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So I have a boy and a girl, littermates raised together as tiny kittens, and they are both very comfortable with me but one thing they have always done since young is that the boy will make direct eye contact with me all the time, but the female refuses. If she really wants attention, she'll place her face in the way of what I'm looking at like the TV or laptop, but she'll only stare at my forehead. She doesn't mind if I look into her pretty eyes, but she won't even glance directly back at mine.
Comically, if I slowly raise my head higher so that her eyes would meet mine, she'll just adjust her gaze and keep staring at my forehead but never let eyes meet even for a second. I heard its supposedly rude in cat world to stare into eyes, but the boy I can even have a staring contest while petting him and he purrs and will always maintain eye contact no problemo.
I thought it was just my two, but talking about adopting two more kitties the topic somehow came up when we were talking girls vs boys and she said the same thing with her (she has FIVE after having some family's cats dumped on her lol), none of the female cats will make eye contact. Coincidence, or y'all notice that too?
Comically, if I slowly raise my head higher so that her eyes would meet mine, she'll just adjust her gaze and keep staring at my forehead but never let eyes meet even for a second. I heard its supposedly rude in cat world to stare into eyes, but the boy I can even have a staring contest while petting him and he purrs and will always maintain eye contact no problemo.
I thought it was just my two, but talking about adopting two more kitties the topic somehow came up when we were talking girls vs boys and she said the same thing with her (she has FIVE after having some family's cats dumped on her lol), none of the female cats will make eye contact. Coincidence, or y'all notice that too?