Should I disregard my initial cat breed preference and just get a kitten at the best price?

[AdamK47]

So keep your gerbil in your ass at all times?

Whatever keeps it away from an incinerator.

 

[highland145]

I'll do more research, I wont take adopting out of the equation. If I could adopt a kitten, that be awesome. I want to see something I raise grow

And have to listen to your music? How about a blind, deaf warble?



Has your roommate survived his cancer treatments?

 

[highland145]

You should spend time with your gerbil. Gerbils are very intelligent and affectionate creatures with reciprocal love that bonds the owner to the pet. Gerbils have truly deep feelings for their owner with a tight bond that is nearly unbreakable. They feel love more deeply than any other domesticated pet. Studies have shown that gerbils suffer deep depression when separated from their human counterpart.

Wait, didn't the roomy toss it in the trash? Or am I behind the times?

 

[sdifox]

Whatever keeps it away from an incinerator.

Better idea, don't have roomates.

 

[Paladin3]

Buying a cat for it's looks or breed is a mistake, IMHO. Many animals are heavily inbred to get to that "perfect" specimen of the breed. We've always adopted based on the personality of the cat/kitten and had good luck. So, if you want a kitten hit up the local shelter. Near me we have a no-kill shelter where kittens are only like $25 or 2/$40 and there are tons of cute, well socialized ones available this time of year.

Kittens are easy to raise and will bond with a person if you give them enough attention when they are young. You'll also have 3-6 months of the cat scratching you as it learns how to climb into your lap without clawing a red line across your leg. And if you have good furniture you need to treat it with a no-scratch spray and make sure the cat is taught to direct its clawing at a scratching posts. And declawing a cat is a colossal dick move.

Also, if you are struggling to afford the animal you want, think long and hard about being able to afford mundane costs like food, litter, toys, flea meds, vitamins, pet deposits and such. Then think about what would happen if you have to take your cat to a vet and pay for that. And realize any kitten you adopt will be a 10-12+ year commitment. No heading out of town for a few weeks unless you take your cat with you or have someone to take care of it. A weekend away is okay if you leave enough food, water and litter down for it. Then there is the entire debate of having a strictly indoor cat or allow it to go outdoors and hunt like it will naturally want to do. All of my cats are indoor/outdoor and I worry about them when they go outdoors at night to hunt. If I don't allow them outdoors they will sit and cry at the door and get very distressed over being kept completely indoors.

Above all, if you do adopt, be dedicated to keeping the cat for the entirety of it's lifespan. Otherwise, just don't. Sounds like a pain, but it's totally worth it to me to have the bond and animal companionship of my two cats. We've had as many as four cats in our lives at one time, but it's just me and my youngest at home now.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

ASPCA says indoor-only.

 

[zinfamous]

Wait, didn't the roomy toss it in the trash? Or am I behind the times?

yeah, it was the trash. OP thought the trash chute in their apartment was an incinerator....because OP.

 

[lxskllr]

ASPCA says indoor-only.

Outdoor kitties become flat kitties. Not much you can do with a cat that's spent time outside, but if they never go out, they don't miss it.

 

[MrSquished]

Adopt bro, you'll feel warm and fuzzy inside knowing you saved a life. It's true what everyone is saying.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Outdoor kitties become flat kitties. Not much you can do with a cat that's spent time outside, but if they never go out, they don't miss it.

Even cats that have spent most of their time as outdoor cats can become 100% indoor with a bit of work. And they will live so much longer for it.

 

[who?]

My mother's cat is an outdoor cat and we can't imagine how many more birds and squirrels would be alive if not for her.

 

[Darwin333]

Entirely depends on how gay you are, without that info no one can give you an informed opinion.

 

[Darwin333]

So keep your gerbil in your ass at all times?

Except when his boyfriend used a lighter to see the gerbil in his ass that one fateful time. I doubt you have heard the story but it didn't work out well for any of the parties involved.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'd go for a rescue. My current cat was bred by my vet so that kinda goes against my own advice, but if I was to do it over again I would go with a rescue. Heck I'm sure you can tell the shelter you want a certain breed and they'll call you if one comes in. Also shelters do get kittens, so if you want a kitten they'll probably have some. Some get abandoned etc so technically it's not even "preowned".

When my cat passes on I'll definitely get another at the shelter. Maybe even two. I don't want a second one now, my cat has always been the only cat so I think it would stress her to bring another one.

Think my next cat might be a ginger, given I'm a ginger myself.

(I like how these posts sound like we're talking about cars. lol)

 

[Naer]

pet smart's have adoption centers, might try that

 

[evident]

I think everyone should get a rescue cat/dog but at the same time I think breeders, and especially reputable cat breeders play a huge role in breeding cats with traits that humans desire in cats as pets. Cats are still much more wild than dogs, as they have been domesticated by breeders since forever. it's only been recently that cats have been breed for their personality and their positive traits as human pets. you guys can probably tell that I am biased. I went to a great breeder and have two ragdoll cats that are awesome.

 

[sdifox]

Except when his boyfriend used a lighter to see the gerbil in his ass that one fateful time. I doubt you have heard the story but it didn't work out well for any of the parties involved.

Saw the liveleak

 

[Thebobo]

Why not pre-owned? New cats lose 30% of their value when you take them off the lot.

Yes they do.

 

[Perknose]

My two cats, Moon and Pye, heretofore known as the MoonPye Cat Collective, have some pointed advice for you, sir:

You, yourself, are a prime example of inbreeding -- the result being an unlovely personality undergirding an ongoing series of odd and annoying behaviors. Don't make the same mistake your parents -- obvious siblings -- made when they created you. Go for the incipient sanity of a wider gene pool.

Trust me. No one wants a feline Naer pissing on their carpet. No one, including you. Don't believe me? Ask yourself the following question, "If I were someone else, someone perhaps less surpassingly odd, would I chose myself for a roommate and/or a pet?"

Admit it. You wouldn't.

Three are hundreds of thousands of cats and kittens in desperate need of a home . . . so desperate that it will take them years to realize just how emotionally stunted you are. By that time, you two will have bonded, anyway, and you will, with this one small act of rescue, have made the world just a tiny bit better.

It's your one chance to do something good and right, Chief.

Don't f*cking blow it.

 

[Perknose]

Saw the liveleak

Is that a pun?

 

[Thebobo]

Ask around for that idiot friend of yours that forgot to get their cat fixed and when they have babies grab one young, Whatever it looks like you'll fall in love.

I have a 5 year old I think I might want another

 

[ewdotson]

http://www.breakingcatnews.com/breaking-cat-news-special-report-shelter-cats/

 

[Genx87]

My first gut choice is main ************, but they are pricey so I've heard

Would my experience with a kitten and until it grows be based on randomized individual DNA and not based upon the characteristics tied to a cat "breed" ? Maine coons are thought to be friendlier than other breeds so I've read

If this is the case, I might get get the kitten at the lowest price which appeals to my standard of aesthetics

THis thread is for entertainment. Tbh I'll prob end up getting a Maine ************ or Norwegian Forrest cat regardless of price. I don't have to maintain a car or house. I have very little subscriptions to anything, barely buy anything from Amazon these days. I think I can find the funds

Thoughts?

Maine Coons make great cats. But I worry you are putting too much into the look of the cat. You need to find a pet that will bond with you. And that will most likely require not getting a cat based on its looks.

 

[sdifox]

Is that a pun?

It's a joke...

 

[DietDrThunder]

My first gut choice is main ************, but they are pricey so I've heard

Would my experience with a kitten and until it grows be based on randomized individual DNA and not based upon the characteristics tied to a cat "breed" ? Maine coons are thought to be friendlier than other breeds so I've read

If this is the case, I might get get the kitten at the lowest price which appeals to my standard of aesthetics

THis thread is for entertainment. Tbh I'll prob end up getting a Maine ************ or Norwegian Forrest cat regardless of price. I don't have to maintain a car or house. I have very little subscriptions to anything, barely buy anything from Amazon these days. I think I can find the funds

Thoughts?

I am not a cat person but that is an awesome looking cat. Even though you say it is a friendlier breed, it looks like it could kick some serious ass. Just for the fear factor of your friends alone would be worth getting one. Upon seeing this cat, an intruder in your home might well leave. Any audio on the depth of its purr or growl?