Thank you for your interest in our Maine Coon cats. This particular web page is specifically for those inquiring about "breeder/show" kittens.

In order to be considered as a potential home for a "breeder/show" kitten, you must be willing to sign a SmokeyCoons contract and abide by the conditions of the sale, lease or stud service. Also be advised, we will not ship our cats via "air cargo". 

We hope that some day our ISP (internet service provider) will enable the Microsoft Front Page extensions for their residential customers so it can interpret html forms. In the meantime, simply print out a copy of this page to use as a guide in answering the questions and email us your responses to elaine@smokeycoons.com . You will receive a confirmation stating that we received your questionnaire and whether we have a cat that matches your needs.

"Breeder" Adoption Questionnaire

Introduction
1)    Cattery Name(s), Contact Name(s)
2)    Address, City, State or Province, Country, Zip or Postal Code
3)    Home Phone, Fax Number, Work Phone, Email address(es), website URL
4)    When is the best time to reach you? Where?
5)    How long have you been breeding Maine Coons? If not, have you ever been involved in breeding before? What kind of animals and for how long?
6)    Do you have your cattery registered? If so, with who: ACFA, CFA, CFF, TICA, FiFE, other?
7)    Are you a member of MCBFA (Maine Coon Breeders & Fanciers Association)? If so, for how long? What is your status: fancier, provisional or breeder member?

Basics
8)    What are your breeding goals? What is it that you are striving for in your breeding program?
9)    What are your requirements for a Maine Coon? (i.e., Are you looking for a cat with an out-crossed pedigree, taller ears, longer muzzle, squarer muzzle?)
10)    What colors are you working with? What colors are you interested in adding?
11)    List the cat registries where your kittens are (will be) registered.
12)    How many cats reside in your cattery? Include ALL cats (registered and non-registered, pedigreed and non-pedigreed), whether male, female, or alters.
13)    Does your cattery work with breeds OTHER than the Maine Coon? If so, what breeds and for how long?
14)    Do you plan on selling SmokeyCoons offspring to other breeders? If so, under what conditions? To whom?

Showing
15)    If you purchase a show-quality male or female with the intention of breeding him/her, do you plan to title the cat first?
16)    Do you show your Maine Coons? If so, what associations, how often?
17)    How many cats from your cattery have been show to Champion, Grand Champion (or higher)? Premier, Grand Premier?

Breeding
18)    Where did the Maine Coons come from that are in your breeding program? Provide cattery, contact name, phone, email, along with the cat's name, color, DOB and sex.
19)    How many litters have you registered? If you have never produced any litters, do you plan to register the Maine Coon litters?
20)    Have you produced any kittens with birth or genetic defects (cardiomyopathy, hip dysplasia, cleft palette, pectus, monorchidism, cryptorchidism, tail kinks or faults, umbilical hernias, others)? If so, indicate the number of kittens affected and type of defect. Please describe in detail.
21)    How would you describe your cattery? Is it:
open?    accepting queens for stud service from any outside cattery, sending your queens out for stud service?
semi-open?    accepting queens from a small pre-selected group of catteries, not sending your females outside the pre-selected group for stud service?
closed?    no stud service given to other catteries, no queens sent out for stud service?
22)    How often do you breed your queens? On what do you base this practice?
23)    How often do you breed your stud males? On what do you base this practice.
24)    How/where will the kittens be raised? At what age are they weaned? How?
25)    At what age do your kittens go to their new homes?
26)    Do you spay/neuter your 'pet' kittens prior to release to their new owners?
27)    What stipulations, if any, do you place on cats sold to Breeders?
28)    What stipulations, if any, do you place on cats sold as Pets?

Health Issues
1)    Do you test for Hip Dysplasia (HD)? If so, what evaluation method do you use -- OFA, PennHip, or your personal vet's opinion? Do you test all cats in your breeding program? At what ages? Have you ever knowingly bred a dysplastic cat? If so, why?
2)    Do you test for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)? If so, is the evaluator a Board Certified Cardiologist? Do you test ALL cats in your breeding program? At what ages? 
3)    Do you have any cats in your breeding program that come from lines that throw HD or HCM? 

Facilities
30)    Describe your cattery facilities. Where do the males and females live?
31)    Who takes care of your cats when you go away for a weekend or vacation?
32)    What brand of food(s) do you feed your cats?
33)    What kind of cat litter do you use?

References
34)    List at least three Maine Coon breeders as references. Please provide cattery name, contact name, city, state/province, country, phone number, email address.
35)    List the Maine Coon breeders who have purchased cats from you. Please provide cattery name, contact name, city, state/province, country, phone number, email address, dates sold.    

Feel free to add any additional comments that you'd like to share about yourself or why you think you could provide the ideal home for one (or more) of our kitties.

Disclaimer: SmokeyCoons cannot guarantee a cat/kitten to everyone that fills out and responds to this questionnaire. It is simply a form designed to help us evaluate potential parents and their environments for the placement of our cats/kittens.