Any of the free cats in your local newspaper, marketplace, craigslist… or just contact your local animal shelters - they will be overjoyed to give you a cat.
Genetically diverse, free-range, cats tend to be healthier than purebred cats anyway. So from a maintenance perspective, a free-range cat is much more cost effective.
Purebred breeds are just another way of saying inbred, which means lots of health complications
Don’t get a pet if you aren’t able to handle it financially, including vet visits and an emergency fund
Adopt a cat. The are so, so many excellent cats (and kittens) out there with no home. Save a life instead of bringing another cat into the world.
Ours came straight from the streets. Bit of tlc later and she wants to hang with us 24/7.
My wife found one huddled in the middle of the road earlier this year, probably only five or six weeks old. Our attempts at fostering have failed spectacularly. She loves it here.
