From my experience I have found that many of the adult cats in shelters tend to have alot of the little growing pains already taken care of. As for my favorite type of cat to bring into a home that is loving is a Male Orange Tabbies I can't tell you how many people I have talked to that say the same exact things about the orange tabby kitties. My orange guy is a BIG mommas boy just an absolute sweet heart. People in general tell me that they often want to take my orange guy home with them. I can't express enough how many orange cats that I have run into that are down right the sweetest cats that I have ever been around. Hope I was of help. Definitely check out your local humane society there will be plenty of kitties that need homes. When I went up to pick up my latest foster kitty I only fell TOTALLY in love with like 3 of them. So your decision won't be to hard