Complaint Review: Lilnudists Cattery

i have purchased 3 cats from Lilnudist. Nothing but joy!  They are extremely caring and wonderful.  I have to wonder why this owner did not seek care sooner??? Is it really owner neglect??

 LilNudists is an awesome group of dedicated cat breeders. I have had the pleasure of dealing with these breeders. I have 2 beautiful kittens that are happy and HEALTHY from them and would only recommend this cattery for future sphynx and bambino owners.

I have purches 5 kittens from Lilnudist Cattery they are the best breeders ever!   These are not normal cats and you can feed them some shity low end brand like friskies.  It must be grain free but preferred raw!  The owner is to blame for neglect not the breeders.  Shame shame shame on you for slowly killing one of their beautiful babies!

Iona left my house on the 16th of June happy and healthy. She was seen by the vet on the 8th of June to receive a valid veterinarary health certificate to prove this.  She was flown to Norfolk, VA with a flight attendant I know, in cabin with her. We contacted Patrick, (the new owner) a day or so after her arrival, and he said she did not want to eat. We informed him that this can be normal from the transition to the new home. Patrick did not take her to the vet at this time to make sure there was nothing else going on. We made sure he was feeding the same food I had had her on here. He advised us that he did and keep us informed. Not hearing from him, we contacted him 2-3 days later, he proceeded to report that everything was fine, she was eating, playing, and being a kitten. Throughout the next few weeks, we checked in on Iona periodically, and he still proceeded to tell us that everything was great. 

The death of Mira has sadly been determined to be a case of neglect.  The owner Patrick was delivered a beautiful healthy kitten who came fully vetted, spayed, neutered, microchipped, all vaccines, FIV/Felv negative, with a written contract and valid health guarantee.  We contacted the new owner soon after her arrival and was told she was not eating very well.  We gave advice on how to prepare the food differently to begin to get her eating better.  We contacted again about one week later and were told that she was doing great and was eating well.  We were not contacted again until about 3 weeks later when Patrick asked if it was normal for the kitten to be lethargic and not playful.  He was asked to send us photos of her to assess her condition and we were shocked upon what we saw.  Mira who was the image of health when she left our home was now an emaciated skeleton.  We advised he immediately bring her to the emergency clinic that something very awful was wrong.

Once at the veterinary office he messaged saying the vet thought her condition to be caused by the viral infection FIP.  I asked to speak with the vet as to try to convince her to at least try a bacterial/parasitic treatment as we had cases in the past when a kitten was assumed to have FIP and given a death sentence, for it to turn out to be a treatable GI infection.  The vet did speak with me and prescribed the medications to the owner.  I did advice the owner that it was not necessary to send the liquid extracted off for texting as there is no test to prove FIP definitively it would still only be based on assumptions and either way there is no cure if it were FIP. 

We then offered to repossess Mira in hopes of nurturing her back to health, to which the owner agreed.  Nothing was promised in the form of a refund or a replacement kitten, just the offer to do everything we could to keep her alive.  My partner Jayme who lives near to the owner in Virginia offered to drive 2 hours that very next day to meet with Patrick to pick up the poor sick kitty.  We also called and got the medications put on stat order and Jayme picked them up and paid for them at her own pharmacy.  Jayme and her daughter were appalled at the condition of the kitten and took video and photographic documentation.  Despite her best efforts, Mira passed away shortly there-after. 

We then paid for a necropsy to be performed on Mira even though the contract clearly states this cost is associated to the owner.  We felt very certain that neglect was to blame for her condition and her passing but wanted to know of any other possible causes.  The results of the necropsy came back inconclusive; there was no identified cause of her death.  After thoroughly reviewing all of the circumstance and her condition before the owner ever brought her in for medical examination it was determined by ourselves, as well as our personal veterinarians that this kitten was neglected.  Her condition likely began by a simple case of GI imbalance and upset from the stress of traveling to a new home which is very common in kittens.  However the new owner only aggravated this by removing the kitten off the high quality diet she had been eating and feeding a very low quality canned diet of Friska’s as was reported by the emergency vet.   GI upset of course can be easily corrected and treated,  however the lack of care and medical treatment for her caused her condition to deteriorate too far gone. 

The bottom line here is, we have a signed contract do not form the owner in which it does not state that will re-imburse money, nor replace a kitten unless they die of a congenital defect or the condition HCM; which this was proven to be neither.  Even if this kitten were to have passed away form FIP another condition not specifically guaranteed in our contract, we would have gone above and beyond and offered a replacement kitten if proper care and medical treatment had been given to this kitten.  The condition of poor Mira before she was ever brought in for medical treatment is appalling and despite our 10 years breeding we have never once seen a kitten this emaciated and in poor condition.  The fact that this owner wants a refund or replacement is ludicrous, we had full evidence and full right to in fact charge him with animal neglect, but choose not to as to alleviate stress.