I don't have a second cat and have no plans to get one...for any number of reasons, not the least of which is that in my heart I don't think Ritz would deal well with the change. She gets irritated with the cat from down the street happens to saunter too close to the back window!

However, even being an only cat, she has also gone through a number of mood and affection changes. The first time she opted to sleep on the downstairs love seat and not curled up next to me, I was crushed! This went on for about two months, then she started cuddling again.

Now, she cuddles at least a few times a week - in her case, I think it was just part of growing to adult kitty-hood. When she was a kitten, she was inseparable from my spouse and slept on, around, or near. Now, she no longer cuddles with my spouse, she does with me but not necessarily every night....

She does have "special" times with each of us--things she does with my spouse but not with me and vice versa...

I have come to appreciate it as part of her unique purrsonality. She is definitely no lap cat - if I lure her there with a warmed towel, she'll park her self there until it cools down again.


But, she is so very attuned to us, seems to know when something isn't quite right and "comes running", meets and greets us at the door when we come home...can't stand it if she is not in the same room with us...so affection comes in all shapes and sizes.

I wonder if part of Noah is also normal cat growth/behavior changes, coupled with the changing family structure.... I'm sure he still loves his mommycat