I really don't know anything about cats other than they are nothing like dogs so I hope someone can help with this.
My teenage daughter got a kitten from my mother but he seems to have attached himself to me even though I haven't done anything to encourage his affection. Before we moved he spent a lot more time with my daughter but in our new apartment he follows me everywhere and sleeps part of the night with me.
He's not a particularly cuddly fellow and cries pathetically when he's being held; this has been the case since he was tiny (he's now 11 months old). As long as he's not being held he likes affection well enough but as soon as you pick him up he puts his head back with his eyes closed and wails like an infant. My daughter pets him and tries to love him and I've told her that maybe she should try not picking him up, but I'm afraid he's bonded with me - is there anything we can do to make him love her more and me less? She's going to want to take him with her when she moves one day and the way things are I can't see that being a good thing for the cat. Am I right to be concerned?
My teenage daughter got a kitten from my mother but he seems to have attached himself to me even though I haven't done anything to encourage his affection. Before we moved he spent a lot more time with my daughter but in our new apartment he follows me everywhere and sleeps part of the night with me.
He's not a particularly cuddly fellow and cries pathetically when he's being held; this has been the case since he was tiny (he's now 11 months old). As long as he's not being held he likes affection well enough but as soon as you pick him up he puts his head back with his eyes closed and wails like an infant. My daughter pets him and tries to love him and I've told her that maybe she should try not picking him up, but I'm afraid he's bonded with me - is there anything we can do to make him love her more and me less? She's going to want to take him with her when she moves one day and the way things are I can't see that being a good thing for the cat. Am I right to be concerned?