Re: Getting a cat
I've owned a half-dozen cats in my life and, personally, am one of those "people" that find declawing cats to be absolutely revolting. As nice as it is to have pretty furniture (which declawing doesn't insure, regardless, because of urine/crap) I'd hate to have to give up the top third of my fingers for it - why should a cat?
Unless, ofcourse, you see your cats as more of a possession than a pet/friend... Then do whatever you want to it, I guess. *grumble*
As for leaving it for the weekend, etc, the only prob is that younger kittens often don't know how to ration their own food properly - leaving two bowls of wet food out just leaves a super stuffed kitty one day and a super starving kitty the next. Having a neighbour drop by for 5 minutes of checking water/food is preferable.
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