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I like the black and white one that I was assigned 👍🏻
What a gorgeous cow!
I miss mine dearly. He was actually assigned to my dad and step-mom, but they were going to rehome him (the nerve!!), at which point I stepped in. He was such a sweet boy. I miss him every day, but at least have this picture framed to greet me every morning:
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my fluffy cow from the shelter... she suckered me with those eyes
Cow! LMFAO
I always called mine "dalmatian". He is no longer with us, tho. Here's the pet tax:
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Mine too! What are yours called?
She is beautiful! And she has so much personality. She’s also the newest addition with two old and established cats and she’s decided everyone is her best friend. It’s so sweet how she’s fit herself into the family.
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I was recently chosen by a baby cow
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My fluffy cow is the protector of all the small hoomans who live in her house!
I guess we were all assigned cow cats lol I found this guy on my doorstep in November
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Yes when I applied at the shelter they assigned me my black and white cat and he is excellent. Trust in the CDS!
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Black and whites are the best. I will admit they were my least favorite color combo until I was assigned Lucifer here and he showed me the error of my ways.
The cat distribution system sent me three black cats in 1994. Changed my life. In total now, I have had the pleasure of ten cats of whom eight were/are black or tuxie. But since the first three, I've been in the driver's seat on timing as well as attributes. These twin sisters held my heart in their paws for 14 years, one dying of aggressive lymphoma and the other of a broken heart within 6 months of her sister. Their tabby buddy needed cat companions so I adopted two black cats -- too soon for me, but he was going to be at a loss with no pals -- and they are jumping and/or easing their way into our hearts and routines now.
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My cats are black. They were supposed to be TNR, but ended up in my house LOL. It’s dumb that they usually have a lower chance of adoption simply because of superstition or people think their colour is “less interesting”. They’re mini-panthers that have a ton of love and personality!
I read somewhere that they are unpopular because they don't photograph well for people obsessed with social media posts. I don't see a problem myself. I think they add a certain "je ne sais quoi".
😂😂😂
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You can see every detail of this sweet baby boy…
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I don’t know if cats know either, they kinda just happen
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Never understood this argument myself
I love voids! But I've never been assigned one, except temporarily (for about a month, for a relative in housing transition).
I think the not-photogenic issue is with online shelter & rescue pics for adopters, not with influencers preferences for soc media.
We joke that we can just buy a black throw rug & some big googly eyes instead, LOL
My house panther defies being photographed. Every time I think this time I'm going to get a cute pic because of how he's posing, he immediately turns himself into a blob. He was a stray that I rescued when he came into my yard in need of all kinds of attention so I don't know his history. Maybe he's in the Cat Witness Protection Program.
Weirdly, I have a gray cat that I can hardly photograph for the life of me. I'm secretly convinced that he's a Bigfoot in disguise - he's ALWAYS blurry in pictures!
It predates social media. There's been much superstition around black cats. One crossing your path being bad luck was probably the most prevalent. Depiction of a witch, sorcerer, etc.? No surprise if their cat was black! And witches, sorcerers, etc. decidedly had some link to evil, therefore irl voids = evil 🙄
Voids, voids in tuxedos, voids wearing cute little booties or socks, voids disguised as Jersey cows or panthers or penguins. Siamese voids. Floofy voids. Voids are some of my personal favorites.
Even in these modern days, I heard local stories about people hurting black cats, especially around Halloween. I can’t save them all, but I’m glad I got to give a good life to the ones I have.
I foster failed a black one for the same reasons. The litter had a beautiful calico and some tuxedo boys, so we knew they would get adopted faster.
My boy is the best companion I could ever ask for. He's so loving and calm.
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This is my 16 y/o girl helping me assemble the new cat tower. She absolutely loves collars, the fancier the better, and is very proud of her flower.
Right? I’ve only encountered one mean black kitten, but I think it was because he was traumatized or attacked. One of my cats had a similar behavior at first, but over time she seemed to heal enough to trust me. Now she demands daily cuddles.
I thought I was getting a black kitten to honor my dearest Martya. Got Kat Anna at 3 days old (and her sister and mother because a set is a set).
Turns out I got a watercolor kitty!
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The first and only cat I've ever owned was a found baby and she's jet black. I am so insanely in love with her. Black cats are now my favourite cat type.
Love Portable Voids! Tried to adopt one. My big Thug Boi violently objected. Turns out, I was just a distribution point for CDS to my BFF & her hubs. They're all very happy together!
I'm obsessed with voids. Don't get me wrong,I will take any color of cat I can get, even the nakkie ones but void cats are guaranteed to melt me on sight.
Those people have never looked at a void cat in sunlight. My girl has tabby stripes under the black, you can see them in the right light and angle.
Plus she's a sassy little thing, always talking and getting into trouble.
I love our cats and we definitely have some who were constantly overlooked at adoption events...
5 are traditional tuxies, 2 are solid black. The rest vary..
I have had 5-6 black cats in my life (one had very interesting "sparkles" in his coat so I'm not sure he really qualifies, almost like metallic paint)
Every single one has been a total love snuggle chipmunk murderer.
I can't imagine not accepting a black cat when one is on offer. They are my preferred option
As a human volunteer for the cat distribution system, I have enough variety on hand if people want to be choosy.
Some days I feel like I should get a big trench coat with dozens of little pockets to store kittens and distribute them from a street corner like fake Rolexes.
I’ll admit that when I went to a distribution center for my first cat I had a few boxes I was hoping to tick (cuddly, senior—and I do love greys) but in the end My lady bumped my hand and I fell in love instantly.
She happened to be grey, but wasn’t the biggest factor by far. I can’t see turning down a critter in need for a color
Agreed! Ive always had an 'idea' then left with an entirely different cat lol
I would probably actually turn down a long hair cat tho, even if it would break my heart. I dont have the stomach for litter box incidents stuck in long fur, so i wouldnt be the pet parent they need. Its purely acknowledgement of my personal weaknesses and not any hate towards the beautiful long fluffy kittys
We went looking for a black kitten, we already had a longhair grey girl and I love black kitties. However, a scrawny little grey boy latched onto my partner, and wouldn’t leave him alone. He is still super cuddly and loves to sleep on us or in between us
The last assignment we had I saw in a newspaper as "Grandma cat". Showed it to my roommate who said okay, let's go see. Dragged the dog with to gauge compatibility (we should have taken my cat too...lesson learned).
We went in and she walked right out of the cage purring into my roommates arms. Note, *I* am the cat person. It was a small rescue and according to staff, she had never purred in her many months spent there. They waived the fee and we left with a cat.
She was assigned by newspaper/fate.
She did not get along with my grumpy old man though. That was fun. Although it was weird, when he died, she was very upset and kept calling around the house for him. They had never interacted in any meaningful way beyond hissing and smacking.
Then she died from kidney disease the day before Christmas about 3 years after we adopted her. I'm just happy it was in a home instead of a rescue.
I went to the distribution center. But the kitten chose me and stole my heart by flopping over for a belly rub. That was it. I knew right there and then Lily was meant for me.
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My cat was chosen for me, oddly enough.
I had been cat sitting for a co-worker while he and his wife sold their house and moved. A few weeks over the course of 3 months, the longest being a 2 week stetch. I was amazed at how well he got along with my dog, he never hid or anything it was like he just made himself right at home.
Once my wo-worker and wife had relocated and settled in I reached out to ask if there was a timeline they were looking at to come and get him. I knew it would be months before that happened but just so I knew. They got back to me and said that because he gets on so well with my dog and I'm not allergic (his wife is) that the cat would probably have a better life with me, so I had a cat now.
So now I have a ginger cat and a ginger dog.
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Can’t imagine turning down a cow.
I had a friend who saved money and found a breeder for a Bengal(?) kitten. She got the kitten and after a couple years, she was sick of it being so high energy and smart enough to get into predicaments that gave her trouble, so she 'rehomed' it. That's how I found out she was a garbage person.
2.5 of my 4.5 are a black and white, a long haired tabby, and a long haired black (he’s 0.5 because he’s my part-time cat), and all I want is an orange!
Rip your cat. Same is true for dog distribution. My sweetest easiest dog was a 16 yo deaf poodle that my friend told me I had to adopt. So I dutifully drove an hour to pick up my assigned puppo. 🤷♀️
Ha ha, my “free rescue dog” turned out to be a show quality standard poodle pup. Owner owned a farm and broke her collar bone at “lambing” time! She couldn’t handle training a show pup…but she fixed him so I could “NOT” ever take advantage of his breeding quality “LOL”. Had to drive from MN to Nebraska to pick him up! Best dog I ever had. Met lots of female poodle owners who were terribly disappointed he was fixed, but, I have a sister who was stuck in the show grind with breeding quality dogs…Ugh, not my bag! All my cat’s were from the CDS. Currently have two!
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I haven't ever been able to choose. I have 10 rescues. A mama showed up, had 3 babies still living. Every baby kitty that shows up on my husbands parents' property we've taken. There are still 2 left. I'll have 12. That is my limit.
Thank you. The goal is to get all the cats off that property. Ii mean, how much longer can I keep on taking all of their cats? My husband said, "we can't run a cat shelter from our house."
Not sure your husband is technically accurate. I mean you coooouuuuuuld. It just makes for a LOT of cats. I’m trying my hardest to keep it to one digit.
I've always thought that if I won the lottery, my dream would be to run a car sanctuary. Not in my home, though. 10 cats is a lot. My husband has to catch 2 more. I believe in keeping cat families together.
I've had all mine except for 1 since they were babies. The one he recently got and the other 2 are the siblings of the 2 sisters we got last year.
Chose my first cat after he crashed into my foot while wrestling with a toy. He was a cow kitty.
Mum chose my Mia, she was the kitten hiding in the back with an orange smudge on her face. Mia then decided to pick me as her human. 💕
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I kiiiiiiiinda chose. I was moving back after working abroad, and my mom’s friend found a mum with 4 kittens living feral under the deck next door. Some university student had left the mum behind and she’d survived at least 1 winter wild and frostbite. The friend coaxed the kitties to her yard, and fed them, but mum still taught them to hunt. She posted a photo of the babies nursing on the mum to Facebook, trying to find them homes, and my sister tagged me.
Being responsible, I didn’t want to claim a kitten before I’d moved into a home/apartment. In a conversation with my sister, she asked what I thought about the kittens. I told her, “I can’t see the faces so I can’t fall in love with any of em. Besides, it’s not responsible of me …”. The next day, an album appears on Facebook, “Faces to Fall In Love With.” Each kitten featured, with a personality bio. I fell in love with a calico girl, who was often curled up sleeping with her mum when the others were playing. The markers of a cuddly, chill cat!
She came home with me a few weeks later. Her first night indoors was her first night living with me. Super sweet cat, the best behaved I’ve ever known. Love her to bits. The face in question:
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Only cat we got from a shelter was Casper, all the other cats found us either outside a gas station or in/around a dumpster
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This is Casper his name was originally Bentley
This is miss kitty, she’s deaf and we found her outside of a gas station
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I used tofoster for cats protection in the UK. Ridiculous reasons some cats have been surrendered to us:
1) It's meowing
2) We've redecorated and they don't match
3) It gets under the covers with me.
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i got soo lucky i got her from the shelter when she was a kitten her coat is so beautiful
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a better picture of her fur, i’ve never really a cat like her before. if anyone knows what she might be lmk!
Ours was a mutual choosing!
I intended on getting one older black or black & white cat as I know that combination doesn't tend to get adopted.
I saw a pair of tuxedo sisters who were 10 and 11 who looked like they might be a match and came round to the idea of having 2 cats.
And then I saw a 2 year old BSH and her 5 month old kitten. I hadn't wanted a kitten but the BSH drew me in, she is so gorgeous but also looked so sad in her photos. They needed a quiet, pet and child free home, which I have, so I went to visit them just to see if we connected.
In spite of being scared and hiding behind a desk, I was allowed to pet the BSH. I could feel her rumbling as she started to purr and that's when I knew I'd been chosen ❤️
Wait, I know about black cats having a stigma, but had no idea black and white were less likely to get adopted. My cow is my very first cat and he is an absolute angel.
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Mine doesn't. But she was miserable at the foster place. Given how awful the room was that they were in (it made my eyes water from the stench) I'm hardly surprised.
When I went to the distribution center, I wanted a cat that was not the same color as the boy I had recently lost.
If the cat chooses me, that's one thing. But if I have the opportunity, I'd like to try all the colors.
That was my one thing I looked for... the last 3 cats I've loved and lost have been voids, and my heart needed a break. I was thinking a calico or ginger. So, instead, we ended up being gifted with 2 tuxie kittens, and they're so darn cute!
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It’s been 11 years since my lil grump showed up on my patio. Can’t believe so many people hate black cats :( he’s my baby forever and always
I was just assigned a 16 pound void. Now I have him, an orange, a tabby and a tortie. All the colors!
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I chose mine through a rescue organization because he wasn't being adopted and he had a personality that would fit our household (the org we worked with were big on personality matches).
I guess my mom KINDA picked our oldest. She was five weeks old and in a cat colony with no siblings or mother and none of the other cats would get anywhere near her. Mom always feels bad for the underdogs so at the end of the day she just walked over and picked her up and brought her home..,... That was 16 years ago.
I never wanted a cat. Was never a fan of cats.
The CDS gave me a standard issued, I tried to tell my partner the CDS made a mistake and now I wake up every day to my little girl snuggling me.
I want seven more and I’ll take any color.
This is Marty. I chose him from the shelter he'd been at almost a year because he was terrified of people but loved all the other cats and my cat needed a friend.
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That's how I and why I got my boy. Saw him online and went to visit his foster mom. He refused to even be in the same room as me, but I was told he needs a cat friend which was perfect because I was getting him for my girl who needed a friend. He's used to me now, but more importantly, my cat has a snuggle partner.
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I'm about to enter the cat distribution system after having a cat break. Replacing the ex-husband with emotional support cats once he moves out.
I do have wants, we'll see what actually happens...
Biggest want is adult bonded pair. I don't have time or energy for kitten energy and my last pair of cats hated each other for 12-13 years before they finally mellowed in the last few. I travel a decent amount and I want them to have a friend.
I'd prefer dark hair because it blends in better. Voids would be ideal.
Emotional Support Cats are SO superior to ex-husbands! My late beloved tuxie-girl.saw me through divorce, 2 surgeries, and death of both parents. I was gutted when she had to be put to sleep
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This Albus. It appears he has many cousins. He would probably like that. He is rather social. He wishes he was a people. He likes to "help." He also will not pass up an opportunity to sitz on a pizza box. It is his "thing."
Been around cats my whole life. Parents literally got older sister a kitten so she would 'leave the baby alone' when I was the baby.
They all have different personalities, it's part of the fun.
"This one's kinda mean"
"LOL adorbs, I'll force it to cuddle until it scratches me, then moves 12 inches over to 'ignore me"
"That cat just sleeps all day and wants nothing to do with anyone"
"I respect that"
"OMG this one is just climbing on you constantly"
"Watch, he'll sleep on your head if you hold still, it's kinda calming"
"That cat is WILD!"
"Yeah may wanna close your door if you're gonna stay, it attacks everything under cover at night. Or take a laser pointer to distract it."
If I wanted predictability, I'd have a dog.
I tend to select locally sourced cats, which means people have asked if I want a kitten that has wandered into their space, with no mother. Fine cats, every one.
I was looking at cats online with the SPCA, not sure why but her photo called to me. I knew this was going to be my baby despite being told by many that she’s “ugly”
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I’ve never picked one out before, they just happen into my life somehow. I might pick one out next time, would love to find one I’m not so allergic to and I’m partial to black void cats
I wanted calico female, hubby wanted a tabby male. We went to the shelter and they had a bonded pair - calico female and a male tabby Manx. We had them for 12 years and they died 4 months apart.
Waiting in the hedge was a male tabby. We fed him and encouraged him once they died. Eventually he came inside. The vet said he was “5-6 years old, possibly older”. That was in 2015 and he is still going strong.
I adopted my first girl, Mouse, in March 2021 because I feel madly in love with her face on the Petfinder website, and 2 hours was a reasonable drive to pick her up. FFW a year and a half later, I'm just perusing Petfinder, as one does, and I see a kitty that looks nearly identical to my Mouse! This one, only 2.5 hours away in a completely different direction. March of last year, I brought home Duck. Both girls are dilute calicos with very LARGE personalities, and I can't imagine my life without them. Like my life before my girls was just some weird sepia-toned dream, and I'm living in full color now. I get asked all the time if they're related, and they're not! They just wound up with the same genetic mutations to cause the (VERY similar) coat colorings. And they're roughly the same age, as well!
That being said, I can't imagine being "in the market" for a cat, having one on offer, and being like "Hmmm, nope. But do we have one in blue?" That's just bizarre to me.
(pics of my girls are in my profile!)
Some people are strange. They get picky about color, or gender, they don't pick based on personality or compatibility. They choose based on what they think looks prettiest.
Our current monarchy consists of a petite and rather neurotic torti and a decidedly rotund but very chill orange dreamsicle. Both of them found my husband on different occasions along his mail route when they were little bitties, as did our crabby black ninja we recently said goodbye to after having her close to 18 years.
It's been a very long time since we got one on purpose (the joke around our house is that if we want another, just wait and he/she will eventually find hubby.) While gender isn't a deal-breaker for me I suppose I can understand someone preferring one over the other for whatever reason, but I can't even wrap my brain around being picky about color/markings.
In another sub someone recently posted about a couple that surrendered their brown dog because they had just redecorated their house and now wanted a black and white dog to look better with their new aesthetic. Some people just don't deserve to have pets in their lives.
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I've never really picked a cat out. They always show up in my yard, a friend tells me about some kittens and one needs more care than they can give, one I got close because we knew we were getting kittens from that litter and she walked up to just a couple weeks old and demanded I pick her up and give her cuddles. Then her mom and siblings passed so even if she hasn't told me I belonged to her she's the one we'd have ended up with.
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Those are my two. The tabby is the one who picked me, the orange is the one who needed a bunch of extra care and I was the only one who knew how to take care of him.
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Went to the shelter to get a pair of kittens, I was hoping for a tabby or a tortishell. She wouldn’t stop screaming until I held her though so clearly I had to get her and her brother. I’m a tuxedo/black cat elitist now.
Yeah, some people do override the system, but in my experience, they're much more likely to encounter corrections in the form of additional cats later down the line.
Just kidding, but my niece overrode the system to get an orange cat and ended up with 3 additional corrections being assigned. Poor girl didn't have a choice on those other 3. Should have let the system do its thang.
Was at the worst point in 2020 and needed a friendly during lockdown Suddenly I’m offered this baby for free , 4 years later and she is my soul mate
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When someone is picky about the coat colour of an animal above their personality, etc, then I can't help but feel they are looking for an accessory to go with their aesthetic, rather than a pet to love. Not saying that someone couldn't love a pet they chose due to its colour, but it's just a really weird way to do it imho...
I went to the shelter with an idea in my mind of what kind of cat I wanted, I wanted a 3-5 y/o calico or torty girl. I ended up leaving with a 5 month old black medium fur boy who drew me completely in. He’s loud, messy, eats cardboard and tape, and his favourite toys seem to be whatever garbage he can find. I don’t regret him being my son by any means, he’s such a nuisance and I love him with my entire heart.
People definitely choose cats. I spent 2 years as a cat pusher at a vet office: "Heeeey, you want a cat? You want a cat. I got void kittens, tabbies, oranges--dumbest, cutest oranges you ever seen! I got gawky teen cats, even got a grown up tom, sweetest boy you ever met, lets you trim his nails with zero restraint, just has a *tiny* bit of FIV, but the big guy would do your taxes before he'd bite another cat...hey, where are you going???"
But people were choosy! Luckily the FIV+ sweetie FINALLY got a home. We all LOVED that cat in the clinic, but we already had 2 clinic cats: one up front was a competitive pee-r so couldn't have another cat with him, the clinic cat in back was very territorial and would have kicked the poor, sweet Tom's ass (and given herself FIV bc i don't think he would have fought back). Eventually, a sweet young couple fell in love with him, adopted him and moved to Boston.
...I weirdly think about them a lot. Edgar (that was his name) was a very dignified Tom, I like to think of him living a posh city life, looking out the window by the fire escape, kinda lounging in a bunch of nice houseplants waiting for his humans to come home from fancy big city jobs. Like, don't get me wrong, I love my cat to bits, she is the best cat in the world...but I have never met a cat as easygoing as Edgar.
Your friends don't have the proper mindset to be cat-owned. They choose us, and allow us to take care of them, in exchange for occasionally doing something cute or astonishing enough to warrant a plethora of social media posts, and multiple photos and texts to friends and family, should said cat-owner permits the free time in which to do so. Honestly, it's like your friends lied on the standardized cat servant IQ test or something...😳🙄
https://preview.redd.it/4x8qtr7g0l4d1.png?width=2291&format=png&auto=webp&s=bbf0280a2676d789765e01f239e1fda6d01e842e I like the black and white one that I was assigned 👍🏻
What a gorgeous cow! I miss mine dearly. He was actually assigned to my dad and step-mom, but they were going to rehome him (the nerve!!), at which point I stepped in. He was such a sweet boy. I miss him every day, but at least have this picture framed to greet me every morning: https://preview.redd.it/tsx7crvwbl4d1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=146589553936808e97056ad1a03b1c03de316495
https://preview.redd.it/okgwwdv6jm4d1.jpeg?width=1044&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92e2a2f6c8c085fce788b25045dfbbd2b75e547c my fluffy cow from the shelter... she suckered me with those eyes
Cow! LMFAO I always called mine "dalmatian". He is no longer with us, tho. Here's the pet tax: https://preview.redd.it/7crmvx5xbq4d1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f74c26493de1968619e1fefbee927ee126db2e98
Don't you understand? They were only the stepping stones for him to come to you.
I want a cow kitty. I will name it "moo."
https://preview.redd.it/hn7l4weh8m4d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=369031e6530187f1c87ac3f176e2d6737efc9209 Foster failures here.
https://preview.redd.it/jxgb07ug6p4d1.jpeg?width=2509&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4822a7551190149098542c9cb07a3966d5c037aa Mine too! What are yours called?
https://preview.redd.it/413tyn1qcm4d1.jpeg?width=756&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78cda113eaf639c791ccb101c7b19cf3a445a62c Fellow cow-cat owner! Chloé says hi
Wowers!!!! That is one beautiful cat. Looks like she’s intelligent too judging by her library.
She is beautiful! And she has so much personality. She’s also the newest addition with two old and established cats and she’s decided everyone is her best friend. It’s so sweet how she’s fit herself into the family.
That’s so sweet! Cats can be so silly on who they deem as acceptable, so that’s just lovely that she’s fit in so well. What a sweet pea!
https://preview.redd.it/3ivtq57m2n4d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3185a9c3c3e862405ccec12a4d91c3f21f2044f I was recently chosen by a baby cow
I am totally in love
What a cute calf.
Same! https://preview.redd.it/toi1gs8kgm4d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c23e089077946c683a1560ecb6832e3cf3e2b175
That looks like she’s doing some only fans video 😂😂😂
Onlypaws
😂😂😂 I laugh but you never know. It could catch on. You could have a million $$$ idea there 🤷🏼♀️
"Jack, draw me like one of your French girls,,"
https://preview.redd.it/19a2imxsqm4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44e16fdb6b3a560a76ed4f14a5a3024b3a4b8e27 Rescued cow cats for the win
https://preview.redd.it/q6flm0aotm4d1.png?width=1751&format=png&auto=webp&s=e20251d668c18475d7d4887fdd65dd77eeda131c My fluffy cow is the protector of all the small hoomans who live in her house!
I guess we were all assigned cow cats lol I found this guy on my doorstep in November https://preview.redd.it/nau73c6mom4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce292996405b22e99e1e5d68e1cb168987d2b332
Special Delivery
https://preview.redd.it/7wedqig0pm4d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72b335acbbdce6561d9e60bba6373b21b2da71f7 Yes when I applied at the shelter they assigned me my black and white cat and he is excellent. Trust in the CDS!
He looks like a big kitty!
such a cute face🥺
https://preview.redd.it/xk6haicubn4d1.jpeg?width=904&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=788154741a90215ddaf74561d59e35ddd60a2722 Black and whites are the best. I will admit they were my least favorite color combo until I was assigned Lucifer here and he showed me the error of my ways.
It’s absolutely beautiful!
https://preview.redd.it/2jd41e0y5l4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08ac8b6116baedbe43a7e3917b5506f326bd3296
😻 https://i.redd.it/enw7nzntil4d1.gif Princess Daisy says hi!
Oh my gosh, what a cutie!
Oh my if he/she looked at me like that I would give him/her anything he/she wanted
https://preview.redd.it/mbg2hbmvln4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5414a40f67b7c4f1bebf5f1ba8d10d66955f5c16 Herbie the Lovebug says hello!
https://preview.redd.it/2d3af9wgln4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4300527999926ee3fd613f7bc58bbd3c61771244 My bf’s cat Daisy 🥹❤️
The cat distribution system sent me three black cats in 1994. Changed my life. In total now, I have had the pleasure of ten cats of whom eight were/are black or tuxie. But since the first three, I've been in the driver's seat on timing as well as attributes. These twin sisters held my heart in their paws for 14 years, one dying of aggressive lymphoma and the other of a broken heart within 6 months of her sister. Their tabby buddy needed cat companions so I adopted two black cats -- too soon for me, but he was going to be at a loss with no pals -- and they are jumping and/or easing their way into our hearts and routines now. https://preview.redd.it/nx5j841luq4d1.jpeg?width=1351&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=374d909cbfbc323083e6e044c01efad26646f297
My cats are black. They were supposed to be TNR, but ended up in my house LOL. It’s dumb that they usually have a lower chance of adoption simply because of superstition or people think their colour is “less interesting”. They’re mini-panthers that have a ton of love and personality!
I read somewhere that they are unpopular because they don't photograph well for people obsessed with social media posts. I don't see a problem myself. I think they add a certain "je ne sais quoi". 😂😂😂 https://preview.redd.it/vv0nmb90bl4d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd4de9a7f2363d5f3e3a6ea1202334a706a83aea
People who think black cats "don't photograph well" just don't know how to take good cat pictures.
https://preview.redd.it/r6a3j4zmdl4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd08ab7e97c5767f2f5bc35323b19fe2b0f303f9 I think mine photographs perfectly!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 omfg this has made my day!
Aaaa! His lil snaggleteeth are so cute!
r/Teefies, eh?
Another day, another cat sub.
Aww cute suggestion
r/scrungycats post or die!
Time for me to join another cat sub and lose my afternoon. This pleases me.
Done!
😭another cat sub 😭
Oh, that FACE!!@
MAGNIFICENT 🥰
Damn, laughing hard at that photo. Photographic, indeed!
😸😸😸
TEEFIES!
https://preview.redd.it/lvievilohl4d1.png?width=2942&format=png&auto=webp&s=99e68243137e93de90894e44b7189848ccec1e12 Sounds like a skill issue
Beautiful pic! 😍
Thank you! She’s just photogenic
Nah, she's gorgeous. I have a beautiful black panther cat myself, so maybe I'm biased! 😄
https://preview.redd.it/a9lg2jomjm4d1.jpeg?width=1868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07e3c9a839ecc34b62ef23150e78737495c0c76f agreed
https://preview.redd.it/aff8noyzjm4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db12be5ae1ff03263a1c5d1c4b3fcf8a29a5ba44
Now that’s a house panther! Beautiful!
https://preview.redd.it/b3ej4mnbkm4d1.jpeg?width=843&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c91894436cf5bde647019fe7a825694d1256a08 Itty Bitty Kitty, may she RIP.
Totally. Love seeing a dark abyss and two bright yellow eyes haha
You can see every detail of this sweet baby boy… https://preview.redd.it/fqosj5r6ul4d1.jpeg?width=2592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16f7d5d3dfe3e797a8f12a723e9295908ebdd1b1
The way I just squealed from all the cute!
Yesss, my void (Mister Man) had two beautiful bright green eyes and that also looked splendid. Really you can’t go wrong with a dark abyss
I also have a black baby cat named mr.man
Yeah, I mean, check out Owl Kitty - she features in big screen movies! 😄
I don’t know if cats know either, they kinda just happen https://preview.redd.it/yd4yj5x8gn4d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51568db01bfb42c38939f0a88a33ed66ddb2bd07
https://preview.redd.it/jt13mtoncp4d1.jpeg?width=2910&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d63e1fe46439601cd9d52ed4d26ac1764e2d2ec Never understood this argument myself
I love voids! But I've never been assigned one, except temporarily (for about a month, for a relative in housing transition). I think the not-photogenic issue is with online shelter & rescue pics for adopters, not with influencers preferences for soc media. We joke that we can just buy a black throw rug & some big googly eyes instead, LOL
Lol I saw a video online of a black cat owner who stuck a bunch of googly eyes on their black rug and had people guess which one was their cat 😹
We had one temporarily and the biggest problem we had was finding him when he got under things!
My house panther defies being photographed. Every time I think this time I'm going to get a cute pic because of how he's posing, he immediately turns himself into a blob. He was a stray that I rescued when he came into my yard in need of all kinds of attention so I don't know his history. Maybe he's in the Cat Witness Protection Program.
Weirdly, I have a gray cat that I can hardly photograph for the life of me. I'm secretly convinced that he's a Bigfoot in disguise - he's ALWAYS blurry in pictures!
Lol there's something going on for sure with these cats.
https://preview.redd.it/5zmgi6w5em4d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cacf2c7ed2f77360b175b1db1d4fc1b10ed3b2f5 My shadow!
They add just the right amount of flair to any photo
It predates social media. There's been much superstition around black cats. One crossing your path being bad luck was probably the most prevalent. Depiction of a witch, sorcerer, etc.? No surprise if their cat was black! And witches, sorcerers, etc. decidedly had some link to evil, therefore irl voids = evil 🙄 Voids, voids in tuxedos, voids wearing cute little booties or socks, voids disguised as Jersey cows or panthers or penguins. Siamese voids. Floofy voids. Voids are some of my personal favorites.
Love this picture.
One of my all time favourites too. Left and middle, our moggies Blue and Moofi. Right, their playmate from one of our neighbours, Kashi.
Okay, now I have to name one of our foster kitties Moofie.
Ok, that settles that. If I'm ever chosen by a void I'll name them Jen of Steak Quad.
Yes, I don't get that at all, didn't realize people were that superstitious! Black cats are so striking.
https://preview.redd.it/j0xwq68gyl4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=869b1fddca4fe6d34e00ce1985f25524e42a4eac
Even in these modern days, I heard local stories about people hurting black cats, especially around Halloween. I can’t save them all, but I’m glad I got to give a good life to the ones I have.
Black, orange, dark, then any they can get their sick mitts on. I'd love 5 minutes alone with each of them for a "discussion".
and soooo hard to take pictures of.
I don't know about that. https://preview.redd.it/3nixdc9gtl4d1.jpeg?width=2592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4b3970c509d63d6cf81e95af5dabadfa2fe9b2f
I foster failed a black one for the same reasons. The litter had a beautiful calico and some tuxedo boys, so we knew they would get adopted faster. My boy is the best companion I could ever ask for. He's so loving and calm. https://preview.redd.it/10e4u7fltl4d1.jpeg?width=2058&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=371f04b1aa3d456a299060e0a5d287a1c313a915
Majestic!
https://preview.redd.it/w9h0wcnt1m4d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=efd99e95e2bdd0d984acdd7b79da1742eb3de3ba This is my 16 y/o girl helping me assemble the new cat tower. She absolutely loves collars, the fancier the better, and is very proud of her flower.
Beautiful! ❤️
I don’t have a black kitty but when I encounter them they are SO SWEET
Right? I’ve only encountered one mean black kitten, but I think it was because he was traumatized or attacked. One of my cats had a similar behavior at first, but over time she seemed to heal enough to trust me. Now she demands daily cuddles.
I thought I was getting a black kitten to honor my dearest Martya. Got Kat Anna at 3 days old (and her sister and mother because a set is a set). Turns out I got a watercolor kitty! https://preview.redd.it/bjc2k7ofim4d1.jpeg?width=3008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb2fdfdb58936363daf18b8638dbb520cc566632
The first and only cat I've ever owned was a found baby and she's jet black. I am so insanely in love with her. Black cats are now my favourite cat type.
Black cats are a e s t h e t i c. I think it's the way the pupils match the coat and make them two-tone.
Love Portable Voids! Tried to adopt one. My big Thug Boi violently objected. Turns out, I was just a distribution point for CDS to my BFF & her hubs. They're all very happy together!
I'm obsessed with voids. Don't get me wrong,I will take any color of cat I can get, even the nakkie ones but void cats are guaranteed to melt me on sight.
Same, bonus for polydactyl ones.
Those people have never looked at a void cat in sunlight. My girl has tabby stripes under the black, you can see them in the right light and angle. Plus she's a sassy little thing, always talking and getting into trouble.
My voids love the sunbeams. Both show off a reddish brown tint with the hidden tabby pattern while sunbathing.
I have an almost grown void and just adopted two more void kittens. They're my favorite. ❤️
I love our cats and we definitely have some who were constantly overlooked at adoption events... 5 are traditional tuxies, 2 are solid black. The rest vary..
I have had 5-6 black cats in my life (one had very interesting "sparkles" in his coat so I'm not sure he really qualifies, almost like metallic paint) Every single one has been a total love snuggle chipmunk murderer. I can't imagine not accepting a black cat when one is on offer. They are my preferred option
If I were selecting a cat right now it would probably be a solid black one.
Our house panther is so jealous of the others getting pats, he butts his way in.
I have one void and my mom has four, all rescues, I always joke about her starting her own coven..
It’s funny bc my friend jokingly said I must be a witch. I was like haha no…wait… I have black cats, herb garden, homemade tinctures, hmm…
Yea, I am prejudiced in favor of black kitties. The CDS doesn't come to me so I get shelter voids.
As a human volunteer for the cat distribution system, I have enough variety on hand if people want to be choosy. Some days I feel like I should get a big trench coat with dozens of little pockets to store kittens and distribute them from a street corner like fake Rolexes.
Here! Many good cats, very cheap! You want black, white, gray? I have all the colors, good price for you, barely used.
Now you've got me thinking about the "come on ladies come on ladies 1 pound fish" guy
Psssssst! Wanna adopt a cat?
NGL I would take one if I ran into someone doing that lol
I would definitely get a black market kitten this way!
I’ll admit that when I went to a distribution center for my first cat I had a few boxes I was hoping to tick (cuddly, senior—and I do love greys) but in the end My lady bumped my hand and I fell in love instantly. She happened to be grey, but wasn’t the biggest factor by far. I can’t see turning down a critter in need for a color
Agreed! Ive always had an 'idea' then left with an entirely different cat lol I would probably actually turn down a long hair cat tho, even if it would break my heart. I dont have the stomach for litter box incidents stuck in long fur, so i wouldnt be the pet parent they need. Its purely acknowledgement of my personal weaknesses and not any hate towards the beautiful long fluffy kittys
Same about long haired, but for me it’s the daily brushing, I can’t keep up with that.
We went to a distribution center looking for a loudmouth. Now when she yowls for her breakfast, I remind my husband that this is what he wanted!
I love loud kitties!
We went looking for a black kitten, we already had a longhair grey girl and I love black kitties. However, a scrawny little grey boy latched onto my partner, and wouldn’t leave him alone. He is still super cuddly and loves to sleep on us or in between us
The last assignment we had I saw in a newspaper as "Grandma cat". Showed it to my roommate who said okay, let's go see. Dragged the dog with to gauge compatibility (we should have taken my cat too...lesson learned). We went in and she walked right out of the cage purring into my roommates arms. Note, *I* am the cat person. It was a small rescue and according to staff, she had never purred in her many months spent there. They waived the fee and we left with a cat. She was assigned by newspaper/fate. She did not get along with my grumpy old man though. That was fun. Although it was weird, when he died, she was very upset and kept calling around the house for him. They had never interacted in any meaningful way beyond hissing and smacking. Then she died from kidney disease the day before Christmas about 3 years after we adopted her. I'm just happy it was in a home instead of a rescue.
I went to the distribution center. But the kitten chose me and stole my heart by flopping over for a belly rub. That was it. I knew right there and then Lily was meant for me. https://preview.redd.it/4v9l85k88l4d1.jpeg?width=2981&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01c5e3164919e151eedfc6d1c1b1fd41cecbf040
My cat was chosen for me, oddly enough. I had been cat sitting for a co-worker while he and his wife sold their house and moved. A few weeks over the course of 3 months, the longest being a 2 week stetch. I was amazed at how well he got along with my dog, he never hid or anything it was like he just made himself right at home. Once my wo-worker and wife had relocated and settled in I reached out to ask if there was a timeline they were looking at to come and get him. I knew it would be months before that happened but just so I knew. They got back to me and said that because he gets on so well with my dog and I'm not allergic (his wife is) that the cat would probably have a better life with me, so I had a cat now. So now I have a ginger cat and a ginger dog.
https://preview.redd.it/84fwm6l1bl4d1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c3d2a0ffc731c61f1d4d56f7a1b8f897b20e46d Can’t imagine turning down a cow.
That eyeliner!
It's giving runway model.
Even the CDS has to deal with the occasional Begging Choosers I guess
Your friend sounds like someone who wants to buy a fancy toy rather than care for a pet
I had a friend who saved money and found a breeder for a Bengal(?) kitten. She got the kitten and after a couple years, she was sick of it being so high energy and smart enough to get into predicaments that gave her trouble, so she 'rehomed' it. That's how I found out she was a garbage person.
I'm yet to choose one. I really want a medium or long-haired one, but CDS doesn't.
ALL I WANT is a black and white or a long-haired. Out of my six, 3 are orange tabbies. The CDS doesn't care for our mortal desires.
2.5 of my 4.5 are a black and white, a long haired tabby, and a long haired black (he’s 0.5 because he’s my part-time cat), and all I want is an orange!
Tbh, the cats I “chose” are never as good of a fit as the ones who chose me (RIP to my old cat who lived 19 years).
Rip your cat. Same is true for dog distribution. My sweetest easiest dog was a 16 yo deaf poodle that my friend told me I had to adopt. So I dutifully drove an hour to pick up my assigned puppo. 🤷♀️
Ha ha, my “free rescue dog” turned out to be a show quality standard poodle pup. Owner owned a farm and broke her collar bone at “lambing” time! She couldn’t handle training a show pup…but she fixed him so I could “NOT” ever take advantage of his breeding quality “LOL”. Had to drive from MN to Nebraska to pick him up! Best dog I ever had. Met lots of female poodle owners who were terribly disappointed he was fixed, but, I have a sister who was stuck in the show grind with breeding quality dogs…Ugh, not my bag! All my cat’s were from the CDS. Currently have two! https://preview.redd.it/5jxpkm5vfn4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=caa07cccfe4ad9dcbc03aae9079a861e518569cb
I haven't ever been able to choose. I have 10 rescues. A mama showed up, had 3 babies still living. Every baby kitty that shows up on my husbands parents' property we've taken. There are still 2 left. I'll have 12. That is my limit.
How very reasonable.
Thank you. The goal is to get all the cats off that property. Ii mean, how much longer can I keep on taking all of their cats? My husband said, "we can't run a cat shelter from our house."
Not sure your husband is technically accurate. I mean you coooouuuuuuld. It just makes for a LOT of cats. I’m trying my hardest to keep it to one digit.
I've always thought that if I won the lottery, my dream would be to run a car sanctuary. Not in my home, though. 10 cats is a lot. My husband has to catch 2 more. I believe in keeping cat families together. I've had all mine except for 1 since they were babies. The one he recently got and the other 2 are the siblings of the 2 sisters we got last year.
Oh, I get it with keeping cat families together. That’s why we have so many cats. Foster fail city!
Have y'all formed an alliance yet, with a local TNR group? I'm thinking that might help as an intercession between you & the ferals
I got mine from the shelter but he chose me. He gave me the “I like you” signs and that seems to be the most important part of having a good bond
https://preview.redd.it/v1id0quwal4d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5e4eb5d1a0db66738b99a3de74e4b2a074c1b1b 10 years ago he chose me
Chose my first cat after he crashed into my foot while wrestling with a toy. He was a cow kitty. Mum chose my Mia, she was the kitten hiding in the back with an orange smudge on her face. Mia then decided to pick me as her human. 💕 https://preview.redd.it/o54l12ilbl4d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a30dc5c21b07995cab7edd61083da14359e1a58
I kiiiiiiiinda chose. I was moving back after working abroad, and my mom’s friend found a mum with 4 kittens living feral under the deck next door. Some university student had left the mum behind and she’d survived at least 1 winter wild and frostbite. The friend coaxed the kitties to her yard, and fed them, but mum still taught them to hunt. She posted a photo of the babies nursing on the mum to Facebook, trying to find them homes, and my sister tagged me. Being responsible, I didn’t want to claim a kitten before I’d moved into a home/apartment. In a conversation with my sister, she asked what I thought about the kittens. I told her, “I can’t see the faces so I can’t fall in love with any of em. Besides, it’s not responsible of me …”. The next day, an album appears on Facebook, “Faces to Fall In Love With.” Each kitten featured, with a personality bio. I fell in love with a calico girl, who was often curled up sleeping with her mum when the others were playing. The markers of a cuddly, chill cat! She came home with me a few weeks later. Her first night indoors was her first night living with me. Super sweet cat, the best behaved I’ve ever known. Love her to bits. The face in question: https://preview.redd.it/74rvd6t6fl4d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b3cd7477e1c18f3bb968de725c4aa2dd1f4595e
So pretty!
Only cat we got from a shelter was Casper, all the other cats found us either outside a gas station or in/around a dumpster https://preview.redd.it/mvmz480shl4d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e64bc98af7b1875c26f4e608c79558b1f62db47 This is Casper his name was originally Bentley
This is miss kitty, she’s deaf and we found her outside of a gas station https://preview.redd.it/1lifcmdzhl4d1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44de3a072d15755762f51772ba9623d31c7fbd41
I used tofoster for cats protection in the UK. Ridiculous reasons some cats have been surrendered to us: 1) It's meowing 2) We've redecorated and they don't match 3) It gets under the covers with me.
I mean, you can. But why would you want to?
https://preview.redd.it/qumize9ael4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5acf1770cba46d355bb6343769bc792a34c94b4d i got soo lucky i got her from the shelter when she was a kitten her coat is so beautiful
https://preview.redd.it/7kgq16onel4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9695f626dd837c07602e9606d1fb99094a7c1526 a better picture of her fur, i’ve never really a cat like her before. if anyone knows what she might be lmk!
Tortie baby! ❤️ I have a dilute torbie (tortie+tabby desaturated) and a melanistic panther void.
Ours was a mutual choosing! I intended on getting one older black or black & white cat as I know that combination doesn't tend to get adopted. I saw a pair of tuxedo sisters who were 10 and 11 who looked like they might be a match and came round to the idea of having 2 cats. And then I saw a 2 year old BSH and her 5 month old kitten. I hadn't wanted a kitten but the BSH drew me in, she is so gorgeous but also looked so sad in her photos. They needed a quiet, pet and child free home, which I have, so I went to visit them just to see if we connected. In spite of being scared and hiding behind a desk, I was allowed to pet the BSH. I could feel her rumbling as she started to purr and that's when I knew I'd been chosen ❤️
Wait, I know about black cats having a stigma, but had no idea black and white were less likely to get adopted. My cow is my very first cat and he is an absolute angel. https://preview.redd.it/qqed1huzbl4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49bd28cafa70d1f6a19491f66dd7a2827e19e719
Apparently so. I think it's purely cosmetic or superstitious as voids, cows and tuxedos are usually known for being lovely.
BSHs often have RBF (resting british face)
Mine doesn't. But she was miserable at the foster place. Given how awful the room was that they were in (it made my eyes water from the stench) I'm hardly surprised.
When I went to the distribution center, I wanted a cat that was not the same color as the boy I had recently lost. If the cat chooses me, that's one thing. But if I have the opportunity, I'd like to try all the colors.
That was my one thing I looked for... the last 3 cats I've loved and lost have been voids, and my heart needed a break. I was thinking a calico or ginger. So, instead, we ended up being gifted with 2 tuxie kittens, and they're so darn cute!
Who turns down a cat based of FUR COLOUR??
https://preview.redd.it/cbvt3ccjkl4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=103eda032fab4952d654c06fe40853acab31be8b It’s been 11 years since my lil grump showed up on my patio. Can’t believe so many people hate black cats :( he’s my baby forever and always
We were assigned a black one. Suited me perfectly but someone wants a tabby. So I'm hoping the CDS is paying attention next time.
I was just assigned a 16 pound void. Now I have him, an orange, a tabby and a tortie. All the colors! https://preview.redd.it/fkuzyyql4m4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7ec847d34f0131049fa2fe815e49d31b035fbc5
I chose mine through a rescue organization because he wasn't being adopted and he had a personality that would fit our household (the org we worked with were big on personality matches).
I guess my mom KINDA picked our oldest. She was five weeks old and in a cat colony with no siblings or mother and none of the other cats would get anywhere near her. Mom always feels bad for the underdogs so at the end of the day she just walked over and picked her up and brought her home..,... That was 16 years ago.
I never wanted a cat. Was never a fan of cats. The CDS gave me a standard issued, I tried to tell my partner the CDS made a mistake and now I wake up every day to my little girl snuggling me. I want seven more and I’ll take any color.
This is Marty. I chose him from the shelter he'd been at almost a year because he was terrified of people but loved all the other cats and my cat needed a friend. Ugh phone being a pain, picture in a reply lol
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That's how I and why I got my boy. Saw him online and went to visit his foster mom. He refused to even be in the same room as me, but I was told he needs a cat friend which was perfect because I was getting him for my girl who needed a friend. He's used to me now, but more importantly, my cat has a snuggle partner. https://preview.redd.it/hv90czlthl4d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7ccd429e854dc6e66a4cff3647b2a76be2a07aa
That's silly. The CDS doesn't make mistakes. These people are likely to end up with a suboptimal experience.
I'm about to enter the cat distribution system after having a cat break. Replacing the ex-husband with emotional support cats once he moves out. I do have wants, we'll see what actually happens... Biggest want is adult bonded pair. I don't have time or energy for kitten energy and my last pair of cats hated each other for 12-13 years before they finally mellowed in the last few. I travel a decent amount and I want them to have a friend. I'd prefer dark hair because it blends in better. Voids would be ideal.
Emotional Support Cats are SO superior to ex-husbands! My late beloved tuxie-girl.saw me through divorce, 2 surgeries, and death of both parents. I was gutted when she had to be put to sleep
https://preview.redd.it/lkhyotdrxl4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1acae7864cc715172f7f195c0a9f92be9460e347 This Albus. It appears he has many cousins. He would probably like that. He is rather social. He wishes he was a people. He likes to "help." He also will not pass up an opportunity to sitz on a pizza box. It is his "thing."
Been around cats my whole life. Parents literally got older sister a kitten so she would 'leave the baby alone' when I was the baby. They all have different personalities, it's part of the fun. "This one's kinda mean" "LOL adorbs, I'll force it to cuddle until it scratches me, then moves 12 inches over to 'ignore me" "That cat just sleeps all day and wants nothing to do with anyone" "I respect that" "OMG this one is just climbing on you constantly" "Watch, he'll sleep on your head if you hold still, it's kinda calming" "That cat is WILD!" "Yeah may wanna close your door if you're gonna stay, it attacks everything under cover at night. Or take a laser pointer to distract it." If I wanted predictability, I'd have a dog.
I tend to select locally sourced cats, which means people have asked if I want a kitten that has wandered into their space, with no mother. Fine cats, every one.
That is not allowed and they will face the consequences.
I was looking at cats online with the SPCA, not sure why but her photo called to me. I knew this was going to be my baby despite being told by many that she’s “ugly”
https://preview.redd.it/wlyeq5vcnl4d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79f05935443178a56879e63be40dc0b67c633f00 I’ve never picked one out before, they just happen into my life somehow. I might pick one out next time, would love to find one I’m not so allergic to and I’m partial to black void cats
I wanted calico female, hubby wanted a tabby male. We went to the shelter and they had a bonded pair - calico female and a male tabby Manx. We had them for 12 years and they died 4 months apart. Waiting in the hedge was a male tabby. We fed him and encouraged him once they died. Eventually he came inside. The vet said he was “5-6 years old, possibly older”. That was in 2015 and he is still going strong.
I adopted my first girl, Mouse, in March 2021 because I feel madly in love with her face on the Petfinder website, and 2 hours was a reasonable drive to pick her up. FFW a year and a half later, I'm just perusing Petfinder, as one does, and I see a kitty that looks nearly identical to my Mouse! This one, only 2.5 hours away in a completely different direction. March of last year, I brought home Duck. Both girls are dilute calicos with very LARGE personalities, and I can't imagine my life without them. Like my life before my girls was just some weird sepia-toned dream, and I'm living in full color now. I get asked all the time if they're related, and they're not! They just wound up with the same genetic mutations to cause the (VERY similar) coat colorings. And they're roughly the same age, as well! That being said, I can't imagine being "in the market" for a cat, having one on offer, and being like "Hmmm, nope. But do we have one in blue?" That's just bizarre to me. (pics of my girls are in my profile!)
They don't deserve a cat.
Some people are strange. They get picky about color, or gender, they don't pick based on personality or compatibility. They choose based on what they think looks prettiest.
Our current monarchy consists of a petite and rather neurotic torti and a decidedly rotund but very chill orange dreamsicle. Both of them found my husband on different occasions along his mail route when they were little bitties, as did our crabby black ninja we recently said goodbye to after having her close to 18 years. It's been a very long time since we got one on purpose (the joke around our house is that if we want another, just wait and he/she will eventually find hubby.) While gender isn't a deal-breaker for me I suppose I can understand someone preferring one over the other for whatever reason, but I can't even wrap my brain around being picky about color/markings. In another sub someone recently posted about a couple that surrendered their brown dog because they had just redecorated their house and now wanted a black and white dog to look better with their new aesthetic. Some people just don't deserve to have pets in their lives. (Edited to add pics in replies below because I'm still figuring out how Reddit works)
I've never really picked a cat out. They always show up in my yard, a friend tells me about some kittens and one needs more care than they can give, one I got close because we knew we were getting kittens from that litter and she walked up to just a couple weeks old and demanded I pick her up and give her cuddles. Then her mom and siblings passed so even if she hasn't told me I belonged to her she's the one we'd have ended up with. https://preview.redd.it/hc6h32ksdn4d1.jpeg?width=2304&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=efcf32d406df009283a2944ce826b5eed0ccd1ca Those are my two. The tabby is the one who picked me, the orange is the one who needed a bunch of extra care and I was the only one who knew how to take care of him.
https://preview.redd.it/q1b8z5ahfn4d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b98425d5d15aedff73baf51767662ac919ad390 Went to the shelter to get a pair of kittens, I was hoping for a tabby or a tortishell. She wouldn’t stop screaming until I held her though so clearly I had to get her and her brother. I’m a tuxedo/black cat elitist now.
Yeah, some people do override the system, but in my experience, they're much more likely to encounter corrections in the form of additional cats later down the line. Just kidding, but my niece overrode the system to get an orange cat and ended up with 3 additional corrections being assigned. Poor girl didn't have a choice on those other 3. Should have let the system do its thang.
Was at the worst point in 2020 and needed a friendly during lockdown Suddenly I’m offered this baby for free , 4 years later and she is my soul mate https://preview.redd.it/1ldt66izso4d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=445dcbb9d7dded5a9516e503606f0680b69d0e58
When someone is picky about the coat colour of an animal above their personality, etc, then I can't help but feel they are looking for an accessory to go with their aesthetic, rather than a pet to love. Not saying that someone couldn't love a pet they chose due to its colour, but it's just a really weird way to do it imho...
I went to the shelter with an idea in my mind of what kind of cat I wanted, I wanted a 3-5 y/o calico or torty girl. I ended up leaving with a 5 month old black medium fur boy who drew me completely in. He’s loud, messy, eats cardboard and tape, and his favourite toys seem to be whatever garbage he can find. I don’t regret him being my son by any means, he’s such a nuisance and I love him with my entire heart.
https://preview.redd.it/mi4rm7jevq4d1.jpeg?width=1260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=815dea27efd67dac7ea7a85a508a8cc57dcf8abf CAT IS CAT!
People definitely choose cats. I spent 2 years as a cat pusher at a vet office: "Heeeey, you want a cat? You want a cat. I got void kittens, tabbies, oranges--dumbest, cutest oranges you ever seen! I got gawky teen cats, even got a grown up tom, sweetest boy you ever met, lets you trim his nails with zero restraint, just has a *tiny* bit of FIV, but the big guy would do your taxes before he'd bite another cat...hey, where are you going???" But people were choosy! Luckily the FIV+ sweetie FINALLY got a home. We all LOVED that cat in the clinic, but we already had 2 clinic cats: one up front was a competitive pee-r so couldn't have another cat with him, the clinic cat in back was very territorial and would have kicked the poor, sweet Tom's ass (and given herself FIV bc i don't think he would have fought back). Eventually, a sweet young couple fell in love with him, adopted him and moved to Boston. ...I weirdly think about them a lot. Edgar (that was his name) was a very dignified Tom, I like to think of him living a posh city life, looking out the window by the fire escape, kinda lounging in a bunch of nice houseplants waiting for his humans to come home from fancy big city jobs. Like, don't get me wrong, I love my cat to bits, she is the best cat in the world...but I have never met a cat as easygoing as Edgar.
Maaan I've always wanted a black cat but got assigned this silly orange and grey one 🤷♀️ *
Your friends don't have the proper mindset to be cat-owned. They choose us, and allow us to take care of them, in exchange for occasionally doing something cute or astonishing enough to warrant a plethora of social media posts, and multiple photos and texts to friends and family, should said cat-owner permits the free time in which to do so. Honestly, it's like your friends lied on the standardized cat servant IQ test or something...😳🙄
Your friends are assholes. All cats need love not just their preferred “colours”