So. Kittens. Where to get one?

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  • jonevejoneve Frets: 1467
    Also, consider getting a dog. Because cats are bastards. :)
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  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 33725
    terada said:
     never viscous at all. 
    Err....


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  • Axe_meisterAxe_meister Frets: 4612
    When checking a litter spend some time watching them, but don't initially reach out to them. After a while put your hand in the pen and wait for a kitten to come to you. And see what it's reaction is. It will generally be the bolder and least scared cat. If it runs itself against you then that is the one.

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  • CorvusCorvus Frets: 2924
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    You won't be able to choose colour but I'd also say rescue homes. They won't always have kittens - after Xmas is boom time when m*therf*ckers dump them on the street as unwanted presents.

    This is in Kensal Green, bound to be others - https://www.themayhew.org

    We did get a kitten from there. She was the last of a rescue, a couple before us took the last-but-one. As they got into their car they thought they'd open the box and take a look. Kitty legged it. They came to ask if they could have another one!

    I digress. But cats are good. Good luck with the search.


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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 26742
    +1 on the rescue thing.

    If you really want to spend money but still get the warm-fuzzies that come from doing a good thing, i can get you a pure-bred Arabian Mau rescued from the streets of Abu Dhabi and shipped to your door for about £1k. Massively loyal, super friendly and stupidly big ears :)
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  • JAYJOJAYJO Frets: 1526
    I was given a kitten. what a bloody PALAVER!
    Me mother (God rest her soul) let her big gob run away with her while she was in the hairdressers.
    Decided i would like a kitten so she accepted one on my behalf(it wasn't getting in her house) The Last one (The one nobody wanted)
    It had fleas and we had to feed it with a sponge thingy magig because its mother didn't. ahhhhhhh. 
    Any way a couple of weeks of playing hide and seek later i come home from work and part of its eye is hanging down on its face! Couldn't believe it. wtf is that about. Took it the vet. £60 for Gas and £15 for cardboard box to take it home in (nope not dead it was still alive minus some fur) Vet says Hes going to need an operation!  He!! we were told He was a She when we got lumbered with Him. est cost  £400 to £600.  
    Not on my watch Matey boy!
    Rang me mother (God rest her soul) and told her That her cat needed an operation. Good enough she took it to the PDSA. For a voluntary donation of £100 they put it right. (fantastic place).
    We Took Sweep! our one eyed cat home and he continued to be a massive pain. Chewed the hall and stairs carpet to tatters,battered next doors 2 cats, He would actually go in their house of a night and eat there food and get his head down there ( right little bully). Neighbour said he was banging his cats on the back yard wall and they're Toms!.
    Unfortunately for Sweep  he wasn't quick enough to dodge the traffic at the bottom of our street and we Drove past him on our way to work splattered on the road. 
    The Mrs was upset and made me ring the council to confirm if the dead cat at the bottom of our street was a one eyed cat as ours looks similar. There was nothing left of it to look at unfortunately but it was Sweep.
    I took the Mrs to the rescue centre to pick another one but we were turned down for a cat because of the road at the bottom of our street .  Result!.
    Moral of the story. Learn to cut hair and do a Blue Rinse.
     
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 71950
    Cat rescue *only*.

    I love cats, but there are more than enough domestic cats in the world already, and if you pay a breeder you're just adding to the problem, as well as quite possibly contributing to animal welfare issues.

    Don't get hung up on what breed you want, the right cat will pick you and not the other way round.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • CirrusCirrus Frets: 8481
    When checking a litter spend some time watching them, but don't initially reach out to them. After a while put your hand in the pen and wait for a kitten to come to you. And see what it's reaction is. It will generally be the bolder and least scared cat. If it runs itself against you then that is the one.

    Assuming that's the temperament you want!

    Our cat Nina was born on the streets and wasn't picked up until near the end of the narrow window that kittens can be socialized. Her mum and brother were rehomed before she was, then Nina was rehomed and returned to Cat's Protection because the owners thought they'd not been given the cat they reserved.

    When we first saw her at 9 months old at our local Cat's Protection, she just sat in her lonely box and stared warily at us. Honestly, I wouldn't have picked her as I worked my way along the corridor of friendly cats. But my wife saw something in Nina and I wasn't in the mood to argue.  :o   Nina was so under-socialised she didn't even know how to play, and she was so scared of us she spent the first few weeks hiding.

    Owning her has been one of the most rewarding thing I've ever done. She's a beautiful soul - affectionate, sociable and clever - and I get the sense that she doesn't take having a loving family for granted. These days she's a happy 6 year old adult cat, and knowing where she started from and that we were able to give her a home fills me with pride.

    We have another rescue, who was around a year old when we took her in and had already had a litter of kittens. Her name's Tallie. The first time we saw her in the cat sanctuary, she climbed up into our arms, onto our shoulders and gave us kisses on our lips and noses. She's an absolute angel too. But you can tell she *needs* human interaction, cuddles, conversations much more than Nina, and when we leave her for a couple of nights it takes her a few days to settle down again afterwards - she gets very clingy and meows a lot. We think she remembers what it was like to live feral and have to support kittens, and gets anxious when her safe daily routine changes.


    Anyway, I agree with everyone who says to go for rescue cats. They know and appreciate that they've been given a chance at a comfortable life, and god knows there's enough cats already out there to go around, without creating demand for new ones.
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  • rsvmarkrsvmark Frets: 1373
    Agreed rescue centre. We got our Lottie and Eddie, a Mum and son combo and they are totally an integral part of our family
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  • WezVWezV Frets: 16541
    One of our plain black moggies had some beautiful kittens.  


    2 which a vet mistook for pure bred Burmese.  1 which was black at the front and faded to mid brown at the back.... and the last one was light grey with a white belly and paws just like Tom & Jerry.

    our cat clearly had good taste. 

    We have only only ever had rescue cats.  I would take them over a breed any day

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  • teradaterada Frets: 5113
    octatonic said:
    terada said:
     never viscous at all. 
    Err....



    love this! serves me right for posting from my phone!
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