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AdoptaPet.com Blog » Blog Archive » Adopting a Cat: Emotional Choices — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:25:36 +0000

[...] For more about choosing cats from an emotional linkage, see The Way of Cats post on Feeling the Connection. [...]

By: Jaime

Jaime — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:24:51 +0000

I know exactly what you mean, Pam! I grew up with a lot of cats (as my brother Ken will tell you) and was always convincing mom to get “just one more” LOL. Once I got my own place it just didn’t feel like home without a cat. When I went to choose my very first cat, I went to about 3 places and while I felt a lot of the cats were quite beautiful, I just didn’t feel that connection looking at any of them, I was about to give up and go home for the day. Then I tried one last place and found him! I found my Bob, and he is still my Prince Charming to this day. I love him like I love my own flesh and blood. That is the rare but important connection that not everyone finds…a kinship. I love your cat blogs!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:43:36 +0000

I’m a big believer in chemistry, whether in a relationship with a 2- or a 4-legged companion, LOL. I tell adopters to choose wisely.. You will live together for the next 15+ years. You don’t get that many opportunities to pick a family member, so don’t rush it.

By: Linda P.

Linda P. — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:22:46 +0000

I prayed for a sign before I went in to look at kittens in a shelter. Linux was one of the first I spoke to and petted, then I moved down the row, meeting everyone else. I finished seeing them all and felt sad that I hadn’t gotten my sign. I stepped back and swept my eyes over all the cages again, and made eye contact with Linux. I didn’t realize he had been watching me since I first left him behind. When we made eye contact, he did a little hop of excitement, asking me to come back and pat him some more. It was my sign. We haven’t been apart since.

By: WereBear

WereBear — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:53:40 +0000

I know what you mean… it’s one of the ways I often had ten or more at a time.

By: mel

mel — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:44:38 +0000

I know what you mean! I’m torn between fostering and adopting one more cat to add to our three. If I adopt, I’m thinking a young kitten would be best for our existing cats, but I’m always drawn to older cats because they’re so sweet and lonely and nobody else wants them!

I remember reading about Myron before, he reminds me of my first cat Tinker, which my mum surprised me with as a kitten when I was 10. She was black and white too, and when I look back she was definitely an Alpha like our current cat Robie. Mum was firmly anti-litterbox, so unfortunately Tinker lived outside and we never really bonded the way I do with my inside cats now. But she was quite a character! She terrorized all the neighborhood dogs, and brought home a huge variety of prey “presents”.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:48:04 +0000

I love all your posts on Choosing! It’s so tough to walk through a gallery of adorable kitty faces knowing that you can only pick ONE… personally, my bf and I have an agreement that I am not allowed to set foot in a shelter unless I am on a Choosing mission — that way I will not find a connection when we don’t have the room for another cat.

By: Margaret Elmendorf

Margaret Elmendorf — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:19:01 +0000

I don't think I have ever had to pick out a cat for myself. They have always found me so didn't have much choice except to love them all. It is very interesting living with all the different personalities. And they all find me if they live within 50 miles. Margaret Elmendorf’s last blog post..Thoroughbred horses