Fangs!
I’m seriesly thinking of getting a wee kitteh, but I’m afraid I need convincing that it’s the right thing at the right time. The pet deposit of $250 is the biggest hurdle, and I don’t want an older cat. I want a kitteh to lower my BP and give me lots of laughs!
It has been over 10 years since last I had a kitteh...tell me this is a good thing I’m contemplating.
I would beg you not to exclude older cats - they can be just as much funny goofballs as kittens. (Quick hug for my crew.) But yes, go for it!
Have a cat or 2. More fun than a barrel of monkeys. If you get two kittens, you can hear them run around and bump all night. :)
Yes, get a kitteh. Either a baby or an adult.
OMG Don’t wait any longer!!
Now is the time, now you are ready, now you will reap all the benefits of loving and serving a new kitten!!
We reluctantly agreed to provide a home for a cat about 19 months ago, CANNOT BELIEVE how much we have enjoyed and loved him!
Can’t tell you what to do, but all three of my cats were adults. Two were maybe a year or 2 old, but one cat, a stray, was estimated by the vet to be at least 10 years old. She was sickly and starving when I found her scrounging around for scraps from a garbage can on the property next door. I took her in, got her shots, fed her and loved her. She went from skin and bones to a big fluffy lovable cat. She lived six years — brief I know, but had I left her outside, she would have died a lot sooner. She was well worth saving.
Cats will lower your blood pressure and make you laugh, no matter what their age.
Just do it!
Over time the kitteh will convince you that you did the right thing.
We’re contemplating a next cat as well. My husband and I have both had cats all our lives, and the last of the three that we’ve had since marrying died last month.
We’re looking at adoption at one of the pet store chains, which usually offer cats from local rescue organizations. Though cats can possibly breed almost all year, you’re not going to find too many kittens at this point in the year. If you want a kitten, wait until late Spring through late Summer, when you’ll have lots to choose from.
If you go this route, pick your cat carefully; make sure it’s interested in human engagement, and BAR (bright, alert, responsive). Watch out for weepy eyes and ear or claw issues. Ask lots of questions about history, health issues, circumstances of rescue, etc. (There are people who actually specialize in adopting cats with health issues; but if you don’t have the funds or expertise to deal with this, you want to get the healthiest cat possible.)
In our area, the cost to adopt is $100 at most places; but they’ve already been spayed/neutered and had their health checks and shots; so you’re getting a bargain.
I’ve been waiting for the right time, as well; the last few years have been full of long old-age illnesses in our cats, and heartache, as we watched them go one after the other. But I’m thinking we’re almost ready. (Would like to find an “oreo” cat like our beloved Ellie Mae, RIP; the Best Cat Ever.)
(The pet stores make you fill out a long form about your home, your experience with cats, etc. And sometimes they ask if you would allow a “home inspection”. We always say no; we feel that’s too ‘busybody-intrusive’, and frankly our cats have been cared for in some ways better than the ones we see in the pet stores. Answering “no” has never impeded an adoption for us.)
And Please: keep your kitty an indoor kitty :-) If you get a kitten, it will probably have always been one anyway.
-JT
YES of course you should get a kitteh! Everyone should have one. :) Mine are second only to my family in my heart. They’ve been loyal, honest and hysterically funny, unlike some “friends” I’ve had along the way.
Re the timing: NOW is absolutely the time to get them. I’m involved with kitten rescue so I see this, and the shelters are STUFFED with kittens right now. Many shelters are literally giving away older kittens (over 4 months — still very playful!) and adult cats, or sometimes even little kittens. If you wait a month that won’t be true anymore. You should get one now! This weekend! Save a little life, and make yourself happy in the bargain. :)