Hi, I hope I can ask this so it makes sence. When I lived on my own I had one or at most two cats at one time. Every one of them needed allot of attention from me, which was nice, it made me feel that they liked to be around me as much as I liked them.
Fast forward to today. When I married to Yvonne she had Missy and Teddy [her lasa opso sp? dog] Teddy was getting old and his health was getting so bad that Yvonne had to make the terribly hard choice of ending his suffering a couple years ago.
Sorry I am getting away from my question, When I moved over here I brought Peanut with me. Peanut had lived with just me since she was old enough to be on her own so moving here with 2 step kids and another cat and a little dog was real hard for Peanut. She pretty much only let me get close to her. Peanut got very sick and had to be put to sleep in 98, she was 8yrs old. Missy would also come to me for attention allot.
So now the kids bring Angel over a couple years ago then Panther, then last year we had a bunch of little baby kittens to feed because the mom wouldn't take care of them and we added Rusty to the mix so we were up to 4 cats. Then last August Tuffy came into my life so we now have 5 kittys in the house.
With all the cats now it seems like none of them come looking for attention from me near as much as when we had just Missy and Peanut, then Peanut died so it was just Missey for a while. Do they get some of the bonding they need from each other? Or do we just happen to have a bunch of kittys that don't need as much people contact? I miss having my kittys laying on me or right next to me wanting attention or to play with me or what ever. Tuffy is even wanting less attention from me lately.
I hope I explained all this in a way that makes sence as to what I am asking.
Fast forward to today. When I married to Yvonne she had Missy and Teddy [her lasa opso sp? dog] Teddy was getting old and his health was getting so bad that Yvonne had to make the terribly hard choice of ending his suffering a couple years ago.
Sorry I am getting away from my question, When I moved over here I brought Peanut with me. Peanut had lived with just me since she was old enough to be on her own so moving here with 2 step kids and another cat and a little dog was real hard for Peanut. She pretty much only let me get close to her. Peanut got very sick and had to be put to sleep in 98, she was 8yrs old. Missy would also come to me for attention allot.
So now the kids bring Angel over a couple years ago then Panther, then last year we had a bunch of little baby kittens to feed because the mom wouldn't take care of them and we added Rusty to the mix so we were up to 4 cats. Then last August Tuffy came into my life so we now have 5 kittys in the house.
With all the cats now it seems like none of them come looking for attention from me near as much as when we had just Missy and Peanut, then Peanut died so it was just Missey for a while. Do they get some of the bonding they need from each other? Or do we just happen to have a bunch of kittys that don't need as much people contact? I miss having my kittys laying on me or right next to me wanting attention or to play with me or what ever. Tuffy is even wanting less attention from me lately.
I hope I explained all this in a way that makes sence as to what I am asking.