Personality

As my girl can tell you, we cats have our own individual personality. We don’t act exactly like all other cats. We have differences just like you humans. Researchers in the UK have determined we cats have five different personality types. Nervous, bossy, outgoing, spontaneous and agreeable.

I don’t recall living with any nervous cats, unless you mean me. I liked to have a safe space to hide. Or am I bossy? I know I can be quite assertive when it comes to my needs and wants. I know I’m definitely not outgoing. I like my alone time too much. Spontaneous—uh, could that be Spot and Isis and Nuri? They are quite playful. I don’t know where they got all that energy from. It tended to drive me crazy. And finally, there is agreeable. That definitely wasn’t me. Those are probably the cats who as kittens were socialized by cats and humans alike and are easy to get along with.

With our personalities, I can see why it’s hard to live with just one cat at a time. No wonder it’s all too easy for many humans to opt for more than one cat.