Bonding with a new kitty...

[moosmom]

I've had Loo Loo now for about a month or so. Everything is fine. Buddy adores her and they play so well together.

But I have a question. It's been on my mind for a bit now. I don't seem to have the same kind of "bond" with Loo Loo that I did with Mollie Rose. Don't get me wrong, she's a sweet cat and I'm glad everyone is doing well. But she doesn't climb in my lap and cuddle the way Mollie Rose did. I really miss that.

Is this a normal reaction? Has anyone else who has lost a kitty ever felt that way??

[smokey the elder]

Every cat is different. When I lost Smokey 10 years ago, it was quite a long time before I got another "lap cat". Diamond and TicTac are very sweet, but aren't lap cats. Bosun is well...Bosun. It was only when I adopted two adults (Bubba and Pink Nose) that I got "lap cats" again.

[pomtzu]

Yup - they're all different Donna. Maybe when she gets a little older, she'll become more mellow. She's still a baby, isn't she?

Just because she looks like Mollie Rose, doesn't mean she will act like her. Enjoy your little fur ball for what she is - a unique personality like no other! Let her surprise you with all the different acts and quirks that are hers alone. You wouldn't really want a clone, would you?

[catmandu]

Well being a Kitten Loo Loo may be so curious about her New Furrever Home and Buddy and You, that she hasnt got time to sit still and be a Lap cat yet
I find that Cats really dont become Lappies until they are a bit older and settled.
PHOTOS PLEASE!!!!

[katladyd]

When my boyfriend lost his beloved Tomas, I had just the day before, adopted a new kitten and given it to him(long story, he needed a home). Now, Buddy, the new guy was NOTHING like Tomas. Tomas was patient, loving, and sedate. Buddy is funny, rambunctious, and very impatient! He hates to sit on laps or be still for very long at all. At first, this bothered us until we started to appreciate Buddy for the beautiful (he is a gorgeous medium-haired tuxie!), funny, playful guy that he is. So playful, in fact, that we had to get a friend for him to play with. Enter Mau Mau. She is a lap cat extraordinare and seldom leaves a lap except to eat. Now that we have both kinds, we have found that each one has their own brand of charm. Enjoy your new kitty and she may become a lap cat yet! Buddy has recently started sitting on laps and begging for love and attention.

[carole]

Donna maybe she is just not going to be a lap kitty, as you well know not all of them are, out of my four I only have one who I would class as a semi-lap cat.

just accept her for herself, she will eventually show her purrsonality as time goes by, i know you want her to be like Mollie Rose, but it ain't gonna happen, she will be whoever SHE wants to be lol.Kitties Rule remember.

[Catty1]

Remember Buddy's one owner...the senior gentleman who thought Buddy would be like his departed cat because they looked alike!

It was the same thing - Buddy was Buddy, and also younger than the gentleman's cat!

Youth and kitties are wacky!