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How to register your litters

PROVIDE CURRENT REGISTRATION INFORMATION ON THE PARENTS

There are two issues that you need to establish before you register your litter. The first issue is whether or not your cat has been registered in another registry.  We recognize the registration information from most of the large breed registries, but you should check with us first to make sure. Send in a copy of that registration certificate, and a copy of the pedigree. Most other registration certificates do not include all of the information we require to properly register your cat, which is why we recommend that you register your breeding cats with us before registering your litter. This is not absolutely required, but it is recommended.

If your cat has not been registered with another Cat Registering body, then you have a little more work to do. Our registry is unique in how we established our three levels of proving the representation of a breed.  Please visit our TCA Registry Manual and read how we established the most accurate way of determining your cats' type above and beyond any other registry.

We provide a form (TCA, Inc. Cat Registration Application) with a pedigree format for you to fill in for registering your cat. If your cat is breedable, we also require that you provide us with three photos of your cat.  This is to provide documented proof  that your cat is representative of the breed that you are registering under. Since there are no conclusive DNA tests available or affordable to increase this accuracy, we must request this for all breedable cats that come in as Foundation Stock cats. Suggestions can be found at Registration Photos to give you some advice on how to take pictures that we need for Foundation Stock registration.

FILL IN THE DATE OF BIRTH.

Once you have provided the complete information on the parents of the litter, then you must provide the date of birth, and the number of kittens born by their color and sex. This helps us to keep track of your litters, and also to help you find other details later on when you may not be able to find related information.

PROVIDE RELATED LEASING INFORMATION

Occasionally breeders lease cats form other breeders. This must be documented on the litter application form if it is the case so we can properly register the litter to the lessee of the cat, and not the current owner. When we find mismatches like this, we commonly contact the original owner to confirm, and request the necessary information about the leasing details.

Once you have sent us the required information, once we receive the paperwork, it typically takes no more than one week before we send the registration papers back to you.  Once we get it to the post office, then it is up to he USPO to do the rest.

You can find the Litter details here:

Litter Registration Form

Contact us if you have any questions.