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I'm going to get a kitty, recommend me some breeds!

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It's going to be an in-door and de-clawed cat. So having said that what's good? I was looking at a Ragdoll possibly, but want other options.
 
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I'm a big fan of Persians....(biased because I grew up with them as family pets, but still!)
 
Persians are some of the ugliest cats possible.

Having had many cats in my lifetime I can say the smartest and healthiest are always mix breeds. You can't go wrong with a Main Coone, though. <3
 
Don't declaw your cat, that's cruel. Hell, a lot of vets won't do it anymore. The most they'll do is trim the claws extremely short.

Go for a tabby :)
 
Breed schmeed. Rescue a mixed breed from the local animal shelter. F'rinstance, how could you deny Butters the Cat?

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Breeds for cats are eh. Cats are cats. I had one kitten who was part siamese(but not siamese, something similiar) and she was adorable, but insanely jealous.
 
I have two Himalayans (Persians). A girl and a boy. Persians are the best cats I've ever had. The boy can never get enough attention. He's ALWAYS following someone around the house walking between and rubbing against their legs. If you walk into the room he'll run at you and cry to be picked up. If he feels his sister is getting too much attention he'll chase her out of the room. He's an attention whore. The girl is also beyond awesome, though a lot more independant than he is.

Here is a pic of Milhouse when he was a kitten (Just turned one human year old):
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Umpteen said:
Persians are some of the ugliest cats possible.
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DIE!

Well, I will agree the ones with extremely squished in faces are... But if you go to the right breeder they can also be the cutest cats possible.




ManaByte said:
Don't declaw your cat, that's cruel. Hell, a lot of vets won't do it anymore. The most they'll do is trim the claws extremely short.
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Most vets still do declawing. They just do it with lasers now, which is pretty painless for the cat. No cutting the nails out, or stitches required. My cats were running around the next day like nothing happened.
 
Dude, go to the fucking shelter and get a cat.

And on top of that, don't declaw your cat. Just trim them from an early age, it'll get used to it. Cats without claws can't do too much sorta, y'know? I dunno, I'm just not in favour of that kinda stuff, it's like treating a cat like a commodity, when really it should be adopted into your family as a new member.
 
miyuru said:
And on top of that, don't declaw your cat. Just trim them from an early age, it'll get used to it. Cats without claws can't do too much sorta, y'know? I dunno, I'm just not in favour of that kinda stuff, it's like treating a cat like a commodity, when really it should be adopted into your family as a new member.
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My cats are fine without their claws. The only thing they can't do is shred our house to hell like my previous cat did (r.i.p. Boo). If you're going to let your cat outside definitely never declaw them, but I believe letting them go outside is beyond cruel imo. Nothing for them to do outside besides get diseases, hit by a car, and into fights with other cats.
 
Cerebral Palsy said:
My cats are fine without their claws. The only thing they can't do is shred our house to hell like my previous cat did (r.i.p. Boo). If you're going to let your cat outside definitely never declaw them, but I believe letting them go outside is beyond cruel imo. Nothing for them to do outside besides get diseases, hit by a car, and into fights with other cats.
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My cats LOVE being outside. For them, it's cruel to keep them inside :lol
 
Well, make sure to :jerkit at least a few times before and try to get an asian or a hispanic girl. You can always settle of course. Next, take it slow and use foreplay to your advantage because she'll probably think you're horrible if you don't. And when you're about to sti.... oh, umm, i don't like felines. Get Nintendogs :D

Pssst, white cats are pretty. Just make sure it's white.
 
Seriously, just get any old normal cat.

God I want a new cat, but it's not fair on my new ones. I wouldn't know what colour to pick though, so many choices! I've had an all white, a black and white, a tabby, a tortoise shell (couldn't be more beautiful), a white and tortoise shell...I guess it's time for a ginger! I'd like a grey tabby, but I suspect they might be bred.

I know full well I'll pick the cats the same way I do everytime despite this talk of which colour anyway: whichever looks the most scared comes home with me.
 
If you're set on a purebred cat, I'd go with a Persian as well - our cat was a Persian long-haired tabby, and was great - very friendly, very active. Very affectionate when wet, though, which is always a problem with long-haired cats. :)

Otherwise, mixed-breed is great. From the animal shelter or from a local kittens-free-to-good-home ad.
 
my cat is declawed and she still rips the house to shreds with her back claws (which we keep trimmed as much as possible)

I shudder to think of the damage she would have caused if she had her front claws as well. Not de-clawing your pet is asking for your furniture to be destroyed.
 
Best choice is adopting a cat at a shelter. But you do go the pure bred route, look into a Maine Coon. I've had two, and they're great pets. Very friendly and easy going; more like a dog in personality. They also tend to be really large -- 20 and 25 lbs. is pretty common, especially for the males.

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I wouldn't let your cat outdoors. They're just as happy indoors, and you won't have to worry about them picking up fleas or other diseases, and getting into scraps with other cats (losing pieces of their ears, etc..).

Also, I would only remove their claws as a last resort. Many times when a cat's claws are removed, it can cause their paws to be extremely painful a few years down the road because the nerve endings are damaged and/or exposed. It's common for cats to stop using the litter box when this happens, because the pain from stepping on the litter is so great. They end up going to the bathroom elsewhere, and a large number of cats are dropped off at the humane soceity because of this. If you do remove their claws, look into the laser procedure. It's more expensive, but there's less chance of this happening.
 
CrystalGemini said:
Adopt it from an animal shelter. \(O_O)
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The absolute best, most well behaved cat I've ever owned(my current cat) came from a shelter. At least check it out before going to pet store.
 
heavy liquid said:
I wouldn't let your cat outdoors. They're just as happy indoors, and you won't have to worry about them picking up fleas or other diseases, and getting into scraps with other cats (losing pieces of their ears, etc..).
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I have to disagree somewhat. Most people get a single cat and they make the mistake of wanting a big pet like a cat in a tiny appartment. While some breeds are just content to be indoors, for most, this is a scenario for one bored feline.

If you live in a tiny place, get a hamster or gold fish instead.

If you got more living space, I'd consider either making sure the cat has a good view by windows or to let it loose outside (in the backyard, with a leesh or fences to prevent it from getting away). My girlfriend's parents live in the countryside and their cats are free to roam anywhere they want.

I understand the convenience of the safety of the house, but a cat is a hunting and stalking animal. If it can't do what it was born to do, you are just condemning it to a miserable existence.


P.S. Ferrets stink big time. Be sure you are aware of this before getting one.
 
My cat had its front claws out and it still catches birds and such.


Hey... if i got snipped at birth.. a cat can get declawed =P
 
Umpteen said:
I bet if your penis hurt like hell every time you tried to stick it in a vagina you'd change your tune.
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My cat walks just fine...
I can squeeze her paws and she doesnt do anything..
 
dem said:
My cat had its front claws out and it still catches birds and such.


Hey... if i got snipped at birth.. a cat can get declawed =P
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Bad analogy, you have no conscious memory of and no current pain related to "being snipped at birth." The cat will be in pain and be very aware of it. It's cruel. Our cat is not declawed and has never destroyed anything, so it's not as simple as saying, not declawing is just asking for your stuff to be destroyed. That's simply not true.

It's brutal to declaw an animal for your convenience or your fear it "may" destroy something someday. Imagine having your toe-nails ripped off with a pair of pliers and then having to walk around right after.
 
Instigator said:
P.S. Ferrets stink big time. Be sure you are aware of this before getting one.
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P.P.S. This is BS. They smell fine. People think they stink because they make them live in tiny cages with disposable bedding and towels that haven't been washed in half a year.
 
fennec fox said:
P.P.S. This is BS. They smell fine. People think they stink because they make them live in tiny cages with disposable bedding and towels that haven't been washed in half a year.
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No, they stink.

Just like a kitty's litter that is not well maintained stink.

So in conclusion, they stink. If you can't smell it, it's because you're used to the stink now with the possibility it rubbed off on you as well. :)
 
Instigator said:
No, they stink.

Just like a kitty's litter that is not well maintained stink.
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I adopted two ferrets and they stunk. Their cage was a grotty mess. i cleaned it up, and they stopped stinking. QED.

Some ferret food is made primarily out of fish, which does make them stink. Don't feed that.
 
To those who want me to get it at an Animal Shelter: Is that really wise? Is it much different than getting it from a pet-store? Because from my experience it's ALWAYS best to get animals from a breeder.
 
whats wrong with adopting? Your doing a good deed and you will love the pet the same. After adopting my cat I will never buy a cat from a breeder or a pet store.
 
More practically, an adopted cat will have largely the same known health/temperament history as a private-breeder cat.

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Not de-clawing your pet is asking for your furniture to be destroyed.
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This is also BS, as most shelters and breeders will tell you. it's called training and attention. Read a book about cats. If you got the time to hold a pet in your lap, you got the time to train it.

My mom has three cats (two bought, one adopted), they have all their claws, and -- shock -- the house is unscratched except on scratching posts etc.
 
I have 2 cats, both with claws, nothing is destroyed except the scratching post. If I tell them to stop doing something they stop almost all the time. For those other times all it takes is one squirt from the water bottle. Really, it isn't hard. I know lots of other cat owners just like myself.

The most important thing in raising a friendly cat companion is not to fuck with it as a kitten like tape on the paws and whatnot. Basically, If you are laughing and they are worried you are fucking up. Of course you can tackle them with your hand and flip them over, stuff that emulates the play of another kitten. After about a year of being coddled and held a lot, fine, but sensitive kittens can't take the same shit puppies do. Both of my adult cats enjoy rough play like being swung around the air in a sheet and no one has ever been scratched. One of my cats fetches. I know one other that does as well.

I have a dog too, so I'm not just a "cat person". The 3 of them get along great.

We all go outside sometimes, we like the fresh air.

All 3 were strays that became stays. So I "bought" them with vet bills.
 
Synbios459 said:
To those who want me to get it at an Animal Shelter: Is that really wise? Is it much different than getting it from a pet-store? Because from my experience it's ALWAYS best to get animals from a breeder.
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The Humane Soceity is WAY better than a pet store. Pet stores have been known to buy their animals from questionable sources -- horrible living conditions, etc. The Humane Soceity will make sure your pet is up to date and complete on all shots and offers much cheaper medication and services than any vet I've been to. I bought the flea prevention medication at a fraction of the price that I paid at my local vet.

I don't have a problem with Breeders, as long as you make sure that they are doing it for the love of it as well as for money. Make sure their living conditions are acceptable and the cats seem happy.
 
Be carefull when going to a local animal shelter. The condition the animals are kept in may appear good, but they may not be. My coworker picked up a kitten from the shelter and a few weeks later it died from a disease it picked up from the other cats there. He spent a good chunk of money to save it and it was heartbreaking to see it not make it just because the folks at the shelter don't test for diseases before tossing all the cats together.

Do. not. declaw. your. cat.

Pet stores may also not be a good place to go. You'll find they purchase their animals from "mills" where the adults are bred constantly so the babies can be sold to stores. If you plan on buying one from a store try and verify if they get their animals from a puppy/kitten mill.

A purebred breeder will have the babies checked at the vet, tested for diseases, shots, etc. There are the back-yard-breeders who also are just in it for the cash, but a good breeder is doing it to increase the popularity and quality of the breed. They normally don't make much of a profit off of their animals, and a really good one will check up with you for the first year or so to make sure everything is going okey and if you have any questions about the breed. This works the same if it's a dog or a cat.

Ragdolls are good all-around cats that will tolerate just about anything :lol

I own a Munchkin cat (with a second on the way in a few weeks). They are very kitten-like forever and will want to play a lot until they take a nap or eat. Mine is almost 4 and he still wants to run and play as though he was only 3 months old. Munchkins appear to be just a standard cat except they have short legs. That won't stop them from jumping on top of things like counters and tables, but mine really has no interest in excerting himself to jump that high so he doesn't even bother. I've never found him on top of the kitchen counters since that would require effort to use his little legs to get up there.

If you don't want to visit the shelters or pet stores, there are always places like petfinder.com or craigslist where you can find owners and no-kill shelters trying to find new homes for existing pets.
 
miyuru said:
Dude, go to the fucking shelter and get a cat.

And on top of that, don't declaw your cat. Just trim them from an early age, it'll get used to it. Cats without claws can't do too much sorta, y'know? I dunno, I'm just not in favour of that kinda stuff, it's like treating a cat like a commodity, when really it should be adopted into your family as a new member.
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Totally agree.
 
born_bad said:
Bad analogy, you have no conscious memory of and no current pain related to "being snipped at birth." The cat will be in pain and be very aware of it. It's cruel. Our cat is not declawed and has never destroyed anything, so it's not as simple as saying, not declawing is just asking for your stuff to be destroyed. That's simply not true.

It's brutal to declaw an animal for your convenience or your fear it "may" destroy something someday. Imagine having your toe-nails ripped off with a pair of pliers and then having to walk around right after.
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I've had toenails ripped off. Hurts like a bitch for an hour, then you're good.

Its a single moment that makes a lot of other things (probably) a lot easier. Humans > pets. A small painful experiance to remove any potential destruction to property is well well worth it.

When we got it done my cat was a little tender on her feet when she first got back and then was just great. Hell, shots put my cat through far more pain and terror than de-clawing did. Do you not get your cats shots either?
 
Both our cats have claws, neither get nails trimmed, and we haven't had an epidemic of ruined furniture.

If we did, we'd trim and that would be that.

Declawing isn't as simple as removing some nails -- it's basically an amputation at the last "knuckle" of every toe.

As for a breed, if you're not happy to get a shelter cat, it really depends on what you want. Bengals and some American Shorthairs are nice breeds IMO. Our older cat was a "mistake." His mother was a purebred siamese who got out and then knocked up by some random cat. He's a beautiful cat with a fantastic temperament, but I think that's the mix at work... very good chance you wouldn't get similar mileage out of a true siamese..
 
Declawing is pointless, and is only done by the lazy, the ignorant, or the cruel.

You simply teach the cat not to scratch on furniture. Period. It's real fucking simple. The cat is not your property, it is your responsibility.
 
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