Lmk if I should repost without sound.

UPDATE: 102 days ago I posted in the subject line “adopt or not”. Happy to say we did adopt this 2-year old furball! Murphy has fit in perfectly. My 7-year-old cat adores him and has turned him into a playful kitten again. My dog has just accepted him as another source of competition for treats. Most importantly he is the cuddle-bug I was hoping for. He sleeps with me, follows me around the house and purrs whenever I touch him. He’s gained 1 pound since being adopted. He’s quite food motivated and not shy to try anything ☺️

Of course I only know a little of his backstory before entering foster care. I’m thrilled to have given him a 2nd chance at life. I had never heard or seen a “flamepoint” before. Now I’m obsessed!

The sweetie is currently in foster care. We went to go meet him and he didn’t make shy or try to run and hide, but we also didn’t see much affection from him and no purrs either. He gets well along with the resident cat and has met their dog and seemed unfazed by either of them. I really would like an obnoxiously affectionate boy!

He’s been in foster care for over a month. He was found abandoned near a farm and the barn cats picked on him. He had to find another home.

What should I do?

Apologies for the long read but I just thought I'd tell the story as I was told to post here on another sub as you might appreciate it.

He had been appearing on and off at the warehouse I work since mid January. For the first couple of weeks, just sitting in a high spot, observing. He had no collar but we all assumed he was someones pet and was just exploring (the closest houses are a fair distance away but just about feasible for a cat to wander) and decided he must just enjoy coming to watch us. He eventually jumped down to greet us and soon would spend a couple of hours at a time there.

After a couple more weeks he would start to be there every morning when we opened up and he seemed to like me more than the other fellers I work with and would follow me around in particular. If anyone else gave him a fuss, he'd still run to me after. We never tried to encourage him to stay or come back by feeding him because, again, we believed he was someones pet.

After about a month of making appearances, he just stopped leaving the warehouse altogether and ended up being there overnight for a few nights because he would just run straight back in if we took him out. The workload was picking up so it would end up getting dangerous for him to stay so I said I'd take him to the vet to check him over, see if he was microchipped and get him back to his owner.

He did have a microchip and it turned out they lived 50+ miles away! He must have managed to sneak on a delivery truck and that's how he ended up on the industrial estate where I work, so far from home.

The vet phoned the owner who was an elderly lady who didn't really understand that the cat was hers, as much as the vet tried to explain. They then got hold of the lady's son who explained his mum was in her 90s and has two other cats but after 2 months missing, she simply doesn't remember the third one anymore due to her declining memory and that she insisted that she "didn't want another cat", not realising it was already hers.

The son said he didn't really want to drive the 50+ miles to collect him nor take care of him hisself so said I could take him to a rehoming centre or keep him myself if I wanted.

So he has now been with me for just over 2 weeks and I've never known a cat so affectionate and, if at all possible, appreciative. He acts like he's always been with me. After 2 months apparently living in a dusty, cold warehouse, he seems to be loving life in a warm, comfortable home, getting fed properly and doing all the cat things a cat should do.

The pictures kind of chart the journey from his first appearance to now.

They are 10 and 11 years old. Sappho is named after the Greek lesbian poet, and Lennox after Annie Lennox.

After being in this group for a while I noticed a lot of cats on here are white or almost white with a cream face. Mine is cream/orange body with orange face. Is he just an orange but very pale?

And I am the breakfast of Mr. Bibs

UPDATE 2:

First day having our two fur babies Lucien and Luna in our home!! They both seem very relaxed and have settled in nicely. They take turn sleep in bed with us and have given me so much cuddle!! I feel so lucky we met them and brought them home with us! Check comment thread for their updates and pictures!

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UPDATE:
We really couldn’t make the decision to leave either one of them behind so we decided to brought them both home to love and spoil! Thank you all for your support and we are so touched by your passion!

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My husband and I made a three-hour trip today to meet a flame point male cat. I’ve always wanted a flame point cat and I also heard that male cats tend to be big lovers and cuddlebugs. Naturally, I had a whole vision of the kind of cat I wanted. 😂

He is definitely on the shy side. We got lucky when we arrived because he was sleeping in a cat tree in the little entryway between the doors to the cat room. That gave us a chance to interact with him in a quieter, smaller space. He was friendly and let us pet him, but he kept looking toward the cat room as if he wanted to go back in. So we opened the door, and off he went! 😂

I tried following him and enticing him with toys, but he wasn’t interested. Eventually, he curled up in another cat tree, and I reached in to pet him. He let me for a little while, but he eventually got uncomfortable and gave me a couple gentle bites to let me know he was done.

The thing is, this kitty reportedly hid under a couch for over a week when he first arrived at the cat café, but he’s gradually becoming more confident. I’m wondering whether he’d open up and become more affectionate in a quiet home where he’s the only cat, or whether he’d remain more independent. It’s so hard to tell from one short visit in a room full of a dozen cats and kittens, with people constantly coming in and out.

BUT THEN… a plot twist! — A female kitty decided to make her pitch to us. 😂

This girl is EXTREMELY sweet! She climbed right into my husband’s lap and stayed there, happily resting on him for a good 30 minutes. When our visit was over and we had to leave the room, she followed us to the door and then watched us through the window. 🥹❤️ Apparently, she does this with all the caregivers, too. They said she initially hid when she first arrived, but only for a day or two before becoming her affectionate self. And now she has basically submitted her adoption application herself!

So we’re TORN!

We originally came all this way for the flame point boy, which is exactly what I’d been looking for. But this little girl has the kind of affectionate, cuddly personality I’ve been hoping for in a companion. I always thought you need to let the cat choose you. And she did just that, to my husband.

Part of me feels like we should give the boy a chance since he was the reason we made the trip. Another part of me thinks we should pay attention to the connection we felt with this girl.

So, friends, what would you do? Would you take a chance on the shy boy and hope he opens up at home, choose the affectionate girl who seems to have picked you, or keep looking for a cat who checks both boxes?

My beautiful baby boy Walter is a model!!

He is Man.

When I found baby Oliver in a bush behind my apartment, I had never heard of flamepoints! Now I love telling him how fancy he is :)

Just a fun pic of my 🐈. All love kitty owners and lovers.

Just found this sub and had to share my completely unexpected flame point.

Left, about 30 mins after rescue. Right, about 3 days later.

Back in late May, I heard distressed mewing from the hood of an abandoned car in my apartment complex’s visitor garage. After a little food, water, and a vet visit, gave him a bath with Dawn and was absolutely shocked to see this stunning white coat and orange tail/ears!

He is estimated about 4 months old now (10-12 weeks was the vets guess when we found him) and went from feral trying to survive the hot and rainy streets of central Houston to totally domesticated house cat in about 36 hours. I’m shocked how easily he adjusted, but looks like I have a cat now lol

this was right before he stuck his head in the chikfila bag (to the right)

he has neurological issues so his eyes are always dilated.

he also has ckd. around 9 years old. love my little man

Adopted with her brother, Frankie.

Left us a year ago, we got 17 great years. The bestest good buddy. Miss him so much I now have him on my arm forever. ❤️

Is he more donut or shrimp 🤔 I definitely think my spouse is right that he’s more shrimp today!