Regarding the comment from someone in the comment section, I suddenly feel like rambling a bit. I don’t think I can clearly express my thoughts in the comment section…
Although I don’t run a cattery and have little to do with high – end and low – end catteries, I’m extremely fond of the process of raising pets, so I might breed cats by myself once. Oh! Miniature baby cats are really so cute! (Oops, I digressed)
Personally, I think low – end catteries focus on high – volume sales with small profit margins, while high – end catteries take the route of turning cats into luxury items.
(Note that this is just my personal opinion. I don’t really know what people in high – end and low – end catteries actually think. If there are people from catteries, they are welcome to share their views in a friendly way)
Cats are very special commodities in the trading process, but the fact that they are commodities still remains. The cats we buy are property rather than family members. No matter how much you love them, they still have a marked price. This statement might be quite controversial, but even for humans, in some cases of non – natural death, the compensation given by the state is calculated based on their current income multiplied by the remaining time until they retire, and that’s the compensation amount their families can receive. Even humans have a kind of “priced value” although they can’t be traded. As for cats as commodities, in terms of the essence of commodities, their prices will definitely fluctuate due to market supply and demand.
However, I think only low – end catteries are greatly affected by the market. They are more passive and easily influenced by supply – demand relations and publicity.
But I don’t think high – end catteries are likely to be much affected by the market. I think what high – end catteries sell is not just the cats themselves, but also the comfortable life of the cats from birth to sale, perfect after – sales service, genetic testing of the cats, certificates and pedigrees, and a sense of being worry – free and noble. So, I think the reasons why high – end catteries dare to take pre – orders, dare to choose buyers, dare to have some breeders with bad tempers, dare to have at most three litters in two years, and dare to continuously eliminate and retire breeding males and females are to make their cats look really outstanding, create a high – cost image, and provide perfect services. That’s what high – end catteries sell.
Not every cat can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan. People who are willing to buy a cat for that price might be looking for peace of mind. Maybe when buying a cat, they even think about whether this cat is something worth showing off to enhance their own image?
At least that’s the general trend in the Ragdoll cat community now. You can tell the profit – related aspects from what they say. Then a group of brainwashed people go around publicizing the importance of certificates and variously criticizing so – called “backyard cats” without certificates as garbage. However, for a cattery to get CFA (The Cat Fanciers’ Association) certification, you can get it even if you don’t have a single cat, as long as you pay the money. But for a cat to have a certificate, both of its parents need to have certificates. Then the question is, where did the first certificated cat come from? (wink)
CFA is basically a large organization that claims to be “good for cats” but actually makes money crazily. Similarly, there was a documentary on Bilibili about an association that changed the appearances of many dogs due to dog shows, leading to many human – induced diseases and so on (I forgot the name and will fill it in later). They are all about making money. As an organization, a community of interests, they basically won’t do anything unprofitable…
I’m just making some random speculations. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me, haha.
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