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Either go to a local rescue centre or visit a reputable website like pets4homes.
Unless you want to go down the pedigree route? Then you need to look at respected breeders.
More helpfully, go to a rescue centre. If you're just interested in a general moggie, not a specific breed, there will be loads and loads and loads in rescue centres. Possibly not that many kittens, as they grow quickly, but it's far from impossible - we ended up with two, both rescues, at different points.
I went for a walk yesterday along Chichester canal and there was a sign on a post with a £500 reward for finding a lost kitten. Saw two separate groups looking for it in the bushes further along the path!
Id quite like a Russian blue but recon it would get stolen. Do cats get nicked?
I got my twin cats as 6 month olds, after they were abandoned in a box outside a pet grooming centre, and then shipped on to a rescue charity. Black cats are less popular so tend to be more common in centres, so please don't rule them out.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youWe have 2 rescue cats from a place near Croydon but Battersea Dog's Home, which is more central, also has cats and they will be checked, vaccinated, chipped etc for a small, nominal donation, but you are interviewed before they consider accepting you (probably the case at most places).
The point I'd like to make is that I think buying pedigree cats is a bit hit-and-miss. The breeder had obviously done some selective breeding but I wonder if it's really all that scientific. She made him generally calm around young children but terrified of bin bags. One cat lives healthily to the age of 15, albeit with a heart murmur and small ear canals, while the other one pegs it a couple of months after leaving the breeder's home.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Pretty much anything can get nicked these days But yes, cats do get nicked - posh/expensive/desirable breeds for sale and wotnot, and even moggies for unspeakable purposes. Same with dogs.
If you want a particular breed, research breeders and go for one who clearly takes the animal welfare seriously. Also, expect to have any reputable seller (breeder or rescue centre) to run some kind of checks on you to assess your suitability to own and care for a puddy tat.
CPL can be incredibly arsey about this (I have some friends who are excellent, excellent pet owners who the local CPL knocked back repeatedly because the person running it was, frankly, a frigging psycho) but that very much depends on the local people. We got ours from Wood Green animal shelter (which, bizarrely, is nowhere near Wood Green, but out in the wilds of Herts/Cambs borderlands) and from a private rescue in Harrow. They were perfectly reasonable about the whole checking process.
We got our two from rescue.
Their mum had already had a litter, then fell pregnant again straight away. When the 2nd litter were born the mum rejected them. They were all hand reared by vets so are extremely friendly, but very human reliant.
Local rescue is definitely the way to go.
I know someone who recently bought off Gumtree without knowing any better, and it was not a good experience.
Best of luck finding your new owner(s). You belong to your cats. They don't belong to you
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
my sister brought home a cat many years ago that was lovely. So affectionate and would follow me arou c all the time. Was a bit dopey but so gentle - never viscous at all.
Id love to get a cat with a similar temperament. Is there any knack to doing this or is it pot luck?
also, are they better alone or in twos?
happy to be checked, I’ve taken a year off work for personal reasons so would guess that me being permanently around would be beneficial!
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
He is great BUT they did tell me he was neutered when he wasn’t. We soon got that fixed though
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Oh,and grey (or blue) cats are awesome.This is our Frank,the leader if our clan.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you