Hey Pandas, Tell Us About How You Got Your Cat (Closed)

We were looking for kittens and I came across a little tortoiseshell named Mr. Jinx. It was love at first sight. When we came back the next day there was a beautiful amazing little missing Mr. Jinx. (gotcha there) But no! This story does not end in tears! We got a call. Mr. Jinx was at Petco! In a rush, we drove over at what seemed like the speed of light. We got to Petco and looked in the little kennels they hold the cats in. They were in no condition for cats being 2 feet by 2 feet big so we knew we had to rescue him quickly. We got to the kennels and found ourselves asking, "Wheres Mr. Jinx?" Turns out he got adopted TWO MINUTES beforehand. However, as I said, this story will NOT end in tears because we found a little kitten who had a mark on her arm looking EXACTLY like a chocolate chip cookie. We took her home, dubbed her Cookie, and have loved her ever since.

I had lost my cat 5 years before, and when my family went to see my grandparents in california for christmas they told me were adopting a very cute kitten! unfortunately it didn't work out. but before we knew it wouldn't we while shopping at petsmart for supplies we found a cat named inky in the window. we took her home and she has been with us ever since.

I always told my husband I'd never buy a cat. One would be bestowed on us. My daughter and I were walking home from school the day before Thanksgiving 4 years ago when we heard a meowing. I, being the cat schmuck I am, made appropriate pssstpsst kitty kitty sounds and out of an open garage, the fluffiest white cat ran at us, tail straight up. I went to pick her up and she immediately started purring. I went to the house attached to the garage and knocked on the door a few times. I heard movement but no one answered. She felt skinny so I took her home, purring the whole way. I contacted the two vets in the area and put her on multiple face book groups and to my deep relief no one recognized or claimed her. My love cemented when I had to give her a bath due to fleas and she didn't attack, just purred and then cuddled me after. I knew Washburn was my cat. 4 years later and she is the least vindictive, patient, sweet cat with zero survival instinct and I can't imagine life without her.

I had a cat when I was young.
My mom was in her garden one day and he crawled into her lap and nuzzled up. He kept coming back, when my dad was in the driveway or the yard, and eventually he wouldn't leave, so when they moved, they took him with us. He lived with us for fifteen years, never gained a pound no matter how much we fed him, always got up to shennanigans. He was around 20 when he was put down. Stayed a grumpy bastard the whole time, my parents were the only ones he wouldn't attack.

Well...it was my birthday so I said “GIVE ME A CAT” so then I get in the car to go back to my dads, and I see, a dog. Joking it was a cat. so I’m like “MIKO! U GOT MIKO! HES SO FLUFFY AND NOT FAT BUT HE WILL BE. YAS” then I go home. Hooray.

My stepdad rescued our last cat from a window well when he was a kitten

We got our cat one day before the first lockdown. We have this pet store (they're not selling cats and dogs, just food and stuff, and parrots. Anyway...) where they had this little lovely cat up for adoption, and we started seeing her every time we went there, for about a month or so. At first, it was just to make our day, but I started flirting with the idea of getting her. And just as the lockdown was announced, we decided to get her outta there, as the future was uncertain, and we didn't know how they will deal with her. Best decision we've made!

I wax on a trip with my grandparents, and my parents and brother were also gone,so we dropped our cat off at a friends house (she rescues cats and finds them homes) and when my mom went to pick sketti up, she pick up daisy instead, (her name was gidget at the time) I was totally against “ Replacing“ my kitty. But she grew on me. And now daisy has a family who loves her and sketti is living his best life caching mice in a barn.

One of my cats, Frankie, we got her when she was only a kitten! We were getting a cat for my mother's birthday, and because my mother was getting surgery the next day. So we found a beautiful, fluffy, and sweet calico! We've had her for about a year now :)