Hi, I agree with Sherri - males really do seen to have a much more easy going demeanor than females. My little girls will only put up with being held and cuddled on their own terms - my big boy will stop everything he's doing at the meer suggestion that he might get a cuddle - and get pouty if you don't immediately pick him up when he acheives "speed bump" position. I've noticed it in others too - do you suppose it's just the size difference, or might it have something to do with his being neutered? Either way, males really do seem to be less "destructive" than little girls... Gwen +---+---+---+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+---+----+---+ Gwen M. Daley [log in to unmask] http://www.vt.edu:10021/G/gdaley/gmd.html Webmistress - Paleogoddess Server: http://paleogoddess.geol.vt.edu Department of Geological Sciences Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0420 [Posted in FML issue 1769]