American Curl Kittens For Sale
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All the kittens on this page are available.
Click on a kitten photo to see more pictures of each kitten. |
(I kind of go overboard with photos... but we think they are so cute. we just want to share a lot of our cute kitten pictures with visitors to our website.)
If you are interested in any of these kittens, please email me at psalm0512@yahoo.com. I would love to hear from you. |
Colette had her babies last night... |
Ty is sold.
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Colette's full name is Curl Essence Colette de la Curl. She is a red silver. Opie is our chocolate smoke boy.. His full name is Curl Essence Obsessed with Chocolate. Colette had 3 little babies last night (2/16). She had 2 red boys and 1 color point boy. I took a couple of quick photos of them on 2/22. Click to her page to see them.
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Colette is a beautiful red silver with perfect ears, eyes, and body structure. She was the American Curl Reginal Winner for 2017. She was awarded 2017 Best American Curl Longhair Kitten of the Year and 2017 20th Best Kitten of the Year in 2017. Probably the best word to describe Colette is simply "elegant".
Colette has one little boy still available. We're calling him Ty. Ty is a light red tabby. I have several new pictures of him that I'm adding to his individual page today and tomorrow. This was one of my favorites but every picture I take of him is nice. He's just such a pretty boy. For more pictures of Ty, click the button below or click on his picture.
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Charlotte and Opie. |
Charlotte had 4 babies on Sunday, 2/22. Adriana and Cheyenne are available. Below is a photo of these 2 girls taken on 4/14.
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Charlotte has 3 torti girls and 1 red boy. Whitney, one of the tortisshell girls and Jackson, a red boy are SOLD. Adriana (the torti girl on the right in this photo) is also SOLD.
Cheyenne is the little girl on the left in the photo to the right. Adriana is the little girl with the red streak down her nose behind Cheyenne. I have a BUNCH!! of pictures of these two little darlings that I'm posting on Charlotte's kitten page. And I do mean a BUNCH. They were all soo sooo cute, I just couldn't pick which ones to use. (BTW, I did actually cut out a few but mostly because I could post all of them.) Charlotte is a silver patched girl . Charlotte and Bellabee are littermates. Bellabee's picture is below. Bellabee is a chocolate patched. Charlotte carries the chocolate gene, but bred to Opie who is a chocolate,smoke, we got 3 little chocolate torti girls. These little girls are getting more striking every day as their colors develop.
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Autumn and Handy
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These are Autumn's babies born on 4/6. When I posted this baby picture yesterday, I thought the little brown baby was a boy. I asked Mike for his opinion and we both agreed this morning that all 3 of Autumn's babies are girls. She has a silver & white bicolor, a brown patched, and a blue color point. Autumn is taking really good care of these little babies. They are nice and plump.
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Bellabee and Opie
The picture on the right is Bellabee and her babies born on 4/10. They are even smaller than Autumns so sex can be really difficult to determine. I'm pretty sure the 2 reds are boy. And the solid chocolate is a boy. The color point looks like a girl.
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Sophie and Handy
I never had professional photos of Sophie taken. I'll take a couple of my own for her website page. We started showing her with her brother (Storm) but Storm was such an attention hound and Sophie just never got a lot of attention mostly because Storm over shadowed her so much. We stopped showing her because of that and just showed Storm. At Storm's first show as a kitten, one of the judges (who was President of TICA at the time) took us aside and ask why in the world we would have neutered him. The answer was that we already had a great cream lynx point in our breeding program and didn't need another one. Even Cimmy never did well at the shows... he had the looks and features, just not the personality or it, we adored Cimmy. There was no way we were every going to let Cimmy go... EVER! He was the neatest cat we've ever had. Cimmy passed away last year. He was also the oldest cat we had. I remember the day he was born like it was yesterday. He was pure white, but he was also the runt. I would supplement his feeding morning and evening before and after work until he started eating solid foods. I'm sure that's a big reason he loved us as much as he did. Anyway, I add this story only to let our visitors know that we will be looking at Sophie's litter for a Cimmy replacement. His mom died several years ago and we sold is dad to a breeder in China so we can't replace Cimmy. Sophie has always given us carbon copies of herself and Handy every time we've put her with Handy.
Reserving a kitten from a future litter...
We are taking reservations for future kittens now. We reserve the right for first pick of any of our litters for ourselves to show, however, if you reserve a kitten from a future litter, you will have first pick (after us of course). I keep track of the sequence that I receive Reserved Kitten Agreements and offer kittens in that same sequence.... in other words, the person who has returned the first Reserve Agreement will have first pick of any new litters. After that, the 2nd person who has returned a Reserve Agreement can select a kitten, and so on. Anyone with a Reserve Agreement can wait for another litter if they want to wait for a kitten from another litter if they want, and the same sequence for selecting a specific kitten will still apply.
If you are interested in reserving a kitten from a future litter, please email me for a "Reserve Kitten Sales Agreement"....
at psalm0512@yahoo.com for details.
at psalm0512@yahoo.com for details.
Socializing our kittens. |
Over the past 18 years, we've identified what we can do for our new kittens to develop those great personalities you read about on our testimonial page. Part is the breed, but it goes farther than that. It's the special handling and care they get from use from birth to when they go to their new homes.
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Our new babies are kept in the nursery with mom until they are about 6 weeks old. They will start eating solid food at 4-5 weeks old By the time they are about 8 weeks old, they are still nursing, but they are also eating solid food and using the litter box. Around this time, we bring them and the moms into the master bedroom to socialize them to humans. We close them in with us so not only does their world get bigger, but they get used to living with the humans. We have a couple large cages in the bedroom so we usually put them up at nights with mom at first so we can sleep without worrying about the babies getting hurt while we're sleeping. This is when we start really getting a good picture of their personalities, i.e., who's dominate, who needs more reinforcement and encouragement.... which kittens are the play-mysters, and which are the snugglers. This is a very important time in their growth. We don't want to push them into a scary world before they are ready for it. Plus, we need to be sure they won't be afraid of the other adult cats. Remember, until then, they've been in a very protected room in a cage (actually 2-48" cages connected to make a long run) with their mom. They see us and the adult cats all the time, and we're handling them all the time, but they have been completely protected. Once we let them into the bedroom, we only allow certain cats into the room with them... only the quieter, more gentle cats that mom won't object to being around her babies. The moms are still VERY PROTECTIVE of their family. If we have more than one litter loose in the room, we may have to alternate moms. Some of the moms will share parenting responsibilities. Some won't. This is where we "socialize" them to humans, Eventually, we kick mom out of the room so the babies identify us with their source of attention, play, food, etc. We're creating that special bond to humans that our new Curl owners expect from our kittens.. Some will do this to some extent anyway, but not all. Without this special time with us, and only us, you'll still end up with those few kittens that are more independent and not that social Curl personality. This is not a casual thing for us. We are very focused on which cats need to drawn out of their shells and the attention they need from us to create those special personalities. . This last month with us is SOO SOO critical to being able to be sure that every kitten we place in a new home becomes that "special loving pet" people are looking or in our Curls. (BTW, I don't know of any other breeders that do this to the extent that we do.... and it shows.)
I usually create a separate a page for each litter where I can include short descriptions of their personalities and include some videos. You can go directly to the individual pages from the navigational bar at the top of the page or from the links on this page to see more photos of the kittens. If you are interested in specific kittens and need more information to decide which would be the best fit for your home, please email me at Psalm0512@yahoo.com or call on one of the phone numbers shown below. We can talk and I can take more pictures and/or videos to help you with your decision.
We require a 50% deposit (paid through Paypal) to hold a kitten. Once the kitten is contracted, we will move all information on your kitten to a "kittens sold" page so the you can watch his/her development photos and videos. This avoids the confusion as to which kittens are available.
I usually create a separate a page for each litter where I can include short descriptions of their personalities and include some videos. You can go directly to the individual pages from the navigational bar at the top of the page or from the links on this page to see more photos of the kittens. If you are interested in specific kittens and need more information to decide which would be the best fit for your home, please email me at Psalm0512@yahoo.com or call on one of the phone numbers shown below. We can talk and I can take more pictures and/or videos to help you with your decision.
We require a 50% deposit (paid through Paypal) to hold a kitten. Once the kitten is contracted, we will move all information on your kitten to a "kittens sold" page so the you can watch his/her development photos and videos. This avoids the confusion as to which kittens are available.
Considering adding an American Curl to your family? I found this website about American Curls. You might find it interesting. I thought it was as accurate as any of the websites about our breed. http://www.metaphoricalplatypus.com/articles/animals/cats/cat-breeds/american-curl-cat-breed-profile. (This is not a link to the page. You will have to copy/paste the URL into your web browser.)
Interested in purchasing one of our babies? |
If so, click the link below for some basic costs.
Call or email us for more details or information on any of our kittens or adult adoptions. |
"We are asked all the time for the price of our kittens. I don't publish that on this website because we don't feel it's right to encourage people to "price shop" for their next family member... and that's what our babies are. We state that our kittens become "part of our family before they become part of yours" because that's the absolute truth. We treat them like part of the family and we expect their new owners to do the same. In all our years of breeding this unique breed, we've found that to be absolutely true. You've probably already done some research on the breed. One of the better sites to research that talks about the breed accurately and will give you an expectation of what you can expect to pay for a purebred American Curl is: http://www.metaphoricalplatypus.com/articles/animals/cats/cat-breeds/american-curl-cat-breed-profile/ This is what this site has to say about expected cost of an American Curl. We recommend you read the entire article on the American Curl.
Adopting an American Curl Kitten or Cat
Prices for American Curl kittens are quite variable. Purebred American Curls cost approximately $1,000-$2,000 or more when obtained from legitimate breeders, with pet quality kittens at the lower end of the price spectrum and show quality at the upper end. Some pet quality American Curls actually have completely straight ears, but still have the appealing Curl personality, body style, and coat type.
Adopting an American Curl Kitten or Cat
Prices for American Curl kittens are quite variable. Purebred American Curls cost approximately $1,000-$2,000 or more when obtained from legitimate breeders, with pet quality kittens at the lower end of the price spectrum and show quality at the upper end. Some pet quality American Curls actually have completely straight ears, but still have the appealing Curl personality, body style, and coat type.
Basic Kitten Care...
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I spend a lot of time telling my new kitten owners what food, litter, etc they should plan on when they have one of our babies. I thought it might just be easier to create a whole page with products and care information. Even if you don't have one of our babies, you might find this information helpful. Click the link below to go to the Basic Kitten Care page.
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For more information on any of our kittens, email us at Psalm0512@yahoo.com or call us.
The house phone is 951 240 5761. Linda's cell is 951 743 8230.
The house phone is 951 240 5761. Linda's cell is 951 743 8230.
We believe we provide the best American Curl pets available
based on the compliments we receive from our new Curl owners.
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We had one new owner call us on her cell phone on her way home from the airport to tell us she couldn't believe that her new American Curl kitten was kissing her daughter's nose and laying on a small towel on her daughter's lap in the car on the way home after a coast to coast flight. Other comments from new owners tell us our babies are sleeping on their pillow next to them.... their first night in their new homes. For personal testimonials from owners of our babies, please enjoy some of the humorous comments and cute photos from the new owners of our kitties on our Testimonial Page.
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Psalm0512@yahoo.com
or by phone at 951 743 8230 |
We believe this is a result of the love and attention they get from us before they find their new homes...
Our kitties love, love, love us... they love their new owners too.
Below is a little slide show of one of the kitties that went to Hong Kong. She's snuggling in with Mike. Who gets to snuggle with the people at night is like taking a number at the DMV. This so perfectly depicts our relationship with our kitties, we decided to leave it up. You HAVE to smile at the last picture.