Frequently Asked Questions

• Waitlist Deposit: $200 (non-refundable)

• Reservation Deposit: An additional $200 is due once an actual kitten is born and available for reservation( usually around 8 weeks old).

• Final Payment: The remaining balance is due on the day of pick-up if made with cash. Electronic payment has to be send and cleared by the bank 1 week before pick up.

• Kitten Prices: Kittens are priced between $4,000 and $4,200, depending on the litter and individual kitten. Blue- eyed and polydactyl price is higher.

What’s Included:

• Age-appropriate vaccines

• Microchip

• TICA registration

• TWO year health guarantee

• One month of free health insurance (covered by me with no waiting period

• Raw-fed from weaning for optimal development

• Socialized with other cats, people, and everyday household noises

• Lifetime breeder support

• Starter pack with food, toys, and familiar scent

• Parents are genetically tested for over 45 hereditary health conditions including HCM, PKD, PKdef and SMA.

• Parents echocardiograms performed by a board-certified veterinary cardiologist annually. 

Additional Policies:

• Kittens are sold under a strict spay/neuter contract, legally enforced by an independent company. In some cases, kittens may be spayed or neutered while still in my care—either due to specific circumstances or at my discretion.

• No declawing is permitted.

• Kittens must remain indoor-only pets (outdoor access is allowed only on a leash or in an enclosed catio).

Waitlist Timeline:

The estimated wait time for a kitten is 3-8 months, depending on gender and color preferences. However, availability may change, and kittens can become available much sooner.

Females generally have a shorter wait time, as we typically have more females born in each litter. Litter sizes vary significantly, ranging from a single kitten to eight or more, which affects the overall timeline.

If a kitten becomes available earlier than expected, we will notify individuals on the waitlist immediately. If no one is ready to commit at that time, the kitten will be listed on our main Instagram page as available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Feel free to follow me on Instagram at @Wildwhisper_mainecoon, where I post daily videos of our kittens, their development, and tips about Maine Coon care. You can also message me there for faster communication!

Please, fill out a kitten application on our website to get pre-approved:

https://wildwhispermainecoon.com/kitten-application-1

The cost depends on the kitten’s gender, color and other breed-specific characteristics. The average price is $4,000 to $4200. Contact for details.  wildwhispermainecoon@gmail.com

We work hard to cultivate specific Maine Coon genetic traits, sweet personalities, and excellent socialization to ensure the best quality Maine Coon. Please be careful when choosing breeders—always ask questions and don’t be fooled by a cheap price. Unfortunately, many of our customers come to us after being scammed or ending up with a very unsocial cat.

Our price includes:

• Age appropriate vaccinations

• Microchip

• De-worming

• Health guarantee

• Registration documents (TICA or CFA)

• Kitten welcome package (toys, care instructions)

• One month of free, full-coverage health insurance, active as soon as the kitten leaves my home

• Lifetime breeder support

Parents are genetically tested for hereditary health conitions and their echocardiograms performed by a board certified cardiologist

There are a couple of ways for you to pick up your kitten:

1.  Airport delivery. We can deliver to one of the Southern California airports: SAN, LAX, ONT, BUR. 
2. Personal delivery by plane. We can fly with your kitten to your local airport. Prices vary. The cost will include a round trip, pet fee plus a 200$ service fee.
3. Personal delivery by car.  Considered on the case by case basis, depending on the distance. Price includes gas expenses plus 200$ service fee.
4. Courier. Kitten will be delivered by a professional pet transportation company.  Price vary. 
5. And, of course, you can fly to San Diego and pick up you kitten yourself!

Kittens are available to be picked up between 14-15 weeks of age and there is a reason for that:

All of a kitten’s nutrition comes from their mother for the first few weeks of life. Kittens are fully weaned usually by 8 weeks, but for the first two, they’re solely drinking their mothers’ milk, which provides antibodies to keep them from getting infections, especially in the first 24 hours, When they’re between 3 and 8 weeks of age, they can start to eat canned and dry foods, but will still need supplemental milk from their moms.

Kittens enter another socialization period around 9 weeks of age, lasting until about week 16. They still continue to learn how to play and interact with other cats and people appropriately, how to use litter box and scratches and by this time they are fully transitioned to their new food.

VACCINATIONS:

Your kitten will begin its series of vaccinations at 8-10 weeks of age. Then booster every 2-3 weeks until 14 - 16 weeks of age. 

We provide a health guarantee as a part of your Contract. We guarantee that the kittens are free from FIV/FELV, infectious or contagious diseases and parasites at the time of delivery.  All our breeding cats have been DNA tested for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (PKDef) through Optimal Selection genetic testing. Your kitten is also guaranteed against any life threatening genetic defect for one year from the date of sale. You can find more details in your Purchase Contract.

Our cattery is our home therefore we have a No visitation policy.  We have a very strictly maintained virus and disease free environment and we do not allow visiting until our babies have their full set of vaccinations. We do that to protect our ( and your future) kittens from diseases that can be brought to our home by visitors especially those that have visited other catteries before. 

However we are happy to provide you with Face time with your future kitten!

As stated in your purchase contract the de-clawing of your kitten is prohibited. 

Declawing is the amputation of the last bone of each toe. It would be like cutting off your fingers at the last knuckle. The standard method of declawing is amputating with a scalpel or guillotine clipper. The wounds are closed with stitches or surgical glue, and the feet are bandaged. 

Declawing can cause paw pain, back pain, infection, tissue necrosis (tissue death) and lameness. Removing claws changes the way a cat's foot meets the ground and can cause pain like wearing an uncomfortable pair of shoes. Improperly removed claws can regrow, causing nerve damage and bone spurs.

Declawing was banned by the Animal Welfare Act 2006, throughout Europe, the UK and some states of America.

You will get Info guide as a part of your Kitten welcome package on how to teach your cat to use appropriate scratching locations.