Comments on: Heather’s Household Truths: Ivy Edition

By: le corbusier

le corbusier — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:19:44 +0000

not only the black ones. all of them, they do the same. they just mess things around especially when you are not looking

By: Keter

Keter — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:21:34 +0000

Last month, I adopted a 7-year old female black cat from our local shelter, after having had a black male cat for almost 18 years. Both were pretty mellow as cats go, but this one is very nearly an angel (her name is Angelina, oddly enough): she scratches on her scratching post instead of the furniture and uses the litter box exclusively (and doesn’t even throw out litter). If not for her habit of trying to run out the door every time it is opened and lying on the stairs and refusing to move, I would almost think she was some kind of alien life form. ;o)

It’s not the color, certainly, but it very well may be the gender. Interestingly, the shelter told me they have trouble placing black cats. I have heard that shelters place a moratorium on adopting out black cats around Halloween to prevent sacrifices an abuse…but I didn’t know they had a stigma. I am a black-cat only person myself because black cats’ dander is different from other cats, and I’m not allergic to them (marmalade cats, which I adore, just about kill me).

By: Tara

Tara — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:05:12 +0000

Hey! You forgot the pics!

LOL But yes, it is amazing the havoc they can wreck. I just remind myself I’d miss them if they were gone, so I really ought to keep them, every time I’m cleaning up after them.

Tara, Mom of 3 felines & 1 human

By: Jasi

Jasi — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:32:36 +0000

We’ll never have pets again. After years of cat ownership, we’re grateful not to clean up hair and poop. More time with the kids.

By: TennZen

TennZen — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:39:15 +0000

I second what Angela said. My declawed black cat still manages to convert toilet paper to confetti.

Oh, yeah… you can forget trying to have any plants or baskets or pretties of any sort on a window sill. He’ll knock ‘em off every time so that His Majesty can take a nap with a view!

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:02:47 +0000

It is not the color… mine love TP and will shred it, did I mention she is declawed. We also HAD mini blinds that she thought she could use as a ladder. We have gone to curtains or nothing at all:)

By: Mom of three

Mom of three — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:38:46 +0000

Don’t worry guys, it’s not the color. LOL

By: Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:53:11 +0000

Ah crap. We just got a black kitten a week ago!