# The cat attached itself to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429 "2016-01-17T18:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/41 "2016-01-21T01:23:52Z")
Aww. He’s so happy to be with you and is telling you so. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/42 "2016-01-21T03:58:39Z")
And of course the color of the “chair” is appropriate ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/43 "2016-01-21T04:30:38Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > He’s not told me his full name yet, but currently we’re testing Velcro as a nickname. Because apart for very small moments, he’s been attached to me or right up next to me since I got him him. > [Velcro](http://imgur.com/a/JWK8v) > > ETA: and he talks and talks and talks. I like Velcro. Or if he stays talkative you could go with Mike(Microphone). > [@Helena330](#): > > Aww. He’s so happy to be with you and is telling you so. 🙂 This +1. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/44 "2016-01-21T04:41:54Z")
He’s gorgeous! I love “Velcro”! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/45 "2016-01-22T05:07:18Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > Aww. He’s so happy to be with you and is telling you so. 🙂 Double plus one. I love chatty cats! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/46 "2016-01-22T07:27:44Z")
What a cutie! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/47 "2016-01-22T08:15:44Z")
Gotta say, that’s a pretty handsome cat. And I’m not one of those people who says that about every cat ( every kitten maybe, kittens are virtually all cute - but not every cat ). ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/48 "2016-01-22T14:13:48Z")
Hey there OP, What a lovely thread. Thank you so much for telling us all about it. I am very happy for you and for him. I once had a similar experience with a dog and she was just the best dog I ever knew. I drove into a donut shop one evening and she was roaming around the parking lot looking very scared and lonely - **very extremely scared!** I called over to her and motioned for her to come see me. She jumped right into my car and she would not leave my side from that moment on. For the first few days I had her, she just got a grip on me - both physically and emotionally and she never, let go. I never ever ever understood how it was that someone would abandon the greatest dog in the world. \*\*I kid you not! \*\*She was def the greatest dog in this world. Bar none! At least the greatest dog I ever met. She was just wonderful! One day I’ll tell you the entire story. My friendship with her was def one of the happiest chapters in my life! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/49 "2016-01-22T20:21:12Z")
Name 'im Poops! ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/50 "2016-01-22T23:50:26Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > As a single and younger cat, he’s the perfect candidate for toilet training (after he’s healed from the yank-and-snip). There are a few on the market but I had great luck w/ City Kitty. > Congrats on your new overlord! I’ve never owned a cat. But I thought all cats were toilet trained by their mothers and so toilet training cats is never an issue. Is that not correct? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/51 "2016-01-23T00:03:09Z")
> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#): > > I’ve never owned a cat. But I thought all cats were toilet trained by their mothers and so toilet training cats is never an issue. > > Is that not correct? Human toilet. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/52 "2016-01-23T04:26:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Human toilet. Geez, what did \*\*Charlie Wayne \*\*do to deserve _that_?! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/53 "2016-01-23T22:25:27Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Geez, what did \*\*Charlie Wayne \*\*do to deserve _that_?! I can’t even top that w/ the truth. I’m still laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/54 "2016-01-24T23:45:42Z")
[He is so loud and insistent that he wants to Go Outside.](https://goo.gl/photos/N9VGPDWgrYKw38fN6) ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/55 "2016-01-24T23:51:35Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > [He is so loud and insistent that he wants to Go Outside.](https://goo.gl/photos/N9VGPDWgrYKw38fN6) Do you think he’d be a good candidate for leash-walking? What a sweet boy. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/56 "2016-01-25T03:02:08Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > Do you think he’d be a good candidate for leash-walking? What a sweet boy. possibly. I may give it a try later. He doesn’t tend to dash for the door, which is good, but reall wants to know what’s out there. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/57 "2016-01-25T20:18:43Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > [He is so loud and insistent that he wants to Go Outside.](https://goo.gl/photos/N9VGPDWgrYKw38fN6) Uh-oh: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19025175&postcount=8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19025175&postcount=8)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/58 "2016-01-26T03:38:57Z")
When I read the OP, I was going to suggest VELCRO, seriously. I had a cat that was joined at the hip with me, we named him Velcro. Good Choice! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/59 "2016-01-29T15:14:19Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > True words. That’s how Tripler and I wound up w/ Hoser; he is so clearly a hosehead. > Hoser is the short-haired one of the two tuxedo-clad brothers you see here [http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o155/portia327/Just%20Raffy%20stuff/156861\_1552164202272\_1180167658\_31230412\_6814132\_n.jpg](http://s119.photobucket.com/user/portia327/media/Just%20Raffy%20stuff/156861_1552164202272_1180167658_31230412_6814132_n.jpg.html) I followed the link - and it says they’re down for maintenance. The page says “Hang in there!” - and shows a kitten, hanging onto the side of a bed or something by its front claws :D. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429/60 "2016-01-29T15:23:53Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > [He is so loud and insistent that he wants to Go Outside.](https://goo.gl/photos/N9VGPDWgrYKw38fN6) Clearly he had not been on his own long enough :D. We adopted a cat from the shelter - a 2-3 year old with similar coloring (though w/o the white bits and with more distinctive tabby markings) and he was the second sweetest cat ever. I think he knew he had a good thing going when we brought him home, and had ZERO desire to make a bid for freedom. His idiot adopted younger brother (a bit dim, but the sweetest cat ever, hence the other one being second sweetest), on the other hand… had been abandoned by a friend’s neighbors when they moved out of their house. Our friend was horrified, and made sure to feed him, but couldn’t give him a permanent home due to severe allergies, so she asked around and we volunteered to take him. Having been on his own, but not suffering, he thought that OUTSIDE was a pretty nifty place to be - and made frequent bids for freedom when we were entering or exiting the house. Nearly made it a couple of times. I think getting his head caught in the door as we were closing it a) provided him negative reinforcement, and b) probably dimmed his bulb a bit further. He did quit making a run for it after a couple of months. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cat-attached-itself-to-me/743429.md?page=4)