Events
Out of all seasonal events there's no better than the April event. You can get cat tokens, cat banner, cat chest, cat card, cat achievements, and even food for all of your cats (you can eat rice, but leave fish to your cats!).
In April you can also complete a quest called “Mischievous Mentorious” and obtain a cute little Mentorious, even if you're not a Mentor (although you should be, see post below about mentors' unfair advantages):
But you can find cats not only in April. In December you can create Miaurin ice statuettes. In the past it was also possible to drop cat coins, but sadly not anymore, perhaps though some collectors might have it for sale.
Faeo Under Control of Darkness is another event where you can get a cat achievement:
And of course let's not forget bandit:
Scorpolions and Manticores
Are scorpolions cats? To answer that question I spent hours in the library guided by the wise Flavviy, I consulted Bonna Benita and Orfin, I even asked Avelius to study scorpolions' DNA. Despite all that effort, the results of my research were inconclusive, and due to a lack of sufficient proof of their purrfection, scorpolions are not included in this guide.
There is some promise, however, as during the genetic research we came across the possibility or scorpolions being related to manticores. Manticores can - without any doubt - be called cats, given that their young ones, even though they hatch from eggs, are termed kittens. Should we find more data to confirm the hypothesis of scorpolions being genetically connected to manticores, the guide will be promptly updated.
And the Manticore kitten can be obtained during the Pets from another world event. Forget about getting the full deck (or buy cards from other players), the important part of this event is being able to raise a Manticore kitten <3