Why cats are almost certainly capable of being jealous
This post is deliberately short and in bullet fashion for speed reading on a smartphone.
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Is this the face of a jealous cat?
[addthis tool=”addthis_inline_share_toolbox_above”] SEE SHORT VIDEO BELOW. Can cat’s feel jealous? A current big debate in the cat world concerns what emotions cats can and can’t experience. Jealousy is a high level or complex emotion. We can understand that cats have basic emotions such as anger, affection, fear and joy. That’s obvious, but what about …
The reason why cats have the ability be jealous
Some people say that cats don’t have the capacity to feel a complex emotion such as jealousy. Through personal experience cat owners would disagree. Although this is a tricky subject because cat owners can project their thoughts onto their cats. However, fundamentally all that the emotion of jealousy requires is that a cat sees …
Cats Feel Jealousy But Not Grief
Dr Bradshaw in his book Cat Sense states that he believes that the domestic cat is able to feel the emotion of jealousy but not grief. He states that, “all that jealousy requires is that the cat merely perceives that another cat is getting more of something than it should”. In an article I …
Dogs Engage in Jealous Behaviours
A study concerning dogs, which I feel could equally as well be concerned with the domestic cat, indicates quite strongly that dogs can experience the emotion of jealousy. The emotion of jealousy is considered by some people to be a secondary emotion which demands more complicated thought patterns which are beyond the capability of …
My male cat is jealous of his sibling and my dog. Advice please.
From Marion Campbell… I own 2 cats, 1 female and 1 male (from the same litter). They are 3 yrs old and have got on well, now when the female cat comes near me the male gets on top of her and starts biting her around the back of neck and then wrestle to …
