As the famous couplet says: “What is emptiness? This is a house where there is no cat. Have you decided to have a kitten? Before you bring home a warm fluffy lump, decide what personality traits your ideal pet should have. How to make the right choice and purchase the most suitable animal for you?
If you firmly decided that you want a cat or a cat to live in your house, and also agree on this issue with the rest of your family, then you have to make a difficult choice. The fact is that not all domestic representatives of the feline family have the same character and are equally focused on close contact with humans. What breed of cat is better for him to live with you and give you a lot of pleasant minutes?
How to choose a purebred cat for your home?
More than one hundred breeds of cats are known today. There are more or less common ones, and each breed has certain features of appearance, character and behavior. Representatives of some of them - for example, Burmese, Persian, Ragdoll or Maine Coon - are very affectionate and sociable, cannot imagine their life without human society and prefer to spend the maximum amount of time curled up on the owner's lap and purring loudly. It is best to take such cats and cats into those families in which someone from the household is constantly at home and will be able to give the fluffy animal as much attention as it needs.
Representatives of other breeds - Siamese cats, for example - may be more freedom-loving and independent. They do not shy away from the caress of the owner, but they do not demand it at all costs. Such animals do not need the constant presence of a person nearby and can remain alone for some time. That is why it is better to start them for those people who spend a lot of time outside the house and return there only for the night.
If you like what a cat of a particular breed looks like, be sure to find out about its representatives as much as possible before you bring home a kitten. Think about whether you will be able to find a common language with the animal, taking into account its temperament and characteristics of its character, and only then make the final choice.
To choose a mongrel cat and not miscalculate: is it possible?
If it is not a priority for you to have a pedigree of your pet and the opportunity to take part in exhibitions, then you better take a mongrel animal. This is also a good deed, because pedigree kittens will be sold out in any case, and an ordinary kitten may end up on the street. Such animals are no less beautiful than their brethren "from good families" with pedigrees, and they are also very quick-witted and most often have good immunity.
Choosing a kitten that does not belong to a particular breed, you can proceed solely from personal preferences. Someone likes short-haired red-haired big cats, and someone likes fragile three-colored fluffy graceful cats. It is difficult to say what kind of character an animal that does not belong to one breed or another will have when it grows up, but by that time you will have completely found a common language.
