‘We got a message that they would like him back “for a few days”, because one of their girls weren’t pregnant like they thought she was.’: A couple’s maine coon adoption turns to conflict after the cattery owner wants the cat to come back and breed

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Sep 11, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Now, we cannot comment on how you might personally feel about this topic, as it is a rather divisive one amongst feline fanatics. But this story centers around a cattery and what they described as being 'poor genetic material'. Which immediately sets off fires in our eyes, as how can any hooman have the audacity to comment so derisively about a cute cat child no matter how impressive their genetics may or may not be. But that it not even the most infuriating part of this story, for the real drama only starts after the cattery adopts the poor catto out to a loving family who promise to give the feline fur baby a furever home that it deserves.

For when the cattery suddenly was without a so called 'stud' they had the gall to turn to the new adopted pawrents to ask for the sub-par feline back for a round of mating. Absolutely shocking stuff, and yet another reminder of how we need to be solely adopting from shelters so that catteries like this go out of business.
 

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    Backstory: we've always wanted a Maine Coon. Got one a few years ago that turned out to be a wish.com Maine Coon.
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    One of our acquaintances runs a Maine Coon cattery and due to lack of genetic diversity needed to rehome their two male cats. We were offered one
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    of the males at an extremely reduced rate, to ensure that he went somewhere where he would a) be treated like a prince and b) be neutered, and not just bred again.
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    Important context: we have a very skittish, came from a hoarding colony, seized by the council cat. She's a
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    rescue and our little angel who can do no wrong. She's also not fond of other cats but tolerates cat #2 who's affectionately known as the k hcraft.
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    We thanked them for thinking of us as suitable and asked if he could come on a few days' trial to see how the cats' chemistry would be (1. Feb). Turns out he's a total himbo and a very submissive cat, so while
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  • Well, this certainly sounds like quite the collection of cattos that this couple are beginning to collect. Though that being said, even the most average of cattos has their problems and inconsistencies, so in a sense any collection of cattos is going to be a bit of a chaotic one. 

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    she isn't fond of him, she's also very quickly realised that he's not going to try and beat her. We accepted, and thought that was that. Confirmed that we would like to keep him 8/9 of
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    February and paid a symbolic amount for microchip transfer on the 10th. Yesterday, 19/2, we got a message that they would like him back "for a few days", because one of their girls weren't
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    pregnant like they thought she was. We're super hesitant, as they've only just started jelling + he's scheduled to be neutered this coming Monday.
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    They then pushed on that they could pick him up in the morning and drop him off at night and that he'd "get the job done".
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  • What in the actual? This kind of stuff is seriously enraging. Like, how can you have the stones to first call a cat defective (only a defective hooman would do that) and then decide that you actually want that defective cat back to make more defective babies. Some people need to invest in connecting themselves to reality a little better than they are currently doing.

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    We again said that we're not comfortable with him leaving the house and they asked if they could instead bring the female to our house to breed.
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    Our girls are scheduled to be out of the house for a few hours this weekend, so we agreed, but now they're talking about taking him with them.
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    We're super uncomfortable with the whole situation since it was stipulated by them to get him neutered ASAP and now they want him back. We're also worried
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    they'd keep him beyond the "scheduled time" if he doesn't breed her and then he'd miss his neuter.
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    They're being super pushy and now doing some weird "do you know how much these cats sell for?" Spiel.
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    Our argument is that he's only just stopped calling for his old household and that our girls would lose their mind if he came back smelling weird again. He's also just a little baby cat (2) and isn't titled.
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    AriGryp... Wait - they want you to take him and neuter him so he WON'T breed, because his genetics aren't good, but also need him back to stud?
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    unicornf... Nope, don't do it. I adopted an older dog (9) from a breeder, he was a show dog and a breeding dog, we were his retirement home. Turns out the
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    last female he was supposed to breed didn't take so they asked for him back, for 4 days. I didn't know any better so I agreed. 2 WEEKS
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    later, he came back, with a cough, a double eye infection, 10# lighter, and d. ea. I was so ped. She wanted him again 2 months after that, when I refused she blew up on me. I blocked her
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