*** Quoting Ross Sauer from a message to Jo Peshek ***
 JP> but during the day when I'm standing, he doesn't want
 JP> to be touched, picked up, nothing.  He skitters away
 JP> from me constantly.  Or he'll rub on my leg/foot but
 JP> if I loom over him to touch him, he gets distressed.
RS>      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
RS>  
RS> There's the problem.
RS> You tower over Piper, and that terrifies him.
RS>  
 JP> Anybody else have this experience with their feline?
I have.  Its common in cats new to the house.
                                       xxcarol
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