Please familiarize yourself with the terms of the High Country Maine Coon Pet Contract.  If you are in agreement with ALL the contractual terms, you may submit a Kitten Request Form. Completed Kitten Request Forms are reviewed and kept on file. A $500 Non-Refundable holding fee will be required after the vetting process is complete. Deposit instructions will be given after vetting. We do NOT keep a wait list or take holding fees for future kittens. 

**Holding fees are applied to the cost of the kitten. Holding fees are NOT refundable.

After proper vetting, kittens are offered to those individuals/families who we feel will best meet the requirements of our cattery. This is usually done at 6-8 weeks of age. Occasionally, we will hold a kitten “under breeder observation,” this kitten is being evaluated for future use within our program.

The adoption fee for a kitten is $2700-$2900. We are responsible, home-based breeders and when determining the cost of a kitten, we must figure in the cost of acquiring parents with breeding rights which come from reputable lines and pedigrees. The comprehensive cost of a kitten may include but is not limited to, regular vet checks, vaccinations, microchipping, blood tests, genetic testing, hip X-rays, and echocardiograms (with a feline cardiologist) to determine parents as negative for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). Additional expenses include proper housing, a raw food diet, toys, cat trees, litter, grooming supplies, cleaning equipment, etc. Kittens will be sold with a Purchase Contract/Agreement. Upon picking up your kitten, we will formally sign the contract.

From time to time, we will retire a program cat. Cost of a retiree is $1800. We believe cats within our program deserve to spend the greater part of their life as the center of a family (usually between 3-5 y/o). They will be spayed/neutered and listed on our website.

Kittens are available to be picked up between 12 - 14 weeks of age. The remaining balance is due IN CASH or cashiers check on the day of pick up OR by Zelle / Venmo or PayPal, no less than 3 days prior to pick up.

When your kitten leaves, we will give you their veterinary record, microchip information, and take-home gifts. Please arrive with a hard-sided carrier to safely transport your kitten home. Airport rendezvous's at the Colorado Springs (COS) or Pueblo (PUB) Airports will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

We offer a limited health guarantee as part of the sales contract. In order for the guarantee to remain intact, the kitten must be examined by your vet within 72 hours of leaving our home. Our cats are tested for FeLV and FIV, and all kittens leaving our home will be negative. We ask that your kitten not be given the vaccination for those diseases as from that point forward, the cat will always test positive for them. All our breeding cats have been DNA tested for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (PKDef) through Optimal Selection. Kings and Queens receive their heart echocardiograms (EKG) from a feline cardiologist to ensure they do not have HCM.

No one can predict what size a kitten will become as an adult; however, it is well documented that the weight range for males is normally between 15 - 20 pounds and females 9 - 15 pounds. Maine Coons are a slow-developing breed and typically do not reach their full size until 4 - 5 years of age.

The ride home, new faces, and a new home can be very overwhelming for your new kitten. It will adjust much better if allowed to do so gradually. We suggest putting the kitten in a small quiet room or bathroom with its bed, food, water, and litter box. Let him stay in there for a minimum of 5-7 days until he has adjusted to that room and the new faces coming and going into it. Over the next few days, bring him out into the living areas for short periods of time. Remember, he is a kitten (a baby), and there is a lot of change going on. As he begins to free roam, remember that he will need a litter box close to wherever he is allowed to roam.

If your home has other pets, we require that you watch the Jackson Galaxy videos posted at the bottom of our The Breed page. Introductions to new family members (the two and four-legged kind) is a delicate situation with your new kitten, and a traumatic first experience can greatly delay integration into the new family.