Facts-Cat's Behaviour Facts

CAT'S BEHAVIOUR FACTS

	Cats can "read" your moods. If you're sad or stressed, you may also notice a difference in your cat's behavior.
	A cat will kill it's prey based on movement, but may not necessarily recognize that prey as food. Realizing that prey is food is a learned behavior.
	A cat's eyes, whiskers, and ears will tell you what "mood" your cat is in.
	"Sociable" cats will follow you from room to room to monitor your activities throughout the day.
	Cats wag their tails when it is in a stage of conflict. The cat wants to do two things at once, but each impulse blocks the other. For example: If your cat is in the doorway wanting to go outside, and you open the door to find it raining, the cat's tail will wag because of internal conflict. The cat wants to go outside, but doesn't want to go into the rain. Once the cat makes a decision and either returns to the house or leaves into the rain, the tail will immediately stop wagging.
	If your cat is near you, and her tail is quivering, this is the greatest expression of love your cat can give you. If her tail starts thrashing, her mood has changed and it's time to distance yourself from her.
	The domestic cat is the only species able to hold its tail vertically while walking. Wild cats hold their tail horizontally, or tucked between their legs while walking.
	Cats love to chew on grass, catnip, cat-thyme, parsley or sage.
	Cats knead with their paws when they're happy.
	A cat will almost never "meow" at another cat. This sound is reserved for humans.
	Cats do not think that they are little people. They think that we are big cats. This influences their behavior in many ways.
	Contrary to popular belief, the cat is a social animal. A pet cat will respond and answer to speech, and seems to enjoy human companionship.
	Cats can purr to express pain or fear in addition to expressing pleasure. Female cats often purr when they are in labour, as well as when they are nursing their kittens.
	A cat's sense of smell is 14 times stronger than a human's.
	Besides their noses, cats can smell with something called the "Jacobson's organ", located in the upper surface of their mouths. This is what cats are using when they scrunch up their eyes and open their mouths after sniffing something intently.
	A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor.
	Cats respond most readily to names that end in an "ee" sound.
	Cats have about 100 different vocalisation sounds. In comparison, dogs have about 10.
	A cats hearing is incredibly sharp. They can recognize their owners footsteps from hundreds of feet away.
	Though cats have an incredible sense of hearing, and it takes a kitten about two weeks to begin to hear well.
	You can tell a cat's mood by looking into its eyes. A frightened or excited cat will have large, round pupils. An angry cat will have narrow pupils. The pupil size is related as much to the cat's emotions as to the degree of light.
	Whiskers tell a cat whether the space they are entering is big enough for it.
	The bottom two rows of whiskers on a cat can move independently of the top two rows.
	To drink, a cat laps liquid from the underside of its tongue, rather than the top.
	Cats aren't hunters by nature - their mothers teach them to hunt.
	Cats respond better to women than men. One reason this might be is that women have higher pitched voices which reminds cats of a mother cat calling her kittens.
	Because cats have an amazing sense of balance they rarely become ill when travelling by car.
	A cat’s hearing rates as one of the sharpest in all the animal kingdom. If you cat is always waiting for you at the door, the reason is that s/he can hear your footsteps from hundreds of feet away.
	The cat is one of nature's cleanest animals. Cats spend around 30% of their time grooming themselves.
	The frequency that a cat needs to sharpen its claws is governed by the value of the new lounge

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