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Happy Caturday: Cat And His Dad Are Obsessed With Each Other (Original Post) catbyte May 2020 OP
I have a female tuxie who is quite vocal, soft as... 3catwoman3 May 2020 #1
I wouldn't mind cuddling with that cat's dad either. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #2
Lol, Meooowww Fla Dem May 2020 #12
plenty of cats are cuddly qazplm135 May 2020 #3
I wonder how that cat is if his owner has a significant other in their life. kimbutgar May 2020 #4
The cat probably run off all his dates. LisaL May 2020 #11
I wouldn't be surprised kimbutgar May 2020 #13
I once dated a woman who owned a very jealous cat Cirque du So-What May 2020 #15
so then what happened? diva77 May 2020 #18
I made it home in time to change shoes and get to work without being late Cirque du So-What May 2020 #20
Thanks for finishing the story. diva77 May 2020 #21
My current cat is affectionate, wnylib May 2020 #5
My recently departed cat was only affectionate when he wanted food. LisaL May 2020 #8
LOL. Cats are such suck ups. wnylib May 2020 #16
Yep, mine was a suck up and loved food most of all. LisaL May 2020 #17
It's hard to lose them. wnylib May 2020 #19
All of the kittehs who haver ever owned me have been cuddlers,current guy the cuddliest niyad May 2020 #6
Amazing! Archie is a dead ringer for my late Mr. Spotty who was also completely Velcro! Karadeniz May 2020 #7
I have one old cat that gives love bites Bayard May 2020 #9
OMG SWOON Skittles May 2020 #10
I love this, and I wish my girl would be more cuddely, but not near near my eyes. Fla Dem May 2020 #14

3catwoman3

(23,944 posts)
1. I have a female tuxie who is quite vocal, soft as...
Sat May 23, 2020, 02:04 PM
May 2020

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...a powder puff, and marks everything she passes by every morning, human or otherwise.

qazplm135

(7,447 posts)
3. plenty of cats are cuddly
Sat May 23, 2020, 03:06 PM
May 2020

both cats I have had are that way, although this second one more than the first.

kimbutgar

(21,050 posts)
4. I wonder how that cat is if his owner has a significant other in their life.
Sat May 23, 2020, 03:16 PM
May 2020

would the cat be jealous of a girl/boy friend?

My neighbor has a cat that wraps itself around her husband like that. When she goes near them the cat hisses at her. I’ve taken care of that cat and it’s unlikeable. Her other cat is cool and likes to be petter and picked up to cuddle.

kimbutgar

(21,050 posts)
13. I wouldn't be surprised
Sat May 23, 2020, 04:48 PM
May 2020

I had a friend years ago who’s cat hated her boyfriend. It would hiss, and try to scratch the guy. He broke up with her because of the cat ( his excuse) Her next boyfriend who she ended up marrying had no problem with the cat and the cat never hissed or scratched him. We used to joke with her the cat knew the other guy was bad news instinctually.

Cirque du So-What

(25,908 posts)
15. I once dated a woman who owned a very jealous cat
Sat May 23, 2020, 06:21 PM
May 2020

One morning, I found that the cat had peed in my shoe.

Cirque du So-What

(25,908 posts)
20. I made it home in time to change shoes and get to work without being late
Sun May 24, 2020, 10:27 AM
May 2020

but things were never the same afterward and we soon stopped seeing each other altogether.

wnylib

(21,334 posts)
5. My current cat is affectionate,
Sat May 23, 2020, 03:33 PM
May 2020

but only on her terms when she feels like it. Definitely not a lap cat or cuddler. Totally opposite of my previous cat who was such a cuddler that I nicknamed him Mr. Love. He was a lot like the cat in this video, except for his coloring - orange tabby with white bib and socks.

LisaL

(44,972 posts)
8. My recently departed cat was only affectionate when he wanted food.
Sat May 23, 2020, 03:57 PM
May 2020

He was pretty cuddly until I fed him. Then he ignored me until he felt the need for another feeding.

wnylib

(21,334 posts)
16. LOL. Cats are such suck ups.
Sat May 23, 2020, 07:39 PM
May 2020

My current cat often gets very cuddly when she wants food. I sometimes get caught up in what I'm doing. and forget her feeding time. So she rubs my face if I'm sitting down or lays across my book or the keyboard, etc. until I feed her.

But this is preferrable to her other method of getting attention when she's hungry. If she doesn't use the affection angle, she knocks things on the floor. Books, papers on my desk, etc.

But, there are times when she is affectionate just for its own sake. She rubs my face or legs when it's not time to eat, taps my leg for me to play with her, or curls up next to me when I lie down. Half the time when she curls up like that, she wants me to scratch her head and ears and purrs loudly into my ear when I pet her. Other times, she gives me a massage by kneeding her paws on me.

But, if I try to pet her when she is not in the mood for it, she swats my hand away. I have to test her mood first by holding my hand and fingers limp near her face. If she wants to be petted, she will rub the limp hand or nudge it with her nose.

wnylib

(21,334 posts)
19. It's hard to lose them.
Sun May 24, 2020, 06:23 AM
May 2020

I miss every single one I've had. Each had its own personality, habits, and quirks. Since I am 70 and my current cat is 4, she is likely the last one I'll have.

niyad

(113,049 posts)
6. All of the kittehs who haver ever owned me have been cuddlers,current guy the cuddliest
Sat May 23, 2020, 03:48 PM
May 2020

of all. He does not like me out of his sight. He even grabs my pant leg and pulls back. And he likes pretty much whatever I am eating. My sweet little rescue.

Bayard

(22,005 posts)
9. I have one old cat that gives love bites
Sat May 23, 2020, 04:30 PM
May 2020

And when she's not doing that, she's licking me. Been that way since the whole abandoned litter of kittens showed up at my farm in CA.

Fla Dem

(23,585 posts)
14. I love this, and I wish my girl would be more cuddely, but not near near my eyes.
Sat May 23, 2020, 04:53 PM
May 2020

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If I touch my eyes after hugging or petting my girl, the eyes become an itchy nightmare. I have to wash my hands anytime I touch her. So even before the pandemic, I was washing my hands a lot. In fact when I first got her 14 years ago as an abandoned kitten baby in the driveway, I didn't think I could keep her. Allergies and asthma but we're still together!!

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