Are we happy yet?

I’m a bit spoiled by our kittens, who were born with smiles on their faces.  I just can’t seem to find anything which will put a “grin” on Missy Mae’s face, although she’s eating well and enjoys being brushed.  She doesn’t enjoy the sound of dogs barking, but then, who does?

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Come to think of it, I guess Chelsea doesn’t look happy most of the time, either.  She always wonders why her “come hither” poses don’t attract any takers, but I think it’s because she needs to turn that frown upside-down!

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Posted by Leigh-Ann on 06/03 at 11:18 PM

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  1. Ha, those two put the sour in sour puss, don’t they? They’re both really pretty cats, though. Are you looking for a home for Missy Mae?
    I’ve never really thought about cat expressions. A past cat, Taz, was always rather grumpy looking, and she disliked being picked up or even petted. She followed people around though and was quite bereft when we had a petsitter stay at the house a couple of times, meowed constantly and peed all over the house (she only did this when stressed.)
    Grumpy though she always was I really missed her when she passed on at 14, had her since she was a tiny kitten.
    My current cat Elvis has a more sunny disposition and it shows. Come to think of it, most of the female cats I’ve known have been on the cranky side and the males more lovey.
    Maybe it’s a gender difference?

    Posted by Carina  on  06/04  at  11:57 AM

  2. Well.. they certainly have me smiling. :-)

    Posted by Simply Coll  on  06/04  at  04:29 PM

  3. I’m not actively looking for a home for Missy Mae, but I will be.  I wanted to give her time to adjust to living indoors with us, and to see if she likes other cats, if she tolerates dogs, if she likes to be a lap cat, etc.  In other words, I want to know more about her personality before I try to find her a home, as I don’t want to send her to a house with other cats and have her be miserable if she’s best as an only cat.  She’s coming along ever-so-slowly… today she’s about two inches closer to the front of her crate than she was last week.  She still refuses to come anywhere near me voluntarily, but doesn’t seem to mind too much if I just pick her up and put her on my lap.

    I just posted a comment this morning on “Caturday”, saying that I do think there are some differences in the personalities of male and female cats.  My cat Sweet Pea was affectionate in her own way, but didn’t like to be touched excessively and was a biter.  She was a “sit near you” cat, not a “sit on you” cat.  After she died, I talked to a shelter about adopting a cat and I was interested in an older female they had, and the shelter employee told me that in her experience, the male cats were more cuddly and affectionate than the females.  She said that she thought big ol’ tom cats were the most affectionate of all, and although I was skeptical at the time, our cat Frank definitely proves that.  He’s scarred from fighting and has a huge head from not being neutered when he was young, but he’s just a lovebug.  With our three kittens, the boys are cuddly guys who want kisses, but the girl likes to play by herself and is very independent.  My brother has noticed the same thing with Rory/Vegas since taking her home—she likes to play “hunter” with furry toys, something her adoptive brothers aren’t too interested in.

    Long story short, the idea of behavioural differences between the feline sexes seems quite plausible :)

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  06/04  at  09:41 PM

  4. From personal experience I’d agree that male cats tend to be cuddlier than females—I grew up with female cats, who were never affectionate except with my dad, and have Salem now, who’s a complete mama’s boy and is happiest snuggling in bed, sitting on my head and kissing my nose. :) When I volunteered at the shelter I noticed the same thing. Calicos and torties always seem prone to grumpiness for some reason…but since they’re so pretty they seem to get away with it. :)

    Posted by Helena  on  06/05  at  07:40 AM

  5. Francesca, my Torti, likes to sit on my lap but doesn’t particularly like the pet. She’ll purr when you give her a scratch under the chin, but she’ll just as soon walk away and come back to stretch out over my legs.

    Claw, my grey tiger who passed on, liked the pet for about a minute then her tail would start to flick even as she was purring. If you didn’t stop petting her, she’d bite you. She just wanted to curl up in a ball and suck your body heat.

    Posted by Nio  on  06/06  at  05:13 AM

  6. Nio, your cat “Claw” sounds like my Sweet Pea.  She purred and wanted to be petted, but I kept it up for more than about 10 seconds she’d sink her teeth into my arm.  She loved to sit on my lap or sit beside me, but I always had to make sure I didn’t touch her in any way which irritated her.  I’d had her from the time she was about 8 weeks old, so I have no idea why she was like that.

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  06/06  at  10:51 PM
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