How Did You Get Your Cat?

[jazzcat]

I got Ripley from my sister's neighbor whose solid white Maine Coon had kittens with a stray tom cat. My niece picked him out for me. He had two solid white sisters, a long haird and a short haired, and the neighbor begged me to take them too. I've always wished I had and I pray they found good homes.

Two years ago I started wanting another dog and looking on petfinders. I found a rescue shelter had an adoption center in a nearby petstore and I went to look at a beagle but he was already adopted. I then started looking at the cats. A few weeks later I decided on a kitten but when we got there she was already adopted. There weren't many kittens left but the lady running the place put this little sickly black runt in my husbands arms and said to take her home for a few days and see if it works out. That's how I got my Jazzy girl.

Then last summer I got the kitten bug again and found an adorable gray and white male named Angus. I finally got hubby to go look at him and Angus was very sick with URI and ringworm. Since we had just gone through that with Jazz and it took months to get her healthy, hubby said NO to Angus. I kept going back to check on him and that was when I found Scout. She was so unusual looking with her markings and she was kind of shy and wild and had been there a while. After another couple of weeks of pleading with my husband I got her.

[Felicia's Mom]

Felicia came from a pet store. I don't drive and this store was close enough for me to walk to. They had several black and black and white kittens, plus one grey tiger who sat away from the others. I told the people I would buy a black or b&w kitten. However, I had to walk home, get my carrier, then walk back to the pet store. I don't remember how long it took, but when I returned with the carrier, all the cute black and black & white kittens were gone. I took the only one still there, the grey tiger. She is my Felicia.

Beau: I have always had dsh/dmh cats and I wanted at least one purebred. I hadn't considered Burmese cats, but there was a cattery close by. They had two kittens for sale.

[EssTer]

Well...Before we got Buddy my sis was asking to my mom for cat - first dad didnt allow, but then he said - Ok Ok... so we went to pet shop ask if there are any messages from people who're giving kitties to good home.. well they gave us one number, we rang to it, and went to see kitty. First when I saw Buddy I was like - this is it. He's just so cute and sweet and right cat for us So we took him

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

I got Tubby from a friend who was moving into an apartment that didn't allow pets.

I got Peanut from a friend who was killed on Mother's Day 1989 in a car accident with a drunk driver.

[ActionCat007]

Katie was a stray kitten, I found her in the motor of a school bus. She must of crawled in there to keep warm. Simba was adopted from Super Pet.

[Kfamr]

Caeleigh, Chloe, and Orion were all adopted from the Humane Society.

[sirrahbed]

All of our cats have been strays or from shelters. Our current three came from shelters. We came upon Emily and Eliot when we were trying to find an adult to bring home after our last geriatric died of kidney failure. There were these two adorable babies that were hard to place because they had to go together - so home they came! Then, I "sort of" wanted an older orange male because I have just always loved them for their sweet dispositions. I read about a 1 1/2 year old that was left in a shelter because his owners no longer wanted him. Again - hard to place because he was "plump". I think I have a weakness for "hard to place" That is how our current three came to live at our house. I am sure there will be more

[nibblets]

I had wanted a cat for a LONG time. My son had a friend with a Psycho Kitty that loved to attack people on the head from behind. He had convinced himself that he didn't like cats and was adament about not having one.
A lady at work had a nice adult female longhair that she needed to find a good home. There was another lady who was 'thinking' about it. I took her picture home with me and talked to my son. He liked the idea that this cat was very calm and gentle. So he said it might be OK if we got her...but, of course the lady decided at the last minute to say OK.
I still wanted a cat...BAD! So I asked Rich, my son, if he would just go look at the kitties to adopt at Petco.
So he did.
And he said he liked Julie...so I ran and adopted her before he could think about it. Got her bed, food, toys, litterbox and home we went.
At first he didn't like it that I went ahead and got her right then and there. But now he really loves her! He didn't know he liked cats until he lived with one. Thats all it takes. Here is her 'little girl' pic:

And 'Big Girl' Julie:

Notice she is snuggling in Rich's arm.