Where did you get your cat?

damian we got at a few months old. we were cat sitting and didn't want to give him back, lol, they were fine with it, one was really allergic to him

max we got the randolph pound at 4 months old because the fish died and we wanted another pet

millie we got at the randolph pound two months later at 4 months old because max needed a friend to play with

sophie we got the same day at millie because we went to get pet supplies at petsmart and fell in love with her, so we rescued her through the pet adoption league.

........so if you think about it, the fish died and we ended up with three more cats....doesn't seem like an even trade!! HAHAHA

Chester was from a humane society in Belleville Ontario and Dynah was from a litter that my sister and I rescued and then fostered for the OSPCA last fall.

My kitty was given to me by a breeder.

Some showed up at our place.
Some were born to our farm cats(who are all now fixed).
One I got from the neighbor from a feral colony & wish I could give her back.
A few foster failures.
PJ & Punky are fosters....I can't fail on them unfortunately.
I even adopted one kitty!

my boys were both rescues.

I didn't get them from a shelter but how we got Miagi was a lady "found" him in her basement and didn't want him so we took him in. she doesn't know what a great awesome cat she's missing out on. definately OUR gain and her loss!

we got Tiger almost 3 years ago on February 22nd 2005 - he was abandoned with another cat on the side of the road and these people fostered him and couldn't keep him so we took him. it was the best thing I have ever done taking him in! he is totally a different cat now learning that it's okay to have fun and relax and be a part of a REAL family.

they are both my babies!

Both our current cat and previous cat were from friends.

My current cat Sneakers was rescued by some friends of mine. Their daughter was visiting someone and saw Sneakers, commented on how cute she was and the woman said "Do you want her? I don't want her anymore." So my friends' daughter brought her home, but they already had 5 cats and could not keep her. My cat Sylvia had passed away recently so they asked if we wanted her.
Our previous cat Sylvia was a stray who was "rescued" by a friend of my sister, Jen. Their cat, a black cat, was missing and one day one of her family members came home and a black cat followed them inside. They thought it was the missing cat, but Jen (the cat's owner) could tell right away it wasn't! Sylvia ended up staying with them for a while (their own cat Merlin came home a few days later) but when Jen moved in with her fiance, Sylvia did not get along with her fiance's cat and she ended up giving Sylvia to us.

I also currently have a "foster cat" who was a stray or feral, not sure which. He was about 5-6 weeks when I caught him, he's 8 weeks now but we probably won't be able to keep him. Soon there will be another kitten here, a Maine Coon, who we have been waiting for over 2 years to get from a breeder. Aside from my two pet rats this will be the first animal we've ever had from a breeder. The rest of the pets we've owned were mostly rescues, strays, or adopted from friends.

Kandie - was the second opps litter of a friend'

Simon - found on a busy street ( 20 yrs later would learn he was likely feral)

Zoey - local shelter

dogs

Joey - mom s friend who breed his dog

Peggy -rescued by grandma

Patsy leah - humane society

Gigi - humane society

Callie was a stray who wandered onto my back patio and never left. That was 9 years ago.

We adopted Hannah from Fort Worth Animal Control (aka The Pound) in 2005.

Stephanie

Jamie is from a rescue organization. His pregnant mom was trapped at a feeding site for ferals, and fostered. She was obviously abandoned or stray, as she was used to humans.

I found Ernesto and Mimosa on the farm of my mom's friend. They were glad to get rid of them because they thought long haired cats were ugly (because they got al matted and ratty on the farm), and the sealpoint kittens they thought were just plain weird. Well, I was crazy about them immediately

dEUS and Flynn came from the same breeder who raises 2 litters a year in her home. We're still friends, I'm going to her wedding next week.

Sliver - Humane Society
Snowball - Humane Society
Sage - Pet Shop
Sushie - Newspaper Ad
Spooky - Friend
Spici - Pet Shop
Shilo & Sadee - They are Spookys babies

All of my cats have came from the local shelter. However any future kitties I adopt will have to come from somewhere else. Unfortunately the shelter here in my hometown closed on December 1st. Sometimes the decisions made by local governments make very little sense at all.

Magnum and Bumper were found as stray kittens, they both decided we were keeping them.
Boomer was from a neighbour, he was the runt of an unwanted litter
Scully was from friends of family, they were getting rid of him and he wouldn't have lasted at the shelter with the condition he was in.
Autumn was a foster from the shelter I never took back

From Safe Haven for Cats, a no-kill cat shelter.

All 4 came from the no-kill shelter I volunteer at.

KittyGurl - 2 young boys brought her to my previous job with a broken leg claiming they found her in the street. She was about a year old.

Jaedi - My sister found him wandering the streets of New Jersey at +/- 6 weeks of age. She kept him for a little while, but passed him along to me when she had my nephew a month and half later.

My mothers cats and my babies all came from Citizens for Animal Protection (CAP) in Houston. I HIGHLY recommend this shelter for anybody in the Houston area.

Usva came from a shelter, Milla from a rescue, Tilli and Timotei from my ex's friend.

Sho came from my grandmother's cat. He had been outside, in the cold, until we took him and was very sick with a URI.

Tomas was found in my backyard one night, yelling his little head off for his mother and food. I heard him all the way in the house and my 'baby kitten radar' went off . Luckily little guy too, as a winter storm blew in a couple days later.