BEWARE of Kitty Party Persians--DO NOT PURCHASE a kitten from this breeder (Vicky Mansfield). If you have already purchased a kitten from Vicky, get your baby tested at your veterinarian for the Feline Coronavirus (FCoV). Her cattery is not 100% feline disease free and she refuses to have her cats blood tested from a licensed veterinarian.
I purchased a kitten from Vicky Mansfield on 12/9/2024. The reason why I chose Kitty Party Persians is because the website claims the kittens are CFA certified. This certification requires catteries to adhere to a higher standard of care for their cats. To receive this certification, a cattery must pass an annual onsite inspection by a licensed veterinarian. Vicky also claimed her cattery is 100% Feline Disease Free. In addition, the website says blood tests are conducted annually. My husband & I do not have any other cats, and we provided a very clean and safe environment for our new baby Persian (including a $500 litter-bot that cleans up his poo within minutes of going to the bathroom). We followed all of Vicky's contract requirements for the vet wellness check, the food guidelines and also the Rabies vaccination for the dates she specified. Within 4 months of purchasing our baby, he came down with what appeared to be an upper respitory infection. I took him to his vet on a Thursday and within 3 days he was in the emergency hospital having trouble breathing. We conducted over $3000 in tests to discover he had all the symptoms pointing to "Wet FIP" a feline disease that mutates from the Feline Coronavirus (FcoV). His lungs and abdomen were full of fluids and his kidneys were enlarged (the vet said because he was so young the virus mutated to FIP very quickly) and we had to put him to sleep. To support this claim, I referred a friend to Kitty Party Persians PRIOR to our baby dying. Once I found out they purchased a kitten, I had them test their new baby, and you guessed it: Their kitten tested positive for FcoV (i attached all of my vet results and my friends positive cornavirus results for Mochi below. Vicky refuses to believe me or my friend and when I confronted Vicky about this, she denied everything and said all of her cats are perfectly healthy and the kitten most likely tested positive from their recent vaccinations (my vet confirmed with a lab this is impossible this unless the kitten received the coronavirus or FIP vaccine in which Mochi did not). Vicky also pointed out that it's in the contract I only had 15 days after purchase to get a full refund if the kitten died of FIP. I asked her for a copy of the blood test results from a licensed vet showing SPIRIT the (Dad) and BUTTERFLY the (Mom) were negative for FCoV, but she has refused to provide me or my friend with any results. She took her own at-home snap test writing the name of the cat next to the test result (photo also provided below). I've reported her to the CFA, and they are also pursuing a case against her based on all of my documentation - i would ne happy to give you the informationto the CFA worker on my case- just let me know. The reason I went to Vicky for a kitten is because she claimed to be CFA certified and run a disease-free cattery. That is why I paid the high price for one of her kittens. In addition, I found out from the CFA she did not follow several requirements of a breeder prior to selling me our new baby. My goal is to prevent another family from going through what my family went through. If you don't believe my post, ask Vicky to provide you with recent Feline Coronavirus test results (From a Licensed Veterinarian- not an at-home snap test) from the mother and from the kitten you are considering purchasing. Please do this BEFORE You pick up your kitten. If you've already purchased a kitten, have your veterinarian test him/her for FCoV with a blood test (not fecal). This will help better prepare you if your baby becomes sick. They have a new drug available to treat FIP with a 93% successl rate. Had i known my baby had the cornavirus, I could have informed my vet and they could have treated him immediately rather than watch him suffer before it took over his tiny body. read more