So, Frida is my owner and she is a sweetheart… in her own way. i’ve got contact with lots of cats and they all (even her “brother” Frederico, which was a ginger thst passed away recently) had some specific social habits and communicational behaviors thst seem to be kinda universal to me: the blinking when comfortable thing, the playfulness with humans, the (temporary) cuddliness and (temporary) isolation and so on.

But them there is Frida. I love my weird little girl but i cant help but see that she definitelly does not follow these steps lol. she is cuddly but gets overwhelmed/bored easily; she does not blink that way, even thought she shows herself really confortable, even purring. She also never plays with humans, even though she likes visits and even kids. but she sometimes plays by herself. and she HATES other cats. Frederico was friends with every cat on the neighborhood, while Frida chased them away always.

My theory is that she is kinda traumatized by being mistreated before (she just showed up already an adult), that would explain why she never plays nor bites or scratches anyone who is human, but maybe she being a feral can also explain that and its just “cultural”, as far as culture can go with pets.

Anyway, long text but does anyone else have experiences like that? and anyone knows if these are real symptons of something psycological/neurological? i dont think its a bad thing at all, she is a sweetheart and i really love her, i just want to know if there is something i could do better/something to watch out. (edit: she also does not even try to pretend or being deceiveful when she wants something. she will “say” with a straight face whenever she wants to eat or something like that lol, which reminds me of some ultra technical/utilitarian autistic people i know)