Why Should We Get Kittens as Pets?

Kittens are and have always been adorable creatures. Of course, these youngsters are also playful, naughty and mischievous as well. Perhaps that's the reason why people are attracted to them, as they entertain us with their peculiar antics and curiosity. Cats and dogs have been found torelieve humans of stress and make great companions at home. Of course,choosing between a cat and a dog is totally a personal choice.

Why should we get akitten then? Well, for one thing, they are cute and adorable and areless active as compared to dogs. They recognize us as their masters butdo not overly show their enthusiasm like dogs. That's whythey make you work for their affection all the time, instead of theother way around.

Kittens are small in sizeand therefore easy to carry around. This makes it easy for you to takeyour cat around in your car or when you need to take your cat with yououtside. However, cats and kittens have tendencies to seek ways toescape from your home and therefore this may prove to a problem if yourcat keeps trying to make its way out of your house. With this, manyowners let their cats roam in and out of their houses, and most of thetime, their pets return home on time for dinner. Sometimes, they evenbring home their own prey for dinner.

Kittens and cats burytheir own waste in the sand box, so that you don't have totake after them, unlike dogs. They can be trained to use the sand boxwhich you just need to have a change of sand once in a while. On theother hand, kittens also each much less than dogs, and therefore costless in maintenance. They are usually non-aggressive, and will be lesslikely to bite anyone. However, they may get irritated with humanbehavior and sometimes may want to be left alone. With this, they canscratch with their sharp claws if they are not happy.

Kittens can't be trainedbe trained. They just won't listen. That is why you will notneed to send your cat to cat school to be trained. This will also meanthat you don't have to spend money getting your cat trained.Cats and kittens also do not bark and therefore are suitable forapartment or condominiums where they won't even wake up theneighbours.

One thing about cats istheir nature to wander around their neighborhood which may get theminto trouble sometimes. With this, they may get knocked down by a caror be involved in accidents. Apart from this, cats also can get sick,especially when they wander outside and eat material from outside thehome. You will then need to pay for your cat's medical bills,although it will not cost you as much if you were to have a dog.

Finally, kittens do notneed you to exercise them like dogs. They don't need to betaken out for walks and they don't make demands on you aswell. They live their own lives, but do need to be pat once in a while.If you are a cat person, you will definitely understand them! Look atthe adorablecute little kittens and cats!

Mary Majorda of California has lived along with kittens since as longas she can remember. She got her 1st kitten at the age of 2 as abirthday gift from her dad and since then she hasn't partedfrom cats and kittens. Besides having a family of a husband, 2 kids and4 kittens, her love for them has pursued her to become a vet.