Hello! I’ve lived in Switzerland for around a couple of years now, and now that I am bit more settled I would love to adopt a cat (or 2 as I work full-time). The issue is: I’ve never owned a cat, just dogs, and I know they are a completely different experience, and I would love to learn how to take care of one before I commit to adopting one. However I have found it difficult to meet cats as none of my friends have them. I have thought of just going to a shelter and meeting them in a controlled environment, but here in Zürich the Tierheims I have asked tell me that they don’t let normal people come meet the cats if they are not serious about submitting an application to adopt as they can stress the cats, which, fair, but then I just don’t know how can someone that has never owned a cat find an environment in Switzerland where one can meet cats and get to know them. Regarding cat cafes, I’m based in Zurich, and there’s only one, I’ve visited before and they are very cute but also, they’re mostly asleep and I have always felt weird with the whole thing that is animal themed cafes, I don’t to disturb them and ideally it would be great to have an environment where one can interact easily with them and get to know them. So any advice regarding this would be great. Thank you very much for reading submitted by /u/MatosRaguer
Originally posted by u/MatosRaguer on r/Switzerland