he would shy away when either of us tried to pet him. for the past few days he has been letting me pet him; last night he and i spent about half an hour on the living room floor with me scratching and petting him and he was quite happy and contented. however, i haven’t yet been able to get him to purr. i’m really glad we took both cats – they are really attached to each other. they chase each other around the house, going from room to room and up and down the stairs, and it’s obvious that they are always looking for each other. they are beautiful 