Where did everyone get their cat from?

[Cataholic]

Wow...I am so psyched to see so many rescue situations...

I got Tex when I moved to Massachusetts from a no kill shelter call Neads...which is actually an organization that raises/trains/teams assistance dogs...kinda cool. They send out a newsletter that I still get 10 years later.

Then came Georgia. I had moved to Cinti to go back to school, and taken Tex in for a vet visit. I had made an off hand comment to the vet tech that I wanted another b/w..since I was going to be in school so much, Tex 'needed' a friend. A week later she called and said, "We found a friend for Tex".

Then Tennessee came from the school my mom teaches at...he was on the playground, being abused by the kids. I was studying for finals..and mom called...away I went.

Alabama and Dakota were from my girlfriend who rescued their mom -a deaf all white female in the middle of a rain storm on a highway...nice, huh? I said, offhandly (something I must stop doing).. "I will take any b/w mommy has"..SHE HAD TWO!

Minnesota came as a result of that same friend. Her boyfriend said "there is this cat at a shelter that looks like it belongs to Tenny and Dakky (uh, they are both males, and much older- so how does he think they 'belong' to T and D?). I went, I saw, I have.

I would do it all again...and probably would have bought a bigger house!

[Felicia's Mom]

My vote was for "other." Felicia was from a pet store. Beau was from a breeder.

[All Creatures Great And Small]

xx

[weeze]

I live in Toronto also and I got Minnie from someone for free but I adopted Baby from and Animal Hospital/shelter called Banks Animal Hospital. Everyone there is so amazing. For a small fee you get the cat plus all their initial shots, spay/neuter and microchip. I guess its kind of similar to the Humane Society...

[NoahsMommy]

Noah: We got him from a co-worker who had TWO cats with litters a week apart! At least we got our special little guy out of that situation.

Noel: We got Noel through "Life Rescue" at PetSmart while shopping for cat food.

Basil: We got Basil while shopping for cat food again, through PetSmart.

Gotta stay away from that area of PetSmart!!

[moosmom]

Mollie Rose, my tortie was born in a barn at the Bill Wilson House in East Dorset, VT. While my daughter and I were there visiting the house, my friends who run the house told me kittens were born 8 weeks before and asked me if I wanted one. Not being a cat person, I hesitated. My daughter finally convinced me. There were 4 to choose from including the Divine Miss "M" and her twin (I saw them in the barn laying next to each other head to head. I couldn't tell them apart). Mollie Rose glanced up at me upside down and I was hooked. Amy wanted me to take both girls so they'd be company for each other. But not being experienced (that was 8 years ago) I didn't want to take on too much.

Casey is white and buff color and weighs 18 lbs. I got him 7 years ago from a friend whose cat had kittens. Casey's mama was killed by a car at 2 weeks old so he was hand fed. He's the most lovable of them all.

Maya Laquita Linn came from a rescue organization out of Puerto Rico. I was volunteering with a rescue group in CT and they were helping the Puerto Rico group save dogs and cats (there IS no animal control over there, all animals roamed the streets). Maya, her brother and mama were found in a taped up box near a dumpster at the San Juan Airport. She is a seal point lynx torbie with white (or at least that's what they judges at cat shows tell me). She has won all kinds of ribbons in the Household Pet division including 4th Best Household Pet Kitten nationally!!!

Carly the Curly Girl was rescued from a breeder who lost her home. She is an American Curl Tiger Tabby.

Little Mews Faberge (aka "shorty) is the most perfect calico Munchkin I ever laid eyes on, that was also rescued from a breeder. I saw her at a cat show one day cowering in the corner of her cage. I asked the breeder if I could foster her in an effort to socialize her. She said yes providing I keep showing her. Well, shorty spent the first year of her life in a cage. She was never allowed to play with other cats or even be held and petted. She is now all mine!!!!! And she is the sweetest, most loving cat since she's been with me .

And last, but certainly not least...MooShoo!!!! He is a Sphynx who was rescued from a very bad breeder. This woman left her cats and went off to judge a cat show, leaving her cats in the care of her mother, who had Alzheimers. All of the cats had a herpes virus in their eyes that went untreated. There were a total of 7. Out of the 7 rescued, only Moo and another sphynx, Pixel, survived. (that's where I got my loathing of breeders, although I know it's not the norm) Both cats are blind and have had chronic health problems. They were also exposed to FIP, which I wasn't told of until I had unknowingly exposed my other cats). He is also a national winner that placed 13th nationally as Best Household Pet Kitten. MooShoo is like a little dog who LOVES going for rides in the car (weather permitting of course), walks on his harness and cuddling with me in bed. I wouldn't have it any other way.

[Glacier]

Well let's see...
Glacier came first and I crawled under a deck to get him. His momma had given birth under a friend's deck and she didn't know what to do with him and his littermates. She kept the momma and I found homes for the other three kittens.

Pete was next. I am a social worker and he came from foster parents I used to work with. His momma was a barn cat who just disappeared one day--as barn cats are prone to. Pete was only three weeks old. I had wanted one of the kittens, but never planned on taking him that early.

Dominique was found wandering a busy street by a teenager I worked with. She lived in a group home and couldn't keep the kitten. I said I would find her a home and just kept her!

Ivy came from our local humane society when she was about a year old. She had been adopted from there as a tiny kitten and was returned when the couple broke up.

Polly Paws I pulled from our local kill shelter just before she was to be PTS. I had been in several times that week looking for a friend's missing kitty. I had played with Polly a couple times and a soft-hearted by-law officer called me just before her time was up and said he would reduce her bail if I could get there before six pm (closing time and when the vet come by) . I drove like a nut, but I got there in time.

Onyx also come from our local humane society. He was about six weeks old when he was left in a sealed box in front of the shelter with his sisters. The other two kittens had unusual markings and were adopted quickly. But no one seemed to want plain black Diamond, as he was called then. So I agreed to foster him when he was four months old, after two days I decided that he was never going anywhere!

[AdoreMyDogs]

Minion's past owners must have moved out of my old apartment complex and, not wanting their cat anymore, left without him. I guess you could say he was a stray. Here's his story:

"Well I did it, I took Minion"

I don't think that he ran away from his previous home, as he does not have any interest in going outside at ALL. I was just in the right place at the right time when I found this kitty of my dreams

[zookeeper]

We adopted Campino from the Winnipeg Humane Society. He was 10 months old and had been at the shelter for 2 months. They found him on the streets. When I first layed eyes on I knew he was coming home with me. I had had an orange tabby when I was 5, never had a cat after he passed away and Campino looked so much like him, that I knew he was meant for me.

I took him out of his cage and we went into the visiting room and played with him. He was very aggressive, and we were told not to give him catnip as he would become more so.

He was very loving with me and my FH but attacked visitors and our roommates. But we saw past his rough exterior and loved him even more

He has now been with us for 2 years and is a big ole cuddle bug

[yumyum6970]

We adopted Yum Yum from the animal shelter when she was 2 months old..Duchess we found her in the local newspaper for free..we just had to go get her from her owner.