Hello everyone !
I'm Francis and I'm from Montreal, Canada. I am very happy to have found this forum as I am sort of an ignorant about cats . I'm a 20 years old medical student , and I've been living in Europe for three years to study (2 years in Germany, 1 year in Luxembourg (now)). I am finally moving back home in August, and very happy to come back near my loved ones !
I started living alone in an apartment last year, so next year will be my third. I always wanted a pet, but Europeans are severe about that. Dogs were out of the question, since dogs need constant caring and attention, which as a medical student, I cannot provide.
I'm excited now because my apartment in Sherbrooke allows for cats. I have a very good budget (I am webmaster on the side and can make good money off of it) so I know I will have the money to give proper health care to my cat, and everything she or he will need. My apartment is also pretty big (4 1/2 app., around 100m2) so even though it wouldn't be the great outdoors, she (I prefer females) would have some room to play in !
I came here because I actually need a little guidance and want to go get a cat with all the knowledge I need to make sure she will be taken care of as good as she deserves. I was looking around for Siamese kittens as I find them to be absolutely beautiful, and I hear they don't lose too much hair. Although I am not allergic to cats, and even though I find Persian cats to be magnificent, they require so much cleaning it would drive me insane !
I despise pet shops because I heard and read they treat animals so horribly, and I don't want to encourage that kind of practice. Therefore I want to buy my cat from the personal ads.
Are there ANY particular breed of cats that absolutely cannot endure apartments, or need extreme care (like a dog does)? The last thing I want is get myself a pet and make the poor thing suffer.
Obviously as soon as I get her if she wasn't already, first thing to do is head to the vet to have her castrated (is the term accurate? I'm French-Canadian, and although I'd like to believe I'm perfectly trilingual, sometimes, technical terms elude me
) and vaccinated, and then buy her lots of toys !
I thank you sincerely for your help in advance and wish you a wonderful week-end (and Canada day in advance as well for fellow Canadian brothers and sisters!)!
I'm Francis and I'm from Montreal, Canada. I am very happy to have found this forum as I am sort of an ignorant about cats . I'm a 20 years old medical student , and I've been living in Europe for three years to study (2 years in Germany, 1 year in Luxembourg (now)). I am finally moving back home in August, and very happy to come back near my loved ones !
I started living alone in an apartment last year, so next year will be my third. I always wanted a pet, but Europeans are severe about that. Dogs were out of the question, since dogs need constant caring and attention, which as a medical student, I cannot provide.
I'm excited now because my apartment in Sherbrooke allows for cats. I have a very good budget (I am webmaster on the side and can make good money off of it) so I know I will have the money to give proper health care to my cat, and everything she or he will need. My apartment is also pretty big (4 1/2 app., around 100m2) so even though it wouldn't be the great outdoors, she (I prefer females) would have some room to play in !
I came here because I actually need a little guidance and want to go get a cat with all the knowledge I need to make sure she will be taken care of as good as she deserves. I was looking around for Siamese kittens as I find them to be absolutely beautiful, and I hear they don't lose too much hair. Although I am not allergic to cats, and even though I find Persian cats to be magnificent, they require so much cleaning it would drive me insane !
I despise pet shops because I heard and read they treat animals so horribly, and I don't want to encourage that kind of practice. Therefore I want to buy my cat from the personal ads.
Are there ANY particular breed of cats that absolutely cannot endure apartments, or need extreme care (like a dog does)? The last thing I want is get myself a pet and make the poor thing suffer.
Obviously as soon as I get her if she wasn't already, first thing to do is head to the vet to have her castrated (is the term accurate? I'm French-Canadian, and although I'd like to believe I'm perfectly trilingual, sometimes, technical terms elude me
I thank you sincerely for your help in advance and wish you a wonderful week-end (and Canada day in advance as well for fellow Canadian brothers and sisters!)!