Why did you get your cat?

Kazz · 07-05-2006, 08:29 PM

I wonder why you all got your cat?

So why did you get your past, present or even future cat(s)?

Kazz · 07-05-2006, 08:33 PM

I got Archie many many years ago when I first left home and moved into a flat 25 years ago I couldn't have a dog, as I was at work full time so a friend of a friend of my sister had a litter of kittens and I got a black and white boy who I called Archie. He was about 5 weeks old much too young I know that now but didn't back then

he was a lovely cat who would play fetch you rolled his "fluffy" toy he would bring it back and off you'd go again he was run over and killed when he was 9-10 months old.

After Archie I got Oscar and Cleo.

CathyW · 07-05-2006, 08:48 PM

we got ronnie n reggie from a nice lady called jackie, she knew we had lost our monty to a car accident, and after a while asked if we wanted a kitten, they came from riggewell nth essex, met mummy cat and daddy cat, and they where the last 2 left, just couldnt choose between them so took them both home

Sweet · 07-05-2006, 08:49 PM

Violet was from a farm. I had previously been to a BBQ at the farm and they had an adorable little fluffy kitty - put my order in straight away from the next litter.

We got her in Sept. 05 and only 4 wks old. I now know that was far too young - but I am a new Mummy to kitty's!

Mau Mau was from Bristol Dogs/Cats home, just wanted her straight away!

Mags · 07-05-2006, 09:25 PM

I got my first cat Sam mainly to introduce my children to the love and care of animals. It was one of the best things I did.....they used to feed him, groom him and generally look after him and were devoted to him....

I got Cassie about four months after Sam was PTS. I knew that if I had another cat it would have to have some ginger in it to remind me of my big ginger tom.........hence my tortoiseshell!

Snoof · 07-05-2006, 09:58 PM

Our first cat, Fred, was my brother's pet. He had a rabbit, I had a Guinea pig. When my GP died (heart attack) he gave me the rabbit and my father gave him a hamster. Then the hamster died. He'd always wanted a cat, so he got Fred as a kitten.

Jake came about because my French teacher asked if anyone wanted a kitten and I talked my father into it.

Dishrag... I wanted a cat. I was alone at home half the time, and most of the other half was spent sleeping. We told the landlord we'd like a cat and he found us one - the lady who saw him being thrown out of a car wanted to find him a home where there would be people more often, because he was so sociable and she worked too much.

Manfish came to us because her owners were abusing her and didn't want her anymore - "she got shy"

I stole Rajah from my then-boyfriend's neighbour because she was getting thinner by the day. We knew her owner didn't care. She'd stopped grooming entirely. I took her straight to the vet and nursed her to some semblance of health before having to bring her into the CPL (I wasn't allowed to have pets, but I just couldn't leave her to it and the vet was talking about putting her to sleep if nobody could take care of her).

Matt got Ninja, I'm not sure why he wanted a cat. There was a lovely grey female he was going to take, but she was found as a stray, fairly close to where we live so he couldn't. Then he saw Ninja and fell in love.

The kittens we'll be getting are in part for Ninja - he loves other cats, we found out the cat he used to fight (been a while now) was an unneutered tom. That tom's stopped coming round because he's frightened of us and only really wanted to steal Ninja's wet food. In part, of course, it's because we want more cats, but if it doesn't work out with Ninja we'll be taking them back. The rescue is aware of this.

janey83 · 07-05-2006, 10:01 PM

We got Tigger because my auntie went to get a cat from her friends n took my mum with her!
Then when they came back home, me and my brother went over to our cousins to see the new kitten, n then we begged our mum to get us a cat! So off they went again n got Tigger. My dad didn't know anything about it, first he heard was when me n my bro ran back to our house saying mums gone getting us a cat! lol.

Fran · 07-05-2006, 11:41 PM

My very first two cats of my own I got because my first hubby used to work night shifts and I was lonely....I haven't looked back since and I now have/get cats for no reason at all but just because I am smitten

smudgley · 08-05-2006, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Fran

My very first two cats of my own I got because my first hubby used to work night shifts and I was lonely....I haven't looked back since and I now have/get cats for no reason at all but just because I am smitten

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dandysmom · 08-05-2006, 01:58 AM

My parents got Scamper a a kitten for me when I was six. He was an outdoor cat & wandered off to die when I was a sophomore in college...Mom didn't believe he was dead & wouldn't let us get another.....after she died untimely when I was 25, I told Dad "I'm getting a cat!" I had always admired Siamese so got Su-Ling; after he passed away at 14, I just could not imagine live without a cat or cats!!!!

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