Here's a question for everyone: What is your FAVOURITE thing about your cat? (Each of your cats, if you have more than one.)
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As a new cat owner, and a first time cat owner, I've had a LOT of discoveries to make.
I adopted Mackerel less than a month ago, and although my aunts breed Siamese cats, and I've spent months at a time living with them and their FIVE cats, I've always had dogs at home and considered myself more of a dog person. We got Mackerel because our new home is far too small to bring my two basenjis (African Hunting Dogs) with us from my parents house, and splitting them up was a disaster- we couldn't even last a week with those sad faces. So when my partner asked if we could get a cat, I said yes... but didn't really expect that much from 'it'.
I've fallen head over heels in love with Mackerel, but I have to say that my favourite thing, my absolute FAVOURITE thing about her... is her purr. It's the reason we adopted her. As soon as I picked her up she started purring. She kept purring for over 40 minutes, while we had a look at some other cats, and then while we decided that we had to have her, and then while we did the paperwork. I love that it's the first thing I hear in the morning and often the last thing I hear before I go to bed. She sleeps under our couch a lot, and often we can hear her purring away down there, just happy about being warm and comfortable. Sometimes when she's asleep on the couch next to me, I'll move slightly, and she'll wake up slightly and start purring- without me doing anything.
There is something just... incredibly lovable about a purr.
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As a new cat owner, and a first time cat owner, I've had a LOT of discoveries to make.
I adopted Mackerel less than a month ago, and although my aunts breed Siamese cats, and I've spent months at a time living with them and their FIVE cats, I've always had dogs at home and considered myself more of a dog person. We got Mackerel because our new home is far too small to bring my two basenjis (African Hunting Dogs) with us from my parents house, and splitting them up was a disaster- we couldn't even last a week with those sad faces. So when my partner asked if we could get a cat, I said yes... but didn't really expect that much from 'it'.
I've fallen head over heels in love with Mackerel, but I have to say that my favourite thing, my absolute FAVOURITE thing about her... is her purr. It's the reason we adopted her. As soon as I picked her up she started purring. She kept purring for over 40 minutes, while we had a look at some other cats, and then while we decided that we had to have her, and then while we did the paperwork. I love that it's the first thing I hear in the morning and often the last thing I hear before I go to bed. She sleeps under our couch a lot, and often we can hear her purring away down there, just happy about being warm and comfortable. Sometimes when she's asleep on the couch next to me, I'll move slightly, and she'll wake up slightly and start purring- without me doing anything.
There is something just... incredibly lovable about a purr.