Comment by swader999
6 hours ago
Even a single cat takes a while to warm up to people. My ten year old tuxedo cat is always by my side or lying on me somehow but he was quite standoffish the first few years.
6 hours ago
Even a single cat takes a while to warm up to people. My ten year old tuxedo cat is always by my side or lying on me somehow but he was quite standoffish the first few years.
It depends on the cat. My girlfriend and I have four cats between us. The youngest one was warmed up before she got here (by her choice it seems, she pounced on my girlfriend when she approached her cage in the shelter), and made herself at home within minutes.
Just like humans, cats have their own psychology and their own personalities.
I have to imagine that if a human consciousness were suddenly placed inside a cat body, the experience would rival even the deepest psychedelic experiences.
My parents have a farm cat that purrs around anyone and chases them to get pets. We have no idea where he really came from he showed up quite young one day.
My neighbor had a barn cat that would come up to you and start head butting you and trying to take your food if we were eating on the deck. I'd have to periodically pick him up and take him to the other side of the house which would buy us about 10 minutes.
Another time I had summer company over and he must have sneaked in with doors opening and so forth because I found him later very comfortably situated in my bed.