Buying a new kitten

[Mharte88]

I have been with you guys about two years and very recently lost my darling Milly. About a month ago now, and I hoped I would be in a more calm state of mind, but its hopeless. I know anyone who cares for these gorgeous fur babies will know exactly what I mean. You helped so much when she was getting too large, then when I lost her, I am hoping you can be helping me now. Sorry if this is the wrong Section, but could find anything other than "small pets". It goes without saying I want another kitten, actually I intend to move to a flat where the Landlord allows pets, this one did and then decided not to. We have a couple of dogs here, and if all the doors were opened how many flat cats, so to speak, would emerge would be hilarious. So I have looked on two sites, won't say who, but the prices are jaw dropping. Is this as a result of COV-19? At the start of looking I was saying I want a ginger girl/boy as she was, or a tabby, so no special breed. For a few hundred more than they want for that, I could have a Bengal or British short haired, or you name it there they all are. But I want a non-breed. they are what I have always had. One tabby, particularly pretty £500. I appreciate I would go to a Rescue Centre, but not at this moment in time, as I unsure if they want written permission from my Landlord, which would not be advisable. Is this ever going to level off? Presumably when we are all vaccinated, lockdown will cease, and the demand for our furry friends will level off. I miss Milly every day, its worse now than at the beginning for some strange reason, perhaps it was the shock. Now its a fight not to cry every day; it might be good for you to cry, initially, but I realise it is getting me nowhere except more upset and desperate. So if anyone has noticed this, or has any input I would love to hear from you. I am now prepared to pay up to £400 which wasn't an option three weeks ago, but I am saving like mad, as I knew she was my world, but now I need to get my world backl I love cats, so it would just be so wonderful to have another one to love.

No rescue I've ever been to has asked about my landlord. Please rescue if you can.

@JorisBonson

No rescue I've ever been to has asked about my landlord. Please rescue if you can.

... but absolutely don't get another pet if your lease doesn't allow it. You run the risk of having to rehome, either the pet or yourself!

Please don't buy a kitten from an unregistered breeder for £hundreds from the small ads. They treat their cats as breeding machines with no regard for health of the mother or kittens' health. Either buy from a reputable, registered pedigree breeder or adopt a rescue.

If you ask for your post to be moved to The Litter Tray you will get better advice from the cat lovers of MN. thecatneuterer is a particularly knowledgable poster who works for a cat rescue. Use the report button on your post to ask MN to move it.

It is hard losing a much loved cat, but you need to wait until you've sorted out a new tenancy. Then you can approach rescues. Nobody responsible would sell a cat to someone in a precarious position.

Yes, of course, I have been here three years, and that has always been at the back if my mind. So many here have indoor cats, and so many more now apparently since COV-19. I am going to move, whatever happens as I need the peace of mind the Landlord does allow pets and would want to get a little friend for my kitten. Indoors I can see they could get bored, even though I am here more than I am out.

I understand what you are saying, but five weeks on, nothing will ease this heartache, but to get another rescue cat/kitten, and I do not do well alone with this type of emotional loneliness and emptiness I am experiencing now. No one can tell you how long it lasts, because it is so different for everyone. But I can figure, that it will not ever be like it was, as I live alone. My family are absolutely lovely, but they are not invested in cats the way that I am. Molly

I say this kindly, Mharte, but this isn't just about you, this is about bringing a new animal into an already precarious situation, and that just isn't sensible or fair or prioritising an animal's welfare.

I had already had my kitten two years, when I came here, I would not be in this position if the previous tenant had told me the Landlord doesn't allow pets. He approached me, I had already turned down several flats that had that rule. So, I did not walk into this situation knowingly, by the time he realised he hadn't done his due diligence, we were both committed for our own reasons, to moving into the respective flats. As he told me, the LL had previously allowed pets, therefore many tenants were still with their pets.
To mean this kindly, is not what this is, my little ginger girl, had no clue I had that at the back of my mind and had, for the five years she was with me, the most loving and kindest and looked after life anyone could have given a pet.
On top of the shock of losing her at 5years old I knew I was facing moving; that my seem like nothing to you, but to me, it was just too overwhelming on top of what happened just before Xmas.
It is so easy to sit in judgement on someone - but don't until you have been in their shoes, presume to know why they are in the situation they are in. If it was ever a choice of my meal or hers, she had her meal and I had a bowl of cornflakes. If love could have saved her she never would have died. Precarious position did not come into it, had they "discovered" me, out of all the other people keeping pets, including two large labradors, I would have moved.

Please do not buy from these scumbag breeders. They don't care about the welfare of the kittens nor the poor mums producing all these kittens.
Cats Protection will require written permission from your landlord if you rent. I don't know which other rescues ask for this but I think this is sensible to stop the cats needing to be rehomed.
I realise you are missing your old cat bit please please do not rush into acquiring another just yet. There are pet bereavement helplines-Cats Protection and Blue Cross run these services which may help you