Sorry, I can't think of any /bad/ things about having a kitten. I WANT ONE
TOO!!!

Tell John, that Pat lives in a 700' sq. house with a $700/month budget with
7 cats (all sevens here!), therefore.... you know the rest. Besides, you
deserve a kitten!

One word: FLEAS.  If you do get one, don't take for granted that
she/he is clear, like I did. :(

Theresa
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My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Make Levees, Not War

Well, Oscar destroyed all of my blinds.  I had to change in my
bathroom for a year because I had no window coverings.

And when I got her, she had a bacterial infection, and she pooped
behind some furniture and it took me forever to find the spot, and it
never really got un-smellified to my satisfaction.

And she liked to climb up on my desk and hang out in the dark space
behind the keyboard, and would attack me whenever I tried to use the
computer.

She would bat stuff off of any surface she could find just to enrage
me ...

Then again, she was adorable ... still is ...

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I can't say it in words, but I can in pictures:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/94078345/97239186qduvOB
http://community.webshots.com/photo/143920530/180019063KFEFNK
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One word - Otis.  Multiple wakings for two years, one early waking still at
the age of nine.  Destroyed all the curtains (we have shutters now),
destroyed all the furniture (we have leather now - wrecked also), hunted
greeblings all night and landed on our heads, destroyed my shoes, and yowled
constantly ....   Chester was never any problem though so I guess they're
not all like that.  Just don't get one with a pointy head - those Siamese
are pretty stubborn :-)  Seriously, I read something about cats head shape
and their personality from the SPCA newsletter.  The wedge-shaped ones were
more high strung.  Chester's kind - sort of stubby - are known to be more
placid.

Susan M
Otis and Chester

Hmm.  The bad thing about kittens is.. erm. They climb your drapes. And you
too and that hurts.  They rush about at the speed of light and that tires
you out.  They might have FLEAS and WORMS when you get them.  Silver &
Scouty might hate having a kitten around.
Is that enough?
OK, if not - they grow up and need expensive health care sometimes.

They do not cost much to keep in food, but oh, the bill from TED when they
get ill <swoon>  and if they happened to get ill all at once from something
contagious you might just as well pay your monthly wages check straight into
TED's bank account.

Tweed

They might grow up to pee in your sink.

Kittens are reckless in their pursuit of greeblings. If you get one
with a paper fetish, your TP will never be the same again.  They turn
your feet into bedmice with painful consequences in the middle of the
night.
They have cute, round little eyes, and faces only a heart of steel
could resist.
They have adorable little ears and whiskers.
You'll never be able to fold laundry without help, again.
You'll never be able to put clean sheets on a bed without help, again.
They inadvertently scratch you.
Their little tails are like fuzzy carrots.
Ummmm... you'll never have to get Cat Orthodontia.
YOu'll never have to send a kitten to college.
Silver and Scout might get inferiority complexes, wondering why "They
weren't enough cat for you."

Okay, I did my best.  But it's HARD to come up with bad things about
itty bitty baby cats... awwwww......

Melissa

Time to dump John. Clearly.

Maybe I can help.

Kittens are just balls of fuzz and fluff with big eyes and often ears and
paws they have yet to grow into.
Kittens don't always use the litterbox.
You have to pay for vaccines and speutering.
You have to worry about torn up blinds/shades/furniture/shower curtains.
You *know* you will invest in new cat furniture and cat beds but the kitten
will still prefer that empty box.
You have to spend all that money on the cute toys for the kitten, because of
course the kitten won't have any interest in the discarded toys of its elder
housemates.
Kittens will torture your existing cats, turning them into crabby old cats.
Your cats aren't old!  But the kitten will turn them into crabby old cats.
Kittens require special food which, I firmly believe after reading about
some of the hoolikittens here, wires them up tight as a spring until they go
off like an alarm clock, making them romp all night long, preventing any
sleep.

If these aren't reasons enough, then perhaps you need a kitten to teach you
a lesson!  :)

Jill

Send me your address, I'll send you the KF Cure Package including:

--one fresh serving of bitty barf
--one coupon for teethmarks applied free of charge to your favourite
possessions
--one green-eyed monster for each cat you already own
--one package of stinky formula bottles and used cotton balls (yep we
like 'em really itty-bitty here!)

--Fil

Oh, but Karen, kittens are *wonderful*, and I have two absolutely
adorable ones if you want them ;-)

Ginger-lyn

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