Perdita, as it turns out, was not the type to hold her tongue when someone annoyed her. Rather, she was quite fond of using her claws to express her displeasure. The shelter staff knew that most people are no to keen on adopting a mean, unfriendly cat, but they still had to find her a home somehow. So, they decided to lean into it and hope for the best.

The shelter lay all their cards on the table and did not mince their words when describing the callous kitty. To somewhat sweeten the deal they emphasized that whoever was brave enough to adopt Perdita would not have to pay for the (dis)pleasure of becoming her new family.

This honest and direct approach to finding Perdita a family turned out to be a huge success. Apparently there’s plenty of people who do not balk at the idea of sharing their home with an angry little ball of fur. In fact, an overwhelming amount of people felt compassion for Perdita and wanted to make sure that her difficult personality did not rob her of the chance to find a good home. After all, even the grumpiest of cats deserve a safe and loving home.

Perdita wasn’t terribly impressed about her new fame, but apparently accepted a few headscratchers while the applications continued to pour in. That’s the thing about Perdita – she’s not against affection, she just needs it to be completely on her terms.

After a while, the shelter had got so many applications for Perdita that they had to stop accepting new inquiries People were amazingly passionate about making sure that Perdita’s grumpiness wouldn’t leave her homeless.