You go to a shelter and pick one that wants your attention.
Any of the free cats in your local newspaper, marketplace, craigslist… or just contact your local animal shelters - they will be overjoyed to give you a cat.
Genetically diverse, free-range, cats tend to be healthier than purebred cats anyway. So from a maintenance perspective, a free-range cat is much more cost effective.
Purebred breeds are just another way of saying inbred, which means lots of health complications
I had 3 purebreed Devon Rexes. One died of a sudden heart failure, due to undiagnosed HCM, one has kidney problems and will be on special diet for the rest of his life and third has intestine problems, so that food doesn’t absorb properly. We feed him douple dose of best high meat content cat food we can find and he just barely keeps his minimum weight.
So yeah purebreeds have problems.
Adopt a cat. The are so, so many excellent cats (and kittens) out there with no home. Save a life instead of bringing another cat into the world.
Ours came straight from the streets. Bit of tlc later and she wants to hang with us 24/7.
I always joke that I “rescued” my cat because I did get her at a shelter. Only paid adoption fees, and they took care of neutering and first round of vaccines/shots. Absolutely amazing shelter, btw. I had a great experience and I can tell they care so much about the animals.
Anyway! The reason this is a joke is because she is gorgeous and she was going to be adopted immediately no matter what, so really there was no “rescuing” needed.
Here are some pictures of her chosing me. She just sat on my lap and would cry if any other cat came near. Eventually she took a nap on my lap.
That looks super similar to mine! Lol.
By the way; male cats get neutered. Females get spayed. Don’t neuter your female cat.
According to a quick Google search (and how I have always heard it used), neuter is gender-neutral. Castration is the male term, and slaying is the female term. But neuter applies to both.
You want a domestic short haired cat. Easily found at any rescue or shelter. Comes in a variety of sizes and colors.
Adding my voice to the chorus here… adopt from a rescue!
