She´s a Different Cat!

I have a male and female cat. My female cat was a birthday present from my two sons. She came first. She seemed fine as a kitten but as she grew up she is one of those I am in the house you can see me but leave me alone cat. I feed her, take care of her, and once a day usually as I go to bed she comes for her petting. My other cat I was volunteering at a Vets office, and they had brought in 5 abandoned kittens and their mother. One looked siamese, with a couple of unusual markings. I told the groomer that I wanted to adopt him. they were all very sick. I came every day to take care of the pet kennel for the cats that the doctor had to keep them in. I cleaned them all out and took special care of my kitten I was going to bring home. he was in and out of the vets for over 3 months. At one point I told Doc it was ok if he could not get him well and needed to put him down. Doc said he wanted to try one more med so he did and now my male cat has been with me for over 2 years. My female cat has nothing to do with him. If he tries to play with her she goes into these horrible hissing fits and does not want to be bothered. (got them both fixed) My male is a whiner if he is not where he can see me you can just hear him cry. He has learned how to open my bedroom door when its shut. Although I have not lost either cat their personalities are like night and day and sometimes I wonder if I did not make my female cat more distant by bringing him home. Although she is content to be the cat she is it seems. have not figured this out yet.

When Sunny got out and never came back, Tiger got more anxious, and rubbed on us more, and he would sit by the front door like he was waiting for him to come back.

I have known of animals that this has happened with, and my old kitty, Tiger was that way when his first young companion. I had other cats when that happened, but he definitely missed Sneekaroo. My friend had a puppy that was befriended by a stray tom cat who adopted them. The cat used to even catch rabbits for the dog as it grew. It was a hunting dog. The cat got hit by a car and the young dog seriously grieved. Lost appetite as well.

Not with a cat but with a dog.....seemed lonely after the other one was no longer around...change too and became clingy! They have feelings just like us! I am sure he was grieving!

Female cats generally do not get along with each other.. it seems there can only be one female per territory. Though generally males can get along much easier.. there can be multiple males in the same home with no issues what so ever. Personally I currently have 2 cats, one male, one female, from the same litter. They seem to get along great.. but they've not yet reached puberty so we'll see what happens in the coming months. I have noticed a personality change in cats after losing another one. Last summer we lost 2 of our cats within a few months of each other, and the remaining cat had a similar personality change. This cat who typically avoided people and affection had suddenly transformed into a lap cat. I suppose there could be multiple reasons for this. One could be that there is no longer tension in the house because the cats "threat" is gone. It could be the cat wants more attention because it's lonely. Or it could be that the cat doesn't understand why the other one is gone and is making sure you don't try to get rid of her as well!

I read a book about animals not recognizing their family as they get mature...I believe its normal because they aren't created like humans. They can even mate their own mother as they become adult because they no longer recognize her as her mother..he just look unto her as a female cat. I just observe cats in our place. There a lots of them who already grew in our place and that's my conclusion.

You don't suppose...? Nah! How would a cat take out a contract on another cat?