How to Choose a Kitty

Once decided the class of cat that is wanted, it's the moment to go choose the kitty. There are many people who think automatically about the pet shop as the place to go, but the real thing is that it is not the best place to search in. There are many animals in these shops, and it is the ideal place for a disease to spread out. Merchants are not as careful when selecting a breeder as we would be. Besides, in a shop one cannot see the kitties with their mother and in their environment. And this is a great disadvantage when having to choose an animal.

If a pedigreed kitty is wanted, the best thing is to buy it directly from the breeder. This way, we will know the responsible person for the upbringing of the kitties is. This would be possible if the mother (and, sometimes, also the father) have good character estimating that the kitties are sociable.

If you decided for a cat without pedigree, maybe it is possible to go to several places. See the bulletin board of announcements of our veterinarian, read the classified advertisements of the newspapers or ask your friends or neighbors. The most probable thing is that there are several litters where to choose from near our house: The major problem is to control ourselves from taking one or two kitties of each one.

If you know that there is a especially nice, sociable and polite cat in the neighborhood that is going to have kitties soon, the best thing will be to wait and choose one of her litter. This is the best for our kitty to have a good beginning in life, with all the advantages of a balanced and sociable mother. The owners will let us choose the kitty after a few weeks returning time after to pick the kitten when old enough to leave its mother.