So my mom & i are thinking of getting a cat?

Question

I have never had a cat when i would visit my dad he had one and he was really cute he had got me one but hes irrespossible and let it out and it ran away (he lives in another state) neways what are good websites where i can search for cats & breeds and all that stuff??? i have 3 dogs so i think we want a kitten so my dogs and the cat can get used to eachother and the cat can grow up with them around i dont know if an older cat could adjust.... i been looking at petfinder but i dont know the diffrence between taby & domestic idk well thats what the list them as i just want a website where i can research more about cats before we even start looking???

Answer 1

Tabby is just a coat pattern.  If the pattern is vertical striping it's called "Mackerel Tabby" and if it's a pattern of whorls it's "Classic Tabby".

"Domestic" is the term given to cats of no particular breed - which covers 98% of the cats on this planet.

Instead of focusing on a specific breed why don't you just go to your local shelter and take a look at the cats there?  You'd be MUCH better off adopting an adult cat over a kitten if you have dogs.  A lot of the cats surrendered to shelters came from homes with dogs so they're already used to them.  A three year old cat I recently adopted jumped out of her crate and headbutted my 100 lb Newf/Lab!

With three dogs already please be sure that your family has the time and means to provide the best of care for another pet.  Far too often we read on here about those with sick or injured pets and "no money" to take them to the vet.  Please don't be one of those people.

Answer 2

Try petharbor.com

here our my instructions:

1. go to petharbor.com

2. enter your city name NOT YOUR ZIP CODE

3. Click on your city name (example : you search ? Austin , then your going to click on austin, texas)

4. Choose a shelter

5. Click on adoptable pets

6. Choose cats

7. gender {if you want a boy or girl if not just leave it at no prefrence, the one on top, "breed" leave it at no prefrence}

8. age you want younger than 1 year

9.size you want small

10. and color you can leave blank :)

good luck and hope this helps

P.S. if you live in reno nv dont adopt max or olivia i am going to get them :)

Answer 3

check out the humaine society! That is where I got Bailey! She is 1 year old now and I first got her when she was like 2 months old! My email address is after her. baileyfeb14... the feb 14 is cause her birthday is on valentines day. I love her. You can play with them before you get them too! Bring your dogs with you. So you can see if the Cat likes them.

Answer 4

There are many different breeds of cats out there.  The personaliteis do not be vary between a tabby and domestic cat as they are really both the same.  

Before you consider getting a cat, you'll really want to make sure that your dogs are ok around cats and that they don't have a strong prey instinct.

Answer 5

http://www.caringforyourcat.info/index.h...

seems like a good site for information