $2000 will be due when your kitten turns 8 weeks old. If you don't want to pay half the purchase price when you select your forever kitten, then I am not the breeder for you and I will politely explain to you that my contract has been published on my website for a decade and if you didn't like the terms, you should not have placed a reservation deposit with me. Do your due diligence BEFORE you place a deposit. Money you give to me is non refundable. If you get tired of waiting or find a kitten elsewhere, do not ask me for a refund. I breed and plan my breedings based upon your deposit for a future kitten. I do NOT keep your money. I spend it on these cats to create your kitten. I am a business person and a lawyer. I like my contract. It protects you through an extensive guarantee, and it protects me. I'm not negotiating revisions to my contract because you want special terms.
We are breeding all of our girls in an effort to catch up on every reservation on our Deposit Reservation List! We had an inordinate amount of female kittens lately. We obviously have no control over the genders of kittens born. Get ready for your kitten because we are going to have about 6 spring litters.
2024 PRICING. Our 2023 pricing is $4000 for all females and $4500 for all males, except those in the most rare colors of high smoke and high silver. They are all $5500 and reserved on a separate list. All kittens require a spay neuter agreement.
Breeding Rights. From time to time we offer kittens with full breeding rights to select, well qualified individuals who own their own home. If you are approved for Breeding rights, base price is $7500 with two pick of the litter kittens back to me from first litter or $8500 with one pick of the litter kitten back. We almost always have QUALITY females available for NEW BREEDERS and you get priority for selection of males from future litters.
- The NEW High Smoke and High Silvers breeding program is separate and ALL of those kittens will be a flat fee of $5500 and all will be spayed or neutered before going home at 12-16 weeks. If you want a high silver or smoke with breeding rights, it is $8500 and 2 kittens back or $10,000 and one kitten back.
- If you previously sent a $500 deposit, your pricing was locked in on the date of your deposit for any kittens except High Smoke and High Silver. If you would like to be moved to that list, pricing is $5500. Text me to move to that list.
- After you have placed a deposit and it is your turn to pick a kitten, once you select your specific kitten, you will be sent a Specific Kitten Contract. When you sign that, to secure the specific kitten you have selected, you will owe at least one half of the remaining purchase price balance. You may also owe a delivery fee if you choose to use a courier service or have delivery to a specific location.
- You can certainly find cheaper kittens. If you want to purchase a kitten with a 25 year track record of HUGE healthy cats with the best guarantee in the business, then you want an Atty Kats kitten.
Most Reputable US breeders of European Maine Coons are charging between $3,500 and $5800 now for kittens. I am paying $8500 - $11,500 for European Maine Coons that I am importing using couriers ($2500 or more for courier and travel costs) from my selected top breeders. I was just quoted 12,000 Euros for a silver male kitten, this month, from Europe. We pay the highest prices for the highest quality so you don't have to take that risk.
If you want to reserve a 2024 kitten, you can do so, we will have FEMALE kittens immediately available and expect to have NO waiting list for males by October 2024. BUT PLEASE call or text or email me before you send me a deposit so I know who you are and what you are looking for! 813 857 5600. Text is the fastest way to reach me.
If you place a deposit without reaching out to me first, it will be declined. NON REFUNDABLE Deposit is $500 via ZELLE to angelinawhittington@me.com for our farm account, Summertime Ranch Ent., LLC or you can send via PayPal to Kittens@Attykats.com
Co Breeder: From time to time we may be able to offer kittens available from my cats who are being bred and raised by my co breeders. These are a handful of carefully vetted individuals who purchase my cats and are closely monitored and mentored by ME. These friends spend all of their time with only one litter of kittens in their homes and I pick up the kittens at 8 weeks old and then I evaluate and raise them to 12 weeks. If I offer these kittens through AttyKats, it is because they are exceptional, like all of the cats from my breeding, and I assume all responsibility for these kittens who are out of my AttyKats cats; they are fully socialized, fully vetted, and fully guaranteed by me. This is another way that I am able to provide quality kittens in such high demand from my HUGE and HEALTHY lines while making sure that each kitten gets the individual attention it deserves! My young adult children, Haley, Jack, and Cooper, ALL assist me with kitten rearing. We have several houses in the same neighborhood and together we raise these wonderful kittens in our homes from our Family to your Family!
NON REFUNDABLE. Make sure you are committed to getting one of these outstanding AttyKats kittens, because -Again- your deposit is non refundable. By placing a non refundable deposit, you CONSENT to ALL TERMS that appear on this website. Print the pages out on the date of your deposit and save them. These are the promises that I make to you. I DO UPDATE this page regularly. For those with reservations - The WAIT for a male kitten can be up to two years- but we are breeding 8 females for April and May kittens and assuming we have a normal number of males, we should get back on track with our male deposit reservation list.
I do NOT respond to emails and texts immediately. I respond, generally, on the weekend following receipt of your email. Text me again if I don't respond within a few days. You do NOT have to place a non refundable deposit with me. Other breeders have shorter lists (maybe). If you are committed to the look and reputation of an AttyKats Maine Coon kitten and don't mind the wait, you can get a female now or wait for a male.
NOT A FACEBOOK USER. UPDATES ON THIS WEBSITE WHEN KITTENS ARE 6-8 WEEKS OLD. I am rarely on FACEBOOK. I do have a Facebook page that my daughter set up for me (fb.me/attykats) but I rarely use it. I don't have time to respond to all of the comments. I love them, but I am practicing law full time and raising lots of great kittens. I don't personally use Facebook. As a trial lawyer, in adversarial situations daily, I protect my privacy and my family's privacy. My life is also crazy busy with full time work, family and kids, cats and kittens, kids' sports, church and our operating ranch (horses, cows, goats!). I spend my evenings brushing cats, playing with kittens, and cleaning countless litter boxes.
Litter notifications will be posted on THIS website. My daughter posts photos for me on Facebook or Instagram from time to time, but THIS WEBSITE is where you look for updates or TEXT ME 813 857 5600. Please do not email and text me asking me to post "more updates" on Facebook or Instagram. Know, in advance, that that is not what I do. I breed stunningly beautiful cats, in my opinion, the most beautiful cats in the US - but I do not regularly post on social media.
If you want (or NEED) daily or weekly updates on Facebook, I'm not the breeder for you. I can recommend several breeders who are wonderful at Facebook and post photos and interact with people almost daily. My sister, Sabrina Gearin, is a breeder! She is also retired and GREAT on FACEBOOK. If you love daily and weekly Facebook updates, check out my sister's cattery, www.saltycoons.com and tell her ANGELINA sent you! I may post photos of kittens on this website, or I may just send photos of available kittens to the next person in line. IF I post photos on this website, I will generally not do so until they are 6 to 8 weeks old. Once that litter is matched and all kittens reserved, I generally take those kitten photos off the website because I have 10-12 litters a year (sometimes more) and I can't keep 100's of kittens photos for each year (for 23 years) on the website. It makes this website too big.
PICK UP LOCATION/ COURIER SERVICE, Dallas Airports - DFW or DAL. We currently have three houses on Lake Texoma in Oklahoma (1.5 hours north of Dallas); our permanent residence has always been in the Tampa, FL area. We recently sold our Tampa house. I will meet you at DFW airport. Most people get a cheap flight on Spirit or American to DFW and fly in and out on the same day, arrive around 9AM and flying home around 2PM and I meet them at the airport around noon. My 23 year old son, Cooper, has personally couriered over 20 kittens for AttyKats all over the US. You buy his ticket for a direct flight, you pay for the kitten flight ticket ($150 to airline) and for airport parking ($35)and you pay him his courier fee of $350 cash at the airport for his 12 plus hour day of flying round trip and driving from Oklahoma to the airport. He must be able to get to your location and home in the same day on non stop flights both ways laving Dallas no earlier than 10AM. . This is a great option for people who prefer not to spend a full day sitting on an airplane. If you are driving, we will not be inviting people into our home. We will meet you at a convenient location on your route. Since COVID, and with immuno compromised twins, we have been more cautious. For kitten selection, we are happy to FACETIME, or ZOOM, or GOOGLE DUO with you to show you our cats and kittens. All kittens are reserved through our Deposit Reservation List by DATE of deposit. All kittens guaranteed against death by genetic defects for three (3) years. See Sample Contract for Terms and Conditions on this website.
NON REFUNDABLE- DEFINED. I'm so sorry I have to clarify this in great detail, but based upon my experience, this needs to be super, super clear- here goes: I will not refund your deposit because you waited three months or a year, and thought that you would have a kitten by now; or because you have waited "long enough;" or because you found a better price, better breeder, or went to Europe or elsewhere; or, because you decided you wanted a puppy; or because you are moving, getting a divorce, getting married, in a new relationship, or because you "just found out" you are allergic to cats; or because I have "terrible customer service" because I don't respond to your texts/emails immediately (I literally get dozens of texts and emails a day about kittens - but I work full time as a lawyer and cannot respond to kitty inquiries or updates until the weekends- if I miss a text or email and you don't hear back on the following weekend - CALL me); I have heard all of these reasons why people have changed their minds - but the deposit really is non refundable (that means that I keep it even if you change your mind or get tired of waiting). I spend your reservation deposit on every genetic test I can find (even the new ones for stuff no one has heard of) for every adult cat, I spend it on new catios and stud houses for my boys, both reasonable and outrageous vet bills, professional groomers, Bravecto, fabulous toys, cat trees, and international travel and imports of new European cats to diversify my bloodlines. I spend your reservation deposit (immediately) on AttyKats' cats to keep them healthy and happy so they will make YOUR kitten the very best possible kitten! By agreeing to place a non refundable deposit, you also agree that I can immediately apply that deposit to AttyKats care, maintenance, and growth.
EXCEPTIONS. If you choose to place a non refundable deposit, I WILL refund your deposit if the kitten you reserve has an accident, injury, dies, or I choose to keep him/her before delivery to you and he or she therefore becomes unavailable (this has never happened, but is possible). Note, as the Breeder, I always have the discretion to keep any kitten and to deny to sell a kitten for any reason, including, for example, if I learn you are a breeder. If you ARE a breeder and you do not disclose that to me - you forfeit your deposit! I am placing my kittens in PET HOMES ONLY. I also have the discretion to replace your kitten that you reserved with a comparable kitten in the event your kitten has an illness or injruy and cannot go home with you.
RESPONDING TO YOU. BE PATIENT PLEASE. HERE'S WHY. I have been doing this 25 years (see my CFA certificate for proof). I am a mother of six, two middle school kids, 14 year old twins, are still home and are super active; I am a trial lawyer and work full time; I have many cats and kittens who need and get daily love, cleaning, and grooming, and we have an operating ranch, complete with 12 horses, 49 cows, and 28 goats. We are very busy. Notwithstanding that, cats and kittens are my passion and my priority. I plan to do this for at least another 20 years. I am not going anywhere. But I am not sitting around staring at my phone or computer all day trying to come up with clever social media posts. But I have THE BEST CATS! I will NOT respond to you immediately. I try to respond to emails and texts on Saturdays. If a few days go by and you don't hear from me, send me a text and follow up! 813 857 5600. This is my cell phone and the only number that receives texts.
On average, I get about 3 kitten reservation deposits, a month, which is 36 reservations a year. I have about 8 or more litters a year, which is about 40 kittens a year, so under ordinary circumstances (pre COVID) we did a pretty good job of keeping kitten supply to match kitten demand. I have not once in 25 years had a kitten that was not reserved by 12 weeks old. If you see an available kitten and you like it, reserve it or someone else will. We get behind on our list when we have too many of one gender or small litters, of only one or two kittens. This DOES happen. I may have 50 people in a week reach out to me via text or email for "updates." Because so many kitten people reach out to me, daily, I try to respond to all inquiries about kittens from each week on the following weekend. If I miss an email or text, please follow up with me. Call me.
I do not have employees, or a staff, or a customer service department, just me and my (BIG) family, working hard for you to keep these cats and kittens happy and healthy. I trust no one with my cats except my vets and my family. I have a standing appointment at my vet every Wednesday. My cats and kittens are remarkably well cared for, but that takes TIME. So, you will need to be patient, even with your email and text update inquiries. At best, I will respond on the next weekend. If you have an urgent need, call my cell phone - 813 857 5600. If you are still reading this - Wow. Thanks. I know it is a lot of information, but better to know all this BEFORE you place a deposit. I can't WAIT for you to have an ATTYKATS' gorgeous kitten! kittens@attykats.com