WANTED: a kitten and kitten buying advice

[LastWerd]

Hello,

I have been thinking the past 4 months, and yes. I am happy at my home and with my family (bf and his cat), we are stable to raise another kitty.
I don't want a pure breed, I don't wanna hit up a pet shop. I found some online for under $100 which I can afford.

Anyone have any friends that need to get rid of kittens? i know it is close to kitty season, so thought I might ask.

What is a good age to addopt one at? 8 weeks old?

[clevich]

10 weeks. I can ask my aunt, their cat is on its 9th litter.... what a whore!

[Lil Jenna]

Why doesnt she get her cat fixed???


I wish I could help you out ! Life is so much better then you have pets :)

[LDUB]

I'm fairly biased but I say scrap the kitten and adopt an older cat!

www.meowaid.org

Any of them would love to join your family!

[BongMan]

my boss's cat is making kittens soon free if ya want one

[desiRAWR]

My sister's cat just had kittens about 2 weeks ago. They're not ready to be given away yet, but they will be free! She had 4 of them and I will get to see them for the first time this weekend:D.

[DJDeeb]

SPCA :y:

[prozac]

yes....SPCA is the way to go.

Think of this: if you get a free kitten it will cost you $200 to get it fixed and like $80 several times for its shots.

If you get an SPCA kitten, its $150, but it comes fixed and with its first shots. Mine even came with a free bag of food.

[g!ggles]

Yeah SPCA :) that is the way to go I highly agree. I got my kitty from there at 5 months and he was already fixed. Plus when you buy the cat they give you a free vet visit to any vet that you decide to take it too.

I only paid $90 for my kitty and I also got a free bag of food.

Plus when you go there you get to visit with all the other cute furry animals :)

[PwInCeSs]

Originally Posted by prozac

yes....SPCA is the way to go.

Think of this: if you get a free kitten it will cost you $200 to get it fixed and like $80 several times for its shots.

If you get an SPCA kitten, its $150, but it comes fixed and with its first shots. Mine even came with a free bag of food.

$200 umm it can be yes..
I agree with spca if they have kittens they dont always and some people do not want older cats. Although yes SPCA kittens come fixed OR you can get them fixed for free at the vancouver spca if they are still to small.

But if you dont get it from the SPCA and plan to still get him or her fixed you can still take it to there vet and its only about $60

Id look on the spca page and they will show you what they have at the spca.
Good luck :)

[Hero.Skye]

i couldve sworn that kittens like .. 8 years ago were $50 at the pet stores in the mall. Looks like high demand on these furry sons of bitches. I want one.

[beedub]

You can sometimes find interesting purebreds & crossbreeds at SPCA, nice cats of all types.

Occasionally people who are trying to breed cats give up, and pet stores go out of business & all the cats go to the SPCA.

[LastWerd]

there is the orphan kitty place, you get a cat with spay (jnthe future if too young) its tatoo and vaccination for $175! SUCH a GOOD DEAL. but its in Delta, too far!

I live downtown. I will pm some of you with kittens on the way. thank you :)

[TrixX]

Originally Posted by prozac

yes....SPCA is the way to go.

Think of this: if you get a free kitten it will cost you $200 to get it fixed and like $80 several times for its shots.

If you get an SPCA kitten, its $150, but it comes fixed and with its first shots. Mine even came with a free bag of food.

i agree on spca but the shots are $55 per time.......only two times. and spaying is only like $60(i just had my cat spayed a couple months ago)! so either way its around the same price! but you save a kitty :)

annnnnnnnd, the spca often does have kittens......you just need to check on the regular

kylee i rescued my kitty from someone that was gonna let them go wild :( as babies..........they would have starved

[LDUB]

Have you tried:

http://www.orphankittenrescue.com

[cubed]

^I helped raise a litter of kittens from there a few years back.

Great organization.

[normal josh]

cats smell

[LastWerd]

^ U Smell!

Originally Posted by LDUB

Have you tried:

http://www.orphankittenrescue.com

ya i checked it out, but I wanna get a kitty before it has to get shipped all around town to orphanages.

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by LastWerd

^ U Smell!



ya i checked it out, but I wanna get a kitty before it has to get shipped all around town to orphanages.

Just curious as to the reasoning behind this.

[krisamata]

my advice: buy a dog


haha

[beedub]

I know someone with a nice kittie available free,currently it stays in the laundry room of a motel. But ya gotta get the vet stuff done yourself. Really there's a never-ending supply of kittens & cats.

[Lucidfate]

hmmm, from what i've heard the SPCA in kalowna is where it's at, that where my 2 little dudes came from, though they do seem to have a little bitta ferral in them they're absolutely awesome, though they were $100 and too young to get shot(s) or fixed, but you can take em back to any SPCA as far as i know. besides save a kitty who's going to be 'destroyed' rather than one thats gonna grow up in a pet shop - well fed fat and lazy :P

[LastWerd]

Originally Posted by LDUB

Just curious as to the reasoning behind this.

Because you don't know what kind of house they are coming from. I want to meet the parents of the kitty and the person who was there from day one.

Don't get me wrong, the orphanages are great! And I am contemplating it, they are also really far from me and I do not drive, which brings up another problem.

honestly, as soon as I find the kitten I am looking for I will take him; itisnt a huge deal where he comes from.

Someone said endless supply of kittens, help! LOL, I am having a hard time finding them.. well getting ahold of people.

[LDUB]

Fair enough I suppose. I work at meowaid so I'm always curious as to what opinions are out there.

Personally I've found that a cats background as very little to due with the cats personality. Some that may have been abused etc. may require some extra time but their true personality always comes out. (good or bad)

Meowaid is in Kits and I think Orphan Kitty is as well so the distance thing shouldn't be an excuse!

Post pictures once you find him though!

[normal josh]

Originally Posted by LastWerd

blah blah blah...

i eat babies

YOUR EAT BABIES?!?!?!


and now you can a cat???


they smell...


p.s. you smell to!

and matty