Cats have very distinct personalities. They are loyal to their owners. Since I travel a lot no kitty for me but I feed the strays around my grocery store. (There’s also a chicken which I told the kitties not to chase and bully). They’re great. Constantly telling me about their day.
Thanks for sharing. I love all animals but cats have always been my favorite. I feel such a bond to them. When they pass away the memory of them never really leaves. I've mourned many and they all still occupy a place in my heart. They're never forgotten.
Oh I love this story. And I love cats. I still have a hole in my heart since my little Coco died two years ago. They are the coolest little creatures in the world; they nuzzle their way into our hearts and give us the gift of reciprocal unconditional love.
Glad you found your girl :). I’m hoping to get a new one soon, and I’m glad you spoke of the reincarnation. Some people think we try to replace our beloved cats, but no— we want to bring them close to us again, and their successors help us to do that. <3
I'm a dog person – I can't stand cats! I think they're the animal kingdom's equivalent of ClusterB females – selfish, cruel, and manipulative. Glad you got her back OK!
Wow--can I relate to this, Josh! One of our kitties went "missing" in our house just this week for an afternoon and I was beside myself , nauseous, calling out to her, desperate to find her, looking EVERYWHERE inside the house!!! She reappeared and I still have no idea where she was during my freak-out. She just sauntered into the kitchen and acted like nothing had happened. Anyway, I'm so glad that you managed to locate your Mina too. Sometimes I tell my cats that I love them but that they are taking years off my life :)
Cat’s are lovely independent mammals!! I’ve had the pleasure of loving five! I am bullied by my current ginger but she loves me hard with the fiercest of gazes ‘I love you’ or maybe planning my own doom 🤷♀️ Her flops on me hurt but that’s how much she surrenders to me showing me her belly for pets and my gentle shellac nail scratches. She is so cool, am glad I inherited her!!
Such beautiful cats! I think that personality can have to do with lack of bonding with the mother or length of bonding as you said. We used to feed and play with a cat we named Mina. She lived next door but the person was gone a lot. We had just seen the Gary Oldman Dracula movie and Mina (Winona Ryder) was the one who had fallen in love with his human incarnation while engaged to Jonathan Harker. Our Mr. Kitty, a very handsome gentleman, came as a stray and graced us with his wise presence for 15 years.
Your Mina and my Nina have the same personality. I found Nina in a cardboard box in Peru when she was about 5/6 weeks old. She has slept under the covers in my arms every night for almost 14 years. The only time she left me was after I returned home from a trip. She felt I was gone for far too long. She waited until I came home, made sure I saw her leave, and went to live in the park for three weeks. I knew where she was, but she wouldn't let me get close enough to grab her. She finally decided I had been punished enough and came home on her own.
She's adjusted well to life in the US, but will always loathe her younger brother Luca, who we adopted three years ago. I love the description that cats are borderline.
Glad Mina is back where she belongs. Cat "adventures" take years off our lives.
I'm so glad you found her safe & sound! I have also suffered the tortures of a scardey cat hiding & me being CONVINCED that they had somehow gotten out & were out there somewhere lost, alone & terrified or injured...only to have them emerge from God knows where the next day. It's the worst!!!
Poor Mina! Cats can get themselves in such trouble. One of our current five we got in just that way — she was a stray kitten hanging around our backyard and we had not yet gained her trust. Somehow she got into the shed where I have my laundry equipment and managed to squeeze up into a gap between the studs and the wallboard so far she could neither turn around nor back out. She cried quite lustily but it took us 18 hours to figure out where it was coming from. My boyfriend demolished a section of the wall to free her; my daughter scooped her up and voila she was a housecat. She’s now a great chonk of grey tabby with tidy white paws; her name is Amontillado.
I didn't want to deal with breaking in more cats, so I got a pair of budgies. Unfortunately, they were raised in such a way that they didn't trust humans, even though they were raised in a private home, so they were essentially feral. Sit on my finger? NOT A CHANCE, HOOMAN.
They have been entertaining in their way, but they aren't cuddly and they don't purr. I'm just waiting for the remaining budgie to die so I can get another kitteh.
Cats have very distinct personalities. They are loyal to their owners. Since I travel a lot no kitty for me but I feed the strays around my grocery store. (There’s also a chicken which I told the kitties not to chase and bully). They’re great. Constantly telling me about their day.
Oh what precious kitties!!!!!!! I am so glad Mina is okay, but God I can only imagine the frustration.
Thanks for sharing. I love all animals but cats have always been my favorite. I feel such a bond to them. When they pass away the memory of them never really leaves. I've mourned many and they all still occupy a place in my heart. They're never forgotten.
Oh I love this story. And I love cats. I still have a hole in my heart since my little Coco died two years ago. They are the coolest little creatures in the world; they nuzzle their way into our hearts and give us the gift of reciprocal unconditional love.
Glad you found your girl :). I’m hoping to get a new one soon, and I’m glad you spoke of the reincarnation. Some people think we try to replace our beloved cats, but no— we want to bring them close to us again, and their successors help us to do that. <3
I'm a dog person – I can't stand cats! I think they're the animal kingdom's equivalent of ClusterB females – selfish, cruel, and manipulative. Glad you got her back OK!
Cats are nature’s most perfect creatures. Dogs are vile. Disgusting, clingy, noisy, dangerous…
Cats don't bark; dogs don't purr.
Wow--can I relate to this, Josh! One of our kitties went "missing" in our house just this week for an afternoon and I was beside myself , nauseous, calling out to her, desperate to find her, looking EVERYWHERE inside the house!!! She reappeared and I still have no idea where she was during my freak-out. She just sauntered into the kitchen and acted like nothing had happened. Anyway, I'm so glad that you managed to locate your Mina too. Sometimes I tell my cats that I love them but that they are taking years off my life :)
Oh Evelyn--I know how it is. So glad your kitty is back.
Cat’s are lovely independent mammals!! I’ve had the pleasure of loving five! I am bullied by my current ginger but she loves me hard with the fiercest of gazes ‘I love you’ or maybe planning my own doom 🤷♀️ Her flops on me hurt but that’s how much she surrenders to me showing me her belly for pets and my gentle shellac nail scratches. She is so cool, am glad I inherited her!!
Such beautiful cats! I think that personality can have to do with lack of bonding with the mother or length of bonding as you said. We used to feed and play with a cat we named Mina. She lived next door but the person was gone a lot. We had just seen the Gary Oldman Dracula movie and Mina (Winona Ryder) was the one who had fallen in love with his human incarnation while engaged to Jonathan Harker. Our Mr. Kitty, a very handsome gentleman, came as a stray and graced us with his wise presence for 15 years.
Opposite point of view
Cat in an Empty Apartment
BY WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA
Die — you can’t do that to a cat.
Since what can a cat do
in an empty apartment?
Climb the walls?
Rub up against the furniture?
Nothing seems different here
but nothing is the same.
Nothing’s been moved
but there’s more space.
And at nighttime no lamps are lit.
Footsteps on the staircase,
but they’re new ones.
The hand that puts fish on the saucer
has changed, too.
Something doesn’t start
at its usual time.
Something doesn’t happen
as it should.
Someone was always, always here,
then suddenly disappeared
and stubbornly stays disappeared.
Every closet’s been examined.
Every shelf has been explored.
Excavations under the carpet turned up nothing.
A commandment was even broken:
papers scattered everywhere.
What remains to be done.
Just sleep and wait.
Just wait till he turns up,
just let him show his face.
Will he ever get a lesson
on what not to do to a cat.
Sidle toward him
as if unwilling
and ever so slow
on visibly offended paws,
and no leaps or squeals at least to start.
Your Mina and my Nina have the same personality. I found Nina in a cardboard box in Peru when she was about 5/6 weeks old. She has slept under the covers in my arms every night for almost 14 years. The only time she left me was after I returned home from a trip. She felt I was gone for far too long. She waited until I came home, made sure I saw her leave, and went to live in the park for three weeks. I knew where she was, but she wouldn't let me get close enough to grab her. She finally decided I had been punished enough and came home on her own.
She's adjusted well to life in the US, but will always loathe her younger brother Luca, who we adopted three years ago. I love the description that cats are borderline.
Glad Mina is back where she belongs. Cat "adventures" take years off our lives.
Aren't all cats borderlines?
Yes. And all dogs are ADHD.
I'm so glad you found her safe & sound! I have also suffered the tortures of a scardey cat hiding & me being CONVINCED that they had somehow gotten out & were out there somewhere lost, alone & terrified or injured...only to have them emerge from God knows where the next day. It's the worst!!!
Our animal friends are so important to us, but their lives are too short. Loving them is joy and inevitably sorrow.
Poor Mina! Cats can get themselves in such trouble. One of our current five we got in just that way — she was a stray kitten hanging around our backyard and we had not yet gained her trust. Somehow she got into the shed where I have my laundry equipment and managed to squeeze up into a gap between the studs and the wallboard so far she could neither turn around nor back out. She cried quite lustily but it took us 18 hours to figure out where it was coming from. My boyfriend demolished a section of the wall to free her; my daughter scooped her up and voila she was a housecat. She’s now a great chonk of grey tabby with tidy white paws; her name is Amontillado.
We have three cats and can't imagine life without them. So glad you got her back! ❤️
Cats may be borderline, but they also have Asperger's, and here's the documentary proof:
https://www.amazon.com/All-Cats-Have-Asperger-Syndrome/dp/1843104814/ref=sr_1_1
Though if you've read Temple Grandin, you'd know that the autistic brain is a human brain that has animal-like wiring: https://www.amazon.com/Animals-Translation-Mysteries-Behavior-Harvest/dp/0156031442/ref=sr_1_18
My elegant black tom died around Christmas 2016: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36459782@N00/albums/72157625598117225/
I didn't want to deal with breaking in more cats, so I got a pair of budgies. Unfortunately, they were raised in such a way that they didn't trust humans, even though they were raised in a private home, so they were essentially feral. Sit on my finger? NOT A CHANCE, HOOMAN.
They have been entertaining in their way, but they aren't cuddly and they don't purr. I'm just waiting for the remaining budgie to die so I can get another kitteh.