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Finding a Cat an at Animal Shelter

Advantages: These facilities are well-stocked with a wide variety of pre-owned models already configured for home use. Shelters usually screen their stock (which ranges from purebreds to mixed breeds and from kittens to adult cats) for undesirable physical and psychological traits. Fees for these animals (especially when compared to those charged by pet stores and breeders) are generally nominal. Some facilities require a waiting period, background check, and/or proof that, if necessary, you will have the animal spayed or neutered.

Disadvantages: None. Just be sure to carefully assess the personality of a cat before adopting it. Remember that most are surrendered through no fault of their own. Their previous owner may have moved or simply grown tired of the animal.

expert tipEXPERT TIP: Many such facilities will not give animals to people who have, for any reason, previously surrendered pets to a shelter.

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Chapter 1: Choosing a Cat

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Few things are better than looking at a cat each day and knowing you saved his/her life!

purred by Amanda Compton on Aug 19, 2008 AT 12:30 am PDT
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Quirk BooksThe Cat Owner's Manual is a basic guide to cat care.
The book was written by a celebrated veterinarian and an acclaimed author. It provides cat owners with well-researched and helpful information presented in a lighthearted manner. The creators chose to write the book in a style similar to what you'd find in "operating instructions" for a car or computer. Of course they--and we--respect the fact that our beloved pets are not products or machines!