I'm going to join the world of cat owners!!!!

scaredy_cat

my local Cats Protection does have cats which need to be homes together, also my Blue Cross Rescue centre.

tealady

Hi
I would forget about choosing a cat...........
they choose YOU!
I will tell you how it happens.
You go to your local rescue with an idea in mind (for example young , short hair male and friendly) and come away having fell in love with an old tatty cat who has bags of cattitude.
And you are in kitty heaven.
Oh and when you cat chhoses you and they are home we want pics, and loads of them.

lisajane8482

I agree with tealady. We decided to get our 3rd cat, I decided I would like a male adult between 18 months and 2 years old, we currently have 2 black cats and thought maybes a tabby or similar pattern and we would get our new member of the family in June.

However, at the weekend we adopted a 7 month old black and white female kitten we saw on gumtree and she is absolutely beautiful. The couple who we got her off had found her on the streets 4 weeks earlier and had planned on keeping her but their toddler wouldn’t leave her alone so she became very timid and would hide during the day. When she came in to our house she was off to look around straight away and seemed right at home. We’ve only had her 6 days but she already seems like she’s been with us her entire life.

tea_lover

Totally agree - cats find you! We were going to look for 2 female kittens. Then OH's dad called and said his friend needed to rehome a 8yr old male. We went round (just to meet him, ha!), he came to live with us the next day and I honestly can't imagine what we did without him now.

lisajane8482

That was what it was like with Gizmo, we phoned a friend who rescues cats and enquired about getting a second black cat. The plan was to meet him, come home and discuss whether he was the one and then to let her know. We walked in, DH looked at him and said we’ll have him and we went back to pick him up the next day. Misty was only supposed to come around so we could meet her and then make our minds up but she never left.

LutonGirl

Crazy Cat Man Martin, you sound great. Lots of friends on here to help you with this. I echo everyone who said get two. My two are best buds and I love watching them together when they play / fight / groom / eat / sleep.

Do keep us updated and don't forget to post pics. Lots of pics.

All the best and good luck.

Tiglath

Black cats are apparently the hardest to home. We have 4, and 3 tabby-and-whites, and 2 torties.

martin2345uk

Thanks for all the support/advice!

I'd read that about black cats, but I certainly won't be discriminating based on colour!!

monty-doggy

When you get it/them please remember to insure them. I read of someone I know on fb today whose cat has broken it's leg and she's not insured and was talking of strapping it up herself, giving it paracetamol or having it put to sleep! Thank god her DH stepped in and went to the vet.

I'm with animal friends. It's £6 a month each for my moggies

martin2345uk

monty-doggy wrote: »

When you get it/them please remember to insure them. I read of someone I know on fb today whose cat has broken it's leg and she's not insured and was talking of strapping it up herself, giving it paracetamol or having it put to sleep! Thank god her DH stepped in and went to the vet.

I'm with animal friends. It's £6 a month each for my moggies

My mum has taught me well; insurance will definitely be taken out from day 1! :beer: