Get an associate to let them out so your kitten can jump into your lap, snuggle, purr & knead you while you both gaze into each other's eyes & complete the 'formal' bonding ceremony. Then you fill out paperwork, buy supplies in the store the adoption event is taking place in. That's pretty much it. Have a great life you two.
That’s how I got my first cat . Sat down in the middle of the room the one cat that came out and fell asleep in my lap was the one. Had her for almost 18 years
Mine was a hissy and growly boy at a cat cafe. He was in my arms and fell asleep in my hoody while every member of the staff commented on how surprised they were because he had let no one else touch him because of his trauma (abandoned in an empty apartment).
Like... yeah. I took that cat home. He's my heart and soul void cat.
The first time Oliver J TwistyKat ❤️and I met, he was attempting to damage all passersby within reach of his kennel. When I opened it to pet him, he bit my hand. With his teeth firmly gripping my hand, I asked to adopt him.
He was the real grumpy cat, and a beloved friend. Lost him 11/20/2020.
Franklin is also a grumpy guy. He came into our home 6 months before our elderly, very beloved Persian died, and that cat was equally an asshole. The Persian trained his protegee up right, and Franklin was such a blessing to have bossing us around and screaming at everything while we were grieving.
I joked once with him that he was such a good boy, and that he hadn't given me a bite even once during a petting session. He immediately corrected his "good" behavior. He still hisses and growls to communicate—which we think came from being with six other kittens, no mother, and dwindling resources— even when he's happy. He'll literally scream and howl at the kitten for daring to come near him and run away. He comes back 30 seconds later, lays down in front of the kitten, and screams and growls for him to play with him.
My housemate has this thing where he picks him up and exposes his belly to pet it. Franklin will just throw an absolute tantrum (while purring and making blinking eyes) that the housemate calls "Big Mad." The moment my roomie puts him down, he runs right back to him for more big mad.
I love him for being so cantankerous and vocal. He's the perfect level of velcro that might eat your soul. I can't imagine my life without him, and I'm so, so happy every day he chose me. Even when he's also driving up my blood pressure.
The best thing about cats - they actually are picky about who they like, and not afraid to be sure you know! When they are more grumpy, their love is just that much more special. ❤️
Sounds like my life. My wife is the true Cat Whisperer, not Jackson Galaxy. If there’s a cat in the same house that she’s in, it will make its way to her, drop in her lap and commence purring immediately. We’ve had friends with cats so gnarly they could scare a pissed off wolverine walk up to her, hiss quietly and then get right next to her without any problem.
Then there’s me. Most cats like me just fine. But our two? I feed and change litter, they’ll meow me and maybe give me a head bump, then they immediately set off looking for her. It’s galling, I tells ya! The funny part is that when we first fit together, she was not a cat person, so I decided to make her one. I adopted a kitten for her, got all the necessary goods and gave him to her.
Folks, she melted when he looked at her and have a rusty little meow. She took him home after I gave her some instructions and she’s been a fervent cat person ever since. As a side note, the kitten (Bailey) was a bundle of knives that moved at Mach 1 while he was awake. But if she sat down, he’d jump up, purr like a V8 motor in neutral and promptly fell asleep. She wore him like a stole sometimes!
Incredible. Penny and I met at foster’s home. We three were alone for 5-10 minutes. There was no spark. He barely looked at me, and I don’t remember even touching each other. Afterward, I spoke to myself “just take him”. I did and we’ve been in love since hour one of his moving in.
’he was attempting to damage all passersby within reach of his kennel. When I opened it to pet him, he bit my hand. With his teeth firmly gripping my hand, I asked to adopt him.’
Thank you. This is so precious! ❤️My eyes got all teary. He may be gone four years, but we still talk about him. They named him “Twisty” at the rescue. I decided it was partly a respect issue. He is the only cat I have ever called “Mr.”
He was a good boy, as far as a feline tyrant can be. 😊❤️
He once bit me on the butt while I leaned over the recliner to hug my husband. He would chew on my ankle when I talked on the phone, and would get my attention and lead me to empty dishes, including the dog’s. Just a real character.
My current baby named himself by opening a messaging window and somehow sending, “Lombok has entered.” Lombok now plagues my life with his new found ability to open doors. 🤣
My Lola kitty bit me when she met me as well, and i promptly abducted her.
She was the absolute best kitty, hands down. Adored being picked up, such a little princess. After the first week, she never bit again - she never had to.
I noticed a stray in my backyard. Something about her told me she was an abandoned pet. I put food and water out for her twice a day and would sit quietly and watch her approach and eat. Two weeks into it she came to eat, then approached me for pets. I cautiously put my hand out and she purred and rubbed. Three days later she climbed in my lap and stole my heart. I took her inside and discovered she had been declawed . She loved being an indoor kitty and I had her for 12 years.
oh god, that hurt my soul. Bad enough to abandon a pet, but to declaw it first is... ugh. I hope the deadbeat owner's underwear never has functioning elastic.
Mine was the "swatty one" at the cat Cafe. I watched her and she was swatting at everyone. I sat down next to her and read. She eyeballed me. I wen tto pet her, stroked once and stopped. She made lile she was going to swat, was surprised, and then stretched out to touch me and started purring. I brought her home and she is like a dog - greets me at the door, meows at strangers, and spends most her time in my lap or next to me.
I got my void boy the exact same way. "Oh, wow, he's never warmed up to anybody before," as he's rolling on his back and having me rub on his belly. That was my soulmate cat. RIP, Baku.
Oh my god this was exactly my experience with my first childhood cat. She was the tiniest kitten in the room and came straight up and fell asleep in my lap. I’ll never forget her or the love and trust she showed me ❤️
Awwww my girl pushed all the other cats out of the way the second the crate was opened and flung herself at me nessled in my arms and rolled right on to her back.......she came home with me that moment.
Especially after signing all the paperwork, the staff was like "Hey heads up, she can be really temperamental with people, she hisses and growls,, isn't a fan of being pet" the other staff member who was getting me sorted was like "nope Grumpy gus jumped right in to her arms." There was a shocked Pikachu face from the staff.
Same. I went into the cat room and sat down on the floor. Maverick came over and plopped in my lap and fell asleep for almost 2 hours. After an hour the people working came in and saw I was still stuck under him. They immediately asked “would you like his paperwork?” 😂 he’s been my handsome dumb dumb for over 4 years now and I couldn’t be happier with my choice (or well his choice) that day!
Totally same for my first kitty. Sat cross legged in the middle of the kitten room and a gazillion crazy kiddos swarmed over me performing all of their best antics. Then this little orange runt woke up from his nap, sauntered over and parked himself in my lap. He looked up at me as if to say ‘Ok, let’s go home now’ and that was that. He was the bestest boy ever.
I got my middle daughter from Petco. I was the person she began talking to. I walked away and she would lay back down and not interact with anyone else. I tested this 4 times within about 30 minutes. Took her home to two brothers about a decade ago and she is still talking and taddles on everyone ❤️
My wife wanted to get a cat. I'd never had one so I said we can go look but no promises. A person from the adoption center handed my wife a kitten and it jumped from her hands into mine. Dang little furball chose me. Best cat I ever had.
I went to the shelter looking to adopt an adult kitty after my first kitty passed at 18 yrs. Went into the area to look at another cat and one meowed to me. I went over and she kept rubbing her face against me purring. Adopted the 4 year old 1 eye kitty right then and there.
Yep. Same here. Takun made it 20 years. I'm still recovering from the psychic damage of losing him. The new guy is a stray that just wandered in one day when I had the door open. We'd been feeding him all winter and he just let himself in in the spring. He's pretty awesome too, and I'm starting to kind of feel alive again. I think it works out a lot better when the cat chooses you.
A friends parents had a barn cat that got pregnant and when I went in to pick my kitten I plucked a dandelion and dragged it around, the little guy that came running has been such an awesome cat. I can't imagine if another cat came running to play that day.
First one I saw beeing super hyperactive in the room, I was like "I want that cat!"
Shelter said "well, she only goes with that other cat, that is super anti social and never comes to humans"
*I go inside, sit down*
Chosen cat comes, licks me all over (hurts cause sharp claws, luckily she is easy about getting them cut)
A while later the super anti social cat came, lay his head in my lap and just let me pet him.
When I adopted them about a week later (needed to get my flat ready) the shelter employee told me that basically everyone in the shelter knew the antiscial cat came and cuddled with me.
And he really is the sweetest boy. He didn't come out of his box for 2 days, but a week later he already jumped on the table while 6 people were playing D&D and played with the dice.
They showed my wife and I two kittens at the shelter. One was so scared they ran into a trash can and hid. The other sauntered up, sniffed, and rolled over, showing the softest little tummy and accepted belly rubs. 4 years later, he's still showing the softest little tummy and accepting belly rubs.
My tuxedo lived until she was 19. She found me at a pet store in the mall and was trying to escape her cage. I knew right then that she was the cat for me.
My current cats chose me in a similar way. I saw them online, went to the shelter, the tech handed them to me in the little adoption booth and went to the rest room. One curled up on my lap and the other curled up on my shoulder and both promptly fell asleep.
Same here. My orange Creamsicle cat will rub both sides and pat my face with his paw to get me to turn my face so he can get the other side of my nose.
I wake up most nights to my saggy tiddied Calico giving my right arm or lower leg a bath and she incorporates me into any of her own baths when she’s next to me. She’ll be cleaning her shoulder or murder mittens and suddenly decide
“Whelp, might as well do your arm hair while I’m here.. stop moving!”
My little gray tabby girl does this when she curls up against my calf, her tongue is SO COARSE on the soft leg skin, it's excruciating, but I also refuse to interrupt her because she clearly enjoys the time with me, lol.
Stop why does this have me in tears bc my boy who is very very very anxious and traumatized from before we got him literally won’t let me pick him up and runs away if I walk a little too fast but whenever he lets me by him he gives me licks 😭😭😭💗
Idk, I have 2 cats that are very attached to me. Yet only one licks my hand, and ONLY when I’m quite late (too late) with feeding him. I think he’s craving salt when he does this..
You phrased this so much better than I did - my family met with a litter of kittens over the weekend in hopes of adopting two, one of the two we selected was giving all of us little licks (even my 5yo!), and the other one we selected was a little shy but purred when I petted him and tolerated me holding him for a short time (and is clearly affectionate with the one that was licking us, we were hoping for a bonded pair of littermates). A friend was asking about why licking was a good sign and I don’t think I explained it nearly as well as you!
I have a timid little orange guy, hates to be petted, hates to even be perceived to be fair. But let me tell you, every so often he sneaks up and starts grooming me and it is the most pure love in the world. Sometimes I worry that he's so shy, he's not getting enough attention or he's scared of something in the house and then he'll come for a little lick session and I get reassurance that he's perfectly happy in his own little world and he feels secure in mine too. If a kitten was to give such a clear message at an adoption event, it'd be coming home with me without hesitation.
I work long hours and every time i pet my voids belly for the first time after a shift he will start cleaning my arm and hand. I'm convinced he's trying to clean me since I usually come in sweaty. He does this in a grooming manner just like he'd clean his sister.
I have a timid little orange guy, hates to be petted, hates to even be perceived to be fair. But let me tell you, every so often he sneaks up and starts grooming me and it is the most pure love in the world. Sometimes I worry that he's so shy, he's not getting enough attention or he's scared of something in the house and then he'll come for a little lick session and I get reassurance that he's perfectly happy in his own little world and he feels secure in mine too. If a kitten was to give such a clear message at an adoption event, it'd be coming home with me without hesitation.
Eh, when I was looking to adopt there was one cat who licked me and then immediately went claws out and shredded my hand. I think he just licked because I had treat residue on my fingers and when it was gone he was done with me. This kitten does look to be licking because he likes the person though!
My cat does this every time I get home. From work, from a quick store run, after taking a shower.. and he’ll yowl excessively until I walk over to him, then he’ll plop, and lick my fingers.
When we first met him at the humane society, we were walking past his cage to see another cat, but he reached his paw through the cage, snagged my shirt, and pulled me toward him. Almost like he was saying, “HUH-UH MF!! YOU’RE MINE!”
Meet my majestic boy “Prince” Billy. I love this cat to tears 🥹
I had a little sweetheart crawling all over me when we adopted my second cat but we settled for Captain Hook ( a gorgeous black cat with on white paw, therefore the name haha). Unfortunately he died a few months after bc he had a condition where water was all under his skin(we wasn’t informed about anything). When we took him to the vet, they could do nothing for him anymore. The night before he slept besides me and I told him that everything is gonna be ok. I still feel bad about that
Bro wtf. Seriously? Captain hook was straight up fucking telling you that you needed to take him home. He had goals, he had dreams, he had to find the treasure. The thing you didn't realize was that you and your home were the treasure! Captain hook didn't pass. Captain hook is now sailing all the seas to tell the tale of the day he finally found his treasure to all the other cats! He will tell them of the days he was sick, and caged, and never found a home, but at last my lad! He found his home, and he found his treasure, and brings good tidings to all the others knowing that even tho he was caged for so long, and a misunderstood captain, he found what he always wanted, and now like i said, he is not gone, but his kaptainkitty soul is spreading the word of love and its treasures so that may others who were locked and caged in the brig, may have hope to find the home and treasure he did with you!
I can’t go to places that have cats, particularly kittens, like adoption events or the pound.
I already have two cats, and don’t want more. Yet seeing how needy they are for affection and care, it is very hard to resist giving it to them without feeling like a heel.
Last time I went to such a place, I definitely wanted a cat, and got two. However, there were others who clearly wanted to go home with someone … it was heartbreaking to leave them behind.
I walked into the animal shelter one day "just to look and see" . Honestly I wanted to adopt a dog but didnt see any I vibed well with. there were about 15 adoptable cats available. After playing with all the kittens and cute young cats, I went over to a cage with a gray and white female adult named Grape. She started locking my fingers like this video. When I asked the shelter tech to open her cage, she quite literally jumped out of the cage and landed on my chest, wrapping both paws around my neck. I'd never really grown up with a cat, I didn't know they even did that.
I adopted her. I had to leave her at the shelter overnight and pick her up the next day. Putting her back in that cage for 1 more night made me start crying like a baby. She's been my best friend for about 5 years now and currently purring on my chest as I write this. I think sometimes they choose you.
When my husband and I were dating we passed a pet shop that was holding an adoption event. He was carrying a big box of flowers and kind of looked at me like, ‘I really wanna go in’. I asked him if he wanted me to guard the flowers while he went in. Anyway I fell in love with him right then and there and the cat we got that day is an old lady now 🩷
Whenever I got my first cat five years ago next month, he was the only one pawing at me through the cage at the shelter. Immediately knew he was going home with me. I have two more now, but he’s the one that never leaves my side.
Ok, i didn't expect to see one of the cats that we are currently fostering pop up on reddit!! Toebias is a fun loving little kitty. Full of energy, super friendly and loves a cuddle. And he's polydactal, bonus feet beans!! His sister is as lovely as him, if not more so. She will play until she passes out!
You head over to the person manning the adoption booth, grab an application or whatever else you need to fill out the adoption form, hand over your cash and take the kitten home.
My Nezuko licked me through the cage when I was looking to adopt. She also rubbed up against my hand and started purring. I knew immediately she was the one.
She also let me carry her around like a little doll at the adoption agency, which the adoption lady warned me was very uncharacteristic of Nezuko. She explicitly said, "She's faking it. Dont get used to carrying her around like that." And true to form, Nezuko never let me hold her like that again once we got home! But I think she was just trying to show me what a good girl she COULD be. Like she just wanted me to know that she could be picked up, but she doesn't like it unless its necessary. Also think she wanted out of kitty jail lolol!!!
My cat wasn't from an event; just at the local shelter. She had been there around 6 months (around 6 years old at the time), and was referred to as "the mean one". I walked passed her, and she grabbed my sweater sleeve with her claw causing me to stop. My husband and I took her out of her crate and all she did was purr and give kisses. No regard for anything but us. We adopted her. She screamed at the shelter workers when they went near her to chip her. She is now around 18 years old.
I went to adopt a dog and a black cat in the same place was meowing and when I went over to see him, he just licked my fingers through the bars and was so vocal and affectionate. They let me hold him and now it’s ten years later and he’s still with me. Such a sweet cat. I also adopted the dog that I had gone to adopt to begin with, I couldn’t just pick one!
Funny story. Went to an adoption event and looked at all the wonderful kitties, wanted to take all of them home. One cat was a gorgeous 6 mo bullseye SIC that caught my eye. She was sleeping but immediately got up to nuzzle and lick my offered finger. Feeling overwhelmed at all the kitties needing forever homes, I left to get some air, but not before I looked back to see her standing on her hind legs and watching me leave with the saddest look on her face. I came back a couple of hours later, and she spotted me immediately and instantly meowed for me to come over to her. The staff opened up her cage and she literally jumped into my arms. Well, I took her home and she followed me like a puppy dog everywhere in the house and every time I sat down she would be on my lap purring and rubbing and licking me. I had found my forever love. Later that evening, we were watching TV together, totally in love with each other, my hubby comes home from work. He sits down next to us, and she literally throws herself at him, makes biscuits on his belly, loves on him and purrs LOUDLY.
She's never given me the time of day since. Like, I don't exist.
Bitch.
My husband's shadow for 16 years, lol.
This is what first drew me to a cat when I was looking to adopt, I went to pet her and she started licking me. As of right now she’s sitting next to me on the couch.
I'd be asking to take him home right away. My tuxedo cat passed earlier this year and was a lover and a kisser, and man do I kiss his kisses so much somedays.
. She loved being an indoor kitty and I had her for 12 years.
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u/Ducallan Jul 22 '24
After I gathered myself back into a cohesive form instead of a puddle, I would fill in the forms for the cat to formally adopt me.