Comments on: Adopting a Cat vs Buying a Cat

By: Iisa

Iisa — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:17:58 +0000

Facing your problem myself here in Spore. Called SPCA, yes you are free to take them in. For keeps, but think that you’ll be responsible for another maybe 13 to 15 years for them.
I could keep and feed my stray for another 6 months, asked what to do if cannot move house with us, they just said it’ll be fine to leave it, as it belongs to the community and SPCA is overcrowded with stray cats, so killing them in thousands. They said people don’t mind stray cats cause they take care of mice and rats.. If you decide to keep them, please get them vaccinated and sterilized, so a visit to the vet. And commit.

By: Adopted by a cat

Adopted by a cat — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:19:52 +0000

Lauren, my cat adopted me! I went on a trip for one week. When I came back I found a 3-month old cat on the tree outside my home. He was mewing… Not knowing anything about cats, I thought he was stuck. I took him down. My neighbors told me he was trying to get into the houses of the neighborhood for the whole week, but since it’s a dog neighborhood, nobody could take him in. I took him in, gave him food and let him sleepover. The second day, I let him out, and when I came back home in the evening, I found him at my doorstep. He never left me since. I’m quite happy with my cat. I’m sure you can take the cats in, and they’ll be much happier for it.

By: Juliana

Juliana — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:18:43 +0000

Lauren~ Ya you can keep them. You should take them to the vet and get thwm dewormed shots and spayed/netured in case they have any disease or worm.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 19 May 2011 02:20:48 +0000

What if you find a cat outside? There’s a couple cats living on the edge of the neighbor’s property, but they don’t belong to him or anyone else. They’ve been out there for years. If I put out food for them and they trust me, can I keep them?

By: Pet Lover

Pet Lover — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:55:26 +0000

i love animals! Adopting my dog Scooter was the best thing i have ever done with my life!!! he helps m,e get through the hard times! thank you for your advice. =)

By: I Believe in aliens

I Believe in aliens — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:12:52 +0000

I think it’s better to adopt a cat than buying except if you are finding a specific bread of a cat then you have no other choice than to buy from a pet store or something unless the bread your looking for is in the animal shelter were your adopting BUT!!! adopting a cat is better.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:26:40 +0000

Even if you want a purebred cat, you can often find these available for adoption through a shelter or area rescue group. There are several websites such as petfinder.com and adoptapet.com that will help you to locate the breed/type of cat you desire.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:10:49 +0000

We think this is a great post – we have done both (we purchased before we realized knew better) and have been lucky to have good luck with both options, but we won’t be purchasing any of our future cats – we know now that it is not the best option.