Kittens verus 4month old young cats

[FluffyMummy123]

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get em now

(pedigrees are sold at 3 months anyway, so not much difference)

kittens wreck the house, well mine did!

don't worry, they will still be wrecking it at 4 mths

they will still be quite little

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we found our cat when he was 3/4 months old, in the street, abandoned

he settled in immediately, no troubles

he has never wrecked the house tho, but he does like to attack my toes when i am sleeping

when my cat was 4 months it was xmas time so she ttok to wrecking the tree instead of the curtains

mine didn't wreck the house, but one did like to run up the curtains and along the pelmets

go and see them cod - I'm sure they will be lovely

I think they'll still be kittenish enough. Can you get ones which have been with nice families from birth - they learn most of their socialising between birth and 9 weeks-ish. (Apparently hand-reared ones are not the best in terms of sociability, surprisingly.)

Kittens versus 4month old young cats?

there's only one way to settle this......FIIIIIIGHHHHHT!

if you go see them you'll not pick a cat or kitten they'll pick you

this was my cat at 4 months old

Kittens are much harder to get hold of this time of year, so I'd take them for sure if you want a cat now.

Agree, 4 months is still very kittenish. It'll still have all its milk teeth for example. I do think you need to see what they're like, but I'd be glad to get one that has been vaccinated - it cost £100 to get all the vaccinations & worming done for ours.

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he is fully grown now, but has never been nasty to the kids

in fact they treat him like some kind of doll

he just lets them get on with it, waiting patiently til they release him, then comes hides in my room lol

Not really relevant, but can I just say why hand-reared kittens aren't very sociable? Apparently, it's because they've always had everything where and when they wanted it. When reared by the mother they have to learn to take their turn, that there are firm boundaries for their behaviour and so on. The hand-reared ones apparently can be aggressive and demanding... Sound like any kids you know?????

People differ on this, but I believe that neutered males are much more affectionate and gentle too....

AFAIK, you shouldn't be able to take kittens until they're about 12 weeks old anyway, so a 4 month old won't be much older.

Even though we already have two cats, am very at you getting yours. (Although sorry it followed your bereavement!)

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I got my first cat from a pet shop, and though I loved her I'd never do it again. There's a good chance that people who let their kittens go to a pet shop with no idea of what will happen to them may not have been too kind to them in the first place.

DOH! Sorry, just realised you said 'vets'....