Breaking the cat affection code

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:16 am

MixedMyth wrote:Yeah, people say cats aren't affectionate, but that reeeeally depends on the cat. My roommate has one who's an absolute attention whore in the sweetest way. He'll follow you everywhere hoping for belly rubbings and the like.

I agree there. My friend Jenni has 2 cats. (well actually one is her boyfriend's) Lilly loves to cuddle while Dinah earned the nickname "rotten" for a good reason. My sister's cat DC liked to cuddle and lick people's faces. I really think she did it though because she knew I was allergic to her.

Faceless · Post by **Faceless** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:21 pm

It can't be wrong, because, he did it, it seems. Cats have personalities just like we humans. They can be different.

Blackaby · Post by **Blackaby** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:23 pm

Faceless wrote:It can't be wrong, because, he did it, it seems. Cats have personalities just like we humans. They can be different.

HE USED SYCOLLIEGEE

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:29 pm

Cats are like people. Some are nice to be around, and some are assholes.

If the cat treats you like crap, just stop feeding it. Then we'll see who wins.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:41 pm

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:Cats are like people. Some are nice to be around, and some are assholes.

If the cat treats you like crap, just stop feeding it. Then we'll see who wins.

The cat, most likely. They find ways to triumph, even when you think you finally have the upperhand.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:42 pm

The nice thing about cats is that when they want to be affectionate, they're easily managable and the size of an average person's lap. And they're not ALWAYS begging for attention, so you don't have to deal with them all the time. Unlike dogs. Dogs don't seem to understand how big they are. (I'm talking about medium sized dogs, not the tiny ones.) All the ones I know that are that big think they're the size of a kitten and want to get all over you. They also crave attention and even when you give it to them, they act like they're being neglected the moment you let up just a bit. If anything is evil and manipulative, it's dogs. Not cats. Cats just don't care.

Edit: Oh yeah. Cats don't drool. 'Nuff said.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:02 pm

not true. my wife's cat drools in her sleep.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:05 pm

Cats are supposed to drool when they're in a state of sheer extacy. But I have one cat that drools the moment you touch her. Could be because she doesn't have any teeth, I guess.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:25 pm

OBS wrote:
KittyKatBlack wrote:Edit: Oh yeah. Cats don't drool. 'Nuff said.
You've never owned a cat, have you?

4. Cats without physical problems don't drool. And by this I mean you can touch a cat's face without getting back a hand full of slime. Even when they lick you it's just a bit moist, it's not sloppy and sticky.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:29 pm

Like I said, cats drool when they're extremely happy, even if they don't have physical problems.

Nanda · Post by **Nanda** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:12 pm

It's true.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:30 pm

Don't need any tricks with my cat...

...he's unusually affectionate...too much so at times to be honest. You can't sit down for more than 2 minutes without him trying to curl up in your lap, or rubbing his head all over you. He's a little attention whore.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu May 04, 2006 3:41 pm

My experience with cats (had a lot of various cats in my life):

1. Cats, like dogs, have a character. Therefore, their characters vary too. Some are less accesible, some more.

2. Cats generally do show affection towards people, specially those who pet them and feed them. For instance, my cat is capable of standing and looking at my mother for hours. She is capable of following her for hours, or walking out on any business she's doing if she heard her footsteps. She is simply very devoted to her. She does no such thing for anyone else.
On the other hand, I remember a thing that happened to my former landlord. She way lying sick, and her cat used to come to the room, climb up and lay in her lap, right at the aching place. She claimed that it'd make her felt better. In any case, cat felt that her owner was sick, and wanted to make her feel better.
If you're not getting affection from your cat, might be that you did nothing to deserve it.

3. Scratching and climbing on someone can be a sign of affection too. My cat has a habit of climbing on my shoulder, which is, again, something she never does to anyone else. I got her used to climbing on my shoulder when she was a kitten, and she keeps doing that even nowadays.

4. Cats are more like humans than dogs. Simply, cats are independent. They want your attention, your affection etc, but they don't want it always. When they don't feel like it, you can do nothing about that. Unlike dogs, who always feel like it. But when they feel like it, they can be the nicest creatures on earth.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Thu May 04, 2006 3:49 pm

I have 4 dogs and none of them drool.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Thu May 04, 2006 4:21 pm

blackaby wrote:
Faceless wrote:It can't be wrong, because, he did it, it seems. Cats have personalities just like we humans. They can be different.
HE USED SYCOLLIEGEE

BURN HIM

Humbug · Post by **Humbug** » Thu May 04, 2006 6:01 pm

I think my cat is very affectionate. Even though he is not allowed to come upstairs, and he knows it, he would sit outside our doors and meow until we come out. He even follows me around the house when he wants attention. Most of the time, he won't let me do the things I want until I give him sufficient love.

Dave Against The Machine · Thu May 04, 2006 9:50 pm

I had the dumest cat ever. It was the coolest cat ever. But boy was it dumb. For about a month, everyday. It would climb this tree and walk out on the branches, for I dont know why. Well, this tree, we put a pool under it. Cause it was a big shady tree. And every day. That stupid cat would climb that tree, and fall in the damn pool. It drowed one day. I still miss that cat.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:30 pm

Dave Against The Machine wrote:Rubbish.

How old are you anyway, man? That post was painful to read.

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:36 pm

Fool proof way to make your cat love you to a depth of annoyance previously unknown to man:

1. Rescue kitten, preferably before its eyes are open

2. Keep kitten alive for the first six weeks

3. Refuse point blank to give kitten away.

Cat will not travel further than three feet from your person. EVER.

Cats are one-person creatures, sort of like wolf-mix dogs. Dog-dogs will love anything with a pulse, but wolf-mixes will only love the creatures it bonds with during the first few months of its life...and it will be LOYAL. Not loyal. LOYAL. Lassie loyal. Same thing with cats. It all depends on how you raise them.

...And it does depend on the cat. Abbot loves me because I did 1-3 with her and she thinks I'm Mom. Everybody else, she hates. If it makes an odd noise, she hates it. If it moves wrong, she hates it. If it touches her, she'll bite it, and if it does anything at all that she doesn't immedately understand, she fluffs out and hides under the bed. Clicking a storage container will result in immedate bottle-brush tail. I don't know why. Alone with me, she's curled up, head under my chin, puring, pawing, in kitty heaven. Add another person in the room, she's sitting next to me watching the other person wairily. Have the other person be MALE and you won't see her until that other person leaves.

...admittedly the only male she encounters on a regular basis is my brother, who thinks moving quietly means stomping a little less heavy and not throwing himself on the bed quite so hard.

CW

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Fri May 05, 2006 5:24 am

All three cats we got kind of picked us.

Twilight - from a shelter, just sitting there not getting lots of attention. Rubbed my hand when I offered it.

Eternity - Six kittens in a four cubic foot cage. She was the one that was the most affectionate to us, and if I recall right, she bapped one of her brothers when he hissed at us.

Flint - Nice lady rescues cats that would otherwise be put down. Flint nibbled on my fingers. The other cat available was standoffish.

We got a good run of kitties.