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Do Cats Miss Humans? The Evidence.

mine just likes to sit near me, or on me when the oppurtunity presents itself. he couldnt care less about my comings and goings so long as i am available for cushion duty at least twice a day and i keep supplying him with stinky cat food he is content. i went out today and came back to find him in the same place snoozing, he had the courtesy to open one eye in recognition but when straight back to sleep.
 
I'm always surprised when our mog can recognise us through the window. It doesn't matter what time of day, so I know it's not learned etc. For some reason I always assumed they 'recognised' through scent, but not through double glazing they can't! It makes me smile.
 
Whenever I visit Lil she always comes running to see me so that she can pretend not to be bothered by my presence. It's really quite touching. If there's no-one else around she'll come and sit near me, just close enough that I can touch her but not so close it that it looks like she's interested. Bless her. No-one else gets that treatment.
 
QueenOfGoths said:
Same with me. I come in from work, make myself a cup of tea, settle down on the sofa etc.. no sign of the furry one. Mr. QofG's comes homes and the furry one appears from wherever he has been hiding making a real fuss.

If Mr. QofG's is absent for some reason I appear to be an adequete substitute but I am made to know my place as soon as the real objective of the cat's affections returns!
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Charlie of Doom makes more of a fuss of Mr Paw when he sits on the sofa than of me. If I'm on the comp and Mr Paw sits on the sofa to read, within seconds I can tell Monkey has jumped on him because I can hear a very loud drilling from that general direction. Charlie will sit on me on the sofa, but I'm more of a big plump cushion, whereas Mr Paw appears to be a friend.

If we are sat on the sofa together Monkey needs to be in between us, or spread across at least one of us. He won't sit at the end, he has to be included somehow. The same goes for bedtime. Heaven forbid we want a little cuddle. All of a sudden, there's Monkey with his face peering down at me from my pillow, with those subtle movements of his eyes and head that mean "my turn, shift out the way, I'm coming in", before we have to move apart and let him in between us under the covers.
 
I think so - there have been times I've come back from leaving Chim at home with only a visiting catsitter and she's come to the door, said 'MAOW!' in a cross voice and trotted off!

Other times she's extra cuddly and purry. :)
 
Vintage Paw said:
Charlie of Doom makes more of a fuss of Mr Paw when he sits on the sofa than of me. If I'm on the comp and Mr Paw sits on the sofa to read, within seconds I can tell Monkey has jumped on him because I can hear a very loud drilling from that general direction. Charlie will sit on me on the sofa, but I'm more of a big plump cushion, whereas Mr Paw appears to be a friend.

If we are sat on the sofa together Monkey needs to be in between us, or spread across at least one of us. He won't sit at the end, he has to be included somehow. The same goes for bedtime. Heaven forbid we want a little cuddle. All of a sudden, there's Monkey with his face peering down at me from my pillow, with those subtle movements of his eyes and head that mean "my turn, shift out the way, I'm coming in", before we have to move apart and let him in between us under the covers.
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Awwww!

Nighttime is the one of the few times Mr. Kippers will come and cuddle me.

He'll curl up next to me and put his head under my chin or, if I am not in the right position for that, simply lay across my neck/face:D. Very sweet but the loud purring in my ear and the face/chest paw massage I receive before he finally settles down either wakes me up or keeps me awake:o.

I do like it when he is sitting in the front room window and we come home and you can see his little mouth opening and closing from behind the glass but can't hear the meowing noise he is making!
 
QueenOfGoths said:
I do like it when he is sitting in the front room window and we come home and you can see his little mouth opening and closing from behind the glass but can't hear the meowing noise he is making!
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Ah, that's adorable isn't it :) Then the excitement as they start excitably trying to get down off the windowsill so they can greet you at the door, but knock most things off in the process because they forget their tail/arse is connected to the rest of them :)
 
My neighbour has two ginger toms, they love our garden. If they're out there, and they see me in the kitchen (we have patio doors to the garden) they come running over, stand on their back legs with their front paws on the glass, whilst peering through the glass and meowing at me silently...

Must take a pic one day.
 
When I don't catsit for my friend and her dad just pops in to feed them, they take the huff with her when she gets back. When I do catsit they are much more blasé.
 
Magic Sam just came down to help me with Ebay stuff, Delilah followed and sat on the back of the sofa behind him. She then followed him back upstairs, I called him down again to look at the pictures of Kittehs on the other thread and she followed again. They are now both back upstairs. She is probably at his feet meowing in adoration. :D :rolleyes:
 
My 3 all require a lot of attention to be paid to them to keep them happy. 2 of them need lots of cuddles and affection whereas the other one prefers attention in the form of being played with. Do they miss me? I can't even go to the loo without a row of cats sitting outside the door making pitiful noises. When I come home from being out they go nuts trying to climb into my arms or rolling around on the floor at my feet. I would say that's a good indication that they are not indifferent to my presence in their lives! They are 2 Oriental Shorthairs and a Cornish Rex cross - breeds of cat known for being extremely people-oriented and showing lots of affection towards their humans.
 
When Ms T and hendo go away and someone else looks after their house their cats do a dirty protest. I know this to be true.
 
My cat always runs to the front door and greets me when I come home. He doesn't do it for my son or husband. That's because he loves me the best, but they can't face the truth and they say it's because I feed him more often than they do.....
 
The Hogster loves Alex B to a hilarious degree. When Alex goes to the bathroom, Hoggy follows him and sits and waits outside. The minute A sits down, Hoggy is on his lap, paws on his chest, nudging his face ALL THE TIME. If Alex is in the flat, Hoggy must be near him.

And every single night he sleeps on the bed in between us and he faces Alex, which means I often wake up with a face full of cat arse. I love the Hogstable, but he's a daddy's boy.
 
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