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Did You Pick Your Furbabies According to Their Color, Personality or Breed?

Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 22:15:47 GMT

So, I just sitting here with you ladies on the computer and looked over at Bill the cat (asleep next to me).

He's orange. Katie the cat is black and white long hair. They are the only 2 cats I ever picked.

All of my many other cats just found me. They showed up at my house. I took them in, had them neutered or spayed.

I tried to keep all of them in the house. It worked with some, but Jack and Fabio (Bo) liked to play outside during the day and came in at night or if I'd be going out late at night. I'd call them and they came running.

Anyway, I wasn't going to adopt anymore cats after I had 4 of them die within a short period of time.

After maybe 2 months my friend (the Vet's nurse) came over and said, "This is it. Throw your clothes on, bring the carriers, let's go, we're getting some cats today".

So I did. The only thing I knew for sure was I didn't want just one cat, it had to be at least 2.

Bill was sticking his paws out of the cages. He had so much personality. A lot of people were looking at him, laughing and playing with him.

I quickly went over to the adoption lady and said, "Could I adopt him?" I was afraid someone else would want him.

Oh! I also knew I didn't want a kitten because they're easy to get adopted. I wanted older cats. I wanted some that would be harder to adopt because of their ages. Bill and Katie were supposed to be 7 years old, but I know Katie is younger and Bill might be slightly younger.

So, that's the story of how I adopted Bill and Katie.

After I brought them home. I sent a gift card so their adopted parents could use it for cat food for others and I sent them a gift card so they could enjoy a dinner out on me.

It's been 8 years now. I just had both of them to the Vets for their checkups (complete bloodwork, shots, tooth checkup). Katie (once again) had some bad teeth. She (once again) had to have a big tooth pulled. Vet said it was really bad.

Bill's teeth are good for now but in a few months I should get his teeth cleaned.

Animals are expensive. Just the bloodwork, shots and Katie's teeth cleaned it cost me $1,600.

My middle daughter grew up with cats. I had one cat (Fabio) who still 'sprayed' after I had him neutered. My point is this daughter informed me last night she found a tiny kitten, brought it in and STILL has not had it neutered. It's now about 8 months old.

I told her she'd better hop to it or that cat is going to spray. My grandma had a saying, "Hard heads make soft a@ses.

Re: Did You Pick Your Furbabies According to Their Color, Personality or Breed?

Goldengate8361 — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 22:32:22 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 You are clearly a saint. And we all know that cats are really angels from heaven sent to earth to teach us about love, right? Bless you for being a good cat mom. I am currently blessed with 5 exceptional angel cats!

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eddyandme — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 22:56:01 GMT

I don't have any kitties, @Annabellethecat66 .

But I believe we adopt the furbabies that have been sent to us - it's been predetermined by God Who directs His angels to bring the furbabies into our lives.. It's part of our lifetime contract we've made before we came down to this planet.

And, I've found, though they need us, we, at first unknowingly, need them just as much.

So, whether they're young, old, handicapped, lonely, whatever, it all boils down to what's meant to be will be. And, they're a special gift from God!

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Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 23:00:18 GMT

@Goldengate8361 Thank you for your kind words. I'd definitely say you are an angel.

It takes patience to be mom or Dad to cats. I think a lot of people don't like cats because a cat mom or dad learns very quickly everything pertaining to THEM happens on THEIR time. Right?

It's crazy what we have to do to get Katie to the Vets. My daughter and I had to trick her to get her into a bedroom so that my friend (the Vet's nurse) could come by when we were asleep at 6:00 in the morning and take the two cats to the Vets.

I came by and picked up Bill in the afternoon, but Katie stayed there until afternoon of the next day. We figured we could never trick her again, so the next morning the Vet put on his dental hat and pulled Katie's big (equivalent to our wisdom teeth) tooth. It was rotten down to the roots. It got that way in about 8 months.

It's had been about 8 months since I'd had her in there to get another tooth pulled. She just has bad teeth.

They both eat soft food. Bill's is prescription food. But to clean his teeth he gets a little of the prescription that's hard. But he won't drink much water so we limit the hard food. They think it's a treat. I measure it by using a large spoon. The minute they hear the spoon rattle, they're in the kitchen. So funny because it's actually just a hard food version of Bill's prescription soft food!

But, again, the problem is Katie doesn't chew the little round hard food...the cat swallows them whole! So it doesn't do her teeth any good. Bill chews them up.

I started throwing them on the carpet when I was getting ready to leave the house. I get a spoonfull of it and kinda toss it. They run to eat it. It gets Bill out from under my feet so I don't fall over him.

He likes to show me he's the boss by walking in front of me so slow it looks like so motion. Sometimes he'll zig zag down the hallway (think how you'd 'fake' someone out by going the opposite way). Not with Bill in charge..I think he can see from the back of his head! Ha!

Phew! I'm more long-winded on here even more today than usual. My daughter is sitting in the room with the TV and me doing cross stitch. She said, "Mom what are you saying so much to those ladies".

She has one more week here then she has to go back to her house and her furbaby.

I'm so lucky to have a daughter who is willing to come and leave her dog at home with her boyfriend. She's been here for months, then went home for a few weeks and then flew back.

I'm getting my master bathroom 'redone', she's here to see to it that th people do the right thing. I have always dealt with the workers, but anymore I have to lay down in the middle of th day.

It's taking forever for them to start, she'll probably be back home by the time they start..Ugh!

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MarthaStewardess — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 23:00:37 GMT

The two I have now, I didn't pick. They picked me, as they were both strays.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 23:13:21 GMT

Absolutely not; I picked them because they were available when I was ready to adopt and they needed a forever home.

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Sooner — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 23:19:36 GMT

One of mine was a gift from God.

I had wanted a kitten for my birthday and my lying mother kept telling me she simply could not find a kitten anywhere. And it was in the spring.

So I said I was going to pray for a kitten.

THE DAY of my birthday mother went out to hang out clothes then came back in the back door with a funny look on her face and said "If God wants you to have a kitten, I'm not going to stop it."

The neighbor's cat, which nobody suspected was going to have kittens, had kittens that morning in our dog house! I got my pick of the littler!

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Marp — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 23:38:19 GMT

I almost always have something particular in mind when looking to adopt but every single time it is the furbaby that picks me not me picking a fur baby.

Wouldn't change that if I could. They just know I am meant to be their human and they have never been wrong.

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candys mine — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 00:27:13 GMT

I had to think about it for a minute. We Always had dogs. I never chose any of them. Everybody else just brought them home. I ended up with the three cats. One was a kitten from a friend who had a friend who's cat had kittens. The next was a kitten from the Vet. She tracked me down on a Sunday saying she had a Kitten for me. Tiny little thing, brought to her by the kids at the playground with a great big chunk of skin missing from her scruff. The last one I actually picked. I wanted a kitten for the now yearling girl with the healed up scruff.

A can now safely say that it would depend on the individual animal. If we "clicked". Doesn't have to be abjet adoration. just a look or a motion or an aura, something a bit more esoteric than a feeling.

I AM Partial to calico's and torties and cats with poly paws. Both females were of the tri colour type. One of them and the Boy both were polydactyl. That is just how it worked out...

I guess I'd maybe start with a breed or type in mind but as they say "subject to change withouut notice."

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sometimesQVCaddict — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 01:03:31 GMT

All of mine have been rescues. My current family is 3 kitties ----- I have 2 siblings who were found abandoned at just a few days old with their eyes still shut! There were 6, I ended up keeping 2 & found homes for the rest. They just celebrated their 16th birthday this summer!! My third was rescued off the streets by a shelter & she 'picked me' when I had absolutely no reason or desire for wanting a kitty that particular day I got her! She is almost 12. Love them all to bits!

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sandy53 — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 01:16:45 GMT

Breed. My cousin had a Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier and we enjoyed that dog very much. The breed has a lot of characteristics that helped us decide it would be right for us (non-shedding, playful, medium sized, etc.) My cousin gave us the name of her dog's breeder and after quite an extensive application process, we were able to get a dog. We had her for 13 years. Then after being without a dog for 5 years we got another Wheaten. She is now 12 years old. I still think it is the right breed for us.

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MJDinVegas — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 01:58:47 GMT

Hi, @Annabellethecat66 ! Definitely the breed and by definition the color. I love West Highland White Terriers (Westies). Our current curmudgeon is Auggie, with us 13 years this past August and a frequent flyer - he's flown back and forth with us to the Big Island of Hawaii while we lived there 5 years.

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Meowingkitty — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 02:04:21 GMT

All of my cats have picked me. Most were found as kittens in my back yard. One tuxedo kitty I found just looking in our back door. She was tiny and wet. Another one, her whole family just up and left her. My last baby I found in the back yard was only 4 weeks old. That's just three of the many I've adopted. I believe someone in heaven knew I needed these babies, especially my last one. She is definitely a little angel.

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Tessa Mendoza — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 02:30:17 GMT

When we adopted our first dog 35 years ago, I didn't have a specific breed or color in mind. We went to several shelters and while they all were so wonderful, I couldn't make a decision. Then there was the last shelter we visited. Walked through the entire place and there, in the last cage, was a big, red, friendly Golden Retriever. She jumped up and down when I approached, I looked at her and she at me, and that was it. We took her outside for a quick get-to-know each other visit, took her home and there she stayed and was loved and adored for almost 15 years. That began both my husband's and my love affair with Goldens. We are now on our 4th. The next 2 were American Goldens, light gold in color, and our present is an American/European Golden girl who is white with a touch of gold. I love all dogs but, for us, nothing compares to the gentle, kind personality of a Golden.

We also have a black cat. He was brought to our vet's office in the hopes of him getting adopted since his owner had to give him up He was about 5 at the time and no one wanted him. Their loss. I love our little panther and will always want a black cat around.

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Icegoddess — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 02:52:59 GMT

I have had so many over the years. When I was a kid, my sister started feeding a stray that showed up and of course it was pregnant. She had a few litters, and we had to feed some that she for some reason rejected. She even had a two-headed one which of course died within a day or so.

Then, after I got married we were given kittens or picked them from a litter. One looked just like a Turkish Angora. She had several litters and one of her sons actually babysat when she would leave them. We would pull them out and he would grab them from us and take them back. She got hit by a car though right after we got her fixed. Then, another pregnant stray showed up. She ended up having to be put down, but I kept one of her kittens. So, I had, I think, two cats from the pretty Turkish Angora cat and one from the stray that was a chocolate point.

When I re-married my husband got me a bengal. Later, I got an F2 Bengal. Funny, the Chocolate Point accepted the F2, but didn't like the other one while both Bengals loved each other immediately.

After I lost the Chocolate Point and the other Bengal died I thought the F2 was sad and lonely so I got him a brother on Petfinder.com which is a place for rescue organizations to advertise their animals. I looked and looked until one spoke to me. I love orange cats and this one had long hair. We drove 2 hours away to get him. Poor thing was so scared he peed on himself on the way home. BTW, the F2 was not amused with his new brother.

After my F2 died, I went on a search again on Petfinder. I really wanted a Maine Coone but it's rare to get a full MC from a rescue. I ended up finding a MC mix (they said) but the catch was they wanted his blind brother to go with him. So, now I have the Ninja Kitties because they're black.

I only get kittens because I have always had good luck introducing kittens to the resident cat, and I prefer males. Even though my F2 wasn't happy that I got him a brother, he never showed any aggression. It's like they know that they're babies and just sit off at a distance and just watch them. My orange cat was the same way with the Ninja Kitties.

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shoekitty — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 03:00:49 GMT

Over the years I have had many cats. I only chose two. All the others came to me. It was a sure thing when one cat dies another cat showed up at our back door iin need

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Tinkrbl44 — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 03:24:01 GMT

We waited a few months after our beloved Tom Cat passed, and then I went to the shelter.

I originally wanted similar coloring as Tom, but it ended up differently. Tom would be a hard act to follow, so I then thought perhaps the most cuddly kitty would be the one. Nope. None of them knew me, so there wasn't an immediately affectionate one to be had.

It finally turned out that the lucky kitty was the one that looked the healthiest one to me .... and his name is Bogart.

Bogey is a domestic shorthair with a tuxedo. Most tuxedo cats are black & white, but he is charcoal gray and white. And he has good health insurance.

Bogey is the four-legged Love Of My Life.

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Xivambala — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 03:36:32 GMT

There has always been at least one cat in my household since I was a child living with my mother. Out on my own, I have almost always had a cat living with me. They were rescues or abandoned, and always the best pets. A few years ago, after my last cat passed, I lived in a hotel that did not allow pets. I decided that when I found my next home I wanted a Pixie Bob because of their similarity to bobcats. As soon as I left the hotel I found a breeder within a 2 hour drive from me. When I got to her home, she did have Pixie Bob kittens, but doubled her asking price to $1500. Too much for me. She also had Bengals and Snow Bobs. There was a very cute older kitten running around chasing a pencil. He jumped up on the table and ran right into my pet travel carrier. He came home with me that night. He is a Snow Bob, a genetic variant of a Pixie Bob. He is the kitty in my avatar, Xivambala.

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beach-mom — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 04:43:05 GMT

Like @MarthaStewardess, most of them have picked us! We got a purebred Siamese as a wedding present from DH's coworkers. After that they just came into our lives in various ways! We treasure each and every one, and the loving memory of each and every one who is at the Rainbow Bridge.

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Sushismom — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:23:57 GMT

Some cats just spray. I had one that was neutured quite young (under 6 months). He still sprayed.

I also adoped one male cat at about 1 year old. He had been caught as a stray and neutured. He never sprayed.

The one that came in as a feral kitty at about 6-7 weeks of age also has never sprayed. I had him fixed at 6 months.

Then there were the brothers my nephew and I adopted at around 6 months of age. I'm not sure how old they were at the time of neuturing, though. And neither one of them sprayed.

My recent cat also was a feral. He hung out at my house until he was about 8 months old. I took him in and had him spayed around 9 months of age. He, also, never sprayed.

I've been lucky. Out of six male cats, only one sprayed. I'm not sure if being around other cats while growing up and in my house had anything to do with it. But I like to think it does.