Frequently asked questions

Fill in the reservation form on this site and you'll immediately get a customer number on screen: something like BGC-2607-4H2K. Canan then calls or emails you within 24 hours to talk through which kitten suits your household. If it's a good fit, a $500 deposit holds that specific kitten and the balance is due when it goes home. You do not need Instagram or any social media account to reserve; phone and email work perfectly well.

It's your reference for everything that follows. Quote it when you call, text or email and Canan can pull up your enquiry, which kitten you're interested in and where your reservation stands, instead of trying to work out which of several Sarahs you are. Write it down or keep the confirmation email.

The $500 deposit is non-refundable if you simply change your mind, because holding a kitten means turning other families away. It is fully refundable if anything happens on our side: if the kitten becomes unwell, fails its final vet check, or we cannot deliver the kitten you reserved for any reason. It can also be transferred to a future litter if your circumstances change and you talk to us early.

Pet kittens generally run between $2,200 and $4,500 depending on color, coat and quality. Traditional blues sit at the lower end; golden shaded and golden chinchilla, especially in British Longhair, sit at the top. Every listed kitten shows its own price. Breeding rights are priced separately and are only ever sold to established, registered catteries.

Join the waitlist through the same reservation form: pick 'Join the waitlist' and tell us what you're hoping for. Waitlisted families hear about a litter before it's published on the site, which in practice is how most of our golden kittens get placed. There is no charge to be on the list.

Yes, by appointment, and we encourage it. You'll meet the kittens' mother and usually the father too. We ask visitors not to come straight from another cattery, shelter or pet store on the same day. Young kittens have immature immune systems and diseases like panleukopenia travel on clothing and shoes.

Every breeding cat is FIV and FeLV negative, screened for HCM (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most significant heart condition in the breed), and PKD tested where the line calls for it. They also have regular veterinary examinations. Ask and we will email you the actual results for a specific kitten's sire and dam before you pay anything.

Yes: a one-year written genetic health guarantee, plus a short-term guarantee against infectious illness present at homecoming. To keep it valid you need to have your own veterinarian examine the kitten within 72 hours of taking it home. The full terms are in the contract, which we'll send you to read before you pay a deposit rather than after.

Age-appropriate vaccinations for its age at homecoming (typically the first two FVRCP shots by twelve to fourteen weeks), plus a full deworming schedule and a veterinary health certificate issued shortly before travel. Rabies is normally given by your own vet after homecoming, as timing depends on your state and your kitten's age.

Yes. Canan Dedeler has been a TICA member since February 2023 and registers her litters with TICA; her cattery profile is public at tica.org and linked from every page of this site. Every kitten goes home with its registration paperwork.

Twelve to fourteen weeks, never earlier. Kittens taken from their mother and littermates at eight weeks miss a critical stretch of social learning and are measurably more likely to develop biting, litter box and anxiety problems. Any breeder offering you an eight-week-old British Shorthair is cutting a corner at your cat's expense.

TICA registration paperwork, the vaccination and deworming record, a veterinary health certificate, the written health guarantee, and a starter kit with the food it's currently eating, a blanket carrying its littermates' scent and a favorite toy. The blanket matters more than it sounds: familiar smell is the fastest way to settle a kitten in a strange house.

Start small. Give the kitten one closed room with its litter box, food, water and a hiding spot, and let it come out on its own terms over two or three days rather than giving it the run of the house immediately. Keep the same food for at least the first two weeks. Changing diet and environment at once is the usual cause of an upset stomach in a new kitten.

For the life of the cat. Canan answers questions about food, litter, behaviour and health from families who bought kittens years ago, and would much rather get a text at 9pm than have somebody worry overnight. If you ever cannot keep your cat, we ask that it comes back to us rather than going to a shelter.

Pickup in Houston is free. Ground delivery by car covers all of Texas. Canan drives the kitten herself rather than using a courier. For the rest of the United States your kitten flies in-cabin with a professional pet nanny and is handed to you at your arrival gate. We do not ship cats in cargo.

Ground delivery within Texas is quoted at cost based on distance. Flight nanny service to other states typically runs $400–$700 depending on the route and season, which covers the nanny's ticket, the kitten's in-cabin fee and the carrier. We'll quote you an exact figure before you commit.

Yes. Canan has placed cats with families and breeders in a number of countries. Requirements vary enormously: microchip standards, rabies titer tests with waiting periods that can run several months, and import permits. Tell us your destination country as early as possible so vaccinations can be sequenced to fit the timeline.

They are the same breed. The British Longhair simply carries two copies of the long-hair gene, producing a semi-long silky coat instead of the short plush one. Body type, head shape and temperament are identical. Longhairs need combing two or three times a week; shorthairs need almost nothing.

Both describe a warm apricot undercoat with darker tipping on the ends of the hairs, and green rather than copper eyes. The difference is how far down the hair the tipping runs: chinchilla is tipped only at the very tip, so the cat reads pale and luminous, while shaded is tipped further down and reads richer and darker. Golden is uncommon in the United States and is the color our program is built around.

Yes, but on their own terms. They are companionable cats that follow you room to room and settle beside you for hours, and most of them dislike being picked up and carried. It's a breed trait, not a socialisation failure. If you want a cat that tolerates being held like a baby, tell us and we'll point you at the individual kittens that genuinely do.

Generally very well. They are placid, slow to startle and hard to provoke, which is exactly what you want around children. Introductions to a dog should be done gradually over a week or two behind a door before any face-to-face meeting, but the breed's steadiness makes it one of the easier cats to integrate.

Females typically reach 8–12 pounds and males 11–17, with males noticeably heavier-boned. They mature slowly. A British Shorthair isn't fully grown until around three years old, so a lanky-looking yearling is normal. Life expectancy with good care is 14–20 years.