Advantages: Tabby's have personality of multiple cats
Disadvantages: Manic, terrorist & terrible

...We've had our 15 week kitten Tabby Jac for two months now. He's completely manic. I've heard that vets internally groan when a tabby's pulled out of a carrier onto the examination table - spitting, vicious, scratching entities that they are. The white variety of most animals are docile - think ferrets, just a docile version of a polecat, initially and originally bred from the albino variety. Tabbys are exactly the opposite. Ours does circuits & bumps (parlance known by pilots) around our living room every couple of hours, regardless and to the detriment of anything which gets in the way. Plants, glassware, table lamps, people - the lot get trampled in Jac's manic whirl. The curtains hold decided interest. A grass-twisted mat bought for the purpose invites him to claw at when dropped in front of him, and the suite does... Read review

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Advantages: loving and affectionate
Disadvantages: dead things on the carpet

...oldest came from the Cats Protection League. Every year cats are mistreated, thrown out as they are unwanted or need re-housing, as their owners can no longer cope. Tabby was one such cat. She had previously been much loved by a couple that had to go into a home and was not able to her with them. This must have been a heart breaking decision to make because she was around 7 when we got her and apparently she had been much loved and pampered. The Cats Protection League is a excellent place to look if you would like to re-home a cat. They have a vast election available, ranging from tiny kittens to older cats. Some may have special needs due to illness (I have previously adopted a 3 legged cat). All cats are inoculated (more on this later) and advice is given on how to care for your cat. They will arrange a home check to check... Read review

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Advantages: Highly Amusing for Cat Lovers Everywhere
Disadvantages: Quite pricy

..., and the next day he was back at my house, having escaped. AND HE WASN’T MY CAT….! And at the moment, my neighbour’s cat has moved in practically full time now, and is the first one upstairs in the morning. However that balances itself out, because my female cat now lives with another neighbour too…This is actually option Six on Cat owning – Joint Ownership. Nett Cats = Three. See. Its Joint Ownership. Then we move on to types of cat. And this I find hilarious because I can relate to so much of it. First of all we have had our fair share of Black Cats with White Paws, which Pratchett argues has to be a breed. He says they are always called Sooty. My family book the trend here, as ours was called Snowball, and we had a white long haired cat called Sooty….It wasn’t my choice honest. And I howled laughin at the genre “Sort of Tabby Cats with a Bit... Read review

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Advantages: she eats the lot, economically priced
Disadvantages: none that I've found

...Being a bit strapped for cash a couple of weeks ago, I rather urgently needed some very reasonably priced cat food and spotted Morrisons own brand "My Cat" multipacks tucked away on the bottom supermarket shelf, beneath the more expensive brands. There were special, flashed packs, priced at £1.89 for six big (400g) tins instead of its usual £1.99. Individual tins were also available, but worked out a lot more expensive. There were several packs to choose from, but for our tabby it had to be 'in jelly'. Our ex-wild, ex-rescue cat just won't touch anything in gravy. Well she will, sort of, she licks off the gravy and leaves the meat sitting there until the flies come home. I checked the mainly mid blue plastic outer packaging and saw I could choose between 'My Cat' packs containing six meat varieties, four tins of meat and two... Read review

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Advantages: Superb family show. Moving around the country
Disadvantages: Moving around the country!

..., Alonzo or James. There’s also the name that’s particular, peculiar and more dignified such as Munkustrap, Bombalurina or Jellylorum. And finally there’s the name that no human research can discover and only the cat himself knows and will never confess. THE OLD GUMBIE CAT – a wonderful little ditty to the old gumbie cat who has managed to teach the mice music, crocheting and tatting and organise the cockroaches into a band of helpful boy scouts. “I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots, Her coat is of the tabby kind, with tiger stripes and lepard spots.” OLD DUETERONOMY – an ode to the leader of the Jellicle tribe: “He’s buried nine wives and more, I am tempted to say ninety-nine”. MEMORY – Grizabella’s song about her memories of her past life before she left the tribe and her desire to rejoin them. “Touch me... Read review

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Advantages: home checks, advice and guidance
Disadvantages: can be difficult to contact

...arrival of your new cat by buying food bowls, litter trays, bedding, cat carrier etc. The check took about half an hour and the volunteer has a long chat with you about the type of cat you want (age, sex, colour etc) so they can check with the local branch and foster homes to see if there are any available straight away. They also explain that they don't charge to rehome a cat but they do accept donations towards the cost of looking after the cat before you take it. So began the wait. I really wanted a ginger kitten (I've wanted one since I was a child) so I was happy to hang on until one become available. However, ginger cats are not as common as tabbies or tortoiseshells so I knew I was going to have a bit of a wait on my hands. About a fortnight later I got a phone call from the Cat Protection League saying that they'd just had... Read review

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Advantages: cheap, cheape rin multipacks
Disadvantages: smells foul!!

...and biscuits to last til my return!. When i got back I noticed that three out of the eight cans were still on the work top along with a good supply of biscuits. Poppy was nowhere to be seen so I began to panic about why she hadnt been fed and where she was. When Poppy returned home she miaowed for food so I opened up a usual food tin of a fishy variety. She simply stuck her nose up in the air and walked away! The food was left all day! I began to get rather annoyed as i thought my neighbour must have been feeding her fresh salmon or something. When i saw my neighbour I asked her and she showed me the food she had fed Poppy! It has a dark blue label with a well fed grey striped tabby cat, with a very satisfied look on its face. The price of 39p is labelled in yellow very clearly by the morrisons logo and the My Cat logo. The lid has a ring... Read review

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Advantages: Cats have personalities all their own, clean animals, easily trained
Disadvantages: Not all are affectionate, shedding can be a nuisance

..., as though they're dreaming of making a meal out of them. Ethel is in a world all her own. She rarely meows,a and when she does, it always comes out as a short and hushed mew. She is very sweet and loves to spend time just basking in the sunshine or rolling over and over on our bed. She is the shyest of the three, however, she is every bit as loving. She is a lovely gray and white tabbie. As enjoyable as the cats are, there is one downside to having them: they shed. My sister-in-law, who claims to be allergic to animal dander, is always complaining that her eyes itch and her nose gets stuffy whenever she comes over for a visit. The poor cats are banished to one of the bedrooms throughout the duration of her visits. The funny thing is this: My sister-in-law is a physician. She certainly knows what to do to combat the allergy problem... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, soft and my cat eats it all
Disadvantages: unappealing packaging

...Right, while the owners away the cat will play. I am Ellie, and I have seen my owner - known to you as `garageroom` - sitting at this little black box writing with those long skinny things you call fingers.Well, shes gone out, and now its my turn to let you all out there know what is important - cat food! I have spent many of my 12 years being subjected to all ranges of food that I am expected to be overjoyed about. But hey, Im getting on and Ive only got 3 teeth left so you have no chance with that dried stuff unless you want to chew it up for me first. As for those tins - you open it one day, then 2 days later expect me still to eat food from the same tin! Come on, Im a lady in my prime and should be having salmon served to me by a young tabby male with a firm stomach and muscular hind legs - no wonder I scratched your... Read review

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Advantages: Cuddles and someone who listens to u
Disadvantages: They can be users

...This is an account of the birth of 3 lovely kittens, rather than looking at all aspects of keeping cats, this is about to neuter or not. I have 5 cats, however 3 where accidental. You see we had 2 cats (tabby, now sadly passed away at 17yrs old), but one day at the stables i was offered the kitten (ellie) there because she needed a home, she is a little bit odd but i put this down to 2 things, firstly losing her mother to a tragic accident with a horse, as she got kicked in the yard. Secondly, she was a very young teenage mum (if she were human) and this sent her crazy. The story of how the 3 kittens came along, well to start with I was skint and never got round to takingher to the vets to get neutered. One day she started making this annoying loud screeming meow, which in cat language means 'shag me', they are not ones... Read review

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