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Our next regular weekly adoption will be at the Roseville Petsmart  on   We will be there from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM.  Stop by to meet our adorable cats and kittens that are looking for their fur-ever home!



Ever think about adopting an older cat?


Many people who are thinking of taking on the responsibility of a new pet often think about adorable, playful kittens as their first choice.  However, there is a whole other realm of possibility... the mature kitten or adult cat!

Welcoming a mature kitten or adult cat into your family has a wealth of benefits:

  • Adopting a mature kitten or adult cat saves you money by already being altered and in most cases declawed! Our older kittens and adult cats have been spayed or neutered and front declawed!  This helps to keep them healthy, happy and easier to manage.  By taking on an animal that has already had these procedures done, it saves you the cost of doing it yourself! (on average, a typical spay/neuter and declaw costs around $300)
  • Our mature kittens and adult cats have a complete set of distempter and rabies vaccine (on average, a full distemper series and rabies vaccines costs around $100)
  • Taking on an older cat usually doesn't involve quite as much work.  Kittens require quite a bit of reassurance, patience, energy and time to ensure they grow up into well-adjusted adults.  A full grown cat certainly still has those requirements, but not on the same level.  Older cats have "been around the block" and know a bit about life...whereas kittens still have to learn everything the hard way. 
  • Mature kittens and adult cats are more confident about their routines (like using the litter box)
  • Less rambunctious!!  Mature kittens and adults are usually calmer and less apt to get into mischief.
  • You pretty much know the temperament of an adult cat from the start.  Want a nice sedate cat to cuddle with in front of a fire?  Do you prefer active, playful animals?  Older cats (meaning not a young kitten anymore) are often very affectionate animals.  Just because a cat isn't a baby anymore doesn't mean that they won't want to BE babied! 
  • You CAN teach an "old cat" new tricks!  Adult animals are often easier to train than young ones.  They're a little older and wiser... and might teach YOU a trick or two!
  • Kittens don't stay kittens forever. So you're absolutely CERTAIN you HAVE to have a little itty bitty kitty?  Know what?  They only stay that way for a couple of months... and then what do you have?  An adult cat!



 

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