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Our little Tom is becoming more and more dependent on us. To tell you the truth, it is quite a weird feeling.
One part of me loves the fact that he has become our little perfect cat, who cares and is so fond of us. You can tell that he actually loves us and adores spending time with us.
On the other hand, it is a bit heartbreaking realising that he used to be such an independent little cat, spending most of his time outside and only coming in to eat and sleep a bit, and now he is more of a house cat.
Is this right?
One of the things that I like about cats is their independence. It’s not like dogs, that need much more attention. You can have a cat, feed him, play with him and still be able to be out of the house for 12 hours straight without causing any considerable psychological damage to them. You don’t need to walk them, they can do their ones and twos on their own and will also entertain themselves for a great part of the day.
They are the perfect pets. They give you so much for so little.
But I have been feeling a tiny bit guilty lately, because we’ve noticed a considerable change in Tommy’s attitude in the last few months. Now he wants to sleep with us all the time, he wants to sit on our laps whilst we are watching TV, he insists in eating anything that we are eating, and he really really misses us when we go away for a break.
We’ve had him for two and a half years now (wow! time flies!) and he has become very domesticated. Maybe it is time for us now too to realise that he IS a house cat who just happen to go out a lot.
