Yorkster, actually, I agree with you when it comes to social acceptance between males and females. It seems as though the males are more gregarious than the females and are more prone to change and also to be trained. I believe that the female personalities are more adopted for kitten rearing and therefore, their personalities are more fixed and less able to be altered with ageing or social exposure. I have one feral cat in my outdoor bunch, Checker is a very pretty tortie, but you cannot get close to her. Even though I have had her for almost 2 years now, I have only touched her once . I can get close to her, but she panics when touched. She eats with the others, but other than that she is a very independant kitty.

.....wayne