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Strange defense behaviour!
The other night, Cleo Carrington Smith reacted in a strange
way to something my partner Robert did. As a back story, I have a "flying carpet" that I sit on to watch TV, as I don't like sitting in chairs. I am a "floor dweller" and Cleo Carrington Smith has got quite used to me doing this and we in fact share sitting on the carpet together quite a lot. I stretch out and she lies beside me, often leaning on me. Anyway, Rob usually sits in a chair, but he decided to do my trick and flop onto the flying carpet just for a change, which is something he has never done before. Cleo immediately went into 100% full on brushtail mode, and started dancing on her toes in a very defensive manner. Rob didn't believe me until he turned around and looked, then Cleo starting making meow sounds she has never made before. She would not relax until Rob got off the floor and it took 20 minutes for her brushy tail to be settled down. The only thing I can think of was that Cleo thought Rob was "invading her turf" or becoming very defensive in any case, in spite of their close relationship and the fact that Rob has laid on the floor in other parts of the house with Cleo before. It was very strange and quite interesting behaviour - I wonder if anyone else has had a cat do something like this? rachel |
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On Sun, 03 Oct, Rachel wrote:
---------------------snip---------------------- The only thing I can think of was that Cleo thought Rob was "invading her turf" or becoming very defensive in any case, in spite of their close relationship and the fact that Rob has laid on the floor in other parts of the house with Cleo before. It was very strange and quite interesting behaviour - I wonder if anyone else has had a cat do something like this? I suspect jealousy, but I could be wrong. The 'territory' thing has never really arisen here between humans and cats. My little man, Sumo, is very jealous and will frequently show up if either of us is paying attention to or playing with one of the other cats. Regards and Purrs, O J |
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On Sun, 03 Oct, Rachel wrote:
---------------------snip---------------------- The only thing I can think of was that Cleo thought Rob was "invading her turf" or becoming very defensive in any case, in spite of their close relationship and the fact that Rob has laid on the floor in other parts of the house with Cleo before. It was very strange and quite interesting behaviour - I wonder if anyone else has had a cat do something like this? I suspect jealousy, but I could be wrong. The 'territory' thing has never really arisen here between humans and cats. My little man, Sumo, is very jealous and will frequently show up if either of us is paying attention to or playing with one of the other cats. Regards and Purrs, O J |
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On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:02:09 +1000, rachel polanskis
yodeled: The other night, Cleo Carrington Smith reacted in a strange way to something my partner Robert did. As a back story, I have a "flying carpet" that I sit on to watch TV, as I don't like sitting in chairs. I am a "floor dweller" and Cleo Carrington Smith has got quite used to me doing this and we in fact share sitting on the carpet together quite a lot. I stretch out and she lies beside me, often leaning on me. Anyway, Rob usually sits in a chair, but he decided to do my trick and flop onto the flying carpet just for a change, which is something he has never done before. Cleo immediately went into 100% full on brushtail mode, and started dancing on her toes in a very defensive manner. Rob didn't believe me until he turned around and looked, then Cleo starting making meow sounds she has never made before. She would not relax until Rob got off the floor and it took 20 minutes for her brushy tail to be settled down. The only thing I can think of was that Cleo thought Rob was "invading her turf" or becoming very defensive in any case, in spite of their close relationship and the fact that Rob has laid on the floor in other parts of the house with Cleo before. It was very strange and quite interesting behaviour - I wonder if anyone else has had a cat do something like this? Not defensively, but I have had seen cats react with great interest when people were on some level that they didn't expect-- either higher up or lower down. Cat's worlds have a lot more "up and down" than ours. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:02:09 +1000, rachel polanskis
yodeled: The other night, Cleo Carrington Smith reacted in a strange way to something my partner Robert did. As a back story, I have a "flying carpet" that I sit on to watch TV, as I don't like sitting in chairs. I am a "floor dweller" and Cleo Carrington Smith has got quite used to me doing this and we in fact share sitting on the carpet together quite a lot. I stretch out and she lies beside me, often leaning on me. Anyway, Rob usually sits in a chair, but he decided to do my trick and flop onto the flying carpet just for a change, which is something he has never done before. Cleo immediately went into 100% full on brushtail mode, and started dancing on her toes in a very defensive manner. Rob didn't believe me until he turned around and looked, then Cleo starting making meow sounds she has never made before. She would not relax until Rob got off the floor and it took 20 minutes for her brushy tail to be settled down. The only thing I can think of was that Cleo thought Rob was "invading her turf" or becoming very defensive in any case, in spite of their close relationship and the fact that Rob has laid on the floor in other parts of the house with Cleo before. It was very strange and quite interesting behaviour - I wonder if anyone else has had a cat do something like this? Not defensively, but I have had seen cats react with great interest when people were on some level that they didn't expect-- either higher up or lower down. Cat's worlds have a lot more "up and down" than ours. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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