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7 Typical Cat Behaviors

Have you ever stopped to think about why a cat does some of the things that it does? Cats are solitary animals and fairly self-sufficient. They actually only require humans to fulfill certain needs. Sometimes it’s difficult to understand what your feline wants to convey. However, by knowing their different behaviors, such as stalking, scratching, greeting, purring, etc., it easier to understand and live blissfully with them.

1. Purring:

We all know that cats purr at times when being pet to demonstrate their pleasure or satisfaction. Did you also know that cats purr when they are sad or in pain. A female cat purrs while giving birth to kittens. Purring shows that they require some help or attention.

2. Greeting:

It’s a natural response to greet you when you come home, or after not seeing you for a while. A greeting from a cat is when they rub their body or face against you. Plus, they can also show their love and trust for you. The way they do this is by lying down in front of you, turning over, yawning or stretching and retracting their claws.

3. Privacy:

After a cat uses their litter box, they bury their business. Most people believe this habit is because they are a clean animal. The real reason for this is to hide it from more domineering animals. In the environment they live in now this domineering creature would be you, their master.

4. Grooming:

Licking their front paw after each feeding session even though they have not touched the food with it is a basic behavior of cats. They are very clean animals and will groom themselves after every meal. They sponge down with their tongue, which has uneven surfaces that untangle and remove the muck. The tongue does not reach all parts of their body; hence they simply moisten the front paw by licking and then scrubbing the dampness from the foot onto the region to be cleaned.

5. Kitty Tails:

When a cat wags it’s tail it usually is because they are irritated, annoyed, or angry. However, this is not the only time a cat will wag their tail. Cats also do this when they are stalking their prey. When you might see it is when they are chasing their favorite toy, or even a laser pen. This is just a way of letting of some steam from plotting their next move.

6. Catnaps:

Everyone’s heard the term “catnap”. However, this term didn’t come out of thin air. Cats do nap a lot. In fact they spend more than half their lives sleeping. On average a cat will sleep 13-18 hours a day. How much just depends on what age your cat is or what type of exhausting activities they had participating in that day.

7. Food Habits:

A strange meal time ritual is when a cat removes their food from their bowl and puts it on the floor. Well, after knowing why they do this it’s not so strange. This helps them grind down their food into small pieces and makes it visible to which pieces are ready to be consumed. Another strange eating habit is when a cat eats grass, or some of your favorite houseplants. This isn’t to annoy you. Your cat eats these things when they have indigestion. After eating these things your cat will vomit making them feel much better.

Cats are multifarious creatures. Their behavior mainly depends on natural factors as well as on the genes and the atmosphere in which the cat develops. To really understand a cat and their behavior could take a lifetime and a fun and love filled lifetime it would be.

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- Kathrynn Kelley