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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2006Need a fondling lesson
I recently adopted a pair of calico sisters, a year old. Neither one especially likes to be picked up and held, turning into 12-legged felines if I try. Due to coyotes in the neighbourhood, they are indoor cats. I've heard that calicos are not the most touchy-feely types, and as I am already the third owner in their short lives, I suspect that they weren't handled much as kittens. Is this behaviour hard-wired, or should I persevere with them, and try to get them to enjoy "up close and personal" a bit more? They follow me from room to room like dogs, sleep with me, and are generally pretty companionable, one being a tad more sociable than her sis. Thanks Blair I wouldn't try to force it on them. Give them time and love. Some cats do not like being picked up even if they were handled as young kittens. Enjoy your girls!! Gail > I recently adopted a pair of calico sisters, a year old. Neither one > especially likes to be picked up and held, turning into 12-legged [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks > Blair > I wouldn't try to force it on them. Give them time and love. Some cats do > not like being picked up even if they were handled as young kittens. Enjoy > your girls!! > Gail > > I wouldn't try to force it on them. Give them time and love. Some cats do > > not like being picked up even if they were handled as young kittens. Enjoy > > your girls!! > > Gail Hmm. You look kinda familiar, around the eyes. > I recently adopted a pair of calico sisters, a year old. Neither one >especially likes to be picked up and held, turning into 12-legged [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Thanks >Blair One characteristic of Maine Coon cats, as well as some of their moggie relatives, is the characteristic of loving being "near" you but not "on" you. Tiger, a Maine Coon-ish moggie, will not sit on your lap. Only in his later years (12 yrs) has he decided that in some very particular situations he loves being pet. This type of cat will also tend to bond strongly to one person in the household, but be totally indifferent to everyone else. Louis (4 yr Bengal) is even more selective - only in his very cuddly, going-to-sleep mode will he enjoy a gentle stroke on the neck or cheek. Other times he shrinks away. Ironically, the new cat, Chloe, will allow you to cuddle her like a teddy bear, even though she has an arbitrary insane streak which can turn quite bloody. Cats are different. BLink >>Tiger, a Maine Coon-ish moggie, will >> not sit on your lap. My Tiger is also a Maine Coon-ish cat. He is a 24 pound lap cat. He will sit there for hours at times usually preferring not to be petted - just sleeping. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') >>>Tiger, a Maine Coon-ish moggie, will >>> not sit on your lap. > >My Tiger is also a Maine Coon-ish cat. He is a 24 pound lap cat. He >will sit there for hours at times usually preferring not to be petted - >just sleeping. Bubba the MC is too big for my lap, but if I'm lying down, he'll stretch out on my chest/stomach and go to sleep. He usually doesn't mind being petted, but sometimes he'll go from purring to bite/scratch/bunnykick in a blink. Especially if he's on the 'nip. Gotta keep those nails trimmed. Claude` > >>>Tiger, a Maine Coon-ish moggie, will > >>> not sit on your lap. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Claude` Hi! I have a cat who doesn't like to be picked up and I have had her since she was a kitten(she's 11 now). She loves to be petted and will sit on my lap when it is her idea, but will not come out when company is over. Her brother and litermate is totally opposite and they were raised exactly the same. I think each cat just has their own personality just like we do! >> >>>Tiger, a Maine Coon-ish moggie, will >> >>> not sit on your lap. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >raised exactly the same. I think each cat just has their own >personality just like we do! That's for sure. When I pick Bubba up I'm always careful to use both hands and make sure that I support all his weight so I don't accidentally hurt him and he still wiggles and makes noises like I'm torturing him. LOL He's a people kitty though. He loves company and always hits the visitors up for a few pets. He's scared to death of other cats, though. The neighbor's kitten ran him behind the couch by hissing at him and was only about 1/10 his size at the time... Dunno what's up with that. It was hilarious. Claude "Claude V. Lucas" <claudel@sonic.net> wrote > > When I pick Bubba up I'm always careful to use both > hands and make sure that I support all his weight so > I don't accidentally hurt him and he still wiggles > and makes noises like I'm torturing him. > > LOL Cats can be such drama queens! Both of my cats do this when anyone picks them up. And yet they will seek affection and snuggle and offer up their tummies to be petted. Just don't *pick them up.* >"Claude V. Lucas" <claudel@sonic.net> wrote > >> When I pick Bubba up I'm always careful to use both [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >seek affection and snuggle and offer up their tummies >to be petted. Just don't *pick them up.* Bubba fits that description for sure. Usually when he rolls over and offers up his belly he's setting bait for the unwary because 9 out of 10 times it turns into grab/bite/scratch/bunnykick after a few strokes. Usually he's just playing but if I don't keep him trimmed he'll do some damage. He never seems to bite hard, but always gives a "Now I've got *you*" look. Good thing that house cats aren't any bigger... Some of us would be prey. Claude > Good thing that house > cats aren't any bigger... Some of us would be prey. I have thought of this! Also, while rubbing my kitty's tummy while she blisses out and makes google eyes on the bed, I have thought of how great it would be to lie belly up and have some Great Big Hand come down and rub your belly and scratch your head! lol >> Good thing that house >> cats aren't any bigger... Some of us would be prey. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Great Big Hand come down and rub your belly and scratch your >head! lol :^) > > Good thing that house > > cats aren't any bigger... Some of us would be prey. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Great Big Hand come down and rub your belly and scratch your > head! lol That's part of my idea of what significant others are for . . . ;)  SignatureWeb site: http://www.slywy.com/ Message board: http://www.slywy.com/phpBB2/ Journal: http://slywy.blogspot.com/ > > > Good thing that house > > > cats aren't any bigger... Some of us would be prey. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > That's part of my idea of what significant others are for . . . ;) lol! No, I was thinking the Big Hand--proportional to the size of ours in relation to a cat. Now just imagine a back rub with a paw that size. Now that I think about it, this is kind of scary. Never mind. :) > Never mind. :) never mind what? > > Never mind. :) > > never mind what? Never mind about the big hand. Never MIND, lol > > > Never mind. :) > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Never MIND, lol Dang, and my fantasies had just begun. I'm fond of belly rubs. (Wish my cat were!) SignatureWeb site: http://www.slywy.com/ Message board: http://www.slywy.com/phpBB2/ Journal: http://slywy.blogspot.com/ > Dang, and my fantasies had just begun. I'm fond of belly rubs. (Wish my > cat were!) and you're preffered method is by a large hand? oooo kkkk maybe this is lapse to time when jolly green giant was household icon > > Dang, and my fantasies had just begun. I'm fond of belly rubs. (Wish my > > cat were!) > > and you're preffered method is by a large hand? That was cybercat's. I'm not so picky. ;) SignatureWeb site: http://www.slywy.com/ Message board: http://www.slywy.com/phpBB2/ Journal: http://slywy.blogspot.com/ > > and you're preffered method is by a large hand? > > That was cybercat's. I'm not so picky. ;) oh, i see, maybe you are willing to settle for Mr Clean > > > and you're preffered method is by a large hand? > > > > That was cybercat's. I'm not so picky. ;) > > oh, i see, maybe you are willing to settle for Mr Clean Stop! You're making me feel old . . . SignatureWeb site: http://www.slywy.com/ Message board: http://www.slywy.com/phpBB2/ Journal: http://slywy.blogspot.com/ > > > > and you're preffered method is by a large hand? > > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Stop! You're making me feel old . . . He so mean. *shaking my head* Anyway, I still think the Big Hand is an intriguing thing to think about. :) > > > oh, i see, maybe you are willing to settle for Mr Clean > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Anyway, I still think the Big Hand is an intriguing thing to think about. :) aaawww. i theenk we have a "brawny paper towel man" kind of cat on our hands tonight > > Dang, and my fantasies had just begun. I'm fond of belly rubs. (Wish my > > cat were!) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > maybe this is lapse to time when jolly green giant was household icon No, no, no. :) You have to be petting your cat on the belly for the 900th time, enjoying her googly-eyed bliss, then imagine what it would be like if you were in her place and a benign, well-wishing big hand came in and just laid you out and rubbed you were it feels the best. Okay, so it is a little surreal. :) That's why I recommended that you never mind. I wouldn't force it... let them go as far as they want to.. And pray for the best ;op SignatureWill~ "... so that's how liberty ends, in a round of applause." Queen Amidala, The revenge of the Syth. > I recently adopted a pair of calico sisters, a year old. Neither one > especially likes to be picked up and held, turning into 12-legged [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks > Blair
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