So. We got a cat. So far I am thoroughly underwhelmed

[Boggit]

My two are different as chalk and cheese. Both are rescues. One is older and had been a stray before we got him. He's often quite antisocial, can look after himself, and he terrifies some of the neighbours cats. He is a good hunter. He can be quite affectionate, but usually only on his terms. He and my son get on very well.

The other is much younger. A rescued kitten, a ginger and white short hair, he's turned out a complete softie. He is also part Siamese (we think). He got his first kill - a mouse - the other day, and was very proud of himself.

Both wrestle from time to time, which is fun to watch, although the tabby sometimes gets a bit brutal in his play and we have had to intervene. Fortunately our ginger hasn't been badly hurt, and is never really fazed for long. He just loves to play and will stalk the tabby just for the fun of it. The ginger will sit next to me when I'm on the PC and likes to lie down on my keyboard, which almost always gets attention - not so stupid after all!

[Huw the Poo]

He got his first kill - a mouse - the other day, and was very proud of himself.

I hope ours turns out to be a good hunter; we have had mice a couple of times, and of course now that we have a cat we're unable to put traps down any longer.

[steve58]

She made real progress tonight.  She's sat on everyone's lap for quite some time each, and all told she spent more time downstairs than upstairs today. :)

Sounds to me like she's looking for her "person".  While cats can/may be quite friendly to all the resident peoples, they tend to gravitate towards one in particular. 

10 years ago, my wife picked up a crying 9 day old kitten in Tennessee across from her late father's house.  The kitten was in an old trash barrel that the locals had used to burn trash.  I suspect Momma cat was either moving her litter to/from the barrel when my better half intervened.  My wife raised that little kitten, bottle fed him, wiped his little kittie butt and even spent a few nights on the hard floor sleeping next to him.  While he loves her and hangs with her too, guess who he picked as his person...and it irritates my wife to no end to this day >:D

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Touch tha fishy?

http://imgur.com/ZigXHzX

[RangerX3X]

She just sits in her bed all day long.  She comes downstairs for about ten minutes first thing in the morning.  She drags her lazy arse out of bed to eat food.  She will sometimes sit on one of the kids' beds while they sleep.  But 95% of her life seems to be spent in her bed and she absolutely will not come to us if we beckon or call her.

BORING.

What's the point of having a pet you can't interact with?  You may as well be watching TV or some shit.  I wish we could have a dog instead.

Picking a cat is like spinning a roulette wheel. You might land on a cat that's actually cuddly and playful...or you might completely miss the mark and end up with an anti-social asshole.

Arctic Blast is 100% correct – it is effectively a crap shoot. My cat of 15 years died in July 2014 and two days later my wife and I went out and picked up a brother and sister kitten combo from the local pound.

A year + later and the boy cat is super large yet very skiddish and the definition of a scaredy cat. When he does interact he barks and act like a dog, which is strange because he has never been around one.

The girl cat is very smallish but brave as shit and knows no fear. She is the definition of a little princess in terms of sweetness though.

It really is a crap shoot in terms of personality and interaction.

[Boggit]

He got his first kill - a mouse - the other day, and was very proud of himself.

I hope ours turns out to be a good hunter; we have had mice a couple of times, and of course now that we have a cat we're unable to put traps down any longer.

We've not had mice since we got the cats. I think they gravitate to safer places.

[besilarius]

It has been a whole week with no one noticing this thread.
No one daring to post.
Now, let us hear from Henri, the existential cat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7ibPk37_U&list=PL1C665E09E6F1214F

[JasonPratt]

Henri is amazing; always great to remember he's alive.  >:D

[Huw the Poo]

Nearly two years on, and I am still as thoroughly uninterested in the bloody cat as she is in me.

As it stands, she actually trusts me and my lady; she'll come to us and sit in our laps (with a lot of encouragement), but she's still quite wary of the kids because they're so energetic.  She hates movement of any kind.

I don't fucking like cats, and this one is a prime example of why.  They're more decoration than pet.  You just can't do anything with them.  They're totally pointless.

[Staggerwing]

Huw!  Yay!

How've ya been?

[Huw the Poo]

Huw!  Yay!

How've ya been?

Still alive, me old mucker.  Mostly just resenting the bloody cat.  How are you?

[Staggerwing]

I'm catless, but other than that I'm rock-steady mediocre and thankful for it.

[Sir Slash]

Great to see you back Huw! I was afraid the cat had eaten you.

[Huw the Poo]

Here she is.

[undercovergeek]

Glad to see you've mellowed buddy