I went to visit a cattery last week and I was just curious as to what you guys would say about the cats/kittens I saw there. I am looking for an EXTREMELY extroverted, in-your-face, loving kitten or cat. I saw 5 or 6 kittens in her home (which was exceptionally clean, and the cats all looked very well), but not a single one of them seemed very friendly. One of the kittens did chew on me a bit, and finally settled down to curl up next to me, but none of them crawled in my lap or acted like they wanted to be pet (most of them would walk away when I pet them, which is exactly what our current cats do.)
The little ones were not yet ready to go (I canâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t remember how old they were, but they were very small) and the other two were 15 weeks old. The breeder said that most kittens arenâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t very people-friendly, that theyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re mostly interested in playing, and that the “lap cat†personality would come out later. Is this true??? None of her adults were overly friendly, either. They were certainly not skittish or afraid or anything that led me to believe they were mishandled or mistreated, but I was in a room filled with about 20 cats and only a few ever came up to either of us (me or the breeder), and even those didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t stay around for very long. Should I expect a kitten to take to me right away, or is it as she said - that these behaviors manifest as they get older?