50 Reasons to Adopt a Cat
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50. You will never have to kill a spider by yourself again.
49. At least one of your in-laws has to be allergic… right?
48. They make great keyboard warmers.
47. If they were good enough for the pyramids, they are good enough for your apartment.
46. Under ideal conditions, a pair of mating mice can multiply to 1530 mice in 6 months.
45. If a cat is fixed and in your home, it isn’t mating under your window at 3:00 in the morning.
44. Cleaning a litter box is an awesome punishment for a teenager.
43. A sleeping black cat in the window makes a great Halloween decoration.
42. A cat will always know where the can opener is.
41. Purring cats make great neck massagers.
40. You didn’t need to sleep past 8:00 a.m. anyway
39. Introducing yourself as “The crazy cat lady” will get rid of the creepy guy that keeps offering to buy you a drink.
38. A cat will most certainly take your side over your husband’s during an argument.
37. Your calves will never be cold again.
36. They make great “tigers” for Safari Barbie.
35. After potty-training your toddler, doesn’t sitting out a box of litter and saying “There it is.” sound marvelous?
34. Even cats know that mini-blinds are tacky. They’ll help you redecorate.
33. They can make that cool sound from “The Grudge”
32. A cat stopping short on a tile floor is comedy gold.
31. All children should be “stalked” occasionally. It helps increase awareness of their surroundings.
30. A cat will let you know, in no uncertain terms, when you are being stupid.
29. You didn’t miss the garbage can, you gave your cat a toy.
28. Laying on the couch all day isn’t being lazy… its bonding time.
27. A cat will effective seal 25 percent of all window drafts.
26. You can clean dust out of those hard to reach places by rolling an empty aspirin bottle into them.
25. You will always have someone to have a staring contest with.
24. A cat will always be happy to see you walk through the door, especially if you have groceries.
23. A cat can spend as much time grooming as a teenage girl without locking your out of your bathroom.
22. Cats will remind your husband of his college days when head butts were an acceptable form of greeting.
21. Cats like it when you gain a few pounds… there’s more of a lap to knead.
20. Finding a dead mouse in your shoe is guaranteed to make the rest of your day better.
19. You will always know which of your friends dislikes animals… your cat will be sitting on their lap.
18. Pointing out what a kitten is doing will ALWAYS end an argument.
17. Cat nip is cheaper than cable and just as entertaining.
16. A cat will always help you test the strength of your curtain rods.
15. You can count on a cat to help you put up Christmas decorations.
14. Your cat will make sure that you never get lost in a book for too long.
13. You really didn’t need that second half of your sandwich or the rest of your milk.
12. A cat will hear your teenager sneaking in or out of the house long before you do.
11. Cats are great at clearing clutter from tables and countertops.
10. The average life expectancy for an indoor cat is around 13 years.
9. The average life expectancy for a stray cat is three years.
8. Over 4,000,000 cats find their way into just over 6000 animal shelters in the U.S. each year.
7. Kittens and cats from animal shelters are often healthier than their pet-store counterparts. In addition, they have been wormed, given their shots, and are spayed or neutered.
6. Many ASPCA facilities do not charge adoption fees on cats three years old or older.
5. Many of the cats in shelters were once cherished members of families that have been lost or abandoned by owners.
4. Many shelters, especially in more rural areas, do not even accept cats. Sometimes these animals are lucky enough to go to “foster homes” until adoption. More likely, they end up as strays.
3. The money spent to adopt a cat from a shelter goes to feed and house stray animals, as well as caring for their health needs.
2. The money spent to buy a kitten from a breeder goes to the breeder.
1. Every eight seconds, an animal is euthanized in an animal shelter in the United States. That’s 450 animals per hour or 10,800 per day in the U.S. alone
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Cats are great..good list..:-)
At first I thought, 50, really 50 reasons? This was an awesome list. I love my kitties. Thanks for a fun read.
Sharyn
Clearly gender biased. Men love cats too. And the word for #1 is killed or murdered, not euthanized.
Thank you for reading Mike. Yes, the article is a little gender biased. Its the fault of the writer not the cause. I know there are plenty of men who adore cats. And I agree with your assessment of the terminology, but I try to keep language non-threatening on articles that younger children might read.
Love this! I started feeding a little stray kitty a few months ago and, guess what? I now have 4 baby kittens I'll need to find homes for in a couple of weeks. (I will take mama in to get her fixed just as soon as she's done nursing.) I need to print this hub out and use it as marketing material in my campaign to get rid of those babies!
I am such a cat person. I love this!
this is so cute..love it!
got Smoke from a shelter 5 years ago. i asked them for an affectionate cat. i get head-butted and snuggled with and LICKED by prickly kitty tongue daily. and, yes, those blinds are history.
Hello Melissa!
Great page! It was really funny until I reached #9.
1st the funniest part to me is- Introducing yourself as “The crazy cat lady” will get rid of the creepy guy that keeps offering to buy you a drink.
I love cats and if I could save them all I would do it- I have about 17 right now- and thank God for a free program in Ohio Pet Promise who fixed all my cats for free.
It's time to hook back up with them because I once again have gained more cats- 5 more need fixed.
In Ohio they receive about 9,000 stray cats a month into the main shelter and 98% of them die.
A lot of people look at me like I am truly crazy- but I feel as though they are telling me to kills my cats, because where are they going to go? All the non-kill shelters are full, plus the others will kill them.
So I really don't have much of a choice and I do pass up cats all the time because I am only one person. I think that everyone would just take in one or 2 cats than their wouldn't be people like me trying to save them all-as to speak.
I tell them we live with the animals- LOL!
Those who don't care about suffering animals, most likely don't care much about humans much either.
I love this page it made me laugh and than it made me want to cry for all the beautiful cats that are suffering & dying.They deserve love too!
Voted up,useful,& awesome!
Good job!
Loved this. Makes me miss living with my cat who i only see a few times a year when i go home for holidays (who we got from a shelter)
Thanks for all the comments! When I wrote this we actually didn't have a cat as per landlord. A few weeks later, we found this beautiful calico/tabby mix (weird, I know) on the windowsill of our fourth floor apartment... my daughter was playing with her through the window. Several visits later, we established that the cat was homeless so took her to our local no kill shelter. My child cried for days until we begged the landlord, paid a ridiculous deposit, and now we have Annie :)
Hey :)
So my mum, brother and I all want to get a cat. Because all three of us love cats, we will share the responsibility. I have had other pets in the past, but its hasn't exactly worked out as well. We had rats last year, but my dad told me to get rid of them because he didn't like the smell, and one of them had a disease we didn't know about until we brought him home. But earlier we got a puppy when I was 8 so obviously I couldn't look after it by myself. I'm 13 now and from what I've heard, training and caring for a cat isn't as easy as I thought it would be! All my family had pets except for our house. My dad has had over 6 dogs throughout his whole life, and he knows that I LOVE animals, and I really want a long-term pet, but he always has something negative to bring up. When I asked him whether he likes cats, he said no. I asked him why and he replied with "They moult too much." I spent 10 minutes explaining how dogs moult more than cats and how he should know that considering his own son (my older brother that lives on his own in malaysia) has had 2 dogs, 4 geese, 5 hamsters and 6 cats. How can I convince him that 1) I am responsible enough to feed and play with a cat - not to mention cleaning it's litter box - and 2) cats are amazing animals and by adopting 1 or 2 it can save their lives and improve ours?
Mr Grimwig 9 months ago
Awesome hub! Up and funny. :)