Any main personality differences in male or female cats?

[greatblueheron]

Originally Posted by Winter Sucks

I've had four different female cats over the years: one black/white tabby, one gray/white tabby, one orange tabby, and a calico.

For those who have had both genders, are there any main differences in male cats than the females?

Also, right now we just have a 6-year old female (spayed) orange tabby. We'd like to get a second cat. Not sure if we should get an adult male...or a kitten of either gender...to make the quickest adjustment.

Any tips?

I'd get a male kitten to go with an adult female. JUST MHO.

Males that are neutered, at least the ones I've had, are very
friendly and accepting. Females can be too, just seems neutered males are laid back in a way females aren't...my current female is feisty, moody and can be very aggressive, with the two males here.

Again, IMO, cats of the same gender don't always get along.

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by Sonic_Spork

I think the one I heard about was someone giving their cat raw chicken hearts. I've given Nimbus bites of raw chicken meat when I was preparing dinner before, and he eats mainly canned food (no dry.) But mostly this has been a matter of training and reinforcing to keep him away from my countertops while I'm cooking. He only gets a "treat" if he sits in a particular spot on the floor, on the other side of the kitchen, out of the way. He loves the meat, and it has not had any ill effects on him. (But I am not sure about the state of his teeth. They look cleanish? His breath doesn't stink... *shrug* ??)

The one thing is, raw diets are considered to be the best, gold standard, by many of the nutritionists, but it's vital to follow a recipe that includes meat, organ, bone, and supplemental taurine in the right proportions. I haven't gotten into it because I don't have a grinder, or the freezer space, and I don't have much time to be preparing cat food (I barely cook for the humans!) so I go the lazy, but more expensive route, of canned food.

I've been quite tempted to buy the frozen mice you can get from the pet store (meant for feeding snakes, I think) and giving them to the cat, but I have this thought that he'd eat part of it and I'd find the rest behind the sofa...so I don't.

O-M-G that was so funny! Loved reading how your cat is trained for his treats, congratulations!

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by noodlecat

I fed chicken hearts, when I could find them. They were sold in a package mixed with gizzards, and I would mix some into a batch of raw food. The cats loved the hearts but wouldn't eat the gizzards.

My understanding is that taurine is naturally present in raw meat, so no supplement is needed if the meat is fed raw. I think cooking is what destroys or somehow modifies the taurine, to a certain degree or percentage, which is why extra is added before cooking, so that some will survive the processing to be ingested by the cat.

Gizzards and hearts is a great idea, thank you! If my cat doesn't like the gizzards, that's ok, because I love them!