get very attached to their owners, unlike larger dogs or cats
So often people claim that cats aren't attached to their owners. It's been our experience over a lifetime of living with cats (and dogs) that, treated 'personally' and talked to, they do become attached to their humans (and dogs), and have different relationships with different individuals within the family group. Whatever the personality of the cat, all of ours have related to us, specifically, not just humans in general. As a couple of examples, we had one cat whom we nearly lost because he pined and hardly ate when in kennels for three weeks, although this was a good kennels we knew well, and he was housed with his brother and sister for company (and they were all right). And one of our cats would growl when strangers approached the house,
if they weren't accompanied by a family-member.
When does your cat arrive, Liz?