do you pick your cats color or sex?

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I have never really picked my cats....they just kind of showed up. LOL But I think if I could ever pick a cat I would like a ragdoll (think the ones I like are called cream point) with blue eyes or a light color bengal. Doesn't really matter to me if they are males or females.

But the babies I have now are pretty and I probably would have chosed them anyways. I love black cats and I have 3 black and white tuxedos with white paws so I got lucky there. I have 2 tabbies...one brown and one light brown color...he has pretty spots on his belly. And I have always loved calicos and I have a pretty light colored calico female.
 

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Not at first. I went to the local shelter determined to find a black and white kitty, and got one (lol) but really after that they just came in any size and shape. I've never had a male cat, though, just by chance, and I'd really like a grey-and-white kitty one day, and also a big ginger tom. But it doesn't really matter, they're all awesome!

My mum, however, has always had torties. Always. Always will!
 

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I didn't get to pick 8-Bit's color or sex. I said, "Give me a spunky one."

I have a soft spot for black cats, so when I came across Scratch I knew I had to have him. He just happened to be a boy.
 

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Completely didn't mean to, it just so happened that we wanted both of our kittens to be girls, and out of the two ginger and two black kittens, both of the black kittens were female.

I have a completely soft and gushy spot for tuxedo cats though.
 

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It has never been a looks thing for me it has been more a personality thing. I could not have picked 2 such oposite cats when it comes to color. But personality wise they are very similar in most respects except one is an extrovert and one an introvert.
 

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I always picked the cat who looks the saddest and cutest. When I went to adopt my first cat (a 12 week old grey one), the pet store said I had to go to the humane society to do it. The first thing I saw when I walked in the door was the two smallest cats I have ever seen. Me and my boyfriend fell in love with the little orange tabby and decided to adopt him instead. We would have gotten both, but we didn't have room at the time.

When I got Zebra I was looking for a female. I was at petcetera and I saw a bunch of kitties and they all looked the exact same, except one. She had orange spots on her grey, black and white fur and it was adorable and I knew then that I had to adopt her. I had never seen a silver tabby with orange spots before. She just happened to be female.
 

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I'd always had older cats and I had thought to myself that if I got a younger cat he would be with me for a long time. We had Tucson (RB
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Well I picked Phenom kinda. She was so cute and playful in her cage at Petsmart with the humane society. Lee had agreed to letting me get one so I brought him to see her and signed the papers. Phantom was brought to us. I loved her description so she was mine!
 

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I have a soft spot for cow cats, or any black, white, or black & white kitty. But I didn't go out looking for a particular colour.

I do prefer males though, out of all the pets I've ever had I've always felt a stronger bond with the males.

Having said that, I don't know what sex my parrot is, but he seems like a boy, it would be a real shock to me if 'he' laid an egg! The only other way I could tell is by a DNA test, and since I don't breed that just seems like a lot of stress to put him through for no real good reason.
 

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ooh i love tom cats pookie was my first female and i never thought id adjust to her ways, but nun the less i love her to bits and she has had kittens and they are both boys and we are keeping one (my other half wont let me have both boohoo!) but i love all types of cat but i have always had a real bond with the toms im not sure if thats them or me lol xx
 

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It all depends on whether I'm looking at pedigrees or domestics...with peds, I seriously look at the color with domestics, whoever comes to me first. But, having said that, I have a serious penchant to red cats!
 

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Nope!! I didn't meet my girls until the rescue lady bought them to my house.I didn't know what they looked like, I knew they were girls though. She told me they had a hard time finding a home because they were "older" (6 yrs old). I had no preference about age either. And we've been happy together ever since!
 

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I guess I have a thing for calicoes (Dianna, Annie and Sissy) but Shadow who is black became a resident because his litter that I was fostering was ready to be adopted around Halloween and DH and I just turned to each other and said "He stays, there are too many weirdos at this time of year". Holly was 7 when she came to us a year ago. A friend asked me to care for her until we could find her a home. She stayed because her size scared people. Holly is the gentlest cat I know, I call her my gentle giant.
My first kitty "Boots" picked us on a snowy February morning. DH heard the little meow and opened the front door and this little grey streak ran into the house, down the hallway, and into the water-bed. He found his warm spot. Boots was with us for the next 9 wonderful years. Even going with us in the semi truck. He got to visit 47 states and 2 Canadian provinces with us and loved every minute!
 

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I haven't picked a cat in a long time, I take in whatever cat needs a home, and I've had a wiiiiiide variety, boys, girls, black, white, gray, calico, orange, you name it I've had it
I absolutely love seal point Meezers though, and when I make the switch to non-positives, I would like to adopt a few, I always see them on petfinder
and I do have a preference for boys for some reason
 

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Both our cats picked us. When we adopted Spike, we had originally wanted a boy and a girl, preferably from the same litter. We went home with just Spike instead, and when we went back (to get a girl) we ended up with Oz. Neither J nor I really had a colour preference and we had always planned on adopting moggies, so we really just went with our hearts.
 

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Originally Posted by babyharley

We've always gotten to 'pick' our kitties - but for some reason I never get the 'kind' that I've always wanted
When we 1st got Harley, I wanted an orange kitty, and there was one in the litter, but Harley kinda just.... picked me
I couldn't leave him there, I had to bring him home!

Davidson.... well, John wanted a white kitty, and he was pure white at birth, but when he got older, he turned gray - so now we have a gray boy!

It doesn't really matter to me, its really based on their personality.... Davidson was a love bug from birth, and thats what we wanted, so we brought him home. Harley, he was our 1st kitty and I was unsure of what I was getting myself into... he was just the stumbly little runt that stole my heart


Someday, I'll get a big orange tabby, I just adore them!
Tell John to come visit me...there's a pure white kitty at the shelter here!


I will always & forever go for the white kitties---preferably deaf. When I am looking for cats again, they will be white, deaf, & old(7+).
 

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Well Ive never really gotten the chance to pick a kitten/cat. I guess the closets I got to picking one was Kitten and it was either her or her brother and I didnt want a boy at the time.
 

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Out of my lot, I have only gone to a shelter twice to pick cats (and the second I wasn't supposed to hav come back with one!!), the first one they only had one up for adoption, so not much choice, and the second time my friend picked for me (she ended up picking a colour I said I wasn't going to have again!!). I sort of picked Molly, as I had wanted to foster her since i knew about her, but cos she was an oldie and sounded like she really needed a home - took me 8 months to get her!! I do have soft spots for certain colours, but my main thing is age, they have to be in double figures to be permanent cats here!!
 
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