The REAL Scary Truth about Black Cats

We adopted our black cat a year and half ago. Originally we were just going to adopt 2 kittens, but I fell in love with their mom who was just a kitten herself at 8 months old. Mia has turned out to be one of the most loving cats I've ever known. She is definitely a people cat and loves to be around us. She sleeps with us at night so she can be close to us. Her fur looks like black velvet and she is absolutely beautiful. Please consider adopting a black kitty or cat because they make wonderful pets and companions.

we have a black cat lenora for about 6 years she likes to be petted she greets you at the door. we adopted her. she is all black. she was kept in a cage for a long time.untill we came along. she is 9 years old now. very loving cat and very friendly.

I have the pleasure of knowing two black cats, but only Midnight belongs to us. Goblin belongs to our neighbors across the street but he is a gorgeous cats and used to come visit us. We've had Midnight since she was a kitten, she had ridden all the way to my dad's job under one of his coworker's cars. My dad was the only one who could coax her out, I guess she knew that he had a soft spot for cats. So we end up with this itty bitty kitten with a rather sparse coat. She had some health problems at first but now she's a beautiful cat with a lush black coat and she's still pretty small despite being full grown. We sometimes call her our "parrot cat" because she'll get up on my dad's shoulders and just sit there, ocassionally grooming his hair.

I adopted 2 kittens, one was all black with yellow eyes. So affectionate and loving! I had him for 14-1/2 years. His non-littermate brother was a Maine Coon Mix. I took in a stray, and they all got along. Now I have my mother's cat, an 18.2 black bundle of love. amd the former stray.

THIS IS MY STORY BEFORE MY HAPPY DAY..... I've known love before, my family adopted me as a little kitten, I thought I was pretty cute and gave them all the love I had in my little soul, but one day all that changed.......I don't understand why they closed the door on me forever. I hung around awhile, but that door just never opened again, I don't know what I did wrong, I tried to be a good cat, I did my best, but that day changed my life forever. I got hungry. I hung out on a few porches just hoping someone would throw me a scrap of food, my little body was growing tired and thin and I'm really frightened outside at night. Then one amazing sunny day I found a really nice porch to hang out on. On this porch I was given a cozy bed to sleep in and three meals a day, I thought I had it made. But now the nights are getting colder and that nice lady would love to bring me in from the cold forever, but I understand she can't because of allergies. She loves me very much and tries to keep me warm with extra blankets at night. She even took me to see a veterinarian. He said I was a very good cat, I thought I was turning into an alley cat, but I heard him say...."this is no ordinary cat". He said I'm about 1 year old ( I didn't know that!!) He said he would tell some of his other patient's families about me and maybe I could finally find my forever family. Well, we haven't heard anything since that day and it's been quite a long time now. I'm still hanging out on that lovely back porch but I notice each night getting colder and colder and I'm SO SCARED of what the winter will bring. Will I make it or will my little body freeze and dwindle away? That nice lady who gives my 3 squares a day says that soon if no one comes through for me she has to take me to the shelter because she refuses to let me freeze. The only problem is that every single no-kill shelter out there and every single cat rescuse place out there does not have room for me. This nice lady is trying so hard to find me a good home, but I guess nobody wants me. The Animal Rescue League and the Humane Society would take me but they said I have a 50-50 chance of being destroyed because they can't keep me too long, especially when there are a lot of cute kittens that I'm sure would get adopted way before me and mainly because I am a black cat, nobody seems to want to adopt a black cat. Please, I do not want to go into a cage in a shelter until it's my day to die, I didn't commit any crimes, but I fear my time is running out. I'm SO SCARED. This is where my story ends....unless you can change it. Please if you or you know of anyone that I could give my love to, please contact this nice lady. I promise I will not take up much space, I don't need much to eat, I will greet you everyday with a purr of a song, I will be your best friend and cuddle on your lap. I'm SO SCARED! BUT MY STORY DOESN'T END HERE...... I WAS TAKEN TO A HOME FOR A TRIAL PERIOD TO SEE HOW THINGS WOULD WORK OUT, I TRIED TO BE THE BEST CAT I COULD AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.....THE FAMILY THAT ADOPTED WROTE BACK TO THAT NICE LADY ABOUT ME....AND HERE IS MY HAPPY ENDING, THIS LITTLE BLACK CAT HAD SOME BAD LUCK BUT IT SURE TURNED AROUND TO GOOD LUCK....Please read on: Many successes and some long-range goals have been made. The cat loves his new home! He slept with me last night. He ate dinner last night and breakfast this morning. He used the litter box (yeah!) He purrs and wraps himself around my legs and was intensely interested in watching every move I made this morning brushing my teeth and shaving, etc. My wife loves the cat and thinks the cat is beautiful and is happy that he is so affectionate but she hasn't had much time with the cat as I have been hogging him to myself. We're still working on socializing the dog and cat together. Yesterday didn't go too well. Upon first meeting, the dog got too close and the cat scratched the dogs nose causing it to bleed. Needless to say, the dog is not too happy about the situation. We've done a lot of research and learned to be patient and take it slow. Right now the cat and I are sleeping in the man-cave while the wife and the dog are sleeping upstairs. During the day, the cat is enjoying our three-season room where we have big windows with large window sills for him to perch on and watch the activities outside the house and enjoy all of our indoor plants. I named him Max after the cat in the movie Hocus Pocus, then quickly realized the cat's name wasn't Max, it's Thackery Binx. I haven't decided if I want to keep the name Max or change it to Binx. At any rate, I'm not giving him back. I want to keep him. He's adorable and I instantly fell in love with him. We're gonna make it work. Thanks for adding the newest member to our family!

Hi! i loce cat´s all of them! i have now a little panther called Lucille, she's very smart, when she meow's almost say "mamma"!!! she´s a rescue kitty, noybody liked her because she's black, but now i think the great friends that they just lost just for not take her to their homes's, at last better, because she's is my friend now and she love's me! take a black cat to your home, you will never be sorry about that...just think, you will be a winner!

I would get that kitty any day! but I can't

We have 4 black kitties...Munkie and Snugglie, brother and sister, came from a feral mommy and have had them since the day they were born. Bonez and Harley also came from a feral mommy, were abandoned and they are brothers. They all act and think like dogs! They come when I call them and they are so lovable. We love our panthers! We also have 2 other cats, 2 dogs, 2 ferretts and fish. They were all abandoned at some point...couldn't imagine them not with us!

We had a black cat, Sylvester, actually our first cat, and we found him to be a real sweetie...of course we DID call him "Black Bart", and he WAS fond of sitting on the stairs to our second floor and bat at my husband's legs...but we have always been partial to black cats!

I've own different color cats but my black cats i have to say have been the most special ones. One of my black cats his name is muchacho is the most affectionate cats I've ever met. He is incredible smart. He learned to use the bathroom by himself one day my mom saw and heard him go and no one believed her. Then one by one we all got the chance to see him go. Now its an everyday occurance, he waits for his turn to use the bathroom. He is so special, and a big part of our family. He likes to play outside and everyday around tensame time he asks to go outside just to wait and say hi to my father and comes in carried by him. I love him so much. Please consider adopting a black cat they are the most affectionate a pet can get.

I have 2 black kitties myself. Here is a the story of how i got them. Black kitty #1 (ziggy) This starts out sad and not about ziggy but my first cat Named D/C. I had to have my kitty of 12 years put to sleep on easter sunday 2008 (i still miss him so). Any way so i took him to get him creamated and i was very sad. So when the shelter called me to come pick up his ashes something told me to go look at the kitties up for adoption so i did. As i was wandering around there were lots of kitties playing but none that really paid much attention to me, to busy playing i guess. So i went into this room with cages in it and started looking at more kitties. Got to this cage in a corner and there was this black kitty who was very interested in me rubbing on the bars of his cage and sticking his paw out through the bars. SO i asked to see him and we wandered around inside the shelter for awhile and then i signed an application to adopt him. 4 days later i came to take him home. I beleive that my other cats spirit went around and checked out the other kitties and told him to be friendly when i came by and he will take you home. Black cat #2 (Lucky) It was in june or july of 2009 i was driving on a main state highway heading to my house. And just before i crossed a bridge there was a black kitty laying in the road about 1 foot over the white line in the traffic lane. I could not stop safely then so i went across the brdage turned around and came back. As i went by i looked in the mirror and thought i saw his tail move. When i got back across the bridge and turned around agian and pulled up just before where he was laying. Got out and picked him up and he was still alive. I went to the house across the street to ask if it was their cat and the lady said no but the cat had been hanging aroung the place for about 6 months. So i told the lady that since he was injured i would take him to my vet which was about 40 miles from where i found him. Got him to the vet and they thought the vet was not in and would not be back for some time. They tried to call him on his cell phone but got no answer. The vet tech asked me why i did not take him to a closer vet and i said because you are my vet. Then the vets daughters came and the tech asked where is your father and he was up at their house. And typical kids when the vet tech told them to go get thim they wnated to know why and she said to them just go get him this kitty is hurt bad. And he come down and the put an iv in first thing did some xrays and found out he had a broken pelvis. And he had numerous cuts and scratches on his nose , his ears and his butt had a cut on it. So they said he would live so i said ok treat him. As i pulled out of the vets office on my way home the car broke down and i had to call a tow truck. THat was $130 plus almost $300 for the kitties treatment. ANd after that it took me from that ime in 2009 until jsut a few monhts ago to actaully get the car totally fixed So that is my black kitties stories. And by now i am sure you know why i named black kitty number 2 lucky. I also have a 3rd kitty A/C a tiger cat who is now 13 years old and i have had him since he was a 5 week old kitten. He was my first kittys pal they loved each other very much and he still misses D/C as much as i do. I love all my kitties very much and as i am single they are everything to me. Ziggy is black with a white spot on his chest and his belly. Lucky is all black with a few sparse white hairs. A/c the tiger kitty is gray striped tiger with brown highlights. number 2 lucky. So all my kitties have been rescues except ziggy he came from The Heart of The Catskills Humane Society in Delhi NY. Hope you enjoy my stories.

I live in the wonderful city of Salem, MA. We just love our black cats here! They are the gods and goddesses of our lives. I did have a wonderful black kitty named Sweetie Pie. Got her at 9 months old and had her nearly 14 years (had to let her go this summer). Now she's with all the other wonderful black kitties that have passed on. What I loved the most about her were her head butts. I realized that they meant "I own you, momma!" and I just loved that. Sweetie would give me a head butt or 2 in the morning and before bed. I would sometimes give them back to her to let her know she was mine too. It's cool to know that we had that connection and I really miss that. I hope that when I'm ready to get back on the horse (so to speak), I'll go with another black kitty. They ROCK!

My black cat, Oscar, is sweet, smart and gentle. He brings love and happiness into my life every day! His fur is shiny and silky. He is truly gorgeous!!!!!

I thought of all the strays that could wander into our yard looking for a forever home, a BLACK kitten how boring . But i couldn t have been further from the soon to be reality. George as we refer to him is an amazing lovable easy going gets along with all of are other animals(too many to list..lizards, dogs pony goats, ect .) and he has grown into a very sleek and handsome panther who never sleeps alone , kinda pet. And this note speaks volumes as I have always considered myself a DOG person ...that is until George showed up that Sunday Morning under the rabbit hutches.

We had a long haired black cat named Luna. She found a forever home with us. She once was a street cat and a mom before she came to live with us. She was very good with ALL of our cats and would often mother other kittens we took in and was good with my daughter's small dog. We miss her very much; she passed away this year with cancer. Black cats deserve a forever home like all the other cats who need homes.

I love my 2 black kitties!! One is a boy and the other is a girl. The little boy is smooth coated and the little girl is fluffy. My little panthers love to be petted, especially the little boy one. He's such lovebug!!! He'll rub against my legs and sometimes my pants when I'm preparing their meals. The little girl is petite and she's a sweetheart:) I never thought I would own a black cat, let alone 2. Blacks cats are adorable and I don't believe in that superstition of black cats are bad luck. It's so stupid! Definetly go out and adopt a black kitty. They can be lovable just like an orange kitty.

I am a foster guardian of a wonderful short-haired black cat. She has been with me for more than a year. The cat rescue organization I volunteer with moves their black and black and white cats for about 1 1/2 months during the month of October to foster homes for protection. She fits in perfectly with the other 2 foster cats and my two cats. She is an alpha cat; and she has confiscated Riley's cat bedding to personalize her room. I removed it from her personally decorated room and returned it to Riley's room. She brought it back to her room so I decided to let her keep it there. I believe she is in training to replace the current "cat burglar" in Northern California! I have seen her drag my rather large stuffed dog and its' puppy with her teeth into her room. She has personally decorated her room with colored marbles from my master bathroom and other items from other rooms in my house. She has made me laugh on numerous occasions! She is a perfect fit with the rest of my "crew"! She is definitely part of my extended family of cats!

I have a black cat named Beck, and he is so sweet. He doesn't really get into as much trouble as my Korat, Mike my other cat, who always seems to find a way to get into trouble.

We have four cats. One of our cats Teddy is solid black. He is the sweetest cat ever(a total teddy bear). He is the only one of our cats who sleeps with us in our bed at night. He is so loyal, loving and affectionate. I have also owned two other black cats in the past and both were so loving and sweet. I have a soft spot for black cats. They are the best!

My beautiful black cat has been a part of my family for the past 13 years (that's exactly half the time I've been alive!). He's been nothing but a great pet and a wonderful comfort even through really difficult times. Black cat myths are just that: myths. Adopt a black cat, I can guarantee they're as loving and awesome as any other kitty deserving of a good home.

Ricky our black cat is lovable and likes to play with our other kitty Austin. Ricky is sitting with me as I type this message. So happy we rescued Ricky, he's a wonderful black kitty.

I'm on Long Island and my family and I are fostering a medium long haired, black female kitten, named Alice, who is now 6 months old. My daughter, who is a volunteer firefighter rescued Alice and two of her siblings, who were born to a feral, black mommy cat, when they were just 2 months old. Charlie and Amelia are also medium long haired, but they are gray and were adopted together at least two months ago. Alice is a little scaredy-cat, but she's sweet and she actually plays "fetch" with crinkled up peanut M&M wrappers! We love her, but we can't keep her because my husband is severely allergic to adult cats. We would love to find her a loving home.

I have the most wonderful black male cat named ChiChi I adopted from my Veterinarian. He had been hit by a car and had a broken pelvis which the vets repaird. He just loves everyone, gives head butt kisses and purrs loudly when you pet him. He thinks everyone that visits is there to see him.

A few years ago right before Halloween, a black stray began hanging around. Afraid for him, we trapped him in a racoon cage and brought him in. Of all our cats, he is the most affectionate, intelligent and comical. Life would be boring without him. Halloween turned out to be very lucky for us for bring us Dino!