I agree the right kind of "cages" are a really good choice for most breeders, if not all! I don't however see the point of having 15-20 queens and 5-10 studs in what would be considered "cat prison" to me! There is no way that someone could house that many cats in dog kennels/cages and give them the proper care and attention they need. Like the breeder we got BB from had all of her queens inside her home. Of course she had a seperate room for the mothers and babies, and a kitten room. However, all of her queens(3) were bought at the same time and were introduced as kittens,so I would think that would cut down on a lot of issues with the females. At the time she only had one stud and one up and coming that was about 5 months old(not sexually mature of course) and ALL of them were inside her home! That was when we went to pick BB out! When we went to get her to take home it was a different story! Before the house did not smell at all. I honestly would have never guessed that she had one cat let alone 5 adults and 2 litters of kittens,went back it was a different story! Even though it had only been a matter of weeks the males had started to spray to mark their territory and then the females. Se said it was like an uphill battle to try and keep everything sanitary! So long story short she built a building for each of her studs with an attached enclosure for them to go out! This is not "cat prision" I have read many breeders even go to the extent of having a female spayed and placing her with a stud for him to have a companion! This is not NEGLECT! I do not agree that having mulitple cats in the small cages that are meant for showing/travel!!! But having a male/female in a large enclosure is not Bad! IMO there would not be as many moggies in shelters if more people had their cats in appropriate cages! Don't get me wrong (sterilized) cats shouldn't be but if all cats that were intact had a limit to what could get to them nd what they could get to, there would be far less moggies and especially in shelters!
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