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MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts) Thu Apr 26, 2012, 10:33 PM Apr 2012

Does your cat ever go REALLY out-of-its-way to avoid actual contact with you.

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NoName didn't with me -- but I had other cats who were sometimes like this.
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Does your cat ever go REALLY out-of-its-way to avoid actual contact with you. (Original Post) MiddleFingerMom Apr 2012 OP

I have one cat that I got when she was six months old. She was happy being around people but did not applegrove Apr 2012 #1

I have one who was a rescue and extremely traumatized. She tolerates only my daughter, the smallest poverlay Apr 2012 #2

applegrove

(118,492 posts)

1. I have one cat that I got when she was six months old. She was happy being around people but did not

Reply to MiddleFingerMom (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 10:46 PM

Apr 2012

want to be held. She's gotten even more aloof as she has aged. Don't know what happened to her as a kitty to make her so comfortable in a crowd of humans as long as nobody tries to touch her.

poverlay

(2,397 posts)

2. I have one who was a rescue and extremely traumatized. She tolerates only my daughter, the smallest

Reply to MiddleFingerMom (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 11:13 PM

Apr 2012

sweetest, most non-threatening person in the house. As for the other non-traumatized ones, they seem drawn to whoever is the least interested in their company. Standard kitty contract...

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