My cat
Source: Self (My cat)
I鈥檝e found that cats regularly bond with a particular person. They might be friendly to a range of people, but there always seems to be one particular person they are especially fond of. Animals don鈥檛 really care who technically owns them, so sometimes the cat ends up being the cat of a person who didn鈥檛 actually buy them.
I think I have a cat that鈥檚 my cat, or at least partly my cat (although I don鈥檛 technically own it). This cat will seem to follow me and sit with me when I鈥檓 around, let me pick it up. Anyone who knows me probably knows the cat I鈥檓 talking about, which I think says something.
Why is this my cat? What have I done that made it mine? I鈥檓 not the regular feeder. I do give it attention whenever I see it, so I guess that could be it. I was the one who named this cat, which makes it all the more special to me, but I don鈥檛 think the cat is aware of this. For some reason this cat seems to have imprinted on me.
Is it a personality thing? Do I just for some reason 鈥渃lick鈥 with this particular creature? What would that say about me? It鈥檚 a fairly big cat, that will ferociously, but playfully, jump at ankles unprovoked then scamper away. From time to time, it鈥檚 a friendly cat, but it likes its space. Maybe I鈥檓 the same.
I鈥檓 sure other animals do this as well, I suppose that鈥檚 the reason dogs are considered 鈥渕an鈥檚 best friend鈥. It鈥檚 actually quite nice to have an animal seem to appreciate having me around and follow me from place to place. I鈥檓 not a massive animal person, but sometimes I鈥檒l sit there alone with just the cat and it鈥檒l be somewhat therapeutic because I want some space from people, but I won鈥檛 want to be alone.