We've had a lovely white long-haired cat for a number of months now. She has been extremely shy, hiding wherever she could and resisting being taken out of her cage. However, she was declawed and was somebody's baby (who had to give her up when they went in a nursing home, I believe).
She got adopted last week! I knew she loved being held on a lap, and she talked to me some, but everyone else was saying she was so shy she couldn't possibly go to anything but a quiet, one-cat home without kids or dogs or anything. These people had all three. But they said she got home, spent one day in a cage talking to everyone, and when she was let out, she made up with the "dog from h***," talked to everyone in the house, and jumped on the couch with the family and sprawled among them.
Goes to show you never can tell...
WELL after two year's, someone came along and fell in love with this boy - they had another female cat about the same age. The shelter decided to let him try. IT WORKED 
GREAT STORY 
