How much is a pure white dollface Persian cat?

Question

I am planning to buy a Persian cat looking exactly like snowbell in stuart little or the persian cat in harry potter which is crookshanks hermione's cat there.... I admire persian cats so tell me how much is it??????

Answer 1

Id say about $400.



A friend of mine got lucky and found one at a shelter a while back. It was beautiful. Check shelters first. If you can't find one there, then you'll have to find a breeder.

Answer 2

Crookshanks is not a "dollface" Persian. he's a regular Persian.

Snowbell is a Silver Persian.http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/persian-silver.html

http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/articles/persian-silver.html



They have bred for colour and were not crossing out to more extremely flat faced Persians in other colours. so they have been slower to change to that style and they tend to be a bit less extreme in type. So you don't have to look for someone advertising "dollface" Just look for Persian breeders -- either Silver Persian or "Chinchilla Silver Persian"

Or you can get a Solid White Persian with a face more like Crookshanks,



The cost will probably start around $600 for pet quality. It's really difficult to impossible to breed and raise quality pedigreed cats, take good care of them, do the necessary health testing, have them altered and shots before placement and keep them up to at least 12 weeks, and sell them for less.



If you're in the US, registration should be with CFA Cat Fanciers Association), TICA, (The International Cat Association) ACFA (American Cat Fanciers Association), or there are a few small ones CFF,AACE, UFO. . But really they would probably be registered with at least one of the first 3.

You REALLY want to make sure the breeder is testing for PKD and the breeding cats are PKD negative PKD is a very serious disease that some Persians are at higher risk for.

Answer 3

A pedigreed, pet quality, breed standard Persian from a reputable breeder STARTS at around $600. Show quality - into the thousands.



Only horrible, greedy backyard breeders breed "dollface" Persians since that isn't the breed standard. So why would you want to support that sort of breeding? They also probably don't bother testing for PKD. Polycystic Kidney Disease is an early onset form of renal failure that Persians are genetically predisposed to. Reputable breeders test their cats and never breed PKD+ animals - bad

breeders don't - and end up with litter upon litter of PKD+ kittens. A cat with PKD can go into renal failure and die as young as four years old.



Are you aware how much work Persians are? They need to be combed - not brushed - and this needs to be done at least EVERY OTHER DAY ALL YEAR LONG. Please don't get one if you don't - or won't - commit to this amount of care. Persians are one of the breeds most often dumped at shelters because people don't research how high maintenance they are.



FYI - the Crookshanks that was in the Order of the Phoenix WAS a breed standard Persian - though with a trimmed, shaggy coat because Crookshanks is supposed to be part cat part "Kneazle". http://ninouche.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/hermione_and_crookshanks-sized.jpg And Snowbell was actually Shaded Silver - not white. http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2002_Stuart_Little_2/2002_stuart_little_2_024.jpg

Answer 4

Persian Doll Face Cat

Answer 5

Well considering the cat would be from a backyard breeder or kitten mill and not a reputable Persian breeder, I would not spend more then $50 on the cat. Why? Because those cats are bred by backyard breeders and will end up with a lot of hidden health problems as the breeders don't test their cats for genetic problems in the breed.



You would do better to just go to a shelter and adopt a domestic longhair if you don't like the Persian standard from a reputable breeder.

Answer 6

I just read this website, and the answers are.wrong. It always surprises me how people that know nothing about the Persian breed reply. I am not wasting my time correcting those stupid idiots.

Answer 7

About $450-$600, mostly $500. Though, it depends on where you live.

Answer 8

it depends on the breeder