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Elite Siberians review: sick kittens 1

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I found Lana back in May 2018, when we got our first kitten from her at Elite Siberians. Our kitten, Mila, quickly became sick within two weeks and progressively got worse. It was heartbreaking seeing a little baby kitten suffer, lying on the bathroom floor for hours without moving, eating, or drinking. After time and time again at the vet, she was diagnosed with FIP, a fatal disease, and sadly had to put her down after only a month of having her. We got in touch with Lana and told her about our situation and how saddened we were. She offered us another kitten, a litter that was born very quickly after Mila's, which doesn't seem healthy to breed a cat soon after. It was hard for us to say no to another kitten, so we took her up on her offer, but she still had us pay $600 for the kitten (full price was $1, 600). We had our boy, Grayson, for a few months, but during his time with us he was always having problems with his poop. Again, we were constantly in and out of vet offices and spent a few thousands in the process. I would text Lana to keep her updated on our kittens and if she recommended a different food, or anything to help us figure out what was wrong with our kitten. She seemed uninterested in helping me and didn't always answer. Towards the end, Grayson stopped eating, which was very unlike him, and we knew something was wrong. He was then also diagnosed with this rare, fatal disease and we sadly lost our boy too. We lost two kittens within just a few months and it was truly a horrible experience to go through, not once, but TWICE. We reached out to Lana regarding yet again the same situation and she became very defensive saying that her cats are all healthy and the kittens must have been MY fault. She told us that the father of the kittens "died from getting hit by a car" and she would be selling the female cat and would not be breeding anymore. That just shows she doesn't even care about her cats and only the money, since it's so easy for her to just sell the female cat because she was only good for breeding to her. Pathetic and sickening. For those who don't know, FIP is a mutation that occurs in cats who carry the corona virus. However, corona virus isn't necessarily a life or death situation and a cat can carry the virus their whole life without showing any signs of illness and live a perfectly healthy life. Cats who carry the virus and have a weakened immune system are at greater risk for developing FIP, which is actually rare and occurs in only a small percent of cats. What are the chances this extremely sad disease happened to both of my kittens from the same breeder? Now, after losing both of our babies and the breeder being well aware of what we went through, she has continued to ignore us. On top of all of this, I found out she is still breeding sick cats and I urge families to NOT consider a kitten from her and save yourself from heartache.

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Yuryi
, US
Apr 22, 2019 8:43 am EDT

OMG! Really heartbreaking experience 😓 So sorry to hear that... My vet told me last year that her kittens were diagnosed with Leukemia as well and other person told that she released kittens to clients in age of 8 weeks which is very very irresponsible.

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