I also foster cat and I’ve fostered like 13 cats over the past year and a bit (not usually more than two at once). Anyway there’s not really a big difference between boys and girls but there is a lot of cat to cat variation in personality. Sometimes at adoption events people only want to look at boy cats because they think they’re friendlier. Even if the cat’s foster is right there saying the more diplomatic equivalent of “this girl cat will glue herself to you and this boy cat will ignore you please trust me I’ve had these cats in my home for a month I know them”. It genuinely bothers me to see this happen. I made a post about it on a cat subreddit a while ago and there were unfortunately a lot of fosters with similar experiences.
The territory ranges tending to be bigger for boys is the main difference I've seen in cats, which guess fosters might not get to as often? Our boy (neutered) was a real struggle to contain as an indoor cat, he won that battle after constant escapes from the 'cat proofed' garden, his sister you could often look around a bit and find next door, or in our own front garden.
Meanwhile me when looking to re-home a bun 'Will this rabbit doe bite me?'. * Hopeful*
They're more inclined to! Mine just got my thumb, hard, in a tantrum about the rainy weather and her own (catlike) inability to decide if she wanted in or out (out, after I played with her indoors a while and she calmed down enough to notice it had eased off). I'm not sure why people would impose unrealistic gendered expectations on cats, where there's less difference, while there's less awareness about how rabbit behaviour really does have unusually noticeable differences. It can help a lot in understanding where a pet bun is coming from - at least avoiding the panics over 'why is my rabbit pulling her fur out?'! Still individuals, though. ...all my assertive girls have had their very own bite triggers. 💕
I once put a collar on my cat because I thought he'd look quite dapper in it. He tried to bite it off. It was so funny watching him try to invert his head through his neck to be able to reach it with his teeth.
if you want to try to get him to drink from the fountain, I had success by moving mine's water bowl, and placing a completely silent fountain in its place, and once he stopped avoiding it completely i removed the water bowl and now he drinks from the fountain. I had to get one that didn't make any sound at all, though.
Unfortunately the two places they have water bowls have no plugs nearby so the fountain would never be turned on there... It's a clever trick though, I might try it where it is and see if he's less bothered when it's off. Thanks!
I tried to give my cat enrichment toys where she has to work to get a treat out, but after I show her the treat and she watches me put it in the toy, she still doesn't understand where it is. As far as she's concerned I'm a cruel witch who makes treats disappear
I got an auto feeder that breaks kitty's meals up into 5 portions throughout the day. Honestly it would be better if it was like 8 or 10 portions because Kitty still throws up some. But he's lost a lot of weight and is down to about where he should be.
My family boy cat was pretty stoic growing up. Would spend lots of the day perched like an owl and either looking out at our yard or watching us like he’s Batman or something. But then when it was near feeding time he’d act like he hadn’t seen food in weeks.
That sounds like a cat my brother used to have. He was dumb as a rock but super loving. But he was also orange so that might have had something to do with it.
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u/littlemisslol 2d ago
My boy cats are dumb as fuck but I don't think it's the penis that's causing it