Black cats are the hardest to rehome!

RosaBernicia

:rotfl: @ walwin's meme

I have two but they were both picked more on personality than looks anyway.


Rosa xx

Fire_Fox

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Missi

We've always owned black cats, ever since I was in my early teens which was 30 years ago!
At one point I had 3 black cats and then found a stray who was also black!
More recently, I've adopted 2 black sisters from the CPL, they were the longest ones in the shelter, having been in there half their lives.
They are the most affectionate, loving cats I've ever known

mazza111

A personal thing for me is cos I have a form of colour blindness. I wouldn't take a pure black cat. I wouldn't see the wee thing when light started to fade, but find them gorgeous. Wouldn't mind a black one with some white bits though as it would be easier to see.

Again, my old girl doesn't really like other cats though. We've had the dd up with her cat for a few days over Christmas and although she tolerates him if he stays in the bedroom, as soon as he pokes his nose out, it's fight time

Faith177

Missi wrote: »

We've always owned black cats, ever since I was in my early teens which was 30 years ago!
At one point I had 3 black cats and then found a stray who was also black!
More recently, I've adopted 2 black sisters from the CPL, they were the longest ones in the shelter, having been in there half their lives.
They are the most affectionate, loving cats I've ever known

Missi my two are really affectionate too. A nurse at the vets once told me (how true this is I have no idea) it's something to do with their sertonin levels that makes them on the whole the sweeter natured cats. Torties can be the worst apparently.

Though sometimes my Lucy-fur is too affectionate and ends up driving you crazy. Especially when you have to pay the Lucy toll to go up & down the stairs (she won't let you pass unless you give her fuss). Makes doing house work 4 times harder

lisajane8482

My two kitties are black. We got Salem 18 months ago, we had the choice of two male cats, Salem who was all black and his brother who had white socks. We got Salem as when I picked him up he went straight to sleep in my arms. We decided to get a playmate for Salem and asked my friend if she had any black kittens and she did so we brought home gizmo. I'll always get black cats now, I never realised they were harder to rehome until I saw the cat protection advert.

FatVonD

My absolute favourite cats are tabbies and I confess, had tabbies been available when I got them, mine would have been overlooked Luckily for them, and me, there weren't so I have one black and one black and white

My natural number for cats seems to be 3 (whenever I've gone up to 4 something has happened to one of them so I end up back down to 3 ) so I effectively have a vacancy but won't take on another at the moment as it would upset the other 2 (who barely tolerate each other as it is and they're sisters :eek: )

If we ever move and I can introduce another to somewhere that's nobody's territory I'll definitely have another then though.

January20

My dd and I adopted 2 cats this year, 3 months apart and I noticed that most of the cats in the shelter were either black or black and white.

The first cat we adopted is not only black but has a cauliflower ear. We had gone to the shelter with the purpose of adopting a cat we thought was most in need of rescuing ie he was black, had a damaged ear and had been in the shelter for 7 months.

The second cat we adopted is also black and is perfect and beautiful but she is either quite feral or has been badly mistreated as she is bad tempered and very defensive. Again, she didn't stand much of a chance of being adopted, had been in the shelter for months, but we love her and she is getting better every day.

I wasn't going to have any more cats, but I'm so glad I did!

juliethemuse

I have a black cat, we didnt choose him. he just sort of moved himself in.
I wonder if he knew he'd have trouble finding a home so decided to sort one out himself. :rotfl:
btw he was a stray I did put cards up locally. but I think he was possibly dumped.

calicocat

I have had cats since I was 5yrs old (48 now sad to say), and I have to say that I think black kitties are the most loving of all of the various ones I have had. I had one called scalf when I was around 8 as she spent her entire life around my neck when I wasn't at school....we were inseperable,she even came out all over the place with me on my bike,along with the guinea pigs in the front basket.

My grandmother always had black cats , but my mum can't stand them for some odd reason only known or understood by her.

From my childhood I have been put off grey cats a bit as they always ran away for some reason , and the grey one living upstairs to me is always trying to leave home and move into my flat..bless him.


Someone posted about torties......absolutely bang on the nail, but they are such funny characters it out-ways any lack of affection given , they are nuts.

It is sad though if black or black and white cats are being ignored due to 'designer' looks needs. I got my tortie and white as the other two in the litter where an exact carbon copy of each other (black and white) and looked like a double-act, so I figured they would go no problem and the pathetic small weak looking tortie would be left on her own , I was maybe wrong.