It's a vicious cycle!

Looking at the pictures of cats who are looking for a home....it's addicting! I really really WANT a cat or cats but until I find a job and can do everything for a cat that it deserves, I can't get one. I wanna be able to buy all the toys, scratch posts, food etc and make sure I have money for vet's appointments before I get a cat. And I most likely will take a kitten so I will need to have money for the neutering/sterilization... But I've been looking at the pictures for about a month now and it definitely is a vicious cycle. Once you start you can't stop. It consumes you! There are the websites where private citizens are advertising their cats. There are the national rescue organizations that advertise rescued/fostered cats and then there are the regional rescue centers advertising their cats! And every time you go on to their websites, there are new and cuter kittens looking for a home!

Before I went on any of these websites I was just thinking that I want a cat. Your basic finnish non-pedigree cat would be fine as long as they are cute to me. And I hate to say this because I LOVE cats and really want one but not all cats are cute. Or maybe I should say not all cats speak to me. I need to feel that bond with the cat and feel like that's the cat for me. And pictures can be deceiving, I know that. You don't see the personality of a cat from it's picture and even if they look like the perfect angels, they can be the cat from hell. So cuteness alone won't do. But it's a feeling you have to have. So now I'm kinda torn between your basic kitty versus a pedigree cat. I remember few years back Marianne telling me about rag dolls and how when her Milla dies years and years from now from old age, she'd like to get a rag doll. So when I started my research into kitties, I remembered her words and I had to check them out. And now I'm screwed. I kinda want to have a rag dolls and I kinda want to have a Birman! They are SO CUTE! and from what I've read, personalities couldn't be nicer. The only thing is, they cost a little more money that your basic kitty. The rescue organizations take about 80-120 euros for a cat depending on what all has been done (deworming, neutered/sterilized, microchip, vaccinations etc) and private people looking for a home for their cats/kittens take as little as 19 euros. The birmans and rag dolls though...go from somewhere around 350 to 800 euros! So my problem...Do I give in into my desperate desire to get a cat sooner rather than later and get your basic finnish kitty or do I try to control myself and  wait till I have enough money to get a birman or rag doll? Or 2? Because I would really like 2 just so that they have company. In a way now would be the perfect time to get a kitten because I'm home all the time and could get the kitty acclimated and make sure it doesn't shred my new furniture into pieces! But right now I don;t have money for it... I guess I just need to believe that this too will work itself out, somehow, someway.

The private people looking for a home for their kitties are funny sometimes. Reading their ads, they make the most outrageous demands sometimes. Some ask that there is another cat in the home so that they have company, some ask that the cat will be the only one. Some want to give away 2 of their cats to the same place so that they have company, some say there can't be dogs, kids, kids under 12 etc etc. One even said to send them an e-mail and to describe the living conditions  so that they can screen you! They said that they would pick the most suitable homes for their kittens! And I believe these were your basic Finnish kitties, not rag dolls, birmans, maine coons or anything like that! Crazy. Like I'm gonna audition for a cat! Believe me, when I finally get a cat, it's gonna be the most loved kitty in the world!

Now I should TRY to be productive and do something other than think/look/write about cats!
Later