So I plan on getting a cat

[Trump’s Niece]

After I get over this crap. Been getting lots of good tips on how to care for one from Blaze and Dovey. Any suggestions are appreciated.





I want a fluffy Persian kitty but I'm not driving out of state to get one. Where should I get one? It's best to start with a kitten, right?

[Frood]

Shen Li hates fluffy cats.



Too much flossing

[Garraty_47]

Long-haired breeds are generally high maintenance.

Aside from the regular brushing/combing (not just to control loose hair around your house- also to prevent them from horking up so many hairballs or getting intestinal blockages) you have to stay alert for butt nuggets clinging to their backside or they'll make a mess everywhere they sit and the nuggets are liable to fall off anywhere... usually in places you're bound to step on them. And if they get diarrhea? Hoo boy. Maybe you'll get lucky and find that one cat in a thousand that likes baths. LoL



Bonding with a kitten is easier than bonding with a cat.

Some interactive toys (something as simple as a fuzzy ball on a string or feathers on a stick will do) and lots of cuddle time should do the trick.



Cats are nothing like dogs... if a cat's on the counter and you tell it to get down it's 50/50 whether it'll listen or just look at you like you're crazy. Believe me I know it's tempting, but don't get in the habit of yelling at the cat when it's "misbehaving". For one thing the cat will become accustomed to it so you'll have to start yelling more and louder until you pop a blood vessel or something. For another thing the cat will hate it and eventually start to dislike you for doing it and then you'll start getting all sorts of behavior problems.



Patience and consistency are key, plus of course never make the cat think you don't love it.



They remember that shit.

[Trump’s Niece]

I stopped reading at butt nuggets. What do you mean

[Anonymous]

Ugh.  I love cats, my whole life, but I would advise against long-haired ones for so many reasons.

[Anonymous]

I stopped reading at butt nuggets. What do you mean

He means they get turds in their fur and you have to remove them.

[Odinson]

You might wanna check how many decibels the cats "meowing" produces.

[Anonymous]

Hairballs are also more likely with Persians.  And they're not as cute and fluffy as they sound.

[JOE]

After I get over this crap. Been getting lots of good tips on how to care for one from Blaze and Dovey. Any suggestions are appreciated.





I want a fluffy Persian kitty but I'm not driving out of state to get one. Where should I get one? It's best to start with a kitten, right?

I love cats too Erica.



That would be my first choice as a pet too.



There's a fluffy furry calico Persian cat on my block.

It's really adorable with fur balls hanging on its side.



Sometimes she allows me to approach and pet her.



I might get a cat one day - but it wouldn't be in an apartment where I currently live.



Probably some place out of the city on some island where there's plenty of space and fresh air for the cat to roam around.

[Blazor]

Lol, I dont do long hair cats either. My allergies cant take it.





Lol, butt nuggets. Use to be a stray around here, I called her Shit Butt hahaha. Cause she always had shit hanging off her long ass hairs lol.



Kittens are best indeed for raising/training. I did adopt an adult cat that was great too though. But like us, a lot of adults are set in their ways.



My cats KNOW what counters in here they cant get on. I reserve one for them, away from any food prep, its more like my mechanic/project counter lol. They will patiently sit on that and watch me. Only beef I have is this one cat likes to scratch my couch on the side. I cant control her when I aint here. But when I get on her, the fear goes into her eyes, and she stops lol.



Yeah, if you got leather sofas, cats gonna ruin it if they get up on it. Jus by running across it.







Fuck, theres a damn cat food shortage right now. Having a hell of a time finding some.

[Breakfall]

After I get over this crap. Been getting lots of good tips on how to care for one from Blaze and Dovey. Any suggestions are appreciated.





I want a fluffy Persian kitty but I'm not driving out of state to get one. Where should I get one? It's best to start with a kitten, right?

Persian cats are pricey. I have a ragdoll and pure breeds start at around AU $800.00.



It would be cool if you were to adopt a cat and give it a second chance in a forever home. You also need two so they don't get bored shitless when you're working.

[TheProwler]

I have a ragdoll

How often do you have to comb/brush it?



Unlike Senile Joe who thinks matted fur is "adorable", I know they can be painful and even cause conditions requiring medical treatment if left unchecked.

[Breakfall]

I have a ragdoll

How often do you have to comb/brush it?



Unlike Senile Joe who thinks matted fur is "adorable", I know they can be painful and even cause conditions requiring medical treatment if left unchecked.

I brush him and his brother daily because they enjoy it. I have to trim him around the arse occasionally because he'll sometimes get a dag there. It's an effort to keep him still. He doesn't shed as much as his brother though, who looks more like a shorthair.

[Anonymous]

It would be cool if you were to adopt a cat and give it a second chance in a forever home.

This^. Far too many christmas presents are growing up on the streets or getting euthanized in shelters because unthinking owners found out too late "those kittens grow up".



I get it; kittens are cute as fuck. They also have a ton of energy which can get a little wearing after a while, whereas with a shelter cat you can get a much clearer idea of the personality (fursonality?) your little ball of fluff is bringing to your household since they've already developed it.



Ten years ago, these were things my then g/f and I considered when we wandered into the local shelter looking to adopt. The cat my g/f had her heart set on had been claimed about half an hour before we got there, we stuck about and took a peek at some of the others. There sure were a lot of them, over a hundred if I were to guess.



I remember walking into this glassed in room with close to a dozen strays of different varieties, hissing and yowling at each other. One of them, a new arrival I'm guessing, was slinking along in the corner as if it were terrified of putting a paw wrong. And one tabby in a cat basket away from it all, chilling out with a total deficit of fucks to give about the proceedings. I wandered over to get a better look - around two years old, a total bruiser who I later learned had been a street cat hanging out in the alley behind a chinese restaurant a couple of suburbs away. Polydactyl too, paws looked like cabbages, a different number of toes on each one. Never even knew that was a thing until that morning. I gave his ears a little scratch, which he nuzzled his head in against. I was sold by the time my g/f wandered in to be greeted with the same placid friendliness. And after half an hour or so of paperwork, the three of us left together, with me doing the lugging of the cat carrier. Man that bugger was heavy!



I'm not going to pretend it was all beer and skittles. My girlfriend and I had wanted a mature cat precisely because we were in an apartment and didn't particularly relish the idea of a kitten roaring through the room knocking shit over and getting under out feet. Which after the initial first impression Leroy (later renamed Dozer) gave us at the shelter, was precisely what he did the minute we let him out of the carrier in his new home. Tearing through the lounge room, shooting in under the bed and out again, having a high old time exploring his new digs. For two fucking weeks. More than once I reflected on my ability to attract trolls, heh.



He did settle down though, reverting to the same chill that had endeared us to him in the first place. He loved to play with the kinds of toys Vitriol mentions above, would stash them about his cat basket and was in the habit of leaving one on the bed if my girlfriend and I left the apartment for any appreciable length of time. And I'd get him chasing those toys like crazy, or simply roughhouse with him for exercise, which earned me my share of scratches and bites, but all in good fun. Keeping his claws out of the furniture was a thing, but the addition of a scratching post, a little patience and the association of claw clippers with a couple of treats soon fixed that. Didn't stop him from being the quintessential mouser, something polydactyls were prized for on ships long ago. Long after my girlfriend and I broke up and I had moved out, he would still recognize my footsteps in the hall outside and be there at the door to greet me whenever I visited. Every other guy who came to visit... from friends and family to random canvassers... he'd hide from. Usually disappearing under the bed or sofa for extended periods before venturing out cautious of whoever happened to be visiting, a habit he never got out of till the day he died.



So yeah, I'm going to stand with Breakfall on this one. That "second chance" was worth its weight in gold and good memories. Erica, you can do a lot worse than to check out a few animal shelters for rescue cats to see if there's any you click with. It's easy to say "I'd like cute" or "I like fluffy", but the companionship of the right pet will trump all of that in my experience. At the very least it's something you should be open to the idea of.

[Blazor]

How often do you have to comb/brush it?



Unlike Senile Joe who thinks matted fur is "adorable", I know they can be painful and even cause conditions requiring medical treatment if left unchecked.

I brush him and his brother daily because they enjoy it. I have to trim him around the arse occasionally because he'll sometimes get a dag there. It's an effort to keep him still. He doesn't shed as much as his brother though, who looks more like a shorthair.

You shave your cats asshole so it looks more like you, dont lie