Understanding Cat Behavior
Get to Know Your Cat to Understand Cats Behavior
Trying to figure out the behavior of a cat can be a very difficult thing. This is, of course, because all a cat owner can do is speculate as to why a cats behavior is the way it is.
A classic example of this is when a cat is purring. Most people think that cats purr because they are happy or content. While this can be the case sometimes, they can also purr because they are injured or is distress. For the most part, however, when a cat is purring, it is a sign to humans that they are an approachable animal.
When cats want to greet each other, or when they want to greet their owners, they will often rub faces. Because they are not face to face with most humans, they will stand on their hind legs at times in an attempt to get face to face. Other cats will roll over on their backs and throw their legs in the air in an offering of saying hello.
Because this is a very vulnerable position for cats to be in, it is a sign that they have total trust in the person they are with.Many cats will also rub up against a persons legs when they greet them. This is because they have scent glands near their temples, and near their tails.
When they rub against someone, it is their way of marking that person to let other cats know who they belong to. Another common aspect of cats behavior that people often wonder about is kneading. This is when they will extend their claws and then retract them while sitting on their owner's lap.
Cats knead their claws in this fashion because it is something they have to do when they are kittens to get milk from their mother. When they are feeling very safe and content, they will mimic this behavior as adults. It is a good sign for your cat to knead with their claws, but it can sting a bit if they dig into your legs.
Cats are complex in their behaviors like most other animals. Watch your cat and take note of certain behaviors to really get to know them.
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My Cat Meows at the Walls: Why?
This is only when I am trying to sleep, usually in the early morning hours. He will climb on me and stand on the bedpost with his paws against the wall. Then he will meow at a spot high on the wall, close to the ceiling. This morning he was standing on my printer which is on my bedroom P2 tower on the desk I have back there. He was meowing at the a/c vent. At least this is what it looked like.
To those who believe they understand cat behavior I am wondering what your take on this is. What is he thinking?
There are no bugs/vermin in my apartment. I can tell you this with certainty. Also, I don't believe in ghosts. He is nuetered and has plenty of food. If he finished his bowl during the night he will meow at my face, not the wall. When he wants to go outside he will sit on the windowsils and meow and his tail will bat around and make the vertical blinks clank around. The walls he props himself on don't even go outside and are both inner walls. Closet then living room near my bed and the other side of the wall near my desk is the kitchen. Very confusing behavior.
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Should I get another kitten?
I recently got a 7-week old kitten and am wondering if it would be a good idea to get her a playmate. My reasons for this are:
-I think she was taken away from her mother and siblings too soon and could use some interaction with another feline to help her understand cat behavior and learn boundaries
-It would be nice to have something else for her to attack beside my feet
-It would keep her from being bored when I'm not around
However, there are a few extenuating factors:
-I live in a VERY small studio apartment
-I am moving to a different country in about 6 months, which is going to be difficult and traumatic enough with one cat, let alone two
-My boyfriend would think I was insane if I got another one (we don't share an apartment, but he lives upstairs)
What are your thoughts on this? If you think I should get another one, what age and gender?
If I were to get the second kitten in 6 months once I'm back in the USA, would that be too late? Not only for her accepting the new guy but for her behavioral development and learning how to "be a cat"?
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Why did Poppy pee in the carrier?
I know this is rather pointless speculation but I'm doing it anyway. I like to over-analyze things that I have no control over. Call me nuts.
Anyway, last night I took Poppy to the groomer. She's a big-boned girl and her carrier is the size of a small dog's. Instead of putting her in there I chose to put her in Sophie's carrier which is smaller. I figured since she seems to like being enclosed she'd like this better.
It was a close fit but she did manage to get herself turned around to face out the front grill. As soon as we got in the car I could smell urine. Her butt can get stinky (hence the trip to the groomer) but it was rather strong. When we got there I found that she had indeed peed.
My question is why? Was it the smaller box? Was it the trace of Sophie's scent (her "sister")? Did she just really have to go? Is it a sign of things to come - is she going to keep peeing every time we crate her up? And was it from fear or....?
I believe she peed shortly after getting into the carrrier and getting herself turned around. She does not enjoy being crated and she hates car rides. But that part of it was nothing new. She's been to a groomer twice before and apparently enjoys being bathed. She'd eaten perhaps an hour previously. She eats only wet foods. She's never peed outside the box and doesn't have incontinence issues. She's 4 years old.
I'm looking for well though out, educated guesses here: I can point to the different box as well as the next person. I'm hoping to get answers from those who really understand cat behavior and might have a clue what caused her to do that.
I'm not going to be around the next few days so won't be able to pick best answer, so good luck to you all! I'll just review the q when I get back.
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Does this cat book good ? Need advice !?
First time owing a cat so need a book to understand cat behaviour and how to take good care of it. any comment on this book?
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Why are veteranians so inexperienced?
I have a dog and two cats, before I moved out of my parents house, I helped raise two cats and 6 parakeets and a canary,plus I had a ribbon snake for a pet and my cousin in the same apartment building had a pet rabbit. I love animals and I feel that I understand cat behaviour the most. I have successfully introduced a strange dog into a cat & dog home for a few weeks, friend's cat into a dog and cat home, a dog into a cat only home...I'm pretty proud of how handle animals in a secure and healthy way.
But recently I visited the vet and I've come up with the conclusion that most vets are ignorant about domestic animal behaviour.
They seem to think every dog and cat have the same personality. She is right about one thing, my dog has an issue with barking at strangers that needs to be corrected, but at the same time, it is not aggressive like she made it out to be, and I know why he does it, if you ring my door bell or come near my car he barks, if you startle him, he barks, if you're a stranger he preffers to sniff you out first and play later, if you approach him excitedly calling him a good boy, he doesn't go for it so he barks. I had a park ranger when we went camping pet him while barking at cause he approached our vehicle, big wussy was barking but there he was being petted. He was raised with dogs and cats and children...it's not a big deal, but the vet was acting like OMG he is a fear biter, more dangerous than anything. Of course he is barking at you, you knocked on the door and then you acted scared, plus we forced his mouth shut with TWO muzzles, extra tight by your instructions (which is incorrect because it labors breathing) and then we shoved a thermometer up his butt.... not only that, you instructed me to pull him by the leash towards you...when I tried calling him first instead. You don't force an approach if he doesn't trust you. By the way, a pit/lab in no way looks like a chow cow/lab, that was strike two, and when I told you what the other vet said about his lab/pit mix possibility, you gave me a stare like, no way, I'm right you're not. This isn't the only vet that turned my red lights on. When I adopted Hope, I had never met her, she was pregnant, never vaccinated and had to see the vet the same day the ex-owners dropped her off for the sake of my other cat.
The vet was a moron, he tried to force a strange adult cat by grabbing the skin on her back with one hand, and even then only kittens should be picked up by their necks, his handling and instructions only made her scared he is lucky she was a sweet gal, thus shadow also barked at him when he knocked on the door and the guy acted with fear, stared at him directly...you don't do look into the eyes of a barking dog. So out 4 different vets, 2 of them failed my expectations, so I wonder, are most vets really this ignorant? Do they study biology and think owning one dog is experience enough?
It seems like everyone is sour because they think I'm blaming the vet for not telling me what I wanted to hear. To clear things up, I agree the dog needs to be corrected in his greeting towards strangers, but at the same time I think she was exaggerating, and he did stop barking. And no the cat was not grabbed by the neck but by the skin of her back, and no adult cats should not be picked up that way. And I still think the vet is a little off...have you ever seen a chow chow? My dog has an otters tail and floppy ears, black and white markings...he is mostly a lab, it seemed ridiculous to think he was a chow chow mix. when different vet suggested something that made better sense.
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Amanda I never once said I the vet was wrong about my dog's behaviour, in fact I ageed. But I disagreed how she handled it, 15 min before he was playing with the other dogs and in a lying position around strangers. Shadow has an otters tail, black fur with white markings and floppy ears, does that sound like a chow chow to you? If so than I will take it back and the Vet is %100 on the mark. Maybe you should read before you open your mouth, because even your beloved vets with more experience can be wrong. Not everyone does their job right. I don't know, maybe it's not something you want to hear so you'll disagree?
Jesus I never said he shouldn't have a muzzle, but two of them extra tight ones with wheezing sounds from the tiny panting he was making? I might just delete this question because people don't seem to like it when others criticize the work of a health worker when they don't actually read carefully or witness it themselves.
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