General information and conditions for the sale
of a Munchranch cat or kitten.
Conditions for Purchase Document
from Munchranch Siberians, Munchranch
Farm, LLC. Texas
Update, 2024
General information and
conditions for the sale of a MunchRanch cat or
kitten.
I do have a couple of
conditions for sale but they are reasonable and you do not have to sign your
life away to own one of these kittens.
My first condition is that
you get it altered before 8 months old. I do not sell breeding rights so these
cats need to be altered, which means Spayed or Neutered.
It is for their health and to
prevent cancers associated with intact cats, especially the females.
You can do that at your vet
or I can do that here.
I can get a female spayed for
$300 extra.
A male is $200 extra.
Microchipping is $75 extra.
To alter the males will need
to be heavy enough and have dropped to do the easy surgery. They can even
leave the next day. This can often be done at 11 or 12 weeks old.
A female takes a few days to
be able to leave.
They have to be heavy enough
for my vet to be OK with doing the surgery.
Their stitches need to be
removed in about 2 weeks. The stitches are the dissolving types, but removal
helps the small incision to heal more quickly.
The second request is that
you keep the kitten on the same food for a minimum of 12 months after delivery.
This food must be ordered
from the link on the web page, or from any of our email correspondences between
us. The links are below every email.
There is also a link is at
the bottom of this page, as well as on my website.
The food is from Life’s
Abundance, a nutrition food company in Florida.
By agreeing to do this and
setting up the autoship, you qualify for a $50
discount.
The health guarantee is for a
year, but if you choose to keep the kitten on the same food from Life's
Abundance for the next 5 years, that guarantee can be extended to up to 5
years. That is for death due to most anything other than kidney failure or
neglect and accidents.
That is pretty cheap
insurance considering they have to eat anyway and this food is a holistic,
healthy food made in Florida, not overseas.
It has never had any recalls
as other large pet food suppliers have had in the past.
The food is delivered to your
door on an autoship bases and you will need to create
an autoship account with Life’s Abundance.
The food will need to be
there before kitty arrives, or have been ordered.
This is unless you are
picking it up here and have not really had time for that to happen.
In that case I will give you
enough dry food to last a few days.
You can get the canned food
at most stores until the Lifes Abundance food comes
in.
If you come pick up a new
kitten that is available and have not created the autoship
account, you will have to set up the account with Life’s Abundance as soon as
you get home so it will be there in 3 days.
Not ordering the food and
creating the autoship account will void the warranty
and forfeit the $50 discount. (Which you probably have already been given
credit for, if you agreed orally that you would do that.)
My suggestion it to start
with the 6# bag of dry food and a two cases of the delicious canned food. They usually
have pork and chicken flavors and come in a 12 pack case.
You will eventually be using
a whole can or 2 cans a day I you feed the cat in the AM and PM as I do
I give half a can of the meat
food in the AM and half in the PM. Eventually they will eat a whole can every
day.
Life's Abundance makes grain
free or normal kibble which is what I use, but that is your choice.
That should last about a
month with the 6 pound bag.
If the price of Lifes Abundance canned food is too expensive for your
budget, you can also purchase any of the following brands.
Weruva, Merrick Purrfect Bistro, Purina One, Royal Canin,
Blue Buffalo & Fancy Feast are suitable to try.
Some of my customers have
chosen Chewy to order their canned food so that it also comes on a regular
bases.
Purchasing Weruva brand in the larger 5 oz. container is cheaper by
the ounce, although the larger container is more expensive, but it has more
food per container.
Set up your account for the
dry food as an autoship account and make it every 4
weeks. Then, as the need changes, you can get larger quantities, or extend or
shorten the time between deliveries.
In order to get your $50
discount off the price of the kitten from me, you will need to agree to set up
the autoship account, realizing that you can edit and
change what you get it at any time. You can change the frequency of deliveries
as well as the amount or size of the order.
Research has shown that cats
which have died sooner than the average length of life have often died of
kidney problems.
This is often due to eating
only dry for their entire life.
They are obligate carnivores
and need meat daily in the diet.
You have the option of
getting only canned food but I will not guarantee the health of the kitten nor
sell one if you choose to only dry food.
Unfortunately, I do not honor
the extended guarantee unless Life's Abundance food is used for the duration of
the 5 years.
I supplement with a raw diet
along with the canned food. It is usually chicken meat, hearts, organ meats,
and other poultry meats, but there are other meats besides chicken that they
will like as well if you can find it.
Even though dry food is made
as nutritious as it can be made, dry food is made for human convenience.
The cats need meat in the
diet in order to be in their best health.
Kidney failure is not covered
in your warranty, so you want to be sure to keep it as healthy as possible and
give it the right variety of foods, especially meat, and the supplements that
boost the immune system.
There are just too many
factors beyond my control which may cause kidney failure, so it is not a
covered illness.
Most of my former breeding
cats have been tested for the genetic kidney disease called PKD-1. So, that
genetic disease IS covered with my guarantee.
In 25 years, I have never had
an incidence of that genetic disease.
Probably the second most
important thing to order is the NuVet supplement
powder. It is an immune booster and having a strong immune system as a kitten
is critical for the rest of your cat's life.
For only about $16 a month,
you can help extend the life of your cat and give it a much healthier
diet. It should be added to every canned meat dish. On container
lasts 3 months!
The cost is much less than
the cost of just 1 office visit to your vet.
NuVet labs is one of the top research labs for animal
nutrition.
Again, this is another
inexpensive way to keep your cat in its best health and help it develop a much
stronger immune system when it is needed most.
That starts the day you take
it home and away from its momma.
As loving as you will be
towards the new kitten, this is still an extremely stressful time in its life.
It was taken away from its
momma and all the siblings and cousins that it played with while it was here.
It will be stressed for a
while, and even during the bonding time. Cats are great at not showing that
they are ill or stressed until it very far along in the process.
The link for the NuVet supplements is also included below every email.
I put the NuVet
powdered supplements on every meat meal.
For me, that is twice a day.
Again, setting up this autoship account (1 container every 3 months for at least a
year) will also give you another $50 discount, as well as the others that are
posted on my site.
The first 12 months of their
life is the most important as far as growth, nutrition, development and
socialization.
My advice is to give them the
best you can and it will pay off in the long run.
What goes into your kitten
during this transition time will last a lifetime. This includes love,
attention, hygiene, and nutrition.
Similarly, what your kitten
does not get will also last a lifetime.
So keep that in mind when
deciding on what is important to extending the life and mental health of your
new family member.
If you are good with these
two main conditions of sale, (the altering and Life’s Abundance food account
set up) we can proceed with the adoption.
You can come visit to test
for allergies, or you can have the kitten shipped, or deliver by me.
You can come see it before it
is scheduled to leave.
Or we can meet somewhere
in-between.
Those fees and meeting places
are linked to the Sale Page. Of course you can come here for free.
I have some families that
foster some of my kittens between the age of birth and 12 weeks of age, and
they allow you to visit once the kittens are about 6 weeks of age.
Each litter posted will have
the person's name and where they live in case you wish to see the kittens in
person.
However, please know that I
do not hold kittens for days without deposits or talking with me first.
Let me know if you have any
more questions and if you are agreeable to my conditions. I keep all our
emails, so I will have copies of our correspondence. It is not necessary
to sign anything to get a kitten from me.
To help make a kitten’s
adjustment time be less stressful I have a few suggestions.
I would suggest that
you keep it in a large bathroom or utility room (with the litter box and
food/water) for a day or so or as long as it takes to not be trying to hide
every time someone comes in. Once he/she comes to you and wants attention, then
you can take it out and put it in a room for the next step of adjustment.
A bedroom is great but be
aware of all the hiding places it will find if it has not become adjusted and
feels safe.
Go into the temporary kitty
room several times a day and pet the kitten. Pick him up and hold and pet
it.
Do not hold it upside down
like a baby doll. They do not like that until they are fully comfortable with
you and they will do it on their own once that time comes.
Often people,
especially kids want to hold it like a doll. That is a very scary position for
a kitten.
It’s unnatural and it
feels like they are something’s prey, so they do not like that.
Going into the room that the
kitten is staying and doing it often, and giving it affection, attention,
and trying to play with it with a tease toy is the fastest way for it to know
you are its new family and not a threat.
It may cry the first
night and be annoying, but it’s not as bad as a puppy. It may not eat or
poop the first day, so don’t be alarmed. I have never had one die from
self-starvation.
Please be aware that doing this adjustment phase correctly will last a
lifetime.
Doing it incorrectly will also last a lifetime.
A traumatized kitten will
have a sad life and the family who owns it will miss a wonderful opportunity
for a loving and therapeutic pet.
Also, you have a week to take
it to the vet for a kitty check. Take a stool sample as well. Even though they
have had one round of wormer meds, and flea meds, they still need to be checked
for parasites.
Being nervous and stressed
out can cause loose stool. Be aware of that possibility.
Being stressed out causes a
lowering of the immune system, and that can allow any parasites to multiply,
such as Coccidia, which is common in kittens and puppies.
That is easily cured, but
keeping the immune system elevated is the best way to deal with preventing
illnesses in the first place.
If it does not clear
up, take a sample to your vet to be sure it is clear of parasites.
Not treating it can cause the
kitten to die, so be aware of anything that seems not normal.
As far as I know, they are
clear of parasites, but if the vet finds any, I will pay for the meds, but not
the visit.
You do not need to do any
testing for things such as Leukemia because all my original adults have already
been tested and I have a leukemia free cattery.
Those are extra costs and
many vets want you to test for everything possible. It can be very expensive,
and much of that is unnecessary & without a legitimate reason.
No test are ever paid for by
me, and some tests come back as false positives.
So a false positive can be
another expensive issue that you did not have to endure for such a long time
waiting for a clear test.
Besides, if your kitten were
to die of that, you get another one, or refund anyway.
I have never had to replace a
kitten that died of Leukemia. But people have been scared when they went ahead
and did the test that I told them not to do, and they did anyway because their
veterinarian suggested it.
Then they
were very concerned when it came back positive.
But it was a false positive
and after several months of waiting and retesting, they found out that it
actually never had leukemia.
Those 'SNAP' test sometimes
have false positives and that just unnecessarily scares the owners.
But that is up to you if you
want that or not.
A positive test may not
necessarily indicate a sick kitten, so your kitten will not be replaced until
it has been confirmed that it actually has Leukemia, and has died. That may
take many months.
The kitten you get will have
had at least 1 or 2 sets of kitten shots and you will need to give its
last vaccine four weeks after the second vaccine was given. The dates are found
on your vaccine record. So do not misplace that.
The rabies shot should be
given by your vet when he/she says it is old enough.
I am looking forward to
having any of my kittens share their life with your family.
If you have any more
questions feel free to call or email.
We will keep in touch.
Thanks again for contacting Munchranch Siberians and becoming part of our extended
family.
Larry
Thanks for contacting
Munchranch.com
430-803-5081 -home with
an answering machine.
903-508-9089 -Cell for texting.
Please note that I do not
carry the cell phone with me so the house phone may be better.
I will read the texts in the
evenings, as well as the emails.
I prefer an email and you can
always send a text letting me know that you have sent an email.
If you send a text first, I
will ask you to send an email since I do not type long messages on the cell
phone.
Thanks for understanding my
preferences.
Larry Munchrath
Thanks for contacting Munchranch.com
430-803-5081 -home
903-508-9089 -text
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www.siberiankittens.info to see
our Siberian cats.
www.worldsbestpetfood.info - for ordering the
cat food from Life’s Abundance
www.worldsbestcatsupplements.com -for ordering the supplements from NuVet
Use order code #
49712 when calling NuVet Labs @
800‐474‐7044 No code needed
when ordering online.