Oh, good grief-—I cannot believe that people in the 21st century still have a problem with black cats. What is wrong with them??
A lot of folks think they’re among the friendliest of cats. I tend to agree. The black felines I’ve known have been super sweet and affectionate. So it’s the hoominz’ loss.
Personally I wouldn’t think there would be problems with an adult cat from the shelter. If you decide to go with one of them, just talk to the folks who work there and they’ll steer you right. More people adopt kittens because they want a baby to raise and influence their way, to watch it grow, etc.
There are pluses to both, IMO. I’m not much help, am I?
If you prefer a unicorn, you should have no problem...they are magical, and can be folded down and shrunken to fit any apartment or house.
The best cat we ever adopted was an adult, my Rocket. He was supposedly “1-1/2 years,” but the woman who fostered him had him longer than
that (according to our vet). He was a wonderful little guy, my favorite cat of all our rescues, and I miss him every single day, and I always will.
I actually do not understand how the foster home owner could have given him up. He was just perfect, loving, gentle, and a little trickster.
He is the only cat about which I can say that he never intentionally bit or scratched anyone in the 15 years that we had him before he passed.