Cat owners, where did you get your cat? (New York, Red Hook: buying, live) - New York City - (NY) - City-Data Forum

rgr555 · 03-06-2012, 05:00 AM

Even though I'm a dog person, I'm thinking of getting a kitten.

Where is the best place to start looking? I want a purebred Russian Blue but only found 1 breeder in NY. Any information appreciated.

Northwindsforever · 03-06-2012, 05:13 AM

I got my from a shelter for abandoned animals. She had a happy life and lived for 18 and half years. The last years she was completely deaf though. When she started to get status epilepticus seizures I called a veterinarian who came to my apt (I did not want to take her on a "last trip") and put her to sleep.

CSD610 · 03-06-2012, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by rgr555

Even though I'm a dog person, I'm thinking of getting a kitten.

Where is the best place to start looking? I want a purebred Russian Blue but only found 1 breeder in NY. Any information appreciated.

Local Humane Society. As far as the specific breed you want do a search on google and go from there.

Baby Punisher · 03-06-2012, 06:08 AM

Most of the Cats/Kittens I have had I found. I found 3 outside my house, I adopted one from a Shelter. The current Kitten I have was found in Red Hook at a Getty station by the BBT.

hancox17 · 03-06-2012, 06:21 AM

North Shore Animal league on Long Island. Please consider rescuing a shelter cat as opposed to buying a purebred. In the city, there is the ASPCA and other shelters.

mf_colon · 03-06-2012, 06:47 AM

Please consider your local Animal Care and Control Center run by the City, where they literally have many animals to choose from, especially kittens/cats. They have an office located in each borough and the fees are very reasonable.

Here is their website:

New York Animal Care & Control ( AC&C ) - the largest pet adoption organization in New York City. Dogs, cats, puppies, kittens and rabbits available for adoption in NYC, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island.

rgr555 · 03-06-2012, 07:02 AM

I just applied for a female Russian Blue <1 year of age. Thanks for the link.

mc33433 · 03-06-2012, 07:05 AM

My kitty passed away this year. But I got her ~18 years ago from the North Shore Animal League:
www.animalleague.org/

She was the sweetest!

We also had a dog from there when I was growing up who was also a doll.

Kefir King · 03-06-2012, 07:12 AM

Two strays...that I kept for over a decade each.
But they are gone now, and I am too old to find shredded furniture CUTE anymore.

bg7 · 03-06-2012, 07:13 AM

Found him on Marcy Ave. in East Williamsburg as a kitten 14 years ago. Now he's a snooty Westchester cat.