I went into the Cat Shoppe with my mother back a few days ago in hopes to find a new kitten to take back home with us. Our first impression of the cat shoppe was a great one because there were tons of adorable little kittens running around the store, so many unique looking cats to choose from. We got very excited when we found the cutest little hairy brown kitten which we fell in love with. When we approached the lady behind the counter she informed us that they do not allow you to only adopt one cat, you must adopt 2 or more (according to the cat shoppe employee, kittens do not do well on their own. I certainly beg to differ, having owned cats in the past I find that they enjoy being on their own and when there are 2 or more together, they begin to get a bit territorial.) My mother was certainly not fond of the idea of having to adopt one extra kitten on account of that was not her original plan, but after a few minutes of thinking and getting used to the idea, we picked out a second kitten that we were very fond of as well ( a beautiful siamese with bright blue eyes). Unfortunately the lady who adopted out the kittens was out on vacation for that week, and we weren't able to take any of the kittens home with us that day. (another negative) So, we left our name and phone number so they could get in touch with us once the kittens were available for adoption.
Today, we received a phone call from the cat shoppe to inform us that the little brown kitten we were interested in was ready to be adopted, under the condition that we adopt his sister, a brown and orange calico. We were starting to get very frustrated because not only do we need to adopt 2 kittens, but we were being pushed into adopting a cat that we were not interested in. My mother tried to reason with the woman on the phone, but she came up with every excuse in the book as to why we MUST adopt the brown kittens sister and not the 2nd original kitten we had already chosen. By the end of the telephone conversation the cat shoppe employee told my mother she would call back tomorrow to let us know the final verdict as to whether or not we can adopt the 2 cats of OUR choice.
Although the cat shoppe has a wonderful selection of cats and kittens to choose from, be careful and do not get your hopes up because the pushy staff will probably end up choosing which cats you will be adopting for you, don't let the wide variety fool you.
Pros: Beautiful cats
Cons: Pushy staff with a rude attitude.
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