Investing 600 million for Miss Cat contest, thought it was a good bait but easily became disillusioned

In 2023, with a trickle of income, many people will even have to "suffer losses". Yet those who pursue the cat business share that they have not suffered too much impact on their business this year.

Ms. Vu Thuy Dung (31 years old, living in Hanoi), currently a Breeder (breeder) and owner of Monster Dioris Cattery in Dinh Bang, Tu Son, shared: "With the economic downturn, customers are also more cautious when dealing with cats. Spending, the number of customers looking to buy high-value cats is also small. However, in 2023, the average number of cats released from our farm each month is 3-5, of which we have sold more than 15 cats abroad. outside.

The general price on the international market for cats with normal color codes is about 3000-4000$ (about 73 million - 98 million VND) and the price is from 7000-15000$ (about 171 - 368 million VND) for cats with normal color codes. cats have rare genes and rare colors".

Ms. Vu Thuy Dung spent about 4 years learning and researching cat raising techniques. In the last three years, she started raising and breeding cats.

Currently, she is the owner of about 50 purebred Maine Coon cats (American long-haired cats).

Ms. Thuy Dung said that raising cats is a fate. Previously, when she was pregnant, she was stressed so the doctor advised her to raise an animal to create connection and she chose to raise a cat.

In recent years, she has brought cats to compete in many countries outside of Vietnam such as Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia and European countries.

"Raising cats for competitions requires training and creating a living environment for them to get used to crowds and noisy environments in order to be able to compete in shows. Nowadays, applying technology to raising and caring for cats makes raising cats easy. easier".

Ms. Dung shared that perhaps the most expensive but most profitable investment is letting cats go on shows. The cost for this is about 600 million/year for domestic and foreign shows. In return, when their cats win prizes, the value of that cat is increased many times over.

"Each time going to shows in other countries is an opportunity to exchange and promote Vietnamese cats to international friends and customers. The achievements that the cats achieve will confirm the quality of the breed, thereby improving it." valuable cats from my cat farm."

In 2023, our team brought cats to international arenas to attend the biggest Cat shows of the WCF (World Cat Federation) in Poland, Lithuania, Moscow, St.Petersburg, Thailand and the Philippines. And my family has two cats with prizes such as top 3 and top 11 Maine Coon in the World, WCF European Champion, WCF World Champion (the highest title of the WCF association)..." .

According to cat farm owners, the cat business has the ability to develop no less than other fields. "If every breeder cultivates knowledge, experience, and upgrades the standards of breeding facilities, in the future Vietnam's cat business can absolutely develop brilliantly, not inferior to countries like Thailand, Malaysia...".

No less than people who need to export abroad, exported cats also need to meet strict, even harsh, conditions.

Cat breeders for export said that initially, they must choose breeds with good genetic resources and apply appropriate care for breeding cats. At the same time, cats need to live in an environment with temperature and humidity suitable for each stage of development, with air conditioning in summer and heaters in winter.

The diet must also ensure quality and supplement the necessary micronutrients so that the cat can develop fully, have a good weight, have thick, beautiful fur, and be free of fungus.

In addition, each cat that is exported needs to be registered with the World Cat Federation to create a pedigree for the cat and have an identification chip attached. Even during the exit process, many cats have to transit through 1-2 intermediary countries before reaching their destination, and have to hire someone to fly with them to ensure there are no transportation problems.