when i was looking for cats i thought about how people would want to adopt kittens more than cats.. so i was going to adopt a cat. i didn't get to adopt any... but the way i think about it is.. if they spent this much time in a shelter or a foster home.. why not make the few years they have left heaven in a real home with love and affection..?Originally Posted by white cat lover
Orange!?!?That is our one "most popular" color!
Admittedly, we have a hard time adopting out any cat over 4 months of age. The 1 year + is impossible to adopt out. People here only want kittens. We have almost no adoptions when kitten season is gone.
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Aww... thats so sad. Both my kitties picked me for the most part. Frankie definitely did. I got Wickett for a large litter and he's the one the bonded with me the quickest but his color did help. I think black pets are beautiful. They are really hard to photograph but in person... aww. Even my fiance's parents have his old dog... an almost all black husky/chow mix.
I do love how unique calico's look but like someone else said... it's much more about personality that color.
I have a theory about this... perhaps these girls are exploring magic and think that a black cat is the "pet" to have since most witches are portrayed w/ black cats as familiars?
I do love how unique calico's look but like someone else said... it's much more about personality that color.
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My experience too.
Grey Tigers more so than tuxes though.
But the beautify black fur kids almost are always alone.
There was some threads and internet blogs about blackies and halloween regarding not adopting them out last year. wheither it was propagating this sterotype regarding black cats.
I do not know if its true, but i do know that come halloween, we see more interest in black cats and we also see more abuse.
Additionally,
Among cats, Blackies suffer from the worst kinds of abuse that we see.
Abuse is horrible and bad always, but Black cats seem to get the worst of it.
Aw, that's so sad. My kitties usually pick me. So color doesn't really come into it as much. Tigger I had to have because of her write up on the web site. Elsa was feral, living at my work, and Nadette picked my hubby and daughter when they went to get me a kitty for my birthday. Smudge was picked by Smudge 1 after he went to the Rainbow Bridge.
And now I have the possibility of taking in a odd-eyed white deaf kitty with a formerly broken jaw that my husband's co-worker needs to re-home! I'm excited!
And now I have the possibility of taking in a odd-eyed white deaf kitty with a formerly broken jaw that my husband's co-worker needs to re-home! I'm excited!
I have noticed looking on the petfinder site that there seems to be so many more black ones than any other color, that are still there week after week and it just breaks my heart. I love all cats and think they are all beautiful, but have always had a special place in my heart for black kitties and would adopt a whole herd of them if I could. They ARE hard to photograph and I always had that problem with my Alley, but in person she was the most beautiful cat ever.
My friend owns a black and a tux. The black is very shy but the tux will come around and check you out, especially if you have food! I think she said one was found in a ditch as a kitten and the other in bushes as a kitten, but im not sure.
The types of cats that you see most frequently in shelters around here are blacks, all colors of tabbies, and TORTIES. Torties are everywhere! And I'm not sure if this is just my observation, but torties seem to be shyer and moodier than other cats. I think thats why they take a long time to get adopted.
The types of cats that you see most frequently in shelters around here are blacks, all colors of tabbies, and TORTIES. Torties are everywhere! And I'm not sure if this is just my observation, but torties seem to be shyer and moodier than other cats. I think thats why they take a long time to get adopted.
hey, i have a tuxie, a tabby, a black & a calico!
I adopted my abandoned "Meow" from the vet. He was a full black adult, and is as sweet as can be.
I think people have their color preferences obviously - like choosing a car color or what color to paint the house. However, as far as black cats getting the brunt of abuse or being harder to adopt I would believe it. People are often just stupid. They remember the superstition from second grade or whatever and haven't gotten over it and associate black cats with bad-luck or that they are witches familiars or even witches disguised. Pretty dumb if you ask me. Its also for those reasons that teen girls think its cool to have one as an accessory!
I think people have their color preferences obviously - like choosing a car color or what color to paint the house. However, as far as black cats getting the brunt of abuse or being harder to adopt I would believe it. People are often just stupid. They remember the superstition from second grade or whatever and haven't gotten over it and associate black cats with bad-luck or that they are witches familiars or even witches disguised. Pretty dumb if you ask me. Its also for those reasons that teen girls think its cool to have one as an accessory!
I agree the black cat has a long ugly history of being asoated with witches,the devil and pagan or ocult practices, which is just sick and stupid. A black cat is no more 'evil' then any other cat. Personally some of those pagan religions dont seem to me as bad as they are protayed either.http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...s/rolleyes.gif My Bindi is a very loving wonderful and beautiful cat and guess what he's all black!. http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...laughing02.gif.
People need to look further then just myth when judging a person, animal or topic.
People need to look further then just myth when judging a person, animal or topic.
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Woo-Hoo!!! Another deaf kitty here! Poor thing...formerly broken jaw.
Yup, black kitties last longest at our shelter. I think it's harder to see their faces (every tried photographing a black cat???), whereas with lighter kitties it's easier to see their pretty faces, and the gorgeous expressions.
If people are looking on Petfinder or places like that, it's easier to fall in love with a kitty whose face you can see.
If people are looking on Petfinder or places like that, it's easier to fall in love with a kitty whose face you can see.
Orange cats are one of the most popular colours here - yet one of hte ones we dont get a lot of!!
Me too, that is so funny(the black & calico are in heaven)..Interesting thread, I have never thought about it before..Cyclopes is a tux and so was his cell mate and I do recall the lady at the ASPC saying the tux was hard to adopt; I didn't understand what she meant at the time. I thought she meant b/c Cyclopes wouldn't come out of the carrier so I could meet him but his cell mate would and boy she was a ham...I knew someone would want her so I took him!
Minnie is a pale pale beige minus stripes...has a few faint stripes so I guess part of his tabby is missing??
They aren't bad (except satan/devil worship) but the movies and the practice of these by some "bad" people give them all a bad rap. It's sad for the kitties who remain homeless because of people mis-conceptions.
I wouldn't trade Wickett for the world and while he has one of the cutest faces I've ever seen it's nearly impossible to capture all the detail in a picture.
I know! Orange used to be one of the most 'popular' colors to be adopted. But last kitten season. BAM. We were over flowing with orange kittens, and nobody wanted them.Originally Posted by white cat lover
Orange!?!?That is our one "most popular" color!
Admittedly, we have a hard time adopting out any cat over 4 months of age. The 1 year + is impossible to adopt out. People here only want kittens. We have almost no adoptions when kitten season is gone.
We have 2 deaf kitties at the rescue. Both are white, both have one blue eye, one green/gold eye.Originally Posted by white cat lover
Woo-Hoo!!! Another deaf kitty here! Poor thing...formerly broken jaw.
Some moron was purposely breeding them to get the multi-colored eyes, and became overloaded.
Raine and Diamond are the deaf ones. There is also bambi, who is Raine's sister, and Diamonds mother. Bambi also came with two babies, who were adopted a long time ago. And Raine was pregnant. Had 6 kittens, 4 of which were white, two of them were deaf.
All kittens were adopted out
White cats are very popular colors, everyone wants them. But all these three have litterbox issues, and can't be adopted. Thats why we have the rescue set up as much like we can into a home environment, so they can live out their life there, instead of being euthanized because they pee outside the box.
Well...we'll see...I haven't heard back from the lady since my offer. I explained to my DH about how the kitty was depressed not only because he lost his friend, but because he lost his ears too. I don't think that his co-worker had ever thought of that part. So we'll see. I don't imagine that 5 cats is that different than 4, and I'm sure Nadette would love him to pieces.Originally Posted by white cat lover
Woo-Hoo!!! Another deaf kitty here! Poor thing...formerly broken jaw.
That's SO SAD!Originally Posted by white cat lover
Orange!?!?That is our one "most popular" color!
Admittedly, we have a hard time adopting out any cat over 4 months of age. The 1 year + is impossible to adopt out. People here only want kittens. We have almost no adoptions when kitten season is gone.
Most of our adoptions are young adults, 1-5 years. Followed by kittens 9we won't let them go before 3-4 months anyway, and we only adopt them out in pairs), followed by un/under-socialized young adults, followed by older adults (5-10), followed by special needs, followed by elderly (10+)
Than again, just the nature of our shelter (stray rescue, 60% of which have a special medical or social/behavioral need) and the way adoption department is set up, it really encourages people to adopt adults and attracts those who are interested in an adult.
I havent heard that about cats, but I have heard it about dogs
Color just doesnt matter to me I guess.
I was at the shelter the other day and out of all the kittys a woman had adopted the black girl. I thought that was so sweet.
Color just doesnt matter to me I guess.
I was at the shelter the other day and out of all the kittys a woman had adopted the black girl. I thought that was so sweet.
I'm one of those people who let the kitties pick me. We knew we didn't want a kitten because we both work and we needed a cat that could entertain themselves for a few hours a day (then we come home and put on a show)
When we went to the rescue, my husband fell in love with Stanley (who wasn't a year old yet, but he was 10 months, so I let it slide a little since he was on the older side of kitten). Then we went into the room where they had the other cats (Stan had just come from foster care and was in a large crate), it was very much set up like a home with couches and kitty trees. We spent an hour plus looking, petting, getting to know all the residents. There must have been 30 cats out and about. There were a lot of black cats and tuxes though.
Turns out the cat that picked me was a 2yr old (we think) brown tiger tabby with dilute torie on her back (and some attitude with that).
She came over and started purring and stuck to me like glue. That was it. I do still think about a lot of the cats I saw that day, but the rescue is no kill and I know they will at least live out their lives in a comfie setting if they don't go to a forever home. My lottery winning dream includes going back to get some of them.
When we went to the rescue, my husband fell in love with Stanley (who wasn't a year old yet, but he was 10 months, so I let it slide a little since he was on the older side of kitten). Then we went into the room where they had the other cats (Stan had just come from foster care and was in a large crate), it was very much set up like a home with couches and kitty trees. We spent an hour plus looking, petting, getting to know all the residents. There must have been 30 cats out and about. There were a lot of black cats and tuxes though.
Turns out the cat that picked me was a 2yr old (we think) brown tiger tabby with dilute torie on her back (and some attitude with that).
She came over and started purring and stuck to me like glue. That was it. I do still think about a lot of the cats I saw that day, but the rescue is no kill and I know they will at least live out their lives in a comfie setting if they don't go to a forever home. My lottery winning dream includes going back to get some of them.
