McKenzie,
Read the board rules, that are posted in the Support Forum.
This is a board for education, not arguing. No one chewed you out, we are simply educating here.
You want an outdoor cat, but you're going to have to face the risks I outlined above. This is not a question of liking cats or not having them because of an allergy, it is a question of responsibility on your part to ensure the health, safety, wellfare and well being of any cat you adopt as your own. If your parents are only allowing you one cat, then they are probably questioning your responsibility, if I were a parent, I would be doing the same thing.
Getting rid of one cat simply because of a personality trait and replacing with another at your convenience is not responsibility. If your current kitty runs away, or suffers at the hands of an abuser, or is killed by any of the hazards I mentioned, then you are responsible for that, no one else is responsible but you.
Cat hair is inevitable when one owns a cat, but cleaning the house will solve that problem. How it gets in your silverware is beyond me!
There is no need to respond further to this thead unless you can do so in a civil manner. Those are the rules.
Need help taming kitten
I will just add one thing (respectfully) 
The concern is for a kitten to be outside with no mom, no siblings, in a pen by itself. Not safe, not healthy, not common sense. If another cat comes into the area, gets in the garage and injures your kitten what then?
I have inside/outside CATS. I would never put a kitten outdoors unless it was during a supervised outing in a completely enclosed area. Cats are very social animals, and a kitten's social skills needs to be built on. You can only do that if you interact with the kitten 24/7 and not just when it suits you because of allergies.
The concern is for a kitten to be outside with no mom, no siblings, in a pen by itself. Not safe, not healthy, not common sense. If another cat comes into the area, gets in the garage and injures your kitten what then?
I have inside/outside CATS. I would never put a kitten outdoors unless it was during a supervised outing in a completely enclosed area. Cats are very social animals, and a kitten's social skills needs to be built on. You can only do that if you interact with the kitten 24/7 and not just when it suits you because of allergies.
The smallest feline is a masterpiece.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Hi, McKenzie,
I don't want you to feel picked on, but please consider giving the kitten to a loving family who can love it and keep it safe and happy inside.
The purpose in having a pet should be a *mutually* satisfying relationship between pet and owner. Unfortunately, animals don't get a vote on this, so you have to be sensitive to their needs. An 8 week old kitten has the maturity level of a human toddler. Imagine what would be on the 6:00 news if a human child was found to be kept in a pen, even with food and water.
Your kitten is lonely, missing its mother and siblings, frightened, and needs to be the center of someone's family. It's completely dependent on you to provide that.
Here's a story of one outside cat. My neighbors have one litter after another of outside cats. In the beginning, they'd get rid of the mother and keep a kitten each time (sound familiar?). That kitten would grow up outside, get pregant, and have more kittens. Now they have several generations of cats and kittens, all outside.
Norman is a cat from one of their earlier litters. For about four years, he's roamed the neighborhood getting into fights. Who knows how many litters he's created. He's been abused by children, chased by dogs, hit by a car, and subjected to bitter cold, rain, and heat. When it was 9 degrees outside, Norman came to my house and *begged* to be let in. I just spent $384.00 getting him doctored for an abscessed paw, vaccinated, and neutered. It's amazing that he has not contracted Feline Aids.
I adopted Norman's sister who had his kittens. Norman is a nice cat who has had a *very* tough life, all because he was such a cute little kitten, the owner just couldn't give him up.
Think about what's best for the kitten. Adopting a pet is a HUGE commitment.
Pat
I don't want you to feel picked on, but please consider giving the kitten to a loving family who can love it and keep it safe and happy inside.
The purpose in having a pet should be a *mutually* satisfying relationship between pet and owner. Unfortunately, animals don't get a vote on this, so you have to be sensitive to their needs. An 8 week old kitten has the maturity level of a human toddler. Imagine what would be on the 6:00 news if a human child was found to be kept in a pen, even with food and water.
Your kitten is lonely, missing its mother and siblings, frightened, and needs to be the center of someone's family. It's completely dependent on you to provide that.
Here's a story of one outside cat. My neighbors have one litter after another of outside cats. In the beginning, they'd get rid of the mother and keep a kitten each time (sound familiar?). That kitten would grow up outside, get pregant, and have more kittens. Now they have several generations of cats and kittens, all outside.
Norman is a cat from one of their earlier litters. For about four years, he's roamed the neighborhood getting into fights. Who knows how many litters he's created. He's been abused by children, chased by dogs, hit by a car, and subjected to bitter cold, rain, and heat. When it was 9 degrees outside, Norman came to my house and *begged* to be let in. I just spent $384.00 getting him doctored for an abscessed paw, vaccinated, and neutered. It's amazing that he has not contracted Feline Aids.
I adopted Norman's sister who had his kittens. Norman is a nice cat who has had a *very* tough life, all because he was such a cute little kitten, the owner just couldn't give him up.
Think about what's best for the kitten. Adopting a pet is a HUGE commitment.
Pat
Pat and Feline Family - William, Sarah Jane, Amanda, Grace, and Grace's little boy, Alex (and "Carport Cat" Norman)