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When taking a new kitten, you must be aware that it should be no younger than 12 weeks, vaccinated, healthy and taken by a new owner with documents, containing information about a kitten and a breeder's name.

If a kitten is offered at a lower price than average for a particular breed, it might be a result of accidental mating, kittens may be under age of 12 weeks, not completely vaccinated, etc.

Before buying a kitten, collect some knowledge about breeds, read cat magazines, web sites, visit a cat exhibition. Make your choice. Longhair cats need more time for grooming than shorthairs, some oriental cats need more space, one breed can be more vocal than other. British cats are quite taciturn, but they express their needs and emotions to their owner clearly, though not very loudly. Prices of breeds also differ.

After you have chosen a breed, look for a kitten at web-sites of breeders or on special advertising boards. If you like a baby from a litter, call a breeder and ask for appointment. Breeders invite visitors to show them kittens at the age no younger than 1.5 months.
Be ready to ask and to answer questions. A breeder must be sure that he gives his kitten to loving and caring owners. A breeder should give you an expert advice about a breed, vaccinations, feeding pets. Get in touch with your breeder, in future this will save your time for searching answers for many questions about food, health, behavior, and conveniences.
Usually, kittens are available to a new owner after revaccination, no younger than 3 months old.
So, if you have chosen a kitten, expect to pay a non-returnable deposit.

Buy all you need for a kitten before you bring it home. A kitten needs a litter tray or a litter box, a scratching post, bowls for water, meat, dry or wet food, a cozy place, like a cot, a house, suitable for sleeping, watching and hiding. Our cats are used to a multileveled cat's house, and they like drinking from a cat's fountain. At first give them cat's food they have been used to, than you can replace it by other high quality food, but do it gradually, adding some new food to the habitual.

If you have other pets at home, make introductions very carefully. Be ready to struggle hostility, play with your new and old pets together, caress them, and try to alleviate stress from meeting with a stranger.