Side note to asking... I get all my cats from shelters and almost never at a super young age, so it's usually too late for me to do any of those "needs done when young kitten" type things. I get what I get.

The one who lets me clip her claws is also OK with me touching them to an extent. First time I caught her on the counter she looked terribly guilty, as though she'd been trained. I think she was trained and handled - but got left behind when someone moved or something.

My other cat can't stand me touching his paws, and he also won't stop biting despite training. He doesn't do a lot of normal cat things. I think that cat just missed a lot of training from its mom and was not handled well as a kitten. He has a kink in his tail from a break too - never have known if that was an accident or abuse. I seriously wonder about his first seven months.

Those two are like night and day.

Just like us, cats are social animals that need to be socialized when they are little. It's sad when they are not and end up unable to relax or bond with others.

Are you sure the kink isn't genetic? I'd heard that Siamese have a kink and cats who have it have some siamese blood. One of my two cats has a kink, although he's all black.

Sorry to hijack this thread!

Odd - my one with the kink is also all black. And nothing at all resembling a Siamese.

Is the kink in the last inch or so of the tail? I've heard that's typical of this defect.

My black cat has siamese bone structure and behavior. But nothing of the coloring. In fact, in the right light, his fur shows faint stripes.

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Thanks, I will! :) Thank you guys for all your input and help!

The kink's in the middle of the tail, and has a couple of kinks, like it's bent one direction and then back the other way. And you can't see it - I can just feel it when I run my hand down his tail, cause it's pretty minor.

And he's a big cat, dense and sturdy, round face - and all very pure black with only a white patch on his belly. I don't think there's an ounce of Siamese or anything related in him. :)

Glad the cardboard floor post worked!