Indigo Angels Selling Sick Cats at outrageous prices - BEWARE!
To those of you out there looking for a "miniature Persian" you owe it to yourself to read the fine print here: I have fallen victim to the marketing scheme of so called "Palm size / Pocket Persian Kittens" sold only at Indigo Angel Cattery.
What a wonderful thought, a miniature cat that stays palm sized it's entire life. Perhaps I was the fool in believing this false marketing ploy, so much so that I sent over three thousand dollars to Shelly Haukoos of Indigo Angels Cattery in Marshall, Minnesota for one of her malnourished, under developed Palm sized Persians.
My poor Indigo Angel ate non stop for the first hour after he arrived, at first I just thought it was from him being on the plane for so long but he was clearly starving. You could see his protruding spin as he devoured his bowl of food.
I was afraid he was going to get sick and throw up from the gorging so I reached down to pull his food dish away from him and he started growling at my hand. At that moment I realized this poor helpless kitten had been starved half to death to obtain it's "palm size status".
I fell victim and had spent thousands of dollars with Shelly Haukoos palm-pocket miniature scheme. I have never seen a baby animal in such deplorable conditions in my entire life.
After the kitten finally stopped eating I rushed him to the 24 hour emergency vet clinic where they immediately admitted him for severe dehydration and I.V. Antibiotics to treat his life threatening upper respiratory infection. Yes, my little cherub had a lot stacked against him when he first got here. I thought the extent of his problems were starvation, little did I know this kitten was suffering not only from not being allowed to eat by his breeder but after $1500 in vet bills found out he also had coccidia, ear mites and ringworm. I felt just sick, sick at heart for this helpless baby and like such a fool to trust a stranger.
When I called Shelly to notify her of his condition upon arrival she refused to pick up the phone or return my voicemails, therefore, I emailed her countless times waiting for a response. Something, anything, after all this kitten was apart of her life for 8 1/2 weeks. Absolutely no response whatsoever, so I packaged up all his vet bills which clearly documented his extremely fragile state of health and sent them to the same mailing address that I sent the three thousand dollars (plus shipping) to, still no response.
Four months have gone by since I picked up my sweet little Cotton at the airport. He is continuing to thrive now that he has FOOD and a warm, loving environment. I will not even go into the graphic details of what we went through trying to get rid of the god-awful ear mites and ringworm. What an incredibly expensive nightmare. Shelly decorates her website in absolute lies about her miniature cats, there is nothing miniature about my broken heart or my vet bills.
The vet who treated Cotton said there was no such thing as a miniature Persian and advised me to verify that information with CFA, the most well known cat club in the world. CFA acknowledged there is no such thing as a palm size, pocket sized or any other type of miniature cat and that it is an unscrupulous marketing ploy used by unethical breeders to deceive unsuspecting customers who so badly want to believe there is such a thing as a miniature cat. (myself included) Now that Cotton has proper nutrition in his life he is gaining weight rapidly and up to a healthy 5.8 lbs.
So much for "pocket size cats", huh, Indigo Angels? I am most certain that I am not the only customer who has fallen victim to her cobweb of enormous lies about her miniature Indigo angels. Shelly's website is: www.tcup-persians.com
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