It eases my mind to hear you guys not telling me off - I actually asked this on a Danish cat forum too. Most of the responses were "why would you get a Bengal" or "Why would you buy when you can't meet it?"
I do actually go out - only accompanied though. My family is always ready to help me, so I am very lucky in that regard! We live within 5-10 mins drive of each other, all in the same city XD I can, unfortunately, not pick two of them, though I would indeed prefer it :/ almost all "common" housing here would not let you have two cats. More and more places are placing restructions. Such as "you must show proof of neutralization, ID chip number, or all cats must wear collars with a special name tag" - In the Denmark it is kind of illegal to have your cat run outside. According to the law you are responsive for keeping it on your own property at all times.
I will definitely ask the breeder for personalities then :) I am currently torn between two breeders The first one, who had the lovelies on the pictures, has told me they have the run of a large outdoors enclosure. I am not sure if they will work they well as apartment dwellers, since they might've gotten a taste for running outside (I wouldn't blame them, it is rather nice) The other breeder is from the same country (Netherlands) but keeps hers indoors or in a voliere. She lives in an urban setting. I have asked both for video of the kittens, but only the second breeder has provided any. She has warned me that I cannot pick until after Friday, as a breeder is picking hers first. All kittens in the litter are PKDef Carriers. She will also be getting kittens later, in 1-2 months, which would also interest me.
I tend to obsess a lot over these kinds of decisions. I'm kinda going with the "just take a plunge" logic here - I have no sure fire way to know when I can get the kitten, but even if things go completely wrong, and I end up living with my parents or a while yet, I figure we will work it out. I was initially concerned that an apartment of 400 square feet would too small. But since I have all day long, and the intention to make many holes in the walls, I figured I could make up in vertical space what I lack in horizontal XD
I have found an American site that sells funny wall stuff for cats, such as sisal posts, play areas and what not - and a cat exercise wheel. Luckily one of my best friends live in America and will be able to send me tons of funny cat toys ^^
Thank you guys for your viewpoints! I am very happy to hear that you like both of them ;) Hehe, even the grumpy looking girl - She kinda reminds of a big sis, looking all serious about the whole thing.
I have also experienced a lot of changed with our cats here, two guys, one 6 years the other 5. The 5year-old was incredibly skittish when we got him, I thought he was kind of a waste and wanted to get another one - Funny though, he is much calmer now and my baby boy. It happened so slow I didn't notice until recently that he had stopped flinching and running away whenever we approached him a bit fast(he is a rescue). The other one comes from a private seller, we visited a few times and we completely adored him - he climbed on us, was an outgoing explorer and loved to play. Around the age of 2 he completely stopped though. Now he will only play with us outside (sparingly) and he hates when there is new stuff in the house. I moved rooms 3 weeks ago, and he still thinks my bed (which he has slept on and had no trouble with for 5 years) is full of nasty critters who will jump out to eat him from the build in storage. He jumps over the doormat because he dislikes it, and has done do for years. So I am not too worried about the personality :) whatever quirks the cat will have, I will still love it. I will try to provide the best and securest home for it - so it can feel safe to grow and develope.
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