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First, Snowflake is still doing great Slow, but great. Although she won't yet come to me, and will leave towards another room if I stand up, she'll hang out a lot right outside my bedroom door if I'm in bed or sitting at the computer. She likes to eat with the others, and their food is also in the hallway oustide my bedroom door. In fact, she'll stand at the door and look at me, or look for the other cats, and will even eat treats I throw towards her. In fact, sometimes she comes to the door and gives me the "where are my treats" look. lol
And one thing I'm really happy about -- she's not only playing with and getting along famously with my other cats, she's started playing with their toys! I'm hoping in time I'll be included in the circle.
Here's what happened today. I know this is a behavior question, but it's in reference to what to make of it in regards to socializing her, so I hope it's okay to post here.
Like I said she gets along great with the other cats, especially Rocky Rockette, who she always comes looking for. She also gets along great wiht Little Big Man.
I have a community pie pan that I use for dry food (they all have their own bowls for wet food) They all enjoy eating out of it, and have no problem eating together. Just now I was watching as Little Big Man (heretofore LBM lol) and Snowflake were eating out of pie pan, when suddenly Snowflake starts rubbing her head against LBM's head, but reallly intensely. I've never seen it this enthusiastically before, she was sticking her nose in his ears, and just like she was trying to almost engulf him practically. She is spayed and LBM is neutered, but he was just neutered 12 days ago.
Then she starts rubbing the whole side of her body against the whole side of his, so affectionately that she actually pushed him down sideways with her falling on top of him sideways and even after they got up, she was just rubbing her head against his head and neck and fact like crazy. My gut felt like she just was loving him like crazy.
I took the opportunity to slowly go out. She went to the living room, but I moved the food out a bit and lay down a couple of feet back and tried to call her to take advantage of the mood. Interestingly she didn't run as far as she ususally did. She wouldn't come over, but was watching me.
I didn't stay too long. I went back in the bedroom and she came back out and is playing with the balls and feather toys now.
Does this seem like a mating thing because I know they can impregnate a month after neuter, but he's only 6 months old. She's a year at least.
Or is it just affection? It's just in all my experience with cats, I've never seen such an enthusiastic display like that. She was literally all over him with almost her whole body rubbing.
Anyone ever see this or know what it might mean? Or if and how I can use it to get her more comfortable with me?
And one thing I'm really happy about -- she's not only playing with and getting along famously with my other cats, she's started playing with their toys! I'm hoping in time I'll be included in the circle.
Here's what happened today. I know this is a behavior question, but it's in reference to what to make of it in regards to socializing her, so I hope it's okay to post here.
Like I said she gets along great with the other cats, especially Rocky Rockette, who she always comes looking for. She also gets along great wiht Little Big Man.
I have a community pie pan that I use for dry food (they all have their own bowls for wet food) They all enjoy eating out of it, and have no problem eating together. Just now I was watching as Little Big Man (heretofore LBM lol) and Snowflake were eating out of pie pan, when suddenly Snowflake starts rubbing her head against LBM's head, but reallly intensely. I've never seen it this enthusiastically before, she was sticking her nose in his ears, and just like she was trying to almost engulf him practically. She is spayed and LBM is neutered, but he was just neutered 12 days ago.
Then she starts rubbing the whole side of her body against the whole side of his, so affectionately that she actually pushed him down sideways with her falling on top of him sideways and even after they got up, she was just rubbing her head against his head and neck and fact like crazy. My gut felt like she just was loving him like crazy.
I took the opportunity to slowly go out. She went to the living room, but I moved the food out a bit and lay down a couple of feet back and tried to call her to take advantage of the mood. Interestingly she didn't run as far as she ususally did. She wouldn't come over, but was watching me.
I didn't stay too long. I went back in the bedroom and she came back out and is playing with the balls and feather toys now.
Does this seem like a mating thing because I know they can impregnate a month after neuter, but he's only 6 months old. She's a year at least.
Or is it just affection? It's just in all my experience with cats, I've never seen such an enthusiastic display like that. She was literally all over him with almost her whole body rubbing.
Anyone ever see this or know what it might mean? Or if and how I can use it to get her more comfortable with me?