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Cats, do they really give a sh1te about you?
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Considering mine will follow me around the house most of the time, and in the garden as well, wait for me to come home at night and will not settle down or sleep until I'm home, I'd say they do.
I doubt they'd show that much interest in a passing visitor to my house, though.
Mine too. My two rescue kittens (well 7 month olds) are nervous cats, but they follow me around the garden purring and rubbing up to my legs. You could just say they want food, but they do it even when they're not hungry and I have nothing in my hands. They don't even want attention, they just want to follow me
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My friend who studied psychology actually said that dogs are one animal that feel pure love, because they're absolutely in love with their owners. And that cats don't feel love. they just have a longing for affection and they "want" to be with their owners, but don't love them. But then he said there is no such thing as love anyway.
But he liked my cat! 0 -
My female kitten Tibbs is very attached to me....follows me everywhere, wakes me in the morning etc. The little guy, Maxi is extremely affectionate but more loyal to Tibbs! He follows her everywhere and will cry if he cant find her.
There were both recently in a cattery for 4 days and when I came back to get them, Maxi just looked at me as if to say 'Oh tis yourself, want do you want'. Where as Tibbs went crazy when she saw me - she definitley missed me. (Best feeling ever
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poconnor16 wrote: »There were both recently in a cattery for 4 days and when I came back to get them, Maxi just looked at me as if to say 'Oh tis yourself, want do you want'. Where as Tibbs went crazy when she saw me - she definitley missed me. (Best feeling ever)
Yeah when a cat is missing for a while and then comes home, they really show that they love you
I had a kitten who was missing for 4 days and someone found her. My dad called me to tell me she was home and I could hear her purring down the phone. She was so happy for weeks and wouldn't go outside and if I left the room she'd go mad thinking she'd lose me again 0 -
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That's incredibly cute if it's trueSophieSakura wrote: »My friend who studied psychology actually said that dogs are one animal that feel pure love, because they're absolutely in love with their owners. And that cats don't feel love. they just have a longing for affection and they "want" to be with their owners, but don't love them. But then he said there is no such thing as love anyway.
But he liked my cat! My baby is so weird though, when you enter the room she goes mad looking for attention, she jumps onto your lap and rubs her face into yours and won't stop until you literally smother her with love! But after about half an hour she starts biting and scraping the **** outta your hands, but if you put her down she'll just jump back up and sit there. Hopefully she'll grow out of that, she's only 7 months. 0 -
Coeurdepirate wrote: »That's incredibly cute if it's true
I think it's true, but I think they do love their owners too Whatever love is, I think all animals feel it to some degree. Ok maybe not tiny insects and stuff, but I think animals love their offspring, and their animal friends and their owners
I don't think my rabbits love me really, though they do like me, but they love each other and they love their babies until they get sick of them! 0 -
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I think a lot of people just don't understand cats.
Cats aren't always as friendly as dogs to strangers, so most cats won't run up to a stranger and be friends with it. Some of mine would (two or three out of six) but the others would be scared and you'd have to gain their trust.
So if people don't own cats, then they think cats aren't friendly, cos the only ones they've met weren't friendly. Or they have owned cats but didn't give them enough attention so they were semi-feral or something.
Cats are really complex and intelligent and they can be really friendly if you get to know them 0 -
My cat will be sitting across on a neighbours wall and will literally run to at speed when I go out side. She will then shadow me around the back garden as I clean or do some gardening just keeping my company. She is very affectionate, I never knew how strong a cat was until I got my cat and experienced her head butting rubs 0
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There are 4 of us in our house
Me, mini me, hubby & baby
and our cat LOVES me
He follows me everywhere
He sleeps under our bed at night (on my side)
If I am in town he recognises the sound of my car pulling into the drive and is sitting by the front door to greet me when I get home
He comes when I call him if he is outside
Our 9 year old he tolerates
My hubby he HATES
The baby he hasn't figured out just yet
He is madly over protective towards me and will hiss and arch his back at strangers if he detects animosity from me towards them (very handy when you have canvassers calling to the door in recent weeks)
Other visitors he will ignore if I am happy with them
All in all a very cool cat0 -
One of ours is exactly like this with Mrs Fastfuse. Even the food thing. :eek:Everytime mine see's me you would swear she hadn't seen me for days, and when she hasn't seen me for days and I come home she's stuck like glue to me, purring, nudging me, licking me, standing on top of any body part she can climb onto, just generally being a pest in a lovable way!
She has to sleep downstairs because otherwise Id get no sleep if she slept in the room with me, when she comes upstairs in the morning and Im still in bed she will lick my face and in my ears, she will nudge me, purr loudly in my ears and dribble all over me before settling down as close as possible to me either on or under the sheets.
Then as soon as I get up she will follow me around the house as I do my usual morning routine of washing, brushing teeth, getting breakfast, if I take a shower she will either wait outside the shower staring in at me or wait outside the bathroom door until I come out.
She's also weird in that she shows no interest in food whatsoever, most cats like you describe would take the hand off you to get more food and will keep eating until they burst, but she will eat just enough until she's full and leave it at that, so our morning routine isin't just about her wanting to get me up to feed her, she genuinely just wants to follow me everywhere.
I think she has attachment issues!0 -
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