Amber Of Topaz

Our location is about 1 hour north of Green Bay, Wi; 5 hours east of St.Paul, Mn; or 5 hours north of Chicago, Il. I do not ship or fly kittens, though I will meet families with their kittens at GRB if they fly in. Your best experiences will come from meeting your kittens’ family, seeing where/how they were raised, and choosing your kittens in person. ———————————-Our kittens are raised in our home with much love and care - and their mother’s attentions, too. We keep our all of our felines pest-free and parasite-free, using natural products rather than chemicals whenever possible. We believe firmly that all medical decisions are the right of the adoptive families, to be performed by the kittens’ trusted lifelong vet. ————————————— It is our pleasure to pour our time and attention into these babies, providing you with loving kittens who adore people (for they have never experienced trauma, troubles, or neglect). All kittens are raised as we would want our own babies to be raised. They start in XL kennels with their mothers, one family per kennel, in the sunny kitten room. Mama Cat is given regular breaks outside of the kennel as the babies grow, until they are adopted or weaned, and then she is returned to her regular environment. As the babies grow, their freedoms grow to match their energies. In the beginning, they take 1-2 hours of nap times daily in our laps, getting used to the voices, heat, and scents of multiple family members and visitors. As we clean the kennels twice daily, there is much interaction - and as the kittens begin to toddle, we put them in the kitten room's recliner while the kennel is being cleaned (a first experience of the wider world). When the kennel becomes confining, they begin to have supervised playtimes on the kitten room floor with us - always returning to the kennels for meals and nap times to ensure good litter box training and a sense of safety. The second stage is several daily blocks of unsupervised playtime in the kitten room between meals/naps, with inviting litter boxes on the floor. If they are still with us at 12 weeks, they are given my mother's entire little house for play times (little hooligans by this stage - nothing is safe!). If they remain with us up to their 20th week, they begin to have playtime in the attached garage and all of its wonderous cat trees, windows, and big spaces. Always, they are returned to their kennels for meals and nap time in the sunny kitten room at the back of the house (it's nice to have the bathroom close by when you wake up). ————————————-———————————- All adoption fees/donations are used to cover the expenses of the rescue cats in our care. New rescues are only accepted when space becomes available and for a modest surrender fee. When we accept a rescue cat, we keep them for life - they have had enough upheaval in their lives and deserve a peaceful, happy barn or house life.---------------------We provide regular photos/videos to adoptive families, especially when they are too far away for casual visits. No veterinary procedures are performed in advance of the adoption - leaving all medical decisions in the hands of the family, to be performed by the kitten’s lifetime vet. The only exception is if a kitten reached sexual maturity (6 months) before adoption, and then the cost of spaying/neutering will be added to the adoption. All kittens are weaned and used to Friskies dry kitten chow before adoption (we recommend not adopting before 7-8 weeks for a single kitten, though pairs can go as early as 5-6 weeks).