Buyers Beware of Bad Breeder If you hear the name: Terri Lyn Alexander, owner of a cattery, Shadowoak Persians in Orangevale, (Sacramento) California buyer beware…. She is a bad business person and after 26 years in the cattery business you would expect her to get it right. She has a bad temperament (after the sale of course) and lies about the kittens she has for sale. Ms Alexander sold to me a beautiful bi-color Persian male kitten he was 5 Ѕ months at the time. The kitten appeared to be in good health, and I was assured he passed his recent health check-up with flying colors. Less than 2 weeks later, the kitten was apparently ill and was not eating. I took him to the veterinarian and he diagnosed, the kitten had trouble breathing, vomiting, cold symptoms and some abnormalities of the heart. The extent of the kittens heart ailment could not be determined at the because of the other pending health issues. The veterinarian treated the kitten with some antibiotics and scheduled a follow-up appointment. A few days after, the kitten was eating and appeared to be doing well. I reported the kittens' illness to Ms Alexander, although she appeared to be concerned, she offered nothing. At the follow-up veterinarian appointment, another one of the staff veterinarians examined the kitten and diagnosed the heart abnormality was a 4.6 heart murmur. This was diagnosis determined less than 2 months after the kitten was in my possession. I immediately contacted Ms Alexander with the new findings. I also supplied her with name, address, and telephone of my veterinarian to answer any questions she may have. I done this twice and she never contacted the veterinarian. I asked Ms Alexander on four occasions for the permission to have her veterinarian to send the complete medical file on the kitten, and she refuses to cooperate with me. Obviously she was aware of the kittens' poor health condition and was not honest enough to disclose to me up front. My frustration in lieu of the health situation of the kitten and dealing with Ms Alexander has driven me to request a refund and I will return the kitten to her. She says, "I have to honor my contract." How can she honor her contract when there was no honor right from the start? The way I see it her contract is null and void if you sell an animal that you know is sick.
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