[the Deejay]

Yep! My Maine Coon was the same about wanting to be fed, even though he knew he wasn't hungry. I think it was his way of getting *extra* attention when someone came to visit.

He was a better *watch cat* than some dogs. Apparently, Layla certainly isn't as good as my cat was.

My cat got incurably ill in 1998 & we had to have him put to
sleep. I don't want any more animals. It's too much like losing a family member when they die.

[pinz-n-needlez]

OT:

We think one of our cats is part Maine coon. He spends every morning on the hallway rug sprawled out, trying to bite our ankles. He's so funny and he's done it every since he was a tiny kitten.

He just wraps himself around and playfully bites and bats at our ankles.

Never does it in the afternoon. Is that like the 'tripping' behavior you're describing?

We now return to all the VAn Damned, all the time, starry Nasty Grace. LOL

[MagnoliaMS]

Hi, Deejay. So sorry to hear about your cat. They really do come to seem like family, don't they? My dogs are like my "kids" now, since all my real children are grown and gone. I dread the day anything happens to any one of them; they've been with me a long time now. Home wouldn't ever seem the same. But like you, I have already decided against having any more pets, because I would not want to have to go through it again.