After our 20 year + kitty passed away a couple of years ago, I thought
I wanted a kitten like I always have had and raise them from the start.
So I went to the local cat shelter and looked and went back and looked
- and this went on for a few weeks. One day I went and a new adult was
in a cage and came right over to the door and said "hello". Well I was
quite smitten with him, but thought - no I want a kitten - he is too
big! So, I went home and he was all I thought about for two days until
the shelter opened again.

I went in and looked in his cage and - HE WAS GONE! My heart skipped a
beat! Then, there he was - they were cleaning cages and he was on a
shelf - looking like he really didn't belong there. He saw me too and
it was love.......................

He is the best kitty I have ever had and I have had some wonderful
kitties! He is so appreciateive and loving. Now he is a Maine Coon,
so that may be part of it. But he was 3 years old when we got him and
he is purrrrrrrfect!

Good luck - wishing you a great adoption!

Roby wrote:
T wrote:

Of course if we adopt another cat it'll be the traditional way. Surfing
petfinder.com is one thing, but going and meeting the cats is the best
way. Friendly cats are the ones trying to jump out of the cage. That's
how Cosimo came into our lives.

Having a vacancy in my home and in my heart, I drove to the local shelter
to interview candidates. As I walked across the parking lot, I saw another
visitor push open the door as he exited the building. A gray cat ran out
of the open door and headed into the shrubs. I chased after ... he gave
up rather quickly. I scooped him up, handed him over to a staffer in
hot pursuit. I recall thinking that this was a really nice cat. He
wasn't wearing a collar, so apparently he had just arrived and wasn't
up for adoption. I went inside, saw a lot of nice cats, but not THE ONE.
It always takes me a couple of visits: this is an important decision.
I went home catless that day, returned two weeks later. Well, guess
who was now up for adoption? That gray escape-cat! I swung open the
cage door to give him a scratch behind the ear ... and in an instant
he leapt onto my shoulder and started nuzzling my ear. Who can
resist a good ear nuzzle?? I adopted him on this our second meeting.
Clawde hasn't tried to escape from his new home even once!

Roby