To ask if you have a velcro cat?

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I have a 7 year old female cat who I love, she's got a very gentle and affectionate nature however she is incredibly clingy.

She has outdoor access but only goes out if the weather is warm, and even then it's a couple of hours at most. She was out this morning but was meowing to come in after 10 minutes.

She likes to sit on my lap and sit next to me at all times and be petted at all times, which is lovely usually but occasionally I feel I need a break. She has toys, cat tv and so on.

Occasionally I just shut myself in my bedroom, she cries at the door for a bit but eventually stops. I can't afford a second cat, I mean yes I can afford food etc. But living on my own I can't afford two lots of insurance, pet sitter fees and vet bills.

Has anyone found other techniques for their cat? It can be tricky if i WFH too.

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Yes I've always end up with velcro cats - I love it lol

But, come on, you must know the First Rule of Cats is surrender?

Regarding cat sitters i sadly don't have anyone close enough who would just come in and feed her. Family live an hour's drive away and don't really have close friends here.
I do have a friend who's a pet sitter so I pay her to come in.

My mum has just lost her gorgeous little Velcro boy and I’m heartbroken. Whenever I visited he liked to Velcro himself to my head with his paws on my face - the problem was he’d do this when I slept - and if I moved he’d dig his claws into my face as if to say “stay right where you fucking are I’m cosy” 🤣 I used to have to call “Muuuuum! Mum! Can you get Elliot off my head please?” Like a frightened child 😂 and if she was snoring away like a water buffalo I’d be fucked. sadly stupid DH is highly allergic to cats. Considering rehoming the DH to get the cat.

I do and we have to negotiate about where he can sit when I'm doing certain things
And by that I mean I contort myself so I can still type when he's decided he's sitting ON me not next to me.
However he has always been shut downstairs at night since he was a kitten so accepts this and I get some space then. Would find it difficult otherwise.

I don't mind mine sleeping on my bed at all until she decides to use me as a springboard at 3am and give me the shock of my life.
Or licks my face to check if I'm still alive.

I do really recommend insurance for cats. My 1 yr old got FIP and the treatment cost 10k…luckily insurance covered it

MaleCat hangs round DD like a cheap suit
FemaleCat "helps" when DH is WFH
They tolerate DS
Far from velcro with me they areTeflon and don't even TRY to hide their indifference

How many of us are awake at 3am due to spring boarding cats?

wish that was my cat - she really isn't a lap cat, only likes short cuddles, bit clingy when I'm going out with an in built sensor of when I'm running late.
Laptop cat maybe - loves nothing better than plonking herself on the laptop.

This is 3am at my place.
Our oldest cat cries if we go up to bed without carrying him up too. He waits at the door for us if we leave the house.
Try leaving some dry food out overnight for your cat. Mine all wait for the alarm before they start jumping on our heads.

Yes, one of mine is a total Velcro cat in the evenings. He will follow me about until I sit and then won’t leave my lap all night. I get glared at as well if I dare to not fuss him. He moans and groans if I need to move as he’s made my legs go to sleep. He will sometimes sit with DH, but I’m the favourite bed.

Luckily during the day he’s learnt not to bother me to much if I’m WFH. He will poke me a few times but if I ignore him he will usually wander off. If he’s too much he has to be shut out of the office though, so he’s learnt to sit near me and not disturb me if he wants to stay in the room.

His favourite nighttime place is my side of the bed, so most nights I find myself bending around where he has decided to sleep, which is usually as close to me as he can physically get.

Tonight DH has been making a lego model and the cat is fascinated by that, so I’ve had a few hours respite, but DH has now finished and the cat is now on me again!

Mine are indoor cats with a catio, but we allow supervised garden access at the weekends, DH is the one who suffers then as the cat will follow him everywhere until DH takes them out. Oh and he is partial to attending to his bathroom needs at the same time as us as well.

I think he learnt his behaviour from our first cat. She didn’t sit on me until she was 7, but then she was a total Velcro cat. She liked to sleep on my pillow at night, waking to a furry bum was always fun. She was 10 when he came along, so he watched her behaviour.

Having more cats hasn’t made him less Velcro, we had 4 together and they all liked a fuss, but he still wanted the most. He’d create a fuss to move the others away from me so he could get on me.

His brother luckily isn’t a Velcro cat. He likes a fuss, but after a short while he will wander off. Although his weird preference is to be squished. He likes me to literally lay on him and he’s been known to dive behind us as we sit down hoping we squash him. Luckily he’s a big boy, so squishing him never hurts him.

Basically cats are all weird, but I wouldn’t be without them

One of my cats is like this. She was the second cat too and they don’t really get on so getting another cat isn’t necessarily the answer either. She wants to be with someone ALL THE TIME. It can be lovely like she will go outside in the garden if the kids are out there. But sometimes I need a break!!

I have the invisible thread. Where ever I go, the invisible thread brings her with me. I love it and wouldn’t change a thing

My cat sulks when we get back from holiday, turns his back and won't purr for about 3 days!!!

My Velcro baby

My old cat was like this. He absolutely adored me and would often just stare at me in wonder 🥰 I miss him so much he was almost 20 when he died

my little princess I have now is lovely, but I’m concerned she is a bit of a stalker she follows me about and just watches me she is never far from me and loves to be stroked but I have to approach her 🙄 apart from at night when she plonks herself on me

Mine is...I adore her but it can be wearing especially if you are on zoom and she wants to sit on the keyboard!

Oh poor black cat....😍

No tips, but solidarity 😂 I have two velcro cats.

One is my black rescue Moggy, who pesters for love and likes to be on my lap at all times. Then there's my Sphynx, who literally likes to be under my top having skin to skin like a newborn.

I know a few!

I’ve promised my teenage daughter a kitten if she does well in her first year of college/part-time job (high school was a disaster 😢).
I’m really hoping that whatever cat she gets will turn out to be a Velcro cat … sticking to her, I mean. She just wants something to love and to love her back.

this is my guilty one, always insisting on following me around. Tonight it was to do laundry.

My old cat was. Couldn’t sit down without her attaching herself. Slept round my neck. Really didn’t like my children when they arrived as it was only me she clung to. Miss her loads. We have 3 cats now and whilst they are all lovely, they are not as attached. I always called her my firstborn as she was my first cat as an adult!

We have one of these! I WFH a lot and then I haven’t any choice but to become a cat cushion for the day. She will even push my computer off my lap to get to sit where she wants. If she could, she would quite literally sleep next to me all night and sleep on my lap all day! I love her so much though I can’t stay annoyed with her 🥰