What affects us affects cats
Some thoughts on introducing yourself to an unknown domestic cat in or outside the home. Cat calls the shots I frequently meet domestic cats on the sidewalk (pavement) where I live. If I approach them I do so deferentially. As they say, I let the cat call the shots. When a cat initiates the …
This is a cat-to-human friendly nose touch greeting. Cats who are friendly with each do it a lot combined with the tail up and scent exchange rubbing including head butting. It’s very hard for a domestic cat to greet us with the classic feline ‘nose touch greeting’ for the obvious reason that we are …
Why do humans and dogs smile but cats don’t? Firstly, I am not sure that dogs do smile but I’ll concentrate on humans and cats, two species that I know well. Note: these are my thoughts because the experts don’t talk about cat smiles. If you have different ideas please leave a comment – …
Cats don’t sniff each other’s noses as a greeting; they touch or near-touch instead. It is the same as the human handshake. It is a friendly gesture which enhances the relationship between cats or cat and other species of animal including humans.
I expect the majority of cat owners to know the answer to the question in the title but (a) as the question is asked on the Internet and (b) it is useful to spell out the reason for the sake of clarity, I discuss the topic on this page. There will only be two …
This is the first time that I have seen this sort of behavior. The video (animated .gif file, actually) is a bit peculiar and I hope it plays for you. Below the video is a still image in case the video disappears. If you click the object in the middle you get music and …
