Rescue or re-homing?

[JamMakingWannaBe]

We are looking for a young cat, rather than a young kitten and I need help in deciding which to go for:

Cat 1 is a 1 yr old female from a rescue centre. Neutered. Reportedly family friendly.

Cat 2 is a 3 yr old male. He's been offered for adoption as he's not neutered and is becoming frisky towards his mother. We would have him neutered as a priority.

Which would you go for?

I would always recommend going via a rescue. They will have matched your family with the cat they have and will be honest about the cat.

Also if things don’t go well (initially or years down the line when life throws curve balls), you will have rescue back up, with them taking back the cat.

Also most rescues will come deflead, wormed, chipped, vaccinated, vet checked, neutered and often with some pet insurance cover for the first few weeks.

Cat 2 could be great. Assuming neutered quickly, you will have a mature cat that will have done all his growing and he will still look like a tom cat. And the neutered male cat is a real homebody in a lot of cases.

This was a risk I took many years ago, but it worked out. However, it is a risk compared to Cat 1.

The key thing is really the temperament of the cat. Choose the friendly one.

Who are the people offering cat 2? Do you know them personally? If so, regardless of which cat you end up with, can you help them get the two cats neutered? Particularly the mother? There is a lot a help available if it's the money that's the problem.

Why would you not want cat 1 - is that younger than you were thinking?

Take the cat that has the most need of a home.

Both? 2 dcats are better than one ime..

Both!!

Cat 1 has a new owner (not us). None of the local rescue centres have anything suitable - if at all. We have an enclosed back garden but live on a main road so would prefer an indoor cat. All the rescue cats say they need outdoor access and discount us because of the business of the road.

Cat 2 is being offered locally and I've been chatting to the current owner on FB. She's had him since a kitten and is loathe to re-home him but he's bothering her elderly female and she thinks it's for the best. The fact we know his background appeals to us and she has asked to stay in touch if we do adopt him.

The other option is to wait until the rescue centres have kittens (which we don't really want) and we've just to phone them each week for an update.

Why would the owner of cat 2 not just have him neutered, rather than re home him?

Yes, why hasn't the owner of Cat2 had him done? Rehoming seems a bit drastic.

But I don't see why you wouldn't rehome him
If you're looking for a car & he's looking for a home.

We have the same question as PP. Why don't they just neuter the male? We're visiting tomorrow so will ask then.

So the kitten's mother is 'elderly' and yet she's still pumping out kittens. Whatever you decide to do under no circumstances give these utter twats any money. Why isn't the mother neutered? Please ask them that. I know you have to be welfare minded to do this, but it could be that they need someone to sort out the neutering for them - could you offer help?