We knew he'd finally settled in when, the next month, he started showing us his belly (and asking for belly rubs) while resting. His underbits had been shaved at the shelter, something I suspect he hated, and the fur took a while to grow back. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3qLTZNA5wq/
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He's the first cat I've ever adopted as an adult, and he's perfect. I don't know how he ended up in the shelter in the first place - he's clearly well-socialised, so unlikely to have been a stray from birth - but I can't fathom anyone just giving him up. And yet, someone did.
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To this day, he has never harmed BB; they playfight sometimes, or else Quango does a dominance thing by biting BB's scruff and standing on him, but he's never so much as scratched his nose otherwise.
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He still doesn't like to be picked up and will only tolerate cuddles - a tragedy, as he is perfectly hug-shaped - but most nights, he'll climb into bed with me, purring his very soft purr, and curl up so that his paw or chin are resting on my arm.
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With Quango here, BB no longer frets when we leave the house - but Quango, ironically, acts like a sad labrador whenever we go out, waiting on what we've now termed the Sulk Step with his chin on his paws, sadly watching the door until we come home.
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He's just a remarkable, wonderful cat, and if this thread has a point beyond celebrating him, I want to say: don't shy away from adopting adult cats at the shelter, even or especially if they've been returned before. All they need is a little love and the right environment.
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Eleven years ago I wanted to get a companion for my super-anxious cat, hoping she’d chill out a bit. I knew I wanted an older cat. But the first one I saw, right there in a cage facing the front door, was an adorable large 6 month old floofer who talked to me and purred at me...
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And on the sign attached to her cage (which was flipped up onto the top of the cage) it said “recently returned due to missing the litter box”. She was a kitten. Come on. My sister was with me, we walked around the whole place, but we agreed that the first cat we saw was the one
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I knew that first night that I had adopted a handful of a cat... she is smart and large and clumsy and a cuddlebug. My anxious cat did NOT like her and still does not, but it did help her be a bit less tightly-wound about strangers and other social situations.
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I’ve always been glad I took a chance on a “returned” cat. She’s very special to me
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And this is my other cat, who is 15 or so but plays like a kitten. She was given to me by her first owner and I’m also glad of that - probably not many people would have stuck with her since she is very quick to hiss and scratch. Just let her have her space and she’s good.pic.twitter.com/Oy7HTdEJnQ
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