Black Cats

Thank you for looking at this subject through the eyes of love and understanding instead of superstition. I believe you are right about superstitions like this one causing people to bring bad luck to themselves. I wonder if people ever look into the history of where this all started from? It does make me curious as to where this whole idea comes from.

I appreciate your positive words about black cats. Our black cat looks like a miniature panther and I actually found a breed of cat in a picture book that was bred to look like a miniature panther. It is called a Bombay. I love the relationship you draw to the panther in the Jungle Book. Thank you for your kind response.

I am from the United States and it really bothers me that this time of year, getting ready for Halloween, there are black cats items on display everywhere in our stores showing them with their backs arched. I think that this holiday really does an injustice to a cat who had no choice on what color fur they were born with. Our cats are all so precious to us and it makes me really mad that people here from time to time hurt black cats due to meanness and misinformation.

I agree and Its wrong to judge a cat by the colour of its fur just as it is to jugde a person by the colour of their skin. I love both of my cats, I have the black cat and a tabby cat and I wouldnt care what colour they were, I didnt choose them for thier fur, I chose them because of their personalities.
Some people are just silly if they believe in daft superstitions

We choose our animals by personalities also! Although, I am always a pushover for the really snarly cats that hiss and seem angry. I pick them because I am afraid that no one else will. That's why my family members go with me when I am looking for a cat for our family. They bring me back into balance as far as what kitty will fit with the family.

Our boy looks like a miniature panther. He is so very sweet. I am glad to meet another black cat enthusiast.

Black cats are very loving. I rescued on and had him for along time. He passed away and I really miss him still. I have another one I adopted from a lady who went into a retirement home. (See post 45)

Hello hornswaggled, I love this story about the good spelling test and your love for black cats. We have had many funny moments in our house with our Zorro. He does blend in with anything dark so we are always playing "where's Zorro." I think that is why he is such a good mouser.

I think your right! I believe nature gives them this coat for that very reason...and I love them....our littlest one is called peanut because he didn't have the ability to nurse correctly and was failing. I brought him into the house and called the vet. He said that sometimes kittens have a problem absorbing the nutrients through the liver with a valve problem. But he said to supplement feed him as much as I could and it might correct itself. It did and he is almost as big as his brothers...and he is adorable!

Yes, we are in the 21st century and that was one of the reasons I was really surprised when we read the article about our animal shelter not being able to adopt black cats. I guess if you tell yourself that an innocent little cat is evil, you could convince yourself of it. I don't think it helps to use them as Halloween symbols to keep the whole thing going. It makes me so mad that our little boy was abused. It has taken him nearly three years to trust us. We are very careful to always be gentle and soft spoken with him. He is the biggest baby of all of our cats.

I am thinking that black cats must be very special to you and that you appreciate them greatly. I hope this discussion gets people thinking outside of the box if they are opposed to black cats and maybe open their hearts to some cats that need a home. Thank you for your post. This is so neat to picture your family of cats in my mind as I read your post.

check some of my older discussion in the cats subject and you might even see some pictures of them - right now me, the computer and the lot don't seem to be able to post pixs

Isn't it fun to work with technology! I say not really. I eventually figure things out but it takes a while. I just may go and look for those cute pictures. I do hope you get the other pictures working soon.

think I'm going to have to dump my cookies again and try again - worked before the cookie dump

Hi tattylashes, Thank you so much for the vote of confidence for black cats. I love your avatar, it reminds me of our Zorro.

lol, what a lovely name for a cat, zorro...mine is called Dusty, her sister is our namesake in here, we named her after mylot, so she was called lottie, sadly she passed away recently after having her kittens, it was sad really but she's out of pain now, she was a lovely little sul, but i have her sis her and they do look very much alike.

Our kitties mean so much. They are so much a part of our families that when they pass, they are never forgotten. I do hate to see them suffer when they are sick. I always want them to get better quickly and hold them and take care of them until they do or sadly don't. I can't imagine anyone hurting them on purpose or disliking them because of their color.

well i know a few people who don't like cats and i know someone who hurt a cat once, i saw him do it so i reported him to the police...people who hurt animals are weak and cowardly...they make me sick, i love cats and will always have cats in my life, i too hate to see my cats sick because i feel so helpless, but if they are sick, they get seen to straight away, they cannot tell us what's up so they need us to help them, mine are pretty active cats so if i notice a change then i know they need help and they get sorted out as soon as i see them sick....

I really appreciate that you would get involved in caring not for your animals but for other animals too. The subject of this post has really touched me by all the really kind and loving responses. I wish you well always. Your kindness shines through.

awww thankyou, i love cats, as you know, i would love to take all cats home with me if i was allowed, but 2 if ok for me right now...i don't like animal abusers, it's such a horrible thing to see, so i make sure that my cats are loved and well taken care of... wel also get that love back if we treat them right....

Hi Tatty, I'm glad to see that you have adopted another cat and Lotties sister as well. Your landlady relented eventually then!

to tell you the truth jw, i didn't tell the landlady, i just went and got her, she has seen the cat but didn't say anything, even if she did i woudn't be bothered coz she did say that i could have no more than 2 cats, i still have 2...LOL....

Maybe she thinks that it's acually Lottie - Max seems to!

yeah coz i didn't tell her what happened to lottie, i was too upset, but when the dust settled, i forgot all about telling her, so maybe she does think it's lottie, saying that i think i will keep shush...lol...

When we adopted our little gray cat it was so that our older small cat could have a companion since her sister had cancer and died. I was still grieving the loss of this cat but we knew we had to do something to help the cat that remained stop grieving. We looked and looked and found a little female that would not be too big for the cat that remained. It is hard for me to go to an animal shelter because I always want to adopt all of the animals and I know I can't. We decided that we would look at this little gray cat, come home and discuss it, and then go back the next day for the adoption if we felt she was right for our family. My husband went with us and that is when our black cat made friends with my husband. The shelter had an offer to adopt a second cat for $1. I did not know how we would handle three cats, but it was the best decision we ever made. That is how our black cat came to live with us and we love him and the other two cats so much. He has been so much fun and the two little girl cats take good care of him.

That is why I started this discussion, so that we could be aware that these poor cats are in shelters and need our love.