KittyCatS! Market Improvement Suggestions

[Illuminatra Resident]

I intially was going to keep my thoughts to myself regarding the KittyCatS! markets, but I decided that because I'm a member of the community I should too share my thoughts.

The KittyCatS! community is a diverse universe with so many unique personalities and kitties alike. When I purchased my very first cat back in March of this year, I was just so excited to open him and watch him grow. His name was Specs, a genesis cat with no traits. I didn't really care what he looked like, because I just wanted a cat. Fast forward to today, I want the most unique cats. It's so easy to find the 'same cats' as there are probably hundreds, if not thousands of the same combinations in the various markets we have in our community.

For me it's not all about having the most sought after furs/traits, it's about having a cat that was bred with attention to detail. Anyone can breed a cat... You put a boy and a girl together and bam boom bam, you've got a KittyCat. It takes hard work, discipline and patience to breed something special. This may sound wrong, but how many of you are breeding something special? I personally feel as though one of the reasons why the market feels dry is because there are many of the same cats out there.

When I first started breeding I didn't care, nor was I educated enough to know what was in the pedigrees of those cats. I just wanted to breed, because I thought it was fun and easy to do. Boy was I wrong on so many levels. You have to study the charts, ask around, find cats that have traits/furs that you'd ideally like to have in one cat... I mean this takes a whole lot of patience and while sometimes the results can be frustrating, it's SO worth it when you get the cat of your 'dreams.'

One of the ways that we can all help ourselves is by breeding those unique cats. Lots of us already do that. If you attend auctions or just have a walk around, you will see the wonderful works of art that were created by US, the KittyCatS! community.

On a side note... I do believe that new Menagerie incentives would be great!

I wish you all the very best of luck and thank you for educating and accepting me into this beautiful community.

-Lumi