Rent-a-Cat

1. Miss Cellania
   December 13th, 2007 at 6:52 am

   The cat in the picture is adorable!

2. Sid Morrison
   December 13th, 2007 at 8:27 am

   Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, It’s got some wacky flopped over ears.

3. Andrew Drill
   December 13th, 2007 at 8:49 am

   I wonder how “Fukui” is pronounced.

4. Geekazoid
   December 13th, 2007 at 8:58 am

   As a cat lover myself I think this is a great idea. I’m sure we’ll see some copy cat places in the states in no time, unless we already have some in the U.S.

5. Johan Paulsson
   December 13th, 2007 at 9:50 am

   Actually this is pretty common. Cafés where you can pay hourly for playing with cats or dogs or take dogs for a walk etc. One of the more innocent things you can pay hourly for in Japan…

6. Jon
   December 13th, 2007 at 10:25 am

   For those wondering about the cat-

   Cats with folded ears like that are “Scottish Folds”. I would love to have one, but I would never get a cat from a breeder when I could get one from a local shelter. Unfortunately, you don’t see folds in places like that very often.

7. Sid Morrison
   December 13th, 2007 at 11:16 am

   @Jon-
   Thanks for the info. I also happen to agree with you as far as sourcing felines goes. We’ve currently got 3 former shelter cats — all great critters and over the years have had other strays / shelter adoptees as well.

   Besides the humanitarian aspect of rescuing a critter from a pound/shelter AND the sustantial cost savings aspect, there is a practical point as well — it’s MUCH more effective to gauge to “personality” of a potential adult cat adoptee rather than a kitten (such as one typical gets from a breeder).

   That “fold” is a cute one though … no denying that.

8. swallowtail
   December 13th, 2007 at 12:28 pm

   Hai catizen!
   Well I still have one bone to pick with this kinda sorta… Where do the cats come from? Breeders or shelters? The cat cafe idea would be perfect to promote shelter/stray care and adoption, even though it seems that the whole point of the thing is *not* owning a cat.

9. ted
   December 14th, 2007 at 9:35 pm

   Why promote buying from shelters to people who can’t own the pets because of housing regulations?

   What they should do is push for change so that more people can take care of animals on a permanent basis.

10. isbjorn
    January 3rd, 2008 at 11:03 pm

    The really funny part is that at most shelters/pounds you can do almost the same thing for free! It’s called vollenteering and while the shelters may not be the fanciest of places it’s good for both you and the animals.

11. Jona
    August 5th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    I guess I do agree with both Jon and Sid Morrison in certain things. Shelter cats are as awesome as a breed cat. But like Jon said, you won’t find certain cats in a shelter. I own 4 cats. My first 2 are sweet, peaceful persians that hardly jump to any of my bookshelves. Then I have my beautiful shelter cat that is a ball of never-ending energy and makes sure that the others excercise enough and heh, I do have a cute Scottish Fold that is so quiet sometimes I have to make sure he’s alive! XD But neither of my cats were adults when they joined my house. They were all kittens when I picked them, including my shelter loveheart. I sort of agree with Sid Morrison about the “personality” thing, but the thing with kittens is that it was easier for them to know me and get used to my world.

    I also agree with isbjorn, but at least where I live, the government FORBIDS that “regular” people volunteer for shelters. They only allow people with veterinarian education to do this. Obviously all vet students are volunteer in our shelters.

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