I love tuxedo cats! She's a cutie. :)

My shelter kitty also hated being picked up when I got her--I adopted her as a "young adult" cat, and she would scream bloody murder and struggle wildly anytime you picked her up. (She's also missing a leg so God knows what happened to her before she wound up at the shelter.) She's a snuggler when you're sitting down and she requires a lap, but 7 years later she still doesn't like to be picked up. She'll tolerate it most of the time for short periods, but she'd rather you didn't. I don't push the issue. It's not a big deal, I can safely pick her up if I HAVE to, and I'd rather she feel comfortable around me and not worry that something bad is going to happen.

Awww...she's cute. We have one that only likes to be loved when she wants too..lol

I love tuxedos, how cute. Congrats on the new addition.

What a cutie and such a darling age!! Trainable but still kitten-like. Glad you have her. Enjoy.

She is just a cutie!!! I want a black and white kitty someday. We just have 2 kitties now and they were both strays. They are just the most loving babies.

She is so cute. Our male Tuxedo was a dumpster cat. So glad we rescued him.

I don't even especially like cats but she is a beauty! She looks like a lot of fun.

She is a cutie. I have a 11 year old Chloe who loves shoes of all kinds. I think the more smelly they are the more she likes them. We have to laugh when she sticks her head down in them, rubs all over them and then lays on them.

She is very cute!!!

She has the most inquisitive face! So beautiful! Mine took a long, long time to get used to being picked up. But I think it was how I was dealing with it. I would pick him up, and he would appear to be frightened of the whole idea. I would tell him 'it's okay' and that he is safe (he seems to know the word safe), and that's when he finally came around a little bit. Like you, I just don't want him to be afraid that I will hurt him, and he is beginning to realize that.