"kworley" wrote:

Now, two months down the line he's much more secure and less of
a pest.


Cheeks was like this at first--after being a little circumspect the first
couple of days, no doubt deciding whether or not we were going to make a
meal of her. To me, her affection came through as just plain gratitude. She
hated being in the shelter, all crowded in with other cats sharing her bed
and all over her. She stretched and stretched when we first let her out of
the carrier.

She is still very affectionate, although not always underfoot. It is hard
for me to understand why people would complain about an affectionate pet.
Usually the complaint is that cats are *not* affectionate. Why have a PET if
you don't want to *pet* it? It might be better to leave the pets to those
who enjoy them than to have a pet you don't want to touch.