Quinn the cat lives separate from feline genpop, she doesn’t suffer fools and she’s got a well-documented habit of smacking people, cats and dogs.
The infamously disagreeable feline is up for adoption and the shelter where she lives has been up front about her unique personality, saying she might do well with a misanthrope who would appreciate Quinn’s dislike of any visitors and intolerance for anyone who doesn’t directly serve her.
“Tired of visitors coming to your house? Adopt Quinn! She has an uncanny ability to make people feel unwelcome in her presence!” shelter staff wrote in Quinn’s adoption post.
She’ll tolerate her caretaker, but just barely, staff at the Washington County Humane Society in Maryland joked.
Yet they’re confident there’s a home for Quinn, insisting that “surely there’s someone out there who would appreciate her icy stare and her sudden smacks!”
Of course Quinn could blossom into a happy, sweet cat once she’s living in her forever home and she realizes she’s not going back to the shelter or the streets. Most cats do poorly in shelters where fear and stress overwrite their usual personalities. Even the most outgoing, sweet cat can appear depressed and antisocial when locked in a cage most of the time, without people to love them, play with them and make them feel safe.
Quinn’s direct adoption page (scroll down to adoptable cats) says she’s three years old and wasn’t claimed by her owner, so who knows what kind of traumas she may have endured in her short life?
Quinn currently lives in the shelter’s office where she “rules with an iron paw.” Anyone interested in adopting her should ask for her by name, the shelter said. Contact the shelter at the link above or by calling 301-733-2060.
Pain In The Bud 
I LOVE this girl! Wish I lived in Maryland, I’d take her in a heartbeat.
She reminds me of my Mom’s cat, Miss Jingles. She had the same temperament, evil stare and her meow sounded like she’d smoked 2 packs a day for years. I loved her so much and miss her every day.
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I think she’ll be an awesome cat once she gets a real home, gets settled and realizes she’s not going to be abandoned again. Then she’ll take over the house.
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Agreed! Some cats take a while to feel safe and comfortable. I hope she finds a good forever home.
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Oh my!! That stare. 🤣🤣What cat does not judge you?
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True. The Budster constantly judges me for not providing him with a snack commensurate with every bite that I eat. He seems to think it’s a group activity and no matter how recently he’s eaten or how many snacks he’s already had, he makes his displeasure known.
“Where’s mine, dude?”
“You just had half a can of salmon and some of those crunchy treats you like in your puzzle feeder.”
“Yeah, but you’re eating.”
“So?”
“So when you eat, I’m supposed to eat! Where’s mine, dude?”
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Oh, you don’t feed him bits of your meal? Wait, you’re vegetarian, right? Bud wouldn’t like plant-based food, I guess.
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Surprisingly he’s eaten bits of Impossible burgers. He was bugging me for some one day and I broke off some small pieces to see what he’d do, and he ate them. I don’t know if he understands it’s not meat. I would think so, but he likes the taste anyway.
I give him cheese (American, gouda and a few other varieties) and random stuff like popcorn with the remaining husk walls removed. He’s eaten popcorn since he was a kitten.
Other than that it’s pretty random, but he likes to stick his face in food even if he’s not going to eat it.
Also, he must see me take cheese from my plate, cut it into smaller pieces and give it to him. If I cut some up for him before sitting down, he seems to think that the better cheese is on my plate and whines for it instead of the cheese he has lol. He suspects inequitable cheese distribution.
“I don’t believe you, human! We must swap cheese to prove that my cheese is just as good as your cheese. Unless…unless you KNEW I’d demand that we switch, and you gave ME the good cheese, knowing I’d demand a switch! Aha! I’m on to your schemes, human! You can’t fool Buddy!”
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Actually, I have 2 that don’t. Archie’s an orange and white guy that shares the one braincell, but he never gets to use it. He’s dumber than a box of rocks. And then there’s Mr. Meow Meow who, even when he could still see, never stared at me and judged me.
Both my boys are super love bugs and just love being loved. They got no time for judging.
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Torties are infamous for their purrsonalities – I should know, I’ve had two in my lifetime. Sisters. I think most female cats are a bit on the cantankerous side; however, Tortoiseshells and Calicos are doubly so. LOL
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Tortitude!!
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Intense gaze from that kitty! I live with a few who smack on occasion; they smack their siblings too. I think Quinn will do fine.
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What a character. I’d offer her a home in a heartbeat if I didn’t live on another continent! And I have sneaky regard for the author of the adoption ad – clearly an expert in the art of cunning persuasion.
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Good point and that’s something I’ve been meaning to write a post about. I’ve written about it before in passing, but breaking through the noise with an adoption ad that goes viral is really an art and a skill these days.
As soon as an animal has a backstory, people are much more interested. If you see a depressed cat in a shelter, he/she may be easy to overlook, but if you read that cat was thrown from a car as a kitten or was brought back to the shelter for being too affectionate, that creates an emotional connection, drives views and leads to adoption applications.
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