BUYING A LF KITTEN

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I carefully match my kittens to their new families based on behaviour and personality. Of course, you are welcome to share your colour preferences—but personality will always come first at Lunar Fields.

If there is no good match between you and a kitten, between kittens placed together, or with cats already in your home, it can be harmful for everyone involved. Stress and poor group dynamics can negatively affect a cat’s well-being and may even make them more prone to illness. Everything is connected.

All cats are beautiful, but not every personality fits every family. That is why I prioritise the right match over colour. For this reason, I do not allow kittens to be chosen based on photos alone, and they cannot be reserved before 9 weeks of age. Ofcourse you can tell me which kitten you like, looks-wise, but if the character doesn’t match – we will look for another kitten.

Ragdolls look-a-likes are usually between 1400-1900 in Switzerland.
Ragdolls with pedigree are usually a bit more expensive.
Ragdolls with pedigree from DNA tested parents are usually a bit more expensive.
Ragdolls with pedigree from DNA ánd Ultrasound tested parents are usually a bit more expensive.
Rare colored Ragdolls with pedigree, fully tested parents, well socialized, from a responsible breeder usually start at 1800 and way way up. Our kittens start at 1800 CHF.

Behind the scenes of a professional cattery, there is a lot more work going on than you can imagine. Read further if you want an idea of some of the work we breeders do.
– Pedigree research
– Daily (sometimes hours!) answering emails and whatsapp
– Making weekly kittenpictures and editing them
– Updating social media and website
– Cleaning, because a spotless hygiene in a cattery is crucial
– Socialising for hours and hours
– Driving for a new tomcat, 4000 kilometers away
– Weekends filled with visits
– The build of a new playpen, enrichment or toy
– Genetic courses and even self-studies

I can go on, and that is just the hours. I’m not talking about the actual cost of quality food, housing cost, toys, cattrees and building an outside enclosure, a new breedingcat and the transport, or a c-section gone wrong resulting in death, thousands loss but mostly: a breeder that wants to quit because she is heartbroken.

I can’t possibly write it all down. It is a fulltime job. The best job in the world, but not all sunshine and rainbows. Therefore negotiating about the price is not an option here.

In short: they are harder to breed.
Some colors are inherited recessively, which means both parents must carry the gene for it to become visible in kittens. In other words, a breeder needs to have two cats that carry this gene, or find a suitable stud male that has this color (or carries the gene for it). And fully tested, suitable Ragdoll stud males are simply not found on every corner, let alone the ones with a rare gene. Chocolate and especially cinnamon are much less common than seal and blue, and breeding cats are also more expensive. Breeders have a harder time accessing these lines and often need to search longer or even look abroad to incorporate these colors into their breeding program. Dilutions make things even more complex. For colors such as lilac and fawn, both parents must also have/carry the dilution gene.

I take my breeding very seriously, but my cats are first and foremost part of my family. They live with me in my home, sleep on my sofa, and are fully involved in daily life. My kittens are raised the same way.
In their first weeks, kittens stay in my nursery room to ensure a safe and calm start. After that, they join the adult group and grow up in the middle of my home environment.
Socialisation is a major focus for me. Having experienced unsocialised pets in the past, I invest a lot of time into raising confident, well-balanced kittens—more similar to puppy socialisation than typical kitten raising. I expose them to everyday and unusual situations: vacuum cleaners (including robot vacuums), loud noises, fireworks sounds, moving objects, and different textures such as stone, grass, aluminium, cardboard, and more. My home may look chaotic during this time, but it benefits the kittens for life.

That said, every kitten is different. While I do everything I can to build confidence, not every kitten will be completely “bomb-proof” at 12 weeks.

Yes, they will get used to dogs as well. This however does not mean all cats like dogs, and a strange dog is still different. However, it is definitely making things a bit easier if they already know what it is..

We ask our kittenparents to add us on WhatsApp if possible, there we give weekly photos/videos so they can exactly see how the kittens grow and what adventures we are planning!

A meeting can follow after the first vaccination, then you can fully reserve your kitten.
Picking your kitten up follows after they got their second vaccination and we think they’re ready to move, 12-14 weeks. Kittens that move abroad stay until 15 weeks and get a rabiës vaccination.

All our Ragdolls have a strong pedigree. The kittens will obviously also get one.
All our active breeding cats are DNA tested as well as checked by a specialist with an ultrasound on heart and kidneys. The DNA test alone is not enough.
We do this to reduce the risk of breed-specific health conditions. This does not mean, sadly, that kittens from tested parents never get sick. They can still develop a condition. No breeder can garantuee a kitten that will not get sick. However, by DNA testing ánd doing the ultrasound, we reduce the risk greatly.