I see so many posts about people wanting a "lap cat", or upset that their kitten or cat isn't a "lap cat".
Can I ask why is there such an appeal of having a lap cat? Do people realize how a lap cat can interfere with their lives? Here is my story.
I love cuddly cats, but all this loving can be difficult and somewhat annoying when you are trying to do stuff.
My oldest cat Chynna is 14 1/2 years old and she has what I thought was a cute habit of going onto the shelf under my computer and tapping my knee to tell me that she wants some lovings. The routine has been that if she does that I pick her up and give her 'love bugs" where I scratch her head, chin and ears and she kisses me on the nose and then she settle down on my chest while I rub her tummy or brush her and that lasts about 15 or 20 minutes. It would last a whole lot longer but I put her on the ground at that point because if I don't she will lay there forever.
However, it's gotten to the point beyond annoying. Bless her little heart that she loves me so much and wants to be with me,
and I love her to pieces too
, but what used to be occasionally, has turned into a 2 or 3 times or more an hour. It's impossible to ignore her because she keeps tapping you until you stop and pick her up and give her cuddles, and she's very insistent about it.
Sometimes I try and cheat by using one hand to rub her head, chin and ears while she's on the shelf while I type or work on my graphics with the other hand, but it's difficult and she keeps tapping my leg to tell me that she wants "up". If I don't pick her up, she eventually does jump down, but then she lays on the rug looking so sad and rejected. Then she'll try again a little while later.
I feel like such a bad "Mommy" for not wanting to cuddle her as often as she wants me too, but it just gets to be too much after awhile and if I cuddle her as much as she wants I can't get anything done
. Cuddling Chynna could easily be a full time job.
Can I ask why is there such an appeal of having a lap cat? Do people realize how a lap cat can interfere with their lives? Here is my story.
I love cuddly cats, but all this loving can be difficult and somewhat annoying when you are trying to do stuff.
My oldest cat Chynna is 14 1/2 years old and she has what I thought was a cute habit of going onto the shelf under my computer and tapping my knee to tell me that she wants some lovings. The routine has been that if she does that I pick her up and give her 'love bugs" where I scratch her head, chin and ears and she kisses me on the nose and then she settle down on my chest while I rub her tummy or brush her and that lasts about 15 or 20 minutes. It would last a whole lot longer but I put her on the ground at that point because if I don't she will lay there forever.
However, it's gotten to the point beyond annoying. Bless her little heart that she loves me so much and wants to be with me,
Sometimes I try and cheat by using one hand to rub her head, chin and ears while she's on the shelf while I type or work on my graphics with the other hand, but it's difficult and she keeps tapping my leg to tell me that she wants "up". If I don't pick her up, she eventually does jump down, but then she lays on the rug looking so sad and rejected. Then she'll try again a little while later.
I feel like such a bad "Mommy" for not wanting to cuddle her as often as she wants me too, but it just gets to be too much after awhile and if I cuddle her as much as she wants I can't get anything done