My neighbor went to visit her various children and left me with a cat named Scamp. He stays in a room in her house and I visit at least once a day for "cat sitting" and cleaning up after and feeding him. Scamp is a partially male cat. I say partially because he has been deprived of some essential male parts thus has no interest in the hetrosexual life of cats.
But his is a lover and delights in having his ears and nose and chin rubbed. He also likes to have the area under his collar massaged since he can't do that himself.
I also visit the cats at the humane society shelter from time to time. These guys need a lot of affection because they spend a lot of time in small cages or in large groups that are segregated according to gender classification. There is also a special room for kittens. This room is popular with children since these cats do not draw blood with their claws. I could show some scars on my arms from mature cats attempting to hang on by their claws.
This mostly a plea for people to visit humane societies, even if you can't take any of the animals home with you. They need your attention and it doesn't cost anything. This probably applies even in Bulgaria.
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While I like cats, because of my allergies, I prefer to appreciate them from a distance or I spend the rest of the day miserable. I wonder if they let you appreciate cats at a distance at the Humane Society?
Oh in Sofia, cats all live outside. They are pretty wild! Luckily the little old Bulgarian women seem to take decent care of them.
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