Posted by IsoM on March 20, 2002, at 14:43:23
In reply to Above post-script re: Angelbait, posted by trouble on March 20, 2002, at 13:53:43
If her physical comfort is looked after & she's not ill or in pain (which sounds like she isn't), she's a attention-needy cat.
I do have one like her. She's my little sweet girl. I watched an animal documentary one time (I can never fill my need/desire for as much on animals as I can get). One part had something about a mother ocelot & her one remaining half-grown kitten. The kitten couldn't possibly be more lovey with her Mom, twining & rubbing her body all over Mom as she laid there. You could hear the kitten purring loudly too. She was literaly crawling & rubbing all over Mom & I thought "that's just what my Morgana is like."
She'll come running up to me, stare intently at me, meow loudy & insistently once & then sit staring, lashing her tail impatiently. It took me a while to figure out, but she wants me to pick her up. Then she proceeds to rub her face & body all over. She gets so happy & intense that she can't hold still. She's not a cat to sit in my lap, she has to be moving, dancing all over. But then she suits me.
I found I needed to smother her with lots of physical attention & affection before she'd calm down. Now instead of demanding my love all the time, she'll pick a number of times a day - get smothered, & then is happy for a few hours. She is just a very intense little cat. When she loves you, she throws her whole soul & heart into it. She's very feisty & spunky - she's got enough personality to fit a tiger.
I bet anything that's what your cat is like. Cats can be social with each other - more so if they're litter mates, but cats, if raised around people, will bond stronger with a human than another cat generally. Your Angelbait's making up for all the love your mother didn't give you.
As for the silly poem - no, the woman didn't kill her cat. It's a spoof or sarcasm over the grief that's normally felt when a pet dies.
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