I’ve introduced them in my other blog but we hadn’t decided on their names yet at the time.
Meet Salt and Pepper, our male and female Persian kittens. Why and how we bought them is an interesting story.
On the last week of March, we went to SM Megamall to buy a laptop for Sam. We arrived before noon and since I expected to do some non-stop walking until we could find the appropriate laptop, I stayed just outside the mall for a few minutes for a smoke. Speedy and the girls proceeded inside and, when I entered, they were waiting for me at Bio Research, a pet and pet supplies and accessories store.
There was this adorable pure white Persian kitten. The girls started saying, “Please, Mommy… please.” I couldn’t. We were there to buy a laptop, not a kitten. And Bio Research is expensive. PhP 12,000.00 for a cat? I don’t think so.
But the girls were badly smitten. The sales girl brought the kitten out of the cage to show us how beautiful and tame it was. By that time, Speedy started to walk out of the shop while Sam and Alex were pulling my arms to prevent me from following. To be honest, we were already the center of attraction in the shop with their “Please, please… pleeeeease!!” and my corresponding “No, no, noooooo!!!”
I finally pulled free from their clutching hands and started to walk out. They had no option but to follow. Once outside, their dad and I told them we would visit other pet shops where the prices were more reasonable. After all, their dad had promised them pedigreed cats months ago. But I said I couldn’t buy a laptop and a Persian cat in a single day. I only had enough money with me for the laptop.
Now, here’s the funny thing. Sam wasn’t too keen on buying a “reasonably priced” laptop. She wanted a loaded gadget. I said I had a finite budget and we would stay with it. After the cat episode though, she was willing to slash her laptop budget so there would be enough left to buy the cat. As in from the models that cost PhP50,000.00, she was suddenly amenable to those that cost PhP35,000.00. And that was what we bought.
Still and all, I wouldn’t buy the overpriced Persian kitten at Bio Research. On the way home, we passed by Tiendesitas to check out the pet shops. The prices were even worse. Persian kittens were selling for as much as PhP23,000.00. The cheapest was PhP10,000.00 — not too healthy looking at that. The girls had to rein in their excitement for a couple of days.
The following weekend, we went to Cartimar in Pasay City. That was where we found Salt and Pepper. PhP13,000.00 for two kittens. They’re not siblings so we can even breed them.
The photos above were taken two days after we brought the kittens home. They have grown fatter and bigger somewhat but they’re shedding their hair so it isn’t the best time for photo shoots. In a few weeks, the photo taking will commence once more. 
Hello Connie,the 2 kittens are so adorable. i am a cat lover also.i have one 9 year old female tabby. I love her,like she is my child. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for bringing up about whiskas. I did not know,if this would harm her,as i have been feeding her Friskies. I wanted to give her something special. Cats deserve it sometimes.
just wondering but where do you live and what does the PhP infront of how much money your talking about mean??? I’ve never seen that before so i’m curious as to what it means… sorry if that question about where you live is too personal…
Hi Deborah. Oh you should check out the list of contaminated pet food.
Miss loves cats, we live in the Philippines. A suburb of Metro Manila. PhP means Philippine pesos.
Oh, ok! thank you for telling me! I think one of my cats, Tomas, has suffered from the bad cat food (cat and dog food recall)! We didn’t know about it till i was on your site and seen your page about it! He had gotten very sick and i thought he was going to die… We took him to the vet and they said it wasn’t anything major that he couldn’t recover from but his health just worsened after that… When i seen the food recall thing i freaked out because the food we give our pets its brand name was on the list of contaminated foods!! I looked up what would happen to a cat that ate contaminated food and it pracitally had my cats name written all over it!! He’s finally getting better though after a week of him not eating, barely drinking, and all kinds of other things! But what makes me the most upset is that the vet we went to didn’t even take the food recall into consideration let alone even tell us about it!! I’m just gratefull he’s still alive he’s a fighter thats for sure! He’s been in quite a few accidents! If cats really have nine lives then he’s probably on his eighth!!
I am so sorry to hear that they got sick. It was a friend who alerted me to the pet food recall. I had been complaining that there weren’t any real choices of cat food here, just Whiskas and Friskies, then I realized we were lucky because Whiskas and Friskies aren’t on the list.
lovely kitties, connie! love cats as well, i have persians, devons and tonks. God bless!
ps: i have a blog for my cats as well, share ko lang, hehehe.
http://karastancattery.blogspot.com/
hi! i’m interested in buying a persian kitten also and i was wondering how are the kittens you bought? are they well tempered and affectionate? was it difficult to breed them?
cute cats…I also am planning to buy from cartimar but i prefer to buy from a breeder at least i could see their parents.the last time i bought from cartimar, my calico persian after 2 weeks develop mange. the vendor could not recall where rainbow(my cat) where from so i prefer to buy from a breeder directly..as far as food is concerned, i feed my cats royal canin PERSIAN.so funny because the first time i feed it to my cats they begin to moult and i was alarmed with the effect then after a week i noticed their hair growing back fuller and as shinier than before. i was not payed by the food brand just sharing my experience with fellow cat lovers. for thin cats i mix iams with the royal canin..actually im excited because it will be my bit=rthday soon and im planning to buy a ragamuffin cat i reserved in teindesitas. very cool!!!
just looking for local website for cats and its too good to find this one…love the pictures too. im have persians as well dollfaced like yours but im planning to have a pekeface later on as a gift for myself on my birthday or a ragamuffin perhaps..hope to see more website like this..purr!!!
hello connie,i have also a persian cat his name is sheik meaning a wealthy person in BAHRAIN.My persian cat was only given to me by our friend here in BARAIN.And do you know how many persian cat does she have? she has 23 persian cat and still becoming more.Her problem now is how she will dispose this kitten.kasi its too expensive now in feeding them.
hi connie!im marby..it was just lately..that i got addicted to cats..uh..ive been looking for a affordable place where i can buy a cat just like urs..the persian ones..could you kindly keep in touch with me..regarding this matter??pretty please..im also looking for a siamese cat…oh god..i so love cats..^_^ anyway..i have a cat too..her name is ackiey..she’s a stray cat though but she is very cute and adorable not to mention sweet as well..u can check her out at my site..it http://www.freewebs.com/sophisticatedchique its at the link name my baby ackiey if im not mistaken..^_^ ill look forward in keeping in touch with you..by the way uv got a cute story here..hihihi..^_^
Hi Connie, do you know where to buy Royal Canin dog food in Manila? Like somewhere near Makati. Thanks.
Oh, no, I don’t, sorry. We buy dog and cat food from S&R.