I’m not sure about pet shops in Perth because i’m in the UK, but i found that if you look in the classified add’s you can find a cheap kitty, that needs a good home, and will most likely be in better health than the pet shop animals.
I don’t know if it’s really the same in Australia, but generally buying a kitten from a pet shop is a very bad idea. You will have no idea where it came from: mum and dad could be living in squalour and slowly dying from producing litter after litter. You could be paying to support that. In some cases the kittens may come from commercial ‘kitten mills’. In others they may be just from irresponsible people who let their cat have litter after litter by the local stray toms, because they haven’t the sense to get her neutered and know they can just dump them on the pet shop. The kittens may well arrive unhealthy, and in the shop kittens from all over will be close together and pass diseases around. They are being sold for profit, so may be taken from mum too young, and may not have vaccinations etc. Homes are not checked, so they may go to abusers. Don’t support this…
Instead you should either go to a responsible breeder: someone who has a limited number of cats, kept in the familly home (or in nice runs in the case of male stud cats). Kittens should be disease tested, you should be able to see around and see all the cats. You should be asked lots of questions to check your suitability.
Or if you don’t want a pedigree, the best place to go is a shelter. The cats here are likely to be much the same as those found in the pet shop, but they will more likely be health checked, vaccinated and neutered. They are likely to be much cheaper than pet shop cats once you figure in all those costs. Because the money is going to care for them, not make someone a profit.
NB: in the States some pet shops do have agreements with local shelters/rescues where they do host shelter cats and kittens for adoption. So you could check if any local shops do this.
Here’s a listing of shelters I found in Perth with a quick search. NB many shelters don’t list all their cats and kittens, especially kittens which may be the fastest to go in and out. You may need to ring to check there are kittens in (but most likely there will be…)
I would first check out the RSPCA pet adoption option first. It depend on the day, but the first time I went to the RSPCA, they had like 30 cute kittens needing a home, from ginger, to pure white to pure black and in between.
Plus you are saving a life and not perpetuating the cycle of only breeding cats for money and not giving them the proper care. Believe me, I know;I went and brought a cat b.c earlier in the day I rang the RSPCA and they said they had no kittens (must be speaking to the wrong person!). In the pet store they had the kittens in wire cages next to an open door!!! In winter. My kitty had fleas, and what I now realise to be mild flu symptoms, despite advertising that they were dewormed and defleed. Don’t ask why I brought him, I just fell in love with him before i noticed the flea, thinking that I can handle a few fleas, and it was my first time getting a pet. I was told that it was normal for them to have some fleas by my brother (he brought his from people selling directly in the papers). My kitty died a couple of days later while I was at work in the middle of the kitchen. It was heartbreaking, I cried for days, even though he was only with me for such a short while.
Learning my lesson, I got another one from a vet, who had obvious signs that they had kittens up for adoption. You just need to keep an eye out. It was the same price but this one came with up to date vaccination, micro-chipped and desexed, plus deflead and dewormed. And she was definitely flea free. My second cat came from BURWOOD RSPCA.
The vets and the RSPCA don’t sell animal for profits! They actually take care of them. So don’t buy from any place that sells them for profit. Go to a shelter first.
I’m not sure about pet shops in Perth because i’m in the UK, but i found that if you look in the classified add’s you can find a cheap kitty, that needs a good home, and will most likely be in better health than the pet shop animals.
Good Luck on your search!
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I don’t know if it’s really the same in Australia, but generally buying a kitten from a pet shop is a very bad idea. You will have no idea where it came from: mum and dad could be living in squalour and slowly dying from producing litter after litter. You could be paying to support that. In some cases the kittens may come from commercial ‘kitten mills’. In others they may be just from irresponsible people who let their cat have litter after litter by the local stray toms, because they haven’t the sense to get her neutered and know they can just dump them on the pet shop. The kittens may well arrive unhealthy, and in the shop kittens from all over will be close together and pass diseases around. They are being sold for profit, so may be taken from mum too young, and may not have vaccinations etc. Homes are not checked, so they may go to abusers. Don’t support this…
Instead you should either go to a responsible breeder: someone who has a limited number of cats, kept in the familly home (or in nice runs in the case of male stud cats). Kittens should be disease tested, you should be able to see around and see all the cats. You should be asked lots of questions to check your suitability.
Or if you don’t want a pedigree, the best place to go is a shelter. The cats here are likely to be much the same as those found in the pet shop, but they will more likely be health checked, vaccinated and neutered. They are likely to be much cheaper than pet shop cats once you figure in all those costs. Because the money is going to care for them, not make someone a profit.
NB: in the States some pet shops do have agreements with local shelters/rescues where they do host shelter cats and kittens for adoption. So you could check if any local shops do this.
Here’s a listing of shelters I found in Perth with a quick search. NB many shelters don’t list all their cats and kittens, especially kittens which may be the fastest to go in and out. You may need to ring to check there are kittens in (but most likely there will be…)
I would first check out the RSPCA pet adoption option first. It depend on the day, but the first time I went to the RSPCA, they had like 30 cute kittens needing a home, from ginger, to pure white to pure black and in between.
Plus you are saving a life and not perpetuating the cycle of only breeding cats for money and not giving them the proper care. Believe me, I know;I went and brought a cat b.c earlier in the day I rang the RSPCA and they said they had no kittens (must be speaking to the wrong person!). In the pet store they had the kittens in wire cages next to an open door!!! In winter. My kitty had fleas, and what I now realise to be mild flu symptoms, despite advertising that they were dewormed and defleed. Don’t ask why I brought him, I just fell in love with him before i noticed the flea, thinking that I can handle a few fleas, and it was my first time getting a pet. I was told that it was normal for them to have some fleas by my brother (he brought his from people selling directly in the papers). My kitty died a couple of days later while I was at work in the middle of the kitchen. It was heartbreaking, I cried for days, even though he was only with me for such a short while.
Learning my lesson, I got another one from a vet, who had obvious signs that they had kittens up for adoption. You just need to keep an eye out. It was the same price but this one came with up to date vaccination, micro-chipped and desexed, plus deflead and dewormed. And she was definitely flea free. My second cat came from BURWOOD RSPCA.
The vets and the RSPCA don’t sell animal for profits! They actually take care of them. So don’t buy from any place that sells them for profit. Go to a shelter first.