Our Health Guarantee

What our guarantee covers

Our health guarantee is straightforward. It covers genetic and congenital health issues attributable to our breeding, identified within one year of your kitten going home. This protection is automatic and included with every Selkirkish kitten adoption.

In short: if something is wrong with your kitten because of how we bred them, that is on us. If something happens to your kitten because of how they are cared for after delivery, that is on the family. The guarantee is designed to protect you against issues we should have caught before placement.

Your responsibility as the new owner

The health guarantee depends on you fulfilling a few simple responsibilities once your kitten arrives. These are standard for any reputable cattery and they protect both you and the kitten.

• Vet visit within 72 hours. Take your kitten to a licensed veterinarian within three days of arrival. This protects you and confirms the kitten arrived healthy. A vet record from this visit is required to activate the guarantee. The vet will give you a baseline health record you can reference if anything comes up later.
• Follow vaccination schedule. Continue the vaccination schedule your vet recommends. Your kitten arrives with their initial FVRCP series. Missing booster shots can void the guarantee. Your vet will tell you when boosters are due, typically at 12 and 16 weeks.
• Appropriate care. Feed quality food, provide clean water, keep them indoors, and maintain a safe home environment. Any covered claim assumes the kitten received reasonable care. The Selkirk Rex is an indoor breed and should never be allowed to roam outdoors.
• Notify us promptly. If a health concern arises, contact us as soon as a vet identifies the issue. Delays beyond 30 days from diagnosis can complicate the claim process. The sooner we know, the easier it is to verify and resolve.
• Maintain documentation. Keep records of all vet visits, vaccinations, and treatments. You will need these if you file a claim. Most vet offices will email you copies on request if you need to compile a record.

None of these are unreasonable. They are simply the baseline standards any responsible cat owner already meets. We provide vaccination records and a health certificate at adoption so you have what you need to start your kitten's medical history on a strong foundation.

Why we offer this guarantee

Most kitten flippers do not offer a written health guarantee, and the ones that do often write it in ways designed to never pay out. Ours is different because we actually want to stand behind every kitten we place.

We have been breeding Selkirk Rex for 8 years. In that time we have built a screening process that catches genetic concerns before any cat enters our breeding program. Both parents of every litter are tested for PKD, HCM, FIV, and FeLV before they ever produce kittens. We turn down breeding pairs that do not pass. This is why genetic claims against our line are rare.

But rare is not the same as impossible. Even with careful screening, congenital conditions can develop in any litter. When that happens we want our families to know exactly what we will do about it, in writing, with no fine print. That is what this guarantee gives you.

We are not a kitten mill. We are a family running a small cattery from our home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Our kittens are part of our family until they go home to yours, and we stay involved for life. The guarantee is just one piece of that. Meet our breeding cats to see the health screening behind every Selkirkish kitten.