Registering a litter

A litter can be registered through Omakissa / Mycats if:

• The breeder and the sire’s owner have Omakissa/Mycats credentials, valid memberships, and agreements in place.
• The litter’s date of birth is 3 months old or less. Litter registration must be completed within 3 months of the litter’s birth. If the kittens are registered after 3 months but before they turn 4 months old, the registration fee will be doubled. If registration exceeds 4 months, it must be done using paper forms and will go through RTK processing.
• Both parents are registered in the Finnish Cat Association’s registry and meet the registration requirements.
  • If any information is missing for either parent, such as mandatory health results, these must be updated before the pedigree registrar can approve the registration. Health results can be recorded in the cat’s profile under the Health Information section. The health results must be valid on the mating date.
• All owners of both parents have Omakissa /Mycats credentials.

Registration requires the sire’s owner’s approval, and a notification of the litter registration will be sent to all owners. Approval must be given within 7 days. Breeders are encouraged to contact the sire’s owners to ensure timely approval.

• • • If the sire has more than one owner, approval from one owner is sufficient. All owners will receive a notification of the registration via email.
    • If any owner does not have Omakissa credentials, the registration must be done using the traditional paper mating certificate.
    • Special permission litters are also registered using the paper mating certificate.
    • None of the parents’ owners may have an active ban. Additionally, monitored breeding and breeding program restrictions will block electronic registration. In these cases, registration must be handled using a paper mating certificate.

After the registration, it is possible to order a printed registration certificate for the litter or individual kittens. Instructions for ordering can be found here.

Tip! Do not delay the electronic registration! You can start the registration right after the litter has born. Then you will also have a lot time to check all health certificates. MyCats can also deny the electronic registration for some specific reason and when starting it at early point you will have time to make the registration via paper form. Registration that is in progress can be accessed at any time in Cattery name – tab. Registration that is in progress is shown in the litter list with status Open. Litter details can be modified by clicking the Review-link.

1. Open the cat’s details, for which you want to register a litter
2. Search the litter’s sire by writing the name of the cat, register number or it’s beginning to search field and press the Search – button.
3. Choose the correct sire from search results by clicking the Register – button in the right corner.
4. Fill in the mating date, litter’s birthdate and information if the litter was born by caesarean section. In text field you can additional information for registrar.
5. If the combination does not meet the registration conditions or regular health results are missing, system will give a notification after you have pressed the Save –button.
   • If it is registration that is contrary to regulations, e.g. too close relationship, registration will be suspended
   • If system will give notification about missing information, the registration can be continued after the missing information has been provided for registrar
6. Add all the kittens one by one with Add kitten –button. All fields marked with start are mandatory.
   • If the breeder wants to set the kitten to breeding restriction (In pedigree book: ”Not for breeding, breeders decision”), breeding restriction is added by giving the reason “Breeders decision” from the drop down menu. In this case the reason needs to be filled in the text field.
   • Note! Phenotype is filled ONLY, when its divergent from genotype, in default this field is left blank
7. When all the kittens have been added. Press the Accept kittens and move to payment.
8. Then the registration confirmation will appear on the page. Check the litter information and if there is no correction, press Confirm Registration.
9. On the opening page you will see a litter registration invoice. Pay your registration with the information on the invoice, do not change your invoice details. You find your litter registration invoice also on your invoice tab.
10. After signing it ready, the registration will be send for sire’s owner for approval
    • When sire’s owner has approved the registration, the registration will be processed by the registrar.