That is exactly correct :).
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Get it checked by a vet, particularly if you’re planning on having more kids. For example, cats can carry menengitis and give it to babies, I’m told. As another example, “cat scratch fever” is not merely a rock song.
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Weather-appropriateness: If you’re in the tropics, avoid a longhaired cat unless you reeeally like torturing kitties by chronically overheating them.
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Allergies: although the allergy is to cat dandruff (skin flakes), I’ve heard that shorthaired cats and regular vacuuming make cat allergies more manageable than longhaired varieties in moderately mussed homes. Also, check your lease! Your landlord may not allow cats or dogs because cleaning a livingspace for a next, possibly allergic, tenant is difficult and costly.
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Wild/domestic mixes. Wild cats like Servals and mixed wild-domestic cats like Savannahs may make great pets, but in some states and cities they are heavily regulated or outright banned. New York City, for example, does not permit wild cats as pets.
Another consideration is the temperament of these wild and semi-wild animals: Servals, for example, are notorious for attaching themselves emotionally to just one person or family, and being unable to adjust to new families. If you’re 99 years old or planning to move frequently, don’t make a commitment to one of these cats.
- Overly inbred cats are probably something you should avoid.
The Japanese, for example, are in love with exotic pets. If your cat or dog is a breed that nobody on your block has seen before, you get significant bragging rights. Aside from creating pressure to import exotic pets like green monkeys and chinchillas, that demand also prompts the pet industry to take inbreeding risks to produce a large marketable crop when they find a mutation that might be appealing. Inbreeding can produce a marked increase in the presence of the desired trait, but it can also reinforce recessive bad genes.
You were supposed to get two. Oh well, I guess you now have a Winterfest gift that you can give.
If your kitchen trash can doesn’t have a lid, get one with a lid now.
It’s not meningitis, it’s toxoplasmosis that is carried by cats. That’s mostly harmless (as far as we know) unless a woman gets it while she’s pregnant, or to someone with immune system problems. Pregnant women and immunocompromised people should not clean litter boxes. If your cat is a strictly indoor cat, though, it’s unlikely to get toxoplasmosis.
Well, now you know.
As a bit of a mutt myself I’ve learned to read between the lines 
We could have gotten two without going into debt but I really wanted ease our daughter into this. The dog my son SWORE he would take care of ended up being my dog.
We’re done with kids but we’ve scheduled a vet visit already.
I knew (logically) that letting kitty out wasn’t a good idea. Still who expects a kitten assassin? Consider me chastened.
thanks for no burns about the ‘lord of the manner’ I do know what a manor is. Fricken short edit window. I’m not known for proofreading.
As a bit of a mutt myself I’ve learned to read between the lines
We could have gotten two without going into debt but I really wanted ease our daughter into this. The dog my son SWORE he would take care of ended up being my dog.
We’re done with kids but we’ve scheduled a vet visit already.
I knew (logically) that letting kitty out wasn’t a good idea. Still who expects a kitten assassin? Consider me chastened.
thanks for no burns about the ‘lord of the manner’ I do know what a manor is. Fricken short edit window. I’m not known for proofreading.
Oh boy, are YOU in for some fun times.
Cats, and especially kittens, regard human feet as their natural prey. Especially at 3 AM. This is where the second cat is essential, as both felines will be awake and ready to play at that time, and will usually take their aggressions out on each other, instead of your poor vulnerable toes. Human feet can be attacked at any time, but cats LOVE to pounce on feet that are under the blanket.
You need to get a laser pointer, but don’t shine it into Sugar’s eyes.
And here’s a few websites that you need:
Bert LOVES to chase the laser pointer, Lynn!
We have also found a "treat’ for him called “The Good Life Recipe” which I call “Kitty Crack”! 
He has learned where it’s kept and you oughta see that tail move when D opens it up!
Also, Lynn - please correct me on this - but isn’t there a “food” for “indoor kitties” called Kitty Green, which is supposed to help regulate their digestive function?
We’ve looked, but haven’t been able to find it at the grocery store.
Thanks
Q
Honestly all the more reason to get two, if you can afford the extra food/vet/adoption fees and don’t mind another litter box ( better to have one per cat for any potential territorial reasons, though you may find it is unnecessary ). Generally two kittens that get along really are less of a handful than one bored kitten.