{"id":95,"date":"2010-11-28T21:15:40","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T21:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2022-06-05T13:55:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T12:55:02","slug":"buyers-warning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/?page_id=95","title":{"rendered":"Buyer Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is unfortunate that there are a small minority of\u00a0unscrupulous breeders who see pedigree cats as nothing more than a source of income and treat their cats and kittens <a href=\"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/P10100041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-289\" title=\"Occlestone kittens\" src=\"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/P10100041-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/P10100041-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/P10100041-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/P10100041.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>accordingly.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve learnt from chats with many people who have found out all too late that they&#8217;ve been sold a kitten that was underage, infected with an unpleasant disease (for example ringworm &#8211; which is also highly contagious for humans), not vaccinated or was not a genuine pedigree.\u00a0 Please don&#8217;t fall victim to these breeders and support their cruel practices.<\/p>\n<p>Wherever\u00a0you go to buy your new kitten, make sure it is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From a GCCF (Governing Council of the Cat Fancy)\u00a0registered breeder<\/li>\n<li>From healthy, fit parents who have both tested DNA Negative for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)<\/li>\n<li>Fully vaccinated with certificates to prove this<\/li>\n<li>GCCF registered<\/li>\n<li>Insured<\/li>\n<li>At least 13 weeks of age at the point you take the kitten away<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the\u00a0only way you can be sure that the kitten you are buying is healthy, has had a proper start to life and\u00a0is a pure breed.\u00a0 All\u00a0good breeders who care about the welfare of their kittens will only sell them this way and will be delighted to discuss this subject with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is unfortunate that there are a small minority of\u00a0unscrupulous breeders who see pedigree cats as nothing more than a source of income and treat their cats and kittens accordingly.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve learnt from chats with many people who have found &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/?page_id=95\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":722,"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occlestonechinchillas.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}