How old were you when you got your first cat?

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MA I have to agree. That is one of the cutest pictures I've ever seen!

I was five years old when I got my first kitten. He was a red tabby named Tom. My dad and I were at a pet shop getting bird food for my mother's canary and I saw Tom. I begged dad to let me have him. The pet shop owner let us use his office phone so I could call and get my mother's consent. I loved that cat and had him for a very long time! When we moved to the otherside of the neighborhood, dad and I went to the old house to take the curtains down, and what do you know, but that tomcat was sitting on the patio at the back door. Imagine our surprise to see him there. He traveled several blocks to get there. I've been hooked on cats ever since.

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MA, that is a precious picture! You were such a cutie! And so was the kitty!

As for how old I was when I got my first cat, I honestly don't remember. We lived right across the street from a Co-op and we had lots of mice & rats. Apparently right after I was born, Mom insisted we get a cat to catch the critters. I don't think I've lived a single year of my life with out having a kitty around and don't plan on ever having to live with out one.

When I was born, my parents had a grey male called Loppy. He was hit by a car and killed where a pedestrian bridge was being put up a block from where we lived. The construction workers buried him and brought his collar and tag back to my parents.

When I was about 3, my great-aunt's cat had kittens. I remember going to look at them, and we adopted a grey female, also called Loppy. She went over the bridge when I was 23.

The first cat I've shared my independent life with is Ivo. I was 31.

Ummm...30 or so, I guess. I grew up with dogs, and would have had a dog at that point if it had been possible to stay home with it or take it with me to work. NOT. But I wanted a critter I could have a relationship with -- one who would give a hoot whether I was there or not and give me what-for if I was late getting home. Easy choice. Even easier, now that I've been educated by a series of cats!

Shasta started the process. She was 7 weeks old when I got her, and about that much over 21 years, when she died. What a neat ol' lady she was!

After being an only cat for 14 years, she accepted two six-year-old males who needed a new home -- uh, no, it was NOT "Oh Hi how are ya, c'mon in!", but they worked it out relatively quickly.

However, since we're talking about "first" cats, I won't take the story any farther here.

I do not remember a time when we did not have at least one cat. My Mom loved cats and my Dad put up with them.
The one I remember best was Puff, he was a huge tabby that slept in my bed every night.
I always loved and wanted a dog, I finally got one a springer spaniel Rex, he loved the cats, being a retriever he would pick them up by the neck and carry them around they never seemed to mind. I have an old photo somewhere of Rex in his dog bed with two cats sleeping with him. Speaking of Rex, our neighbor at the time had chickens one morning they were all missing we found them in our garage all ok, Rex had retrieved them and brought them home(lol)

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But you're SOOOO cute! I'm sure they just can't help themselves!

First of all - Wow Mary Anne you were gorgeous then ( and still are )

I think I got MY first cat in 1992 - when I was 2 , she was a blue cream persian called Bee-Bee and then a few months after that my White Exotic Boy - Lol-Lol or Lolly ( I thought of these names and I was only 2 ), BUT my family had lots of DC's - but there my 2 precious babies

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First of all - Wow Mary Anne you were gorgeous then ( and still are

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I think I got MY first cat in 1992 - when I was 2 , she was a blue cream persian called Bee-Bee and then a few months after that my White Exotic Boy - Lol-Lol or Lolly

( I thought of these names and I was only 2

), BUT my family had lots of DC's - but there my 2 precious babies

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Thank you, I'm enjoying all the answers, and the one photo is awesome...somewhere I have some of me with my beloved siamese (dare I say how unoriginal his name was...kink in the tail made him my "Kinky")

My Pleasure , BTW I'm enjoying reading everyone's kitty tales

I would love to see pictures of members with their first cats-

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wow, that is amazing MA!

Tigger is my first cat. I started caring for her when Darrell and I moved in together and she kinda became mine. I was 19. Roo is the first cat I've cared for since his babyhood

My parents had cats long before they had kids.
I think my dad would have preferred to keep it that way

The first time I ever was without a cat, was when I was 11 years old.
That was when Piet died. I remember being totally heartbroken.
Because he had been blind, we had never been able to introduce a new cat when he was still around.
After he died, the vet told us we needed to wait before getting new cats, because the disease might still be in the house.
Those were 6 very long months, before we got our next kitten.

OK, Maryanne - Ya' forced me to dig for pictures, LOL!
It was kind of nice taking a walk down memory lane


Here's me at seven years old - sleeping with my cat "Baby" -- check out the groovy 70's dÃ[emoji]169[/emoji]cor - Far Out!!


Here's me at 8 or 9 years old holding my cat "Feetie" (Whew! I came up with some strange cat
names! Geeze!) That's my twin brother and my favorite Granny to my right .. LOL! I am still
wondering how I got away with sitting my cat on the kitchen table

I don't remember a time when we didn't have cats and/or dogs around. I remember beating up my brother, because he picked up my kitten by the tail and stuck her head in a gopher hole. I think I was about 5, then. Mom spanked me, for beating on Randy but, she walloped him, too for being mean to the kitty.

Well, I don't have any pics of me with Loppy 1 or 2 (Dad does, I'll have to have him scan them), but I do have a pic of Loppy 2:

my very first kitty was neo and then moemoe about 5 minutes later Hmmm that was three years ago so I guess I was around 20!