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Cat Forum / General Topics / June 2004Legal selling age of kittens in PA
I bought a kitten in a pet shop. They claim she is now 4.5 weeks old and I can not pick her up for 2 weeks. Hmm. If there was a legal age for them to sell them, wouldn't it be 8 weeks? I found that the law in Pennsylvania restricts selling of fowl that is under 8 weeks. Nothing about cats or dogs. Does anyone know why this particular shop would do this? They are now eating solid foods and the shop does not offer a health guarantee on their cats. I feel she would be a lot better being raised by me than being kept in a cage most of the day. Thanks for any insight. > I bought a kitten in a pet shop. They claim she is now 4.5 weeks old and I > can not pick her up for 2 weeks. Hmm. If there was a legal age for them to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > their cats. I feel she would be a lot better being raised by me than being > kept in a cage most of the day. Thanks for any insight. I don't know about legalities, but a kitten should be with the mother until *at least* 8 and preferably 10-12 weeks. Ivor Well there is not much that can be done about that since they were just dumped off on the pet stores door step. > > I bought a kitten in a pet shop. They claim she is now 4.5 weeks old > and I [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Ivor [Top posting corrected] [snip] > > I don't know about legalities, but a kitten should be with the mother > > until *at least* 8 and preferably 10-12 weeks. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Well there is not much that can be done about that since they were just > dumped off on the pet stores door step. I'm very sorry to hear that. Is there no rescue shelter or similar in the area..? Here in the UK we have branches of Cats Protection in most areas of the country. I do hope your kitten turns out to be ok, and gives you many years of love :-) Ivor They are still being weened from the mother at this age, although should be eating on their own as well. Most shelters will generally not permit adoption until at the very least 7 weeks of age. > I bought a kitten in a pet shop. They claim she is now 4.5 weeks old and I > can not pick her up for 2 weeks. Hmm. If there was a legal age for them to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > their cats. I feel she would be a lot better being raised by me than being > kept in a cage most of the day. Thanks for any insight. |
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