Chester use to stay in that room I kept those boys in and just sit at their cage for hours and watch them. He always stayed nearby to keep a eye on them. He and Wally would go nose to nose like they were kissing each other often. I could tell he had fell in love with them. Of coarse I cried when I sent them on to their new home and hearing Chester call and call for them made me cry even more. He'd go in that room and wander through the house calling and calling them. It was the most pitiful thing I ever saw, how he grieved and grieved for them. He didn't eat for several days and just sat and cried for them...

When Miss Tuxie was here, I kept the door shut so he wouldn't get attached to her but he wasn't interested in her at all. Still, I wouldn't take any chances since I had promised him I wouldn't do that to him again. I think male cats get more attached and take on that "fatherly" role more than a female does with the motherly role (with a kitten that is not hers). I had another male years ago that would father every kitten he could get his paws on.