Registration for the Bobtailed Original
The Pixiebob was developed in the Pacific Northwest as a bobtailed, often polydactyl cat with the look of a small wild bobcat and the temperament of a devoted dog. Your kitten should arrive with registration papers or a registration application and a lineage naming both parents and their lines, establishing its place in the recorded breed. Check that the documents describe this kitten — birth date, sex, colour and pattern — and keep any registry correspondence filed with them, because paperwork queries are always easier in the first months than years later.
Tail and Toes, Described Accurately
Pixiebob tails range from a very short bob to a few inches of tail, and extra toes are a celebrated, permitted feature rather than a fault. Ask the breeder to record your kitten's tail length and toe count in the handover notes, with a photograph. That description matters practically: your vet's records should match the cat, a future clinician examining the paws should know the extra toes are original equipment, and any discussion about the kitten's placement terms has a shared, written reference. Small accuracies at handover prevent large confusions later.
Vet Records for a Slow-Growing Kitten
Expect dated examinations, vaccinations given, and worming or other parasite care, with the kitten's weights if the breeder tracked them — especially useful here, because Pixiebobs mature slowly and a growth baseline helps your vet judge progress over the long kittenhood ahead. Microchip details, if a chip is implanted, should be written clearly for transfer into your name. Feeding guidance should be specific about food, amounts, and rhythm, and should prepare you honestly for the size this kitten is heading toward, so bowls, carriers, and expectations can grow with the cat.
Contract Terms and Breeder Promises
The contract should identify the kitten and parents, clarify pet versus breeding placement, set out any health guarantee and its conditions, and state what the breeder asks if you cannot keep the cat. Pixiebob breeders often stay in friendly contact — this is a breed whose owners swap stories for years — but friendliness is no substitute for writing: promised registration transfers or lineage copies belong in the agreement with a timeframe, and your messages about them belong in the kitten's file until the set is complete.
Parents and Screening Questions
Ask for the sire's and dam's registration details and whatever health screening the breeder can share, and ask how the lines behind your kitten have matured — adult sizes, temperaments, any health themes the breeder watches for. Meeting the mother, if possible, shows you the famous Pixiebob devotion first-hand and usually predicts your kitten's adult character better than any description. Write down what you learn at the visit, in your own words, and file the note behind the lineage where it will be found again.
Building the Big Cat's File at Home
Your first vet appointment adds an examination record, the vaccination plan, and confirmation the chip is registered to you; keep those with the lineage, tail and toe note, and feeding sheet as one growing file. A large, long-maturing cat will generate years of records, and order established early pays off at every later stage. Stored in KinsLe's Pet Passport, your Pixiebob's registration, growth record, and clinic history stay together in a single packet ready for any vet, sitter, or new home.