Sherry wrote:
I'm dying to hear if Brian has anything to add ....... he has three and surely there is a least favorite thing from at least one of them.
Oh ok

I don't really dwell on negatives though, so it actually requires a fair amount of thought...
Serafina: When I'm in the livingroom or office room, trying to get some work done on the laptop, she'll do three things: running on her cat wheel (cool), climbing on the hicat / messing around on the bookshelves and shelving (very cool), and staring at the walls and caterwalling (grr not so cool). Sometimes the only way I can get her to quiet down is to put her in another room (which I hate doing because I know she doesn't like it, and I mostly enjoy her company).
Gaga: Poor Gaga, she's been through a lot, and continues to go through a lot with the twice a day pillings. Right now it's just a constant battle to dutifully get her to take her pills, while remaining on her "good side" as much as possible. So I just wish that she would relax about it a bit, and understand that it could be a really easy and quick thing if she cooperated, and that I mean her only the best. As it is right now, there is just this uncomfortable tension where she watches me distrustfully, trying to decide whether I'm about to grab her and give her a pill or not. So I have to spend a lot of effort trying to overcome that.
Neytiri: I just wish she wasn't so mistrustful of strangers. It happens over and over: a cat-loving friend comes over, dying to see the three cats, has an instant fascination with Neytiri. They ooh and aah over her (even more so than the bengals), but she runs and hides! It's kind of maddening because Neytiri is the cuddliest, purry-est, most effection-seeking (and reciprocating) cat I've ever met. And people come that want to share that very thing with her, and it would be something that she'd really really enjoy if she'd just let it happen...and she runs :(
On the flip side though, Neytiri does come around for those that are patient (patient meaning over a number of days/weeks of visits) and does eventually become purry and rubbing and climbing all over the people she trusts. It's just a really high barrier of trust that someone has to establish with her! So there are now a number of people who feel they have this extra-special and exclusive relationship with Neytiri. Once she has "made friends" with someone, she has a way of making them feel very special! And part of that, admittedly, is the barrier she puts up that they have to overcome.