“I have had cats most of my life and love their energy,” says Paul. “Last September, my wife and I decided that our current kitty Circe needed a companion, and noticed Ziggy (then Gemma) posted on the Furry Friends website.

“I have been a ‘crazy cat lady’ since the day I was born,” Destiny laughs. “In August 2020, I adopted my soul cat, truly a daughter in my eyes.

“In November 2022, she gave birth to six kittens and I became a ‘grandma.’ I kept one of the male kittens and encouraged various family members and friends to adopt the others. While she tolerates her son, she exhibits many of my traits: low temper and high annoyance.

“I live alone in my own apartment,” Anna says. “I’ve always been a cat person at heart, having grown up on a farm, where the barn cats were my favorite part of each day. Watching them explore, play and hunt brought me so much joy.

“After my neighbors and I rescued 6 kittens from a hedge, I fostered them for Furry Friends, named them and ultimately adopted four of them,” says Jade.

“Izzy and Apollo were bonded. My mom immediately fell in love with Izzy, while Apollo’s love cannot be refused! Clio, however, was truly special. Loki, my soul cat, had passed away 6 months before, and I felt that he had sent her to me. One day, I tried teaching the kittens to spin (I had taught Loki to spin for his food) and only Clio did it. Far more affectionate with me than my husband or mom, she follows me around and snuggles me when I’m stressed. Shy, sensitive Nia promptly bonded with my husband.

“My husband Juan, our three children and I met Hank, Harvey and Miso (formerly Tiggy) at their foster homes,” says Holly.

“I personally saw Tiggy posted on FB, just had to meet him, and instantly knew that he was for us. The kids fell in love with Hank and Harvey, and since we couldn’t choose just one, we adopted them both. All three, who made themselves at home immediately, were placed in our lives at the right time, and have made our family complete.

“While we’ve had various cats in the past, Roba, who was formerly called Pookie, is the first one we’ve adopted from Furry Friends,” says Karina.

“While I’ve had cats in the past, it’s been many years since I decided to adopt one again,” says Tawnee.

“We adopted Sable at the end of August 2025 and decided to keep his name because he answers to it very well. My sister had adopted his brother a few weeks earlier, and we had fallen in love with his unique looks and loving nature. I had reached out to Furry Friends to meet Sable because I wanted an emotional support animal for my children. We had a very difficult year with the passing of my father and my divorce from their dad, and I knew they needed a friend to comfort them.

“We’ve always had cats and my husband Nik and I currently have a senior named Shadow,” says Jackie. “When we saw the pictures of Soot on the Furry Friends website, they made him look like a little ‘cryptid,’ and Soot was a perfect name! Then, when we went to meet him at his foster home, he wasn’t particularly interested in us, and I was worried that his attitude would make him hard to adopt.

“We broke all of our personal cat adoption rules this year!” exclaims Tracy. “We were never going to have five cats, especially females, and then Tessa and Carson moved in at the start of 2025 to join our kitty, Murphy. We always said ‘no kittens,’ but then we lost our two senior cats.

“My partner and I currently have two cats, Toby, a senior cat and Moo who’s younger,” says Jen. “I met Zora and Mia (then called Robin and Rooney) at the shelter where I volunteer twice a week on Saturday evenings.

“We’ve been blessed to have had cats in the past,” says John. “We spotted Dahlia and Louie, then called Aster, on the Furry Friends website and met them shortly thereafter at an adoption event at PetSmart.

“My 6-month-old ragdoll kitten, Crumble, is very needy and I could tell that she needed a friend,” says Ruby. “After an appointment with Furry Friends didn’t work out, I followed their suggestion and attended the adoption event at PetSmart. I told the volunteer there that I wanted a cat-friendly kitten, and she handed me this small black one. The second I picked her up, she nestled her head into my arms, and I was instantly in love!

“We saw Moon’s brother in the window of PetSmart and we were interested in meeting him,” says Jasmine. “But because he had already been adopted, we were told about another kitten in the back along with his beautiful mother. That was Luigi, now Moon Child! He had the sweetest temperament, and we fell in love with him.

“At the end of July, we worried that our current cat Georgiana (nicknamed George), who’s quite skittish, would get used to being the only cat after our other cat passed,” says Hannah. “Although we were still grieving, we searched PetFinder.com, and when we saw Kimber, we were drawn to her markings and to how calm and centered she looked. We met her at PetSmart, adopted her several days later, and renamed her Minnie (Mouse) because she reminded us of a character from an old cartoon.

“I have always had cats for as long as I can remember,” Kim says. “My last set were brothers I had raised since they were babies. I lost the second brother after 18.5 years with him a little over a year ago.

“I notified Furry Friends that I was looking for a bonded pair of cats, met Pete and RePete at PetSmart on a Saturday afternoon and promptly adopted them,” says Jennifer

“Now answering to Pete and Re-Re, their adjustment to my home was fairly immediate. They settled in well, but it took awhile for their personalities to come out. Re-Re seems to spend much of his days either on the bed, in the bedroom cat tree looking out the window or on the heating vent under a dresser. Pete is either on the bed, in a cat bed by my desk, flopped in the middle of the floor where I’ll step on him, or begging for love while I’m on the computer. They both seem to enjoy the wood stove, and as it gets colder, I’m sure they’ll spend lots of time in front of it in the chairs – with or without me.

“We currently have a 6-year-old female tortie,” says Kathryn, “and we wanted two male kittens to keep her company.”

“We met Cinnamon (Cinny for short) and Mackenzie (Kenzie for short) at PetSmart and promptly adopted them because they were so stinkin’ cute! Their adjustment to living here was fairly quick. We kept them in one bedroom until they seemed more comfortable being in the whole house. Now they love to fly up and down the stairs.

“I’ve had cats all my life,” says Christi. “They’re a constant source of love and support.

“They’ve always been a mixture of indoor and indoor/outdoor cats. But when I lost two indoor/outdoor cats in two years, which traumatized my 15-year-old son, I knew that my next cats would stay safely inside. After taking some time to heal, I reached out to Jenn and told her that we wanted to adopt two siblings. She immediately sent me the pictures of Angel and Luna (then called Lucia), and I met the sisters at PetSmart.

“I moved here from Walla Walla, WA in July of 2021,” says ToniLynn. “My cat Gracie had just crossed the Rainbow Bridge and I began adjusting to life without a pet.  

“Then last fall, my son visited me, bringing a kitten that friends of his had saved after seeing him thrown from a car! His name was CJ, and he was so happy in my home that my son asked if I’d take him. Needless to say, I fell in love with him and took him to a local vet to receive his shots. The vet heard a heart murmur and we were going to keep track of it. CJ was growing and thriving. Then in February, during what seemed like a normal morning, he suddenly passed and I was devastated. He had touched my heart so much that I knew I wanted another cat companion.  

“My husband Andrew and I met Jasmine at a Furry Friends adoption event held in PetSmart,” Leilani says. “We chose her because she was incredibly affectionate and loving. She purred up a kitty cat storm and really loved belly scratches.