• homes@piefed.world
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      16 days ago

      new cats (esp very new cats) need lots of care and attention, vaccinations, and, at around edit: a year six months old, need to be neutered. this can come with a lot of costs for the kitty-parents. used cats come with much of this taken care of already and are far more independent.

      regarding “value”-- that may be a matter of opinion, considering how adorable kittens are.

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    Costco memberships are not worth it and just exist mostly for sunk cost IMO. They intentionally pay brands to make cheaper versions of their products they can try to pass off as the same version.

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        16 days ago

        I am 100% thinking of Costco. Namely their version of Avocado pillows are lower quality. They do this with other products too, especially relating to name brand sport equipment.

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    All of my cats as an adult have been used, except the beginning litter of 5… as they were from a stray who wandered up to our house to stay for a couple months!

    Since then it’s been adult rescues from shelters, a senior from a disappointingly flakey daughter and most recently a scared juvenile who came begging for food.