Opinions-kittens or young cats?

[badger]

we've only ever had one kitten in probably 20+ cats that have come and gone in my family's lives. He was the first and we got him from someone wanting to give away kittens at the County Fair type deal. All the cats since have been rescues.

Older cats will definitely present chances for issues, but we've never really had any horrible ones we couldn't deal with. In time they always came around.

Please give older cats a chance, especially the black ones that get passed over.

[zoom-zoom]

Please give older cats a chance, especially the black ones that get passed over.

Our nearby no-kill shelter has SO many black cats...I was surprised when they told me that black cats are the hardest to find homes for. I love black cats...they are so sleek and sophisticated-looking. We vowed that our next cat would be a black cat from the shelter.

[Velocivixen]

Yes, it's true. I volunteered at our local animal shelter for 14 months in the, what was then called "Cat-Nip" program, helping potential adopters find their forever friend. Black cats and even dogs do not get adopted as much. At Halloween time the shelter intentionally will NOT adopt out a black cat, for fear of someone adopting one and intentionally harming it for superstitious & Halloween related stuff. It's sad but true.
We will likely adopt two at the same time. If they're related that would be great, but not absolutely necessary. If possible I think one should be black.