Is it the norm for a cat to have a BFF?

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Our 14 month old female cat plays for hours with our neighbours 2 year old Tom (Monty)

We brought a kitten home in June (same Mum) and she absolutely hated him on sight which ended in us later having to rehome him (good friend has him and both are very happy!)

So she wouldn't accept the kitten but loves Monty and doesn't bother at all if he wanders into our house. He is he only cat she seems at ease with. If another cat comes into our garden she goes mad. Anyone else's cat have a BFF?

None of my cats have had best friends, but I did have a feral-born kitten who just marched into the house and refused to leave. I had three cats at the time, an old lady and a mother-daughter pair, and the kitten cuddled up to all of them, though the old lady and the younger cats didn't get along at all. She also cuddled up with the dogs, and any human that came in the house.

Cat over the road does and they were both older cats when they met.

They have their own logic

My old cat had a friend called Eamon who used to call round for her every morning with a piece of toast. He was a latch-key cat. They used to hang out together on the door step.

Brilliant OhBugger - that made me laugh out loud!!

Our cat does :) she's a petite cat that I found in the shed one day. She lives over the road but is always in our garden, they lay on the shed roof in the sun together. They are actually really cute and ours will go put and greet her when she appears and they rub around each other. Any other cat gets a right telling off for daring to come near the garden.

Eamon the cat!! That's fantastic!

Both of mine walk alone. Apart from when they are caught cuddled up together on rare occasions.

A piece of toast! That's made my evening.

Toast. That's too funny.

My cat was a stray for the first part of her life, adopted her age 2. She is tiny but will attack any other cat that comes into our garden, with the force of a tiger.

Except for this big fluffy black thing that she sits on the garden bench with. They chat, long meows, purrs and blink at each other allot. No touching.

If my cat sees me watching, she hisses at the other cat and runs away.

Aw those stories are so sweet. Mine are litter siblings so are often found cuddling up together.

My last cat had a friend. I used to open the front door at night to let her in, and always found her curled up with a large tabby. She would stretch, miaow goodnight to him and saunter in. He never tried to follow.