Weepurrs Cattery - Phyllis Mikesell Sick Ragdolls Sold in Kitten Mill - Refund Policy Not Honoured Calgary Alberta

I suggest you contact the City Alderman for the area in which this person is operating. I live in Calgary and have had good success with getting help on a couple issues from my Alderman. Just google the Alderman's name along with Calgary. Most of them have a website where you can send them an email. Good Luck.

This Phyllis jerk sounds like a real tool! You're right, why on earth would someone with SO much bad publicity already just pile it on more and more? She obviously doesn't know how to operate a proper breeding "business" nor does she understand how to be professional.

I hope that everyone whom she's defrauded SUES HER ANIMAL-ABUSING A$$ OFF. The only way to stop idiots like this is to get the word out!

So Phyllis called me at work to threaten me. She told me to drop our small claim's lawsuit against her that we have already served her with or she would print all our emails and show my boss them and tell them I was shopping for a cat at work. She didn't give me a chance to say reply as she hung up on me as soon as I started to say this but I surf the net/email, etc. on my lunch hour or on my breaks and that is my time to do whatever I want, when ever I want throughout the day using my time, so her threat doesn't work with me. Well what she doesn't know is I have told my boss all about her and her threats. Why would someone who is claiming innocence try to threaten me to drop the lawsuit that just screams - GUILTY. Is that not a crime to blackmail someone, hum?

She said she saw my posting and told me to check with Canada post regarding the cheque we mailed, I said I did and the cheque was delivered right to her doorstep. How can she deny It, I sent her the print out via email from Canada Post saying it was delivered. She was going to return it until she saw my posting here on ripoff report. If she wants me to drop the lawsuit wouldn't it make sense for her just to mail it back, like hello??? Unless she destroyed it? Why not make life simple for yourself. I will not stop until justice is served. She has the nerve to call me a scam artist, funny I don't see my names splashed across a bunch of websites saying so but I do she her name. Do not scam me, where are your ethics, where is your honour, where is your heart as a human being?

Also why would someone who already has so much bad publicity regarding their business, so many bad websites, so many complaints and such a bad reputation among all her peers and other breeders want more? I just can't figure it out.

So Phyllis called me at work to threaten me. She told me to drop our small claim's lawsuit against her that we have already served her with or she would print all our emails and show my boss them and tell her I was shopping for a cat at work. She didn't give me a chance to say it as she hung up on me as soon as I started to say this but I surf the net on my lunch hour or on my breaks and that is my time to do whatever I want, when ever I want throughout the day using my time, so her threat doesn't work with me. Well what she doesn't know is I have told my boss all about her and her threats. Why would someone who is claiming innocence trying to threaten me to drop the lawsuit that just screams - GUILTY. Is that not a crime to blackmail someone, hum?

She said she saw my posting and told me to check with Canada post regarding the cheque we mailed, I said I did and the cheque was delivered to her. How can she deny it I sent her the print out via email from Canada Post saying it was delivered. So don't lie to me. If she wants me to drop the lawsuit wouldn't it make sense for her just to mail it back, like hello??? Unless she destroyed it. Why not make life simple for yourself. I will not stop until justice is served. She has the nerve to call me a scam artist, funny I don't' see my names splashed across a bunch of websites saying so but I do she her name. Do not scam me, where are you ethics, where is your honour, where is your heart as a human being?

Also why would someone who already has so much bad publicity regarding their business, so many bad websites, so many complaints and such a bad reputation among all her peers and other breeders want more? I just can't figure it out.

Sorry Phyllis originally said she would return our money after we had cancelled our order but now is now saying she won't return our $500.00 certified cheque which was received as per our Canada Post tracking number.

She saw my posting here about being worried about her sending it back and was extremely upset. I guess I was right to be worried, I told her I would say something to retract the posting as I was not allowed to have it removed. That I guess was not good enough and I can't for the life of me understand why someone with all this bad publicity would want more. All she had to do was mail back our cheque C.O.D. Its like she enjoys hurting people. I apologized to her also.

Seriously I have read and researched this person extensively and there are many, many, many stories, postings and websites. If we could all band together and try to put this woman out of business we may have a chance. But how do we all contact eachother?? I guess we shouldn't post and email.

This Phyllis woman emailed me and threatened me after I emailed her the canada post confirmation of delivery and told her I would take her to court if she would not mail back our cheque. She said and these are her extact words: "Keep messing with me and I'l show up at your door in person ! This is a promise."

I have so much to write but I will start with this.

Thanks.

I just about was going to buy a kitten from this lady as well, I had a phone conversation with her, and she was trying to push a pregnant cat on me for 1000.00 and the male kitten for 1000.00 so then I would be able to bred and get my money back, I was a little surprized buy how she was willing to put these cats on a plane and send them to me without even knowing my last name, I felt this was very fishy, so I typed her name in a google search and wow...this lady should be shut down, as much as I really want a kitty, I will not purchase from her, thank you again for posting this info.

I would just like to say sorry for overreacting as we are fully expecting Phyllis to send back our 500.00 cheque.

Even if you didn't get a receipt you should have been given papers, and had them dated. This proves that you purchased the cat from her. If you have vet bills which show medically speaking your cat wasn't healthy, and since it's the following day, I believe you have a case which you can take to a court of law.

I would suggest you ignore Betty. She has no clue. I have a rip off report filed on this site for pizza pizza, and I remember their lawyer commenting about my posting on this consumer site, because I sent them the link so they would see it. The judge didn't care and didn't want to hear it. I won my case.

Betty. You aren't a lawyer and I really doubt you know anything about how a court works. I'd be surprised if you've ever been in one presenting your own case and winning. So what makes you think you have good legal advice? I'm sure I'm not the only person here thinking, what the heck does a cat breeder know about this stuff.

liesl doesn't have to send the breeder anything, she doesn't even have to really try and resolve things with her -- but the breeders lack of communication over phone is certainly enough to convince the judge that at least she made an effort and her case looks a little better because of it. The only thing she has to send the breeder are lawsuit papers. I'd suggest paying a legal professional to serve the breeder, don't take the cheap route in court because you'll be-able to penalize her more. Pay a lawyer to represent you if you can afford it, you'll get that money back.

Betty -- honestly I don't know why a breeder such as yourself would be defending a lady that is so obviously conducting bad business. And I rather dislike how you so as a matter factedly behave as though you understand the said disease. Again you're not a biologist you just stick two cats together and watch them F*?K and have babies. You're a gloried animal babysitter, nothing more.

In reference to your comments about the disease, what you don't understand is FIV is contageous, so how on earth do you suppose it's a natural mutation when the more likely answer is the breeder in operating her business behaved in an ignorant fashion towards the disease? If she were a good, confident breeder people would be seeing her facilities, which they apparently are not.

do you want to deal with this lady once and for all? Pay a vet to pretend buying a cat from her and not buy one, just to go there and do a surprise health inspection. If you have it done well enough it could be possible for the vet to take blood samples from a few kittens without her even noticing. Maybe a vet would do it free if you show her yours and other people's horror stories. This lady needs to go to jail for animal abuse.

I just found all this information and have already sent a certified cheque to this lady and I don't know if she will send it back. We can't cancel the cheque through the bank or get it back from Canada post, please help me.

BLD

I nearly purchased a cat from this cattery, and I'm so grateful that I've read all that's been posted on here. I have been in contact with Phyllis and was just about to set up a time/date to buy a cat (a persian/ragdoll cross. I'm saddened that I've read so many reports about devastasted customers who have purchased unhealthy kittens from this breeder. It sickens me that this cattery is promoting sickness and disease in innocent animals. This sounds like a low-end kitten mill to me, (12 breeding cats in one room? Filthy) and I hope Phyllis is stopped soon. Thank you for informing the public and from stopping me from making a terrible mistake and supporting this horrible operation.

Similar experience here with Phyllis, I just purchased a kitten from her on June 18, 2005. I took him (Victor) to the vets the very next day and found he had an upper respretory infection.
When I had contacted Phyllis and told her I took my kitten to the vets she was rather upset with me... I asked her if she was going to help me, she said "Oh yeah, just send me all of your vet bills" I asked her if she would help and the response that I got was sarcastic, she then called me a B*%#@ and hung up on me...I have seen Weepurrs being reported on other sites - not just this one!!....please do not promote her business by buying a kitten from her...
I too have reported to the SPCA and any and all of her other affiliations.
Why anyone would defend her is beyond me...if she is in the right why has she not defended her side??
If you do defend her it makes me question your morals and values...I would hate to see how you treat your animals and I would never be a client of your business...if you own one!
If anyone does want to pursue her in court let me know - I would join you in this fight both monitary and effort wise.

I am not defending Phyllis. I am not attacking Zizzo. (Which is more than Zizzo can say. I at least tell the truth.)

I gave you the best advice possible to resolve this: Send a registered letter to the breeder WITH all your evidence, including the alter papers. Only then will you resolve this. If she refuses to pick up the letter, or refuses delivery, then it is a mark in your favour.

Nothing you have done so far, has done anything for your case. In fact, you are undermining yourself by your Internet crusade to smear her name.

Rumour and innuendo is just that. You have no proof that her cats are kept in unclean conditions, and neither does the SPCA who were called so suspiciously.

Get over the fact that you cannot drag her down into the dirt with you, and go about resolving your problem through the proper channels.

This is becoming a bit like the Jerry Springer show, but I'll bite.

You tell ME to get the facts straight? Haven't you read everything that I written in my postings? If Phyllis Mikesell refuses to answer my phone calls or emails, what in the world makes you think that she will open mail from me? That's almost laughable. As I said several times, I gave her PLENTY of opportunity to contact me - she has all my numbers. If she had true concern for the kitten she would have called me right away. From what I know of this woman (and you obviously know absolutely nothing about her) she has zero ethics and will have to answer for her actions. Whether it is in court, or with TICA, CFA et al. remains to be seen. And believe me, I know exactly what the judge would think of Phyllis.

You talk about wondering what my motives are... good question! Why in the world would I want to bring all this upset into my and my family's life if there wasn't a real good reason? Do you think I just made this up and targeted poor Phyllis because I saw an ad in the paper for ragdolls and thought... mmm... that looks like an evil person - let's make her life miserable? You must be deluded. You make Rose Marie sound like some kind of freak but really, Betty, take a look at yourself. You seem to be on some sort of crusade yourself and I can't for the life of me figure out what YOUR motives are.

If you had any idea what this woman has done you will hang your head in shame for trying to defend her.

And if this is some personal vendetta you have against Rose Marie Zizzo or whatever her name is, post your own complaint. This space is reserved for Phyllis Mikesell and Weepurrs, and the purpose of it is to defend animals, not people like Phyllis. Shame on you.

I do not represent any organization. I represent myself and those interested in seeing that the public is no longer mislead and defrauded by Rosemarie Zizzo and the tactics that she encourages people to use.

Your vet has notes that the breeder will not speak to you, only because that is what you have told them. It proves nothing. But your posts all over the Internet, are indeed considered libel in Canada, and you can be prosecuted for such if Mikesell decides to proceed in that directions.

You are asking for things from her, without providing anything, including vet reports, and your address, as well as the cat's alter papers.
Only when she receives those, will there be any chance of you resolving this.

Plastering this story all over the internet does nothing for your cause at all, and in fact, will make you look like the agressor in a court of law. The first question they will ask, is why you did not follow the proper procedure of presenting your evidence and asking for a refund/replacement. You know where to send the documents. The fact that you don't do it, does not speak well for your motives.

This posting has nothing to do with Rose Marie - she did forward this web site to me, as well as addresses for TICA and CFA with whom I am also filing complaints, when she read a posting I made on Google regarding Phyllis Mikesell and Weepurrs. If Rose Marie is using this as a vehicle for her own purposes I have no control over that. I have never heard of this woman before and if she has done anything illegal or immoral in the past, it doesn't concern this particular case in the least.

The reason that I have not sent the vet bills and medical records to Phyllis Mikesell is because she refuses to speak to me. I gave her ample opportunity to contact me and discuss this like civil people, but she chose to ignore my countless emails and voicemails, and had her little daughter tell me several time on the phone that her mother was not home.

I took Simon to the vet the day after I purchased him from Phyllis. He was thin, his fur was straggly and he was sneezing/coughing. Phyllis told me when I picked him up that he was thin because there was a lot of competition for food, and that kittens sneeze when they are nervous. The initial vet visit didn't tell much because he had been thoroughly washed and his ears were cleaned out, so much that he developed an ear infection a couple of days later. When the blood tests came in the vet recommended that I take the cat back to the breeder. The vet's notes continue to show that the breeder would not contact me. Tests were done on his blood protein levels, and then coronavirus titers were done. Although both vets confirmed that there is no definitive test for FIP, all the levels indicated that he has it. The latest test show troubling levels of enzymes in his liver and the doctors are not hopeful that he will survive. I have records of all Simon's vet visits.

I have to wonder why Betty defends this woman so vehemently since Betty herself represents a local breeders organization. Should she not be first and foremost concerned about the welfare of the animals in Phyllis' care? Perhaps she is just trying to be completely objective, which is fair enough, and it sounds like Rose Marie's role in sending me this URL may have created doubt over the integrity of this report. Even if the kitten does NOT have FIP (and two vets have both told me that as far as they can tell, all the evidence supports that he does) the fact remains that I have a very sick kitten that I paid $600 for with a "health guarantee" and when I tried to contact the breeder to ask about it, I was ignored. I have been contact by several people across western Canada in response to my posts and all have horror stories to tell about their experiences with Phyllis. The stories can be supported by affidavits if required.

There is no point in this posting other than to warn others not to make the same mistake I made. If you buy a kitten from her, INSIST in seeing the basement where the cats are kept. Insist on seeing both the mother and father, get a receipt and a sales contract. If everything is in order, you shouldn't have any problem.

I hope this forum is not going to be used as a go-between amongst me, Betty and Phyllis. If Phyllis wants to defend herself she should act like a business person and phone me herself, which is what I tried very hard to do right from the beginning. I forewarned her that if I did not hear from her, that I would be making this public. So in reality, she has brought this upon herself.

Liesl may or may not have a valid case. The breeder and she present different stories. The fact that it has been posted here, was encouraged by the pseudo-president of the fraudulent organization known as the Pedigree Cat BReeder's Society.Organization.

Both Liesl and her vet need to get some facts straight. There is NO way to avoid FIP. The mutation of the common feline enteric corona virus can happen to any cat, anywhere, anytime. The world congress two years ago, still has not come up with an answer as to why some cats mutate the virus and some don't.

It is irresponsible of the vet to put a diagnosis on a cat without proof. And there is no definitive proof of FIP, except on post mortem.

To date, the breeder has not receive any veterinary papers from the buyer, proving this cat is sick.

Both parties need to follow proper procedure to resolve this dispute.

I believe that if this person is selling sick companion animals, not having the animals treated and not preventing illnesses that could be prevented, is should be considered abuse.

I am the person who originally filed this report. I want to make it clear that no animal abuse has been proven. (I filed it in this category because it was the closest thing I could find.)

I DID find the smell of the house extremely offensive (very strong cat urine odour)and this is NOT NORMAL for a high quality cattery.

The disease (FIP) that my cat has been diagnosed with is completely preventable and the fact that the cat has it, in my vet's opinion, is because the breeder cut corners and didn't take the appropriate precautions. The little kitten will most likely die of this disease, as most cats with FIP do. It is usually a painful death as fluid builds up around the organs, sometimes leading to heart failure. Other symptoms the kitten has that I deal with on a daily basis are sneezing, hacking cough, and diarrhea, which I clean from the carpets almost every day. He has also had two bad ear infections because his immune system is so weak.

Nobody I talked to has ever seen the area where she keeps the cats, but Phyllis told a client that she keeps TWELVE breeding cats there at the same time. I personally believe this to be cruel to animals, as I can't imagine having that many queens, studs, and kittens in the basement of a house that can't be more than 1500 square feet.

So I guess ripoffreport.com is not the only people getting sued. Phyllis Mikesell is threatening to sue me for slander for posting the FACTS of this case on the Internet. I told her I can't wait to appear in court with a counter-sue and use all the evidence I have to get back the $1000 that I have spent on this kitten so far.

The local breeders assocations, SPCA, and veterinarians are all behind me, and I am confident that Phyllis Mikesell will be shown for the person that she truly is.

Any additional information that can be provided by past clients or aquaintances of this woman is most welcome. Your identity can be kept confidential, and I completely understand that, because this woman can be very intimidating.

Thank you.