Maine Coons are the best cats. More kitty to hug! Tiny kittens with big paws, I love those!
But yeah, people who get a cat from a breeder are weird. Most sensible people have cats that literally just showed up. Cats are a lot less domesticated than most other animals we keep as pets. The phenomenon is usually referred to as “the cat distribution system” and it’s… interesting. For what it’s worth, all of my family’s cats have been rescues - not many CDS literally just showed up kitties (the only one of our cats we got that way came from the parking lot at Dad’s work - a scrawny and dirty kitten just showed up, the guys fed him coffee creamer from the breakroom in lieu of milk for a few days, until my mum found out about him and made my dad go bring him home), but they all came from shelters or people who couldn’t have a cat anymore and wanted to give the kitty away to a good home rather than drop him at a shelter.
Maine Coons are the best cats. More kitty to hug! Tiny kittens with big paws, I love those!
But yeah, people who get a cat from a breeder are weird. Most sensible people have cats that literally just showed up. Cats are a lot less domesticated than most other animals we keep as pets. The phenomenon is usually referred to as “the cat distribution system” and it’s… interesting. For what it’s worth, all of my family’s cats have been rescues - not many CDS literally just showed up kitties (the only one of our cats we got that way came from the parking lot at Dad’s work - a scrawny and dirty kitten just showed up, the guys fed him coffee creamer from the breakroom in lieu of milk for a few days, until my mum found out about him and made my dad go bring him home), but they all came from shelters or people who couldn’t have a cat anymore and wanted to give the kitty away to a good home rather than drop him at a shelter.