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   The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 05:49:12 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

   Our cats are very social but they’re not lap cats, nor do they like being picked up - something to do with missing out on human contact in their first few months (alley strays).

   However Merry likes to sleep across my shins now in the night (no idea why that’s comfortable) and just now fell asleep draped across my forearm while I was patting him, leaving me in a really uncomfortable position that I of course could not move from until he was finished the nap. Ow

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     CarePackage17 (carepackage17@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 05:54:56 JST CarePackage17

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     @sinbad the cat I grew up with used to do things like that (and also didn't like being picked up/held) :)

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     Tom Forsyth (tomf@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 06:02:46 JST Tom Forsyth

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     @sinbad Two of ours are like that - they like being near you and talking to you, and a chin rub is fine. But even after four years of training, being picked up is still something to be grudgingly endured, and lap-sitting is for special occasions only.

     Although one of them will now sit on our laps if (and only if) we're watching TV, and she seems to like to actively watch it with us. Very odd.

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 06:50:31 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     @Doomed_Daniel @TomF Merry is more choosy about his attention time but Pippin in particular is such an attention seeker; he'll follow people around all day and always want pats and play constantly. But he won’t let you pick him up for more than about 20 seconds and always settles near you but not on you

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     Daniel Gibson (doomed_daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 06:50:32 JST Daniel Gibson

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     • Tom Forsyth

     @TomF @sinbad
     Not sure how she was brought up exactly (we got her at 1.5years), but she's no stray.
     She's a Bengal though, so part of her is a bit wild and she has strong opinions on how things should (not) be.

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     Daniel Gibson (doomed_daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 06:50:33 JST Daniel Gibson

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     @TomF @sinbad
     Fellwurst doesn't really like being picked up either. She usually endures it for a minute or so and then starts struggling to get down again.
     But OTOH she's very cuddly: She loves scritches, demands to have her fur brushed multiple times per day, she boops our noses with her nose, she loves to sleep on or cuddled against us in bed or on the sofa (but not under the blanket), I get at least one milk treading per day.. but she doesn't like to be held or embraced 🤷