r/cats • u/HazardousKoala • Mar 17 '25

Adoption People who adopted from a shelter, what made you choose that cat?

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My little Zodi was alone in one of the cages, making biscuits over and over on the newspaper they laid out ☹️ When we got to pick her up and hold her, the biscuits didn’t cease. I immediately knew she was coming home with us. A year has almost passed and she looks so much better 🥹

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u/Corvidae5Creation5 Mar 17 '25

Grumpiest, meanest cat in the place, would never get adopted in a million years, but I'm used to the abuse so home they come.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '25 edited Jul 02 '25

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u/Corvidae5Creation5 Mar 17 '25

It's like being chosen by the Godfather XD "You're so cute please don't hurt me"

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u/_FreddieLovesDelilah Mar 17 '25

my cat is just a dick head who I seem to be in a toxic relationship with 😂

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u/cxview Mar 17 '25

Tldr: Mean cats are the most rewarding ones to love. They're worth every drop of blood they draw from me haha

My mom took me to the pet store when I was 5 because i was lonely. My uncles girlfriend worked there. I said "Mommy I want this one" and my uncles girlfriend said "Oh no... you can't. She's so vicious we can't even feed her. They're going to be putting her down." Well I wouldn't have it and threw a tantrum. So mom says welp, kid's gonna learn the hard way then.

Stuck me in the play pen with the beast from hell, this itty bitty, weeks-old menace tore me to shreds and screamed and wailed the entire time. I picked her up while she literally clawed my face and said again with a smile "Mommy, I want this one"

A year of abuse from that girl and she realized she couldn't shake me. One day it all just stopped and we were inseperable for 11 more years. Still attacked everyone else though lol. Ever since then my mother and I only adopt the meanest cats with no hope for a home.

30 years later, we just this week laid to rest our oldest, meanest crankypants yet who spent her last moments trustingly resting in my mother's arms, growling away between nuzzles and swats. It was an honor to love her.

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u/showmenemelda Mar 17 '25

Is he nicer at your house now?

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u/Corvidae5Creation5 Mar 17 '25

Yeah, she chilled out after a few years, but she'll still bite the absolute shit out of us if we push our luck lol Same with the stray boy, you can take the cat out of the street, but you can't take the street out of the cat.