I have a cat named Roku. He is almost a year and a half old. He is a black and white farm cat I got for my birthday. I've known him since he was 2 weeks old.
To explain even further, ever since I was a child, I've wanted a pet of my very own. That means it has to love me the most and want to be around me.
So when I first saw Roku, I knew it had to start ASAP. So I started handling him a lot and making him comfortable In my presence. Now, when I took him home a month later, I told my whole family, "only I can feed him, give him water, play with him, change his litter box, and I must be the first person he sees everyday and the last one he sees."
My family thought I was crazy, but they obliged to my wishes.
So, in addition to the 100% me time with him, I also mimicked the sounds his mom would make to him.
Now Roku is older and he treats me like royalty. I'm his Favorite person in the household, he comes when I whistle/call his name, he loves my room, and he cuddles with only me.
Now, I know you would think that it is possible to force an animal to love you, but this is just one example. What if everything I did had no effect and he just likes me because he can?
Maybe he likes me cause I was the nicest to him. I mean, you can't force an animal to love you of you're cruel to them. That's just not possible (and it's mean too!!).
I don't know if what I did would work on other animals... I do notice that Roku adores my father. Is it because they're both males? Ya know... That odd male-bond-thing that they all seem to have with each other... It's weird. Roku still prefers me, but he will sometimes choose my father over me. And nothing I do can change his opinion!
Maybe you can't force anything.
Maybe it's just the time spent and the memories made with the animal that really creates that bond. For love is true, especially when you both share an equal affection for each other.
(And in my case, Roku is my baby boy and I seem to be his mommy!)
His love is truley eternal.
Cats.
They're awesome.
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