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The five different types of cat personality

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Papergirl1968 · 30/01/2017 18:28

Article in the Mail online (no idea how to link, sorry) says cats fall into one of five personality types - human, hunter, cantankerous, cats' cat and inquisitive.
My boy is human. Not a lap cat but does enjoy snuggling up close in bed, head butts, etc, and adapts very well when we take him to my mom's or on holiday.

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Toddlerteaplease · 30/01/2017 19:53

Not sure my two fit into any of those categories! They are gorgeous and affectionate but are very thick!

Wolfiefan · 30/01/2017 19:59

No cats are:
Thugs
Tarts
Playful pussies
Lazy slobs
Commanders of all they survey
Shock

Chinnygirl · 30/01/2017 20:04

I have one normal cat and one jealous slut.

ATailofTwoKitties · 30/01/2017 21:23

Mine thinks it's a dog and falls out of trees.

YesItsMeIDontCare · 30/01/2017 21:27

Leroy is just Leroy tbh. Utterly bonkers. (Yes he is is trying to get out of the letterbox.)

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TrustySnail · 30/01/2017 21:27

One shy but affectionate, one major attention-seeker! The attention-seeker had her annual boosters today, and was parading up and down the vet's table like a fashion model Grin.

TrustySnail · 30/01/2017 21:29

YesItsMe ha ha, that's hilarious! Does he think it's a very narrow cat flap? He's got a beautiful coat, btw.

ememem84 · 30/01/2017 21:31

yes what a puffy tail!!!

My girls def part human part hunter. All the head butts and nuzzles and snuggles in the world. Then bam. Bites your hand.

ScuttlbuttHarpy · 30/01/2017 21:34

I have a cantankerous old gent and a batshit clumsy girl, she is nuts I swear, and wrecks everything, this month alone we've lost a mosaic bath ornament, and soap dispenser, a 34 inch flat screen, 3 glasses and a bowl, almost lost the laptop owing to her spilling a glass of water near it, and has chipped the side of it by knocking it of the table...it was teetering anyway.

PutDownThatLaptop · 30/01/2017 21:37

Oh dear, just read it. I have a Cantankerous Cat, but I wanted a Human Cat.
Sad

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bythewatersedge · 30/01/2017 21:39

I have a ginger human, a black and white cats cat and a black hunter :)

YesItsMeIDontCare · 30/01/2017 21:58

I've (finally) found the article and can safely say that Leroy is a little bit of all of them... with a hefty dose of Wolfiefan's "Commander of All He Surveys".

Bonkers.

bythewatersedge · 30/01/2017 21:59

Can you link? :)

YesItsMeIDontCare · 30/01/2017 22:04

I can't link... sorry. Sad

TrustySnail · 30/01/2017 22:07

Here is a link.

Trustyourself2 · 30/01/2017 22:09

My 3 are combinations of the 5 personalities. I have one who's a prolific hunter, one who can be cantankerous and one who's a little bit of a cat's cat.

Weedsnseeds1 · 30/01/2017 22:27

I think mine's mainly a human cat, with a hefty dose of hunter thrown in!

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OliviaStabler · 30/01/2017 22:31

Missed one. Scardy cat. That's mine. I happen to speak to my neighbour while letting myself in the house she is under the bed Sad

Quodlibet · 30/01/2017 22:34

Mine is a git.

Papergirl1968 · 30/01/2017 23:25

Loving that pic of poor Leroy!

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Trustyourself2 · 30/01/2017 23:51

Weeds - hilarious.

AmberNectarine · 30/01/2017 23:53

I've got one and his personality type is Bellend.

AmberNectarine · 30/01/2017 23:54

Also, Leroy is a splendid name. This is Denzel.

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RubbishMantra · 31/01/2017 00:26

I don't think mine fall into a particular box. MCat happy and purry, until you move a toe or breathe, or he changes his mind and decides he hates everything. Sometimes he'll parent Little M, and groom him like a mum cat would.

Little M - well he's a species all of his own. Probably part alien and very trusting child with no idea of danger, bouncing through life on the assumption that everybody loves peculiar semi-bald cats with ringlets. And he pokes me until I lift the duvet up, so he can sleep under the covers, head on pillow like a yooman bean.

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