Never had cats. Very allergic, but read recently that a dog is like a small child, a cat is like a teenager in that it will ignore you and your friends. Is aloof and is not interested in pleasing you. Our SIL had a cat we never saw. It ran and hid under something. Named Haiku she did not get along with other cats and had to be separated in a different room preferably on a different floor. Please keep your cat indoors it will live longer and not get tortured at Halloween or other times like a solstice or full moon. Signs are going up for lost cats now in our area.