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Hi Everyone,
I am relatively new to the forum (second post!). My partner and I are looking to adopt a kitten. We have determined after some research, that we really can't afford to pay $600 for a pedigree kitten from a breeder.
A friend suggested that we post on advert on Craiglist, which I did, but I'm worried about the kinds of responses we'll get. We're looking for a nice person who really cares about the kittens, no somebody whose cat mysteriously showed up at the front door massively pregnant after roaming the streets for 3 months and the owner is now desperate to get rid of these totally unsocialized kittens.
This is the advert I posted:
My partner and I are looking to adopt a kitten in January. We are interested in hearing about litters that will be 7-10 weeks old in the first week of January. Kittens must be suited to fully indoor living. Mother must be available to see. We can offer a really loving, permanent home with lots of toys and attention. We would like a small, friendly, female kitten. We will sign a spay agreement and are willing to pay a deposit to reserve.
We will pay up to $125 adoption fees.
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Do you think it will yield good results? What kinds of things should I be careful of in people who respond? The only reason we don't want to adopt from shelter is that we'd like to at least see the kitten's mother to get some idea of it's future size, temperament etc. And we don't really want to be giving out our home address to some random person through the internet ... how can we be cautious but still find a reputable person?
Oh - and the reason we're waiting until January is we are going on vacation for 8 days at the end of December and think it would be irresponsible to drop our new kitten off at boarding kennel for 8 days within 4 weeks of adopting it.
I am relatively new to the forum (second post!). My partner and I are looking to adopt a kitten. We have determined after some research, that we really can't afford to pay $600 for a pedigree kitten from a breeder.
A friend suggested that we post on advert on Craiglist, which I did, but I'm worried about the kinds of responses we'll get. We're looking for a nice person who really cares about the kittens, no somebody whose cat mysteriously showed up at the front door massively pregnant after roaming the streets for 3 months and the owner is now desperate to get rid of these totally unsocialized kittens.
This is the advert I posted:
My partner and I are looking to adopt a kitten in January. We are interested in hearing about litters that will be 7-10 weeks old in the first week of January. Kittens must be suited to fully indoor living. Mother must be available to see. We can offer a really loving, permanent home with lots of toys and attention. We would like a small, friendly, female kitten. We will sign a spay agreement and are willing to pay a deposit to reserve.
We will pay up to $125 adoption fees.
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Do you think it will yield good results? What kinds of things should I be careful of in people who respond? The only reason we don't want to adopt from shelter is that we'd like to at least see the kitten's mother to get some idea of it's future size, temperament etc. And we don't really want to be giving out our home address to some random person through the internet ... how can we be cautious but still find a reputable person?
Oh - and the reason we're waiting until January is we are going on vacation for 8 days at the end of December and think it would be irresponsible to drop our new kitten off at boarding kennel for 8 days within 4 weeks of adopting it.