Wanted to throw this out there and get some opinions. I have three cats, two males and a female. Of the three, the female is by far the most affectionate, the one who sleeps with me and comes looking for attention every morning when I sit down at the computer to work (the lap time "belly stomp").
The two males, not so much, although one of them, Doodad, does occasionally sleep with me or come up to me doing the "back arch" thing with the tail straight up ("pet me NOW!"). The other male, Ponce, is more reclusive, allows me to pet him, but tends to put the ears back and leave if I do it for more than a few seconds (I love him anyway).
Recently, a female friend of mine came over to sit them for a few days. She reported that Ponce was all over her, wanting attention, getting in her lap, etc. ("he's my new boyfriend now!" she said). That is totally unlike how he behaves around me. And on top of that, the female, Moonbat, totally avoided her.
Okay, so opposite behavior from my cats between opposite human genders.
I am just wondering if other people have noticed this as well, if it is a "known, known" regarding cat behavior.
The two males, not so much, although one of them, Doodad, does occasionally sleep with me or come up to me doing the "back arch" thing with the tail straight up ("pet me NOW!"). The other male, Ponce, is more reclusive, allows me to pet him, but tends to put the ears back and leave if I do it for more than a few seconds (I love him anyway).
Recently, a female friend of mine came over to sit them for a few days. She reported that Ponce was all over her, wanting attention, getting in her lap, etc. ("he's my new boyfriend now!" she said). That is totally unlike how he behaves around me. And on top of that, the female, Moonbat, totally avoided her.
Okay, so opposite behavior from my cats between opposite human genders.
I am just wondering if other people have noticed this as well, if it is a "known, known" regarding cat behavior.