The questions families ask us most often before bringing a Russian Blue kitten home.
Price varies kitten to kitten based on coat quality, gender, and whether the kitten is sold on a pet or breeding contract. Rather than post a range that may not apply to the kitten you're interested in, we quote each one directly.
Whatever the price, every kitten goes home with:
Send us a message with the kitten you're interested in and we'll reply with current pricing.
Russian Blues produce less of the Fel d 1 protein than most other breeds — that's the protein most people with cat allergies actually react to. Households with mild allergies usually do well with them.
No cat is fully allergen-free though, so if your allergy is serious the safest approach is to spend time around a Russian Blue first. We're happy to set up a visit in Austin so you can see how you react before committing to a kitten.
Their dense double coat also tends to trap dander close to the skin instead of releasing it into the air, which helps too.
Most families come to Austin and pick up in person — it's the easiest option and there are no transport fees. For out-of-state homes there are three other ways to get your kitten home:
Whichever option you choose, the kitten travels with a vet-signed health certificate issued within 10 days of travel, a carrier, and a blanket with mom's scent.
Costs and timing for each option are on the shipping page.
Every kitten goes home with a written 2-year guarantee. In plain English, it covers life-threatening hereditary and congenital problems — things like:
Before going home each kitten has a full vet exam, age-appropriate vaccines, deworming, and a microchip.
We're also a phone call away after your kitten goes home — ask us anything, anytime. Full terms on the health guarantee page.
Kittens go home between 12 and 14 weeks. That's a few weeks later than some breeders allow, and the difference shows. Between eight and twelve weeks is when a kitten learns the most from its mother and littermates — bite inhibition, how to play, how to behave around other cats.
By the time yours leaves us:
The result is a kitten that settles into a new home a lot more smoothly than one sent home at eight weeks.
There are two ways in, depending on what's currently available:
For a kitten in the current litter. Applied to the final price.
For families whose timing doesn't line up with the current litter. Rolls into the $400 reservation when you pick a kitten from the next one.
How it usually goes:
Deposits are non-refundable but transferable to a kitten in a future litter if life gets in the way.
Generally, yes. They're a gentle breed and rarely react with claws or teeth — most will leave the room before they'd swipe at anyone. A few notes:
They tend to be shy with strangers at first and warm up over a few visits — that reservation is part of what makes them such steady indoor companions.
We feed a high-protein kitten food with a real meat as the first ingredient, plus a little wet food daily for hydration. Your kitten will go home with a small bag of what they're already eating so the switch to your preferred brand can happen gradually over a week or two.
A few things to look for on the label:
As adults they can put on weight if free-fed, so measured meals work better than leaving the bowl full. Specific brand recommendations are in the nutrition section of the blog.
No — it's a low-maintenance coat. The short, dense fur doesn't mat. A typical week looks like this:
They are fastidious self-groomers, so the silver sheen comes naturally — no special shampoos or coat sprays needed.
Russian Blues are easy to live with. If we had to describe the breed in five lines:
They notice changes in routine and don't love sudden chaos — a fairly steady home is where they're at their best.
Yes. By the time they leave us they've been using the box reliably for weeks. We use unscented clumping litter — using the same kind for the first couple of weeks at home avoids any confusion, and you can switch brands gradually after that.
A few setup notes that help:
Before going home, every kitten has been through the following:
Full vaccination records and the vet-signed health certificate go home with the kitten.
Still to come at your vet: a third FVRCP booster around 16 weeks and a rabies shot (legally required in most states). We send a schedule home so your vet knows exactly where to pick up.
Moderately active. They have bursts of energy and love wand toys, climbing, and laser pointers, but they sleep a lot too — 12 to 16 hours a day is normal for an adult.
What keeps them happy:
They're smart and get bored if everything stays in the same place for months. Switching toys around every few weeks costs nothing and keeps them interested.
Yes — they're well suited to apartments. A few reasons:
Add a cat tree or two wall shelves for some vertical room, a scratching post, and a daily play session and you're set.
Kept indoors and given normal preventative vet care, most Russian Blues live 15 to 20 years. Plenty make it into their early twenties. It's a hardy breed with relatively few hereditary problems compared to some other purebreds.
A few things that help them get there:
If something does come up that's covered by the 2-year guarantee, you have a written contract that lays out exactly what we'll do. And we're a phone call away long after the warranty period ends.
If your question isn't here, send us a message — we usually reply the same day.
