Whether it is necessary to you to get a cat?
Councils for a beginner

The cat can live till 20 years. During all this period of time you bear responsibility for your animal.

It is necessary for cat to do inoculations.

Depending on structure of a wool of a cat leave on a carpet and upholstered furniture more or less hair; licking fur, cats swallow the hair which allocate then together with vomiting. Happens, that cats scatter a litter around toilet tray and the rests of excrements. All it will demand from you certain patience.

Cats frequently behave capriciously enough.

The cat who does not leave on street, requires much more care, than its relatives having possibility to walk on freedom.

Whether there are at you other pets with whom the cat can not get on (see the Cat and other pets)?

If you rent habitation and are going to get a cat, in advance make sure that occurrence of an animal will not be burdensome for the owner of apartment or the house.

It is not necessary to get a cat if you or someone from members of your family suffers an allergy on a wool of animals.
One cat or two?

The cat requires dialogue with the owner. If you cannot allocate enough time for dialogue with a cat, it is recommended to get two cats. Following variants of the maintenance of two cats are possible:
*two cats of one dung;
*grown up cat and a kitten;
*две adult cats provided that they can get used to each other, and also in the presence of the sufficient area that each animal could designate the territory.