Why are black cats less popular than other colours?

[Alexart]

I have 4 almost completely black cats, one has a dot on her chest and is called Dot, her brother Rufus has a tiny white dot on his stomach and bleaches a browny colour in the sun, Beans is jet black and looks just like ChestnutTinkers cat, the other is called Fatblackcat we trapped him as a wild feral of about 6-8yrs old and took me 6 months to tame him compared to your average feral which takes abot 6-8 weeks, he has a tiny thin white stripe down one side so wether it's a scar or not I don't know. They are just the same as any other colour personality wise, i never understand why folk are so funny about it either!
My sister worked at a vets ages ago and a farmer brought in 3 black and white feral kittens to be pts, the vets though had a list of folk looking to rescue unwanted kittens so she rang round all of them but as soon as she mentioned they were black and white no-one wanted them as they weren't as cute as stripy ones or they'd clash with the furniture - I kid you not! - one lady came and looked at them but as they were more white than black and didn't look like the felix cats she didn't want them either!! So my sister brought them home and they are the sweetest things, they're 6yrs old now and adorable and called Izzy, Dash and Marvin!!

 

[Victoria25]

Lol, I chose a black cat over all the others!! He is very cute though!

I was told that about dogs too ... I got a rottie - I must like black

 

[Spudlet]

Black dogs are supposedly harder to rehome too (though I took one on!). I think it's meant to be harder to get a really nice picture of them - although the ones on this thread are all lovely looking

 

[abracadabra]

I think it's meant to be harder to get a really nice picture of them

It's very hard to get a good photo of my black horse, so I can believe this.

 

[SmallHunter]

We have 2 black cats FatMartin the comedy cat



and skinny milly



both rescues and awesome. I wasn't a cat lover at all until we got them.

 

[Lego]

I've had a lot of people joke that black cats are unlucky, or witches cats...

All the family cats have been black, or black & white, completely by chance

When I got my own cats I wanted to rehome, and Cats Protection offered me cats - but warned me that the 'pretty' ones are in high demand since I wanted younger cats. I chose cats based on personality, and ones without too much of a traumatic history, as I'm young, and didn't think it would be fair to have an older cat that has lost it's home, then me to have lodgers, boyfriend, hopefully one day babies etc cluttering up their house

The first cats I saw were 2 fluffy black brothers - didn't even go to see any more as they were lovely and so friendly!

My only regret with black cats - especially fluffy Norwegian crosses - is that they leave tufts of fluff everywhere, and whatever I wear the cat hair shows! Beige carpets and wood floors don't go with the black very well!

 

[Lego]

We have 2 black cats FatMartin the comedy cat



and skinny milly



both rescues and awesome. I wasn't a cat lover at all until we got them.

OMG!! Where did you get the santa outfit from?! I want one! The cats may not be so impressed though

 

[zoon]

I'll never have a black cat again - first disappeared, the other was pts after getting leukaemia. Never had any problem with cats of other colours so they are certainly bad luck for me!

 

[linperrie]

I love black cats, but after my beautiful pacha was pts with a stomach tumour at 11years old I couldn't have another. He was the catty love of my life and there will never be another to take his place. So now I have a black n white and a white n black. I would have had anything bar pure black as that would have been too hard :-(

 

[TheresaW]

These are Rio and Ozzie.

Oz has a few white hairs on his chest, looks as though he has been dabbed with a paint brush.

We also have a tabby and white Maine ****, a tiny tabby who is 10 years old but never grew up, and a ginger and white cat. All were rescues apart from the Maine ****.