Hi all,
My fiancee and I are now very keen on getting a cat together. My fiancee grew up with farm cats kept as family pets which she was very fond of. I grew up with a dog and many exotic smaller pets (lizards, snakes, mice etc) so am not very used to cats.
We are both very keen on starting with a kitten, she's at home during the day so can devote loads of time to it. We also agreed it'd be a house cat.
Where we are a little divided is that she loves any kind of cat and tends to favour cats that are regular moggies (white, black, ginger mixes) whereas I really like exotic animals and wild animals and like the idea of something like a bengal, ocicat, savannah cat etc.
We're both concerned that if we had a pedigree cat then aside from the purchase cost there could be suseptibility to health problems which might be costly and we really worry the 'wild' looking pedigrees are timid and can't be handled etc.
She really wants a cat that she can play with, cuddle, pick up etc like the ones she had when she was younger.
I really fancy one like a grey Bengal with rosettes and blue eyes or the 'Whiskas' advert cat, grey tabby with black stripes.
Can anyone advise on a cat that would meet both our interests? We desperately want to avoid having a timid cat if we can...
My fiancee and I are now very keen on getting a cat together. My fiancee grew up with farm cats kept as family pets which she was very fond of. I grew up with a dog and many exotic smaller pets (lizards, snakes, mice etc) so am not very used to cats.
We are both very keen on starting with a kitten, she's at home during the day so can devote loads of time to it. We also agreed it'd be a house cat.
Where we are a little divided is that she loves any kind of cat and tends to favour cats that are regular moggies (white, black, ginger mixes) whereas I really like exotic animals and wild animals and like the idea of something like a bengal, ocicat, savannah cat etc.
We're both concerned that if we had a pedigree cat then aside from the purchase cost there could be suseptibility to health problems which might be costly and we really worry the 'wild' looking pedigrees are timid and can't be handled etc.
She really wants a cat that she can play with, cuddle, pick up etc like the ones she had when she was younger.
I really fancy one like a grey Bengal with rosettes and blue eyes or the 'Whiskas' advert cat, grey tabby with black stripes.
Can anyone advise on a cat that would meet both our interests? We desperately want to avoid having a timid cat if we can...