I'm a cat person, but what I know about actually owning cats couldn't fill a thimble (except that I know you don't own a cat, the cat owns you
). Sadly, I will probably never own a cat, as my husband is allergic, and any children we may have might inherit the allergy.
If you're after a big fluffy cat, you can find them at shelters. My neighbors have two cats, both adopted from shelters. One of them is a big grey fluffy cat. The other is a shorthair. They are the cutest cats
My local shelter charges $75 to adopt an adult cat and $100 to adopt a kitten. These are shelter cats. So $50 is ringing alarm bells for me. The shelter does spay/neuter the cats and makes sure their shots are up to date. (Same with the dogs they adopt out.)