16 year old queen of the house, the best lapdog of all time, gotten from a shelter 13 years ago along with her bother (very recently deceased)
13 year old from the same shelter, dumped on us when daughter moved out of the country with limited notice and didn't care where said cat ended up. Horrible bitey monster, but not letting her die on the streets or in a shelter
1 year old who wandered up to my back door in October, starving and quite obviously pregnant about a week or two after we started feeding her. Now sleeping on HER ottoman in the front of the house, very content

Every single cat I've had as an adult has been from a shelter, a stray or the product of a stray.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I’ve had three cats so far. All of which were rescues because I don’t believe breeders should get any business. No cat should die alone in a shelter or on the streets.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

This is lovely! I’d love to adopt old cats to give them a happy life. I‘m living next to a heavy traffic road though, and most cats here are outdoor-ish.

I got Nacho as a baby. The friend of mine had an appointment for castration of his cat, but she was pregnant and he wanted her to have the babies. I took Nacho and his brother got to live with an old lady, who sadly passed away but now he lives with her daughter as "the best cat she ever had". Yoshi was found as a 2 week old kitten behind the brakes of my dad‘s car when his dog barked at the car.