Stories Of People Who Changed Their Minds And Chose To Adopt 'Impurrfect' Cats At The Last Moment (Viral Twitter Thread)

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Jun 8, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

A lot of us, when we go to a shelter to adopt a cat, have an idea in our minds of what that cat is going to be. A kitten, an adult cat, a bonded pair perhaps. But when it comes to cat adoption, things rarely turn out the way you expect them to. And that's because the premise is wrong. It's not 'when we go to a shelter to adopt a cat', it's 'when we go to a shelter to get adopted by a cat', because it's cats who choose their humans, not the other way around. 

We have read so many stories at this point of people going into shelters wanting to adopt kittens and coming out with adorable 'impurrfect' cats instead. And those 'impurrfect' cat adoption stories always hit us so much harder than any other ones. Because we know those people are meant to be with those cats - we know they were chosen, and we know they'll live the happiest lives together. 

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    Font - Melissa (she/her) @average_mammal Me "Imma choose the cutest foster cat in the whole facility" Them "what about this dumpster fire ratbag cat that just had it's leg removed" Me "load him up" 6:07 PM Jun 3, 2023 1.6M Views 1,483 Retweets 178 Quotes 47.4K Likes 301 Bookmarks
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    It really is that simple. Sometimes, you come in wanting one kind of cat, and one look at that other cat that - for some reason - no one seems to want, and your heart is taken. You adopt the little guys knowing that it is the purrfect cat for you and you are the purrfect human for them. 

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    We wish you guys and all of the people in this thread many, many happy and healthy years with your newly adopted kitties. Just because they may be 'impurrfect' in other people's eyes doesn't mean that you won't have the most purrfect relationship with them until the end of their days.

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    Font - Melissa (she/her) @average_mammal Bonus that as I left home this morning I said to H "I'm going to choose the cat that makes me think of you" 6:23 PM Jun 3, 2023 72.3K Views ... 46 Retweets 3,722 Likes 4 Bookmarks
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    Cat - Janet Potts @proverbialcat Agreed to foster some orphaned kittens the 1st summer of the pandemic. They were very sick & had to be force fed & given antibiotics. The upper respiratory infection they all had damaged Liam's eye. After recovering from that he broke his leg. Now he's my #FosterFailure ALT 5:57 AM - Jun 4, 2023 43.1K Views ALT ALT ROBOR
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    Font - PeaceLove&Outrage @1980Dorothy I have one of those. He's a demon- possessed, obnoxious, pushy, traumatized monster. He moves my arms around with his teeth to get what he wants, like pets & neck scritches. He lays on me whether I let him or not. He won't move. He's super bossy! Good luck! 2:09 AM - Jun 4, 2023 51.1K Views 48 Retweets 3 Quotes 3,364 Likes
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    Cat - Just Somm Guy @limmereso ... Meet Polish. Her owner was moving overseas, and decided to turn her cat outside, despite it having lived, declawed, indoors for 10 years. I took her in instead, because, hey, how long can a cat live? Anyway, 14 years later, she succumbed to old age, happy, loved and well fed.
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    Cat - laura guy S @lauraannguy 0.0 Bless you. Vinny had been there 18 months. Was 12-ish and had bad teefies. It was love at first sight. ...
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    Cat - Rebecca Sherman @RebeccaSherman So great to meet all these wonderful rescues! This is Boxer, a former dumpster cat that's been mine since January. His ears were all messed up and infected from fighting. I woke him up to snap his picture. ...
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    Font - JW @jwalker4 ... Husband & I: we can't get a pet yet, we're not financially stable & we don't want the responsibility. In-laws: we found this guy in the woods & he was super matted, malnourished, has broken teefs & won't stop yelling. H & I: yes absolutely he is now our son. 12 years & counting 5:41 AM Jun 4, 2023 41.4K Views
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    Cat - Kiero Kuso @_KieroKuso My scrap heap rescues, Gon and Killua. And my 11 and a half year old parking lot rescue that passed not long ago, Storm Shadow... They love the ratbag. 4444
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    Font - @anniecat12 @anniecat12 This is Rooney. He was a stray that I fed outside for over a year. Feral's were beating the shit out him outside. Finally got him vetted and neutered in March. He has a permanent inside home with an occasional patio field trip out side now. 8:54 PM. Jun 4, 2023 1,658 Views
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    Font - InaEttaAna @InaEttaAna We asked the shelter for a confident, friendly cat who could handle a bit of noise & chaos. They said, "How about a 4 yr old, FIV+ orange tom we picked up from the streets?" Quincy is my entire world. 9:41 PM Jun 4, 2023 1,321 Views
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    Cat - Gin is LostAgain/ Kit Aloysius @Goblin @LostAgainGaming Found this little mustache man at the shelter a little over a year ago. He had mild injuries, was bone thin, and screamed at me from 30 feet away until I loved on him. So despite already having two cats, we took him home lol Olla de S 8:55 PM - Jun 4, 2023 · 2,470 Views ca
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