All the cats we've ever had were strays. We only have two now but a few years ago one came wondering by we took her in and named her Buddy a few weeks later she had 4 kittens we gave them all away and had her spayed. We also have had Basil for about 5 years now. He is a tubby black and white cat. When we took him to the vet to get his shots we thought he was a pregnant girl kitty but it turned out he had just already been neuteured (sp?) We have never bought a cat at a store since a stray one just finds us and joins our family