I haven't adopted one that would be lost in the streets but both of the cats that I do have are adopted from our local shelter. First, we got one because I always wanted it. I never cared about having a proper breed or something. My main goal was to get one that truly needed a warm home... and then after a year and a half, I saw that she would love a companion so we went ahead and adopted the second little fellow.

I don't judge people that do prefer to have breeds but that's not my preference.

I've just recently adopted an old cat. He's been in our care for a short time and he passed away last Christmas. He started coming last September in our backyard and we do not know where he lives, but he seemed to look like he has a home. So we didn't really took him in and kept him because someone might have owned him because he comes and goes whenever he likes. I just don't know if he's been treated nicely though. He just comes around when he's hungry and needs a place to rest during the day but wouldn't sleep at our house at night. Later on. as we keep bringing him food, he seemed to be thankful to us and lingered on and rub his body in our feet. My son started to pet him and every time he comes home from school, he's in our gate welcoming my son. And so we named him Garfield because he's big and orange.

But our bonding and relationship was cut too short for the following months, on Christmas day, we saw him lifeless in our garden. A good old cat we knew not too long but was so kind and trusting enough to etch a big sore in our hearts when he left. Here's his photo taken when he comes from behind our fence at the back of our house.

The only cat I have so far is a stray cat. It was around Christmas last year that he was roaming in my backyard as a lost kitten. I think it may have been around 4 weeks old. Waited for a couple of days for its mother to show up. She never did.
So I decided to adopt him and gave him all the necessary vaccinations. My best friend now lives with me in my home as part of my already huge family. 🙂

We really don't adopt cats they just seem to like it here. It all started with 2 stray kittens who got inside our property and just stayed permanently, now their adults already and since then the 2 cats ballooned to 9, now we got all these cats scattered all over our property. That take cares of any rodent problem.

If I'm a cat lover, I don't see anything wrong in adopting a strayed cat. I have done it a few times with dogs and they have been a big part of my life and family. We should show more love to animals.

I haven't adopted any cats yet. It's not that I can't but because I don't do so well with cats. I'm more of a dog person but my mother loves cats so much and she's adopted at least 3 strayed cats. 

When I had my cat, as much as we used to come across stray cats we couldn't take them in as she never really got on with any other cats and it would make her stressed and unwell when we would bring in other cats so we would report them if we knew they were stray. Now though if I was to come across a stray cat and I knew for sure they had no home I would be more than willing to take them in and take care of them.

Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to adopt any stray cat at the moment. This is because of the nature of my job which makes it impossible for me to stay in one place for long. If I adopt the cat, I won't still be available to take care of it. It's why I don't have many pets but just one cat and it's my brother who look after it for me all the time.