Get a top-load carrier. My cat is easy to put in a carrier but many regard it as a fate only slightly less dreadful than the vacuum cleaner, and being able to lower the cat in from above rather than trying to stuff it in face first is a God-send.
When I was a kid, we had an FIV+ cat. He was in remission as long as we had him (he eventually disappeared), and I don't think he was more expensive than our other cats. He was certainly less expensive than Caz, who was billed as totally healthy (grrrr!) when I adopted him. But I was pretty young, so I'm not what I would call an expert on it.
Yay! I totally support kitty adoptions! I know you'll make some lucky feline an awesome forever home.
ETA: Most cats I know LOVE to look out the window. In my old apartment, I had a short cat tree (I called it the cat throne) that was just the right height for Caz to lie on and look out the kitchen window, but in the new place, I had to buy a window perch (basically a padded perch that glues onto the window sill).
ETA2: The type of cat litter is crucial. I use a mix of Arm and Hammer and the corn-based Best Cat Litter in the World (no really, that's the name). The Arm and Hammer aides in clumping and the Best Cat Litter aides in odor control.
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Date: 2012-01-15 07:35 am (UTC)When I was a kid, we had an FIV+ cat. He was in remission as long as we had him (he eventually disappeared), and I don't think he was more expensive than our other cats. He was certainly less expensive than Caz, who was billed as totally healthy (grrrr!) when I adopted him. But I was pretty young, so I'm not what I would call an expert on it.
Yay! I totally support kitty adoptions! I know you'll make some lucky feline an awesome forever home.
ETA: Most cats I know LOVE to look out the window. In my old apartment, I had a short cat tree (I called it the cat throne) that was just the right height for Caz to lie on and look out the kitchen window, but in the new place, I had to buy a window perch (basically a padded perch that glues onto the window sill).
ETA2: The type of cat litter is crucial. I use a mix of Arm and Hammer and the corn-based Best Cat Litter in the World (no really, that's the name). The Arm and Hammer aides in clumping and the Best Cat Litter aides in odor control.