Is leasing a cat a good option?

[MiddleFingerMom]

[LiberalEsto]

1. Have you considered a time-share option?

Cat for 2 weeks every year?

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. Are you kidding? It takes 'em 2-1/2 weeks to go from the ankle-shreddng mode...

... to the head-ankle rubbing, headbutting, heavy purring wonderfulness that the little fluffballs can be!!!
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2 weeks?!?!?!?!.
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What a ripooff!!!
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[LiberalEsto]

4. In that case, you could opt for 3 weeks

[In_The_Wind]

2. There are pros and cons to the situation.

You could fall in love with the cat and suffer severe separation issues.

[Jokerman]

5. You can't lease something that already owns you. n/t

[madinmaryland]

9. Thread Winner!!

[applegrove]

6. If there was a spa where one could go and play with kittens, and pay by the hour.....

[jmowreader]

15. What are you, nuts? PAY to play with kittens?

Call your local no-kill and ask if they need any cat socialization volunteers. If (when?) they say yes, you get to play with kittens for free.

[applegrove]

16. I saw two humane society kittens today.

I so want to take them home. Then I struggle all night wondering if they would be happy here. Or are they better off somewhere else. I actually find it stressful on the whole. Not relaxing at all to be constantly thinking can I make the commitment to a kitten. So I don‘t know why I always stop in t that store. Except that I love kitties.

[trof]

7. Try for a 'next door' cat if you can.

We have two.
They drop in, hang out a while, sleep, do their cat thing, then go home.
We don't have to bother with cat food, kitty litter, vet bills, etc.

[pinboy3niner]

8. Never; there's always an unfavorable claws in the contract

[trueblue2007]

10. I don't lease. I own. 5 cats .... count them

ANNIE
TAFFY
INKY
SADIE
SALLY

[SteveG]

13. Ahem.... People own Dogs

Cats have staff.

[Iterate]

11. Selling cats door-to-door doesn't work.

Be ambitious they said. You can always sell cats they said. Don't take no for an answer. Just throw some in a bag and get your foot in the door. It was a nightmare.

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. Just lay a sleepy one on the warm hood of someone's car.

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[Major Nikon]

14. No, but neither is buying

All you have to do is provide them with better food than their current owners.