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 | From Jen Hubley, your About Today Editor It's Adopt a Cat Month, although any time is a good time to adopt a shelter pet. Shelter animals are the cutest things on earth that exist in greater numbers than are practical or desired. | |
Before You Adopt a Cat
Before you take the plunge, though, you want to make sure that you're ready for a cat. A lot of people think that because cats don't need walking or washing, that they're maintenance-free pets.
| Top Mistakes by Cat Owners
As our cat expert Franny points out, cats are not a good impulse buy: "If you 'impulse-buy' a new purse or a new t-shirt, you can almost always return it if it turns out to be the wrong color or the fit isn't right." Not so with kitties.
| Adopting a Shelter Cat
If you do decide to get a cat, the shelter is a great place to start.
| How to Train a Cat
The idea of training cats is hilarious to most people, but you can change behaviors that don't work for the other inhabitants of your house.
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