Registration and Lineage for a Hairless Original
The Donskoy is a genuinely hairless breed in its own right, developed in Russia and distinct from other hairless cats, with kittens sometimes born with a light coat that is lost as they mature. Your paperwork should start with registration documents or a registration application and a lineage naming the parents and their lines, so the kitten's identity does not rest on appearance alone. If your kitten was born with a brush or flocked coat that may change, a breeder's note describing the coat at handover is a small document with real value — it explains the kitten in early photographs when you compare notes later.
Vet Records and the First Weeks
Expect a dated veterinary record: examinations, vaccinations administered, and worming or other parasite treatment, with weights if the breeder tracked them. Microchip details should be included where a chip is implanted, with the number clearly written for transfer into your name. Ask, too, for a plain summary of the kitten's health since birth — appetite, any tummy upsets, any skin flare-ups — because a hairless kitten's skin reports problems visibly and a breeder who has watched closely can hand over genuinely useful observations rather than a bare 'all fine'.
The Care Sheet a Hairless Kitten Needs
More than most breeds, a Donskoy should come with written husbandry guidance: how often the breeder bathes the kitten, what they use on the skin, how they manage warmth in a home, and what the kitten eats and how often. Donskoys feel the cold, sweat and produce skin oils like other hairless cats, and sweatshirt-level details — jumpers, warm bedding, draught-free sleeping spots — are legitimate paperwork for this breed. If the breeder's guidance contradicts something you have read elsewhere, keep their version in the file and discuss it with your own vet at the first visit.
Contract, Parents, and Screening
The contract should identify the kitten and parents, clarify pet versus breeding terms, and set out any health guarantee and return expectations, with promised follow-up documents named and dated. Ask to see both parents' registration and health information and whatever screening the breeder can share; a small, dedicated breed community usually means breeders know their lines in depth and will say so. Keep correspondence about any outstanding papers until the file is complete.
Photographing Skin Instead of Fur
With a Donskoy, swap the usual coat photograph for a monthly skin photograph in the same light: one side view and one of the belly and folds where oils gather. Skin is this breed's visible health surface, and a dated sequence shows a vet whether a patch, rash, or dryness is new, spreading, or long-standing and stable. Keep the breeder's bathing notes with the pictures, since a change in routine followed by a change in skin is exactly the kind of link a visual log proves.
Building the Donskoy's Own File at Home
Your first clinic visit adds an examination record, a vaccination plan, and confirmation that the chip carries your details; file those with the lineage and the breeder's skin-care sheet rather than separating 'medical' from 'care' papers that constantly refer to each other. Anyone bathing or minding your cat later needs the same joined-up file. Through KinsLe's Pet Passport, everything a carer needs sits in a single place, so your Donskoy is looked after to the breeder's standard even when you are not in the room.