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"Is Your Cat Crazy?"
jc wrote:
: not my black cat. hes all mine. I gave away a 5 month male orange tabby. : kept his two bros., plus my black cat. : anyway, I told them not to declaw! Good, you must insist that they cannot declaw "your" cat and if necessary you will find another home for him. Also, gently try to educate them about evils of declawing, there is so much info on the web. |
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"Is Your Cat Crazy?"
Kiran wrote:
http://pets.yahoo.com/pets/cats/bt/is_your_cat_crazy Is Your Cat Crazy? Does the Pope wear a big hat? As a feline behaviorist, I get countless calls from owners claiming that their cats arenšt normal. "Crazy" is normal for cats. Scratch a Cat, Find a Feline What about scratching the furniture? Do you feel as if your cat is bent on total household destruction? No, hešs not systematically demolishing your furniture * hešs being a normal cat. Felines have a need and several reasons to scratch: for claw conditioning, for muscle stretching, as an emotional outlet and for territorial security. Once again, the speciesš territorial side needs expression and scratching leaves a visual mark (much to your dismay) and a scent mark (through glands in the paw pads). The reason hešs using your sofa instead of his scratching post is probably because the post isnšt sturdy enough or the right texture. Makes sense - flimsy scratching posts may cost less money, but they suck when it comes to fulfilling the need to scratch. If your catch knocks the post over scratching, it's probably too flimsy. In the wild, a cat uses a tree or a fence for scratching. and sometimes a human leg. Understanding Aggression A common aggressive behavior that owners find perplexing is called redirected aggression. An example of this might be how your cat suddenly lashes out at you when you innocently pet him while hešs looking out the window. Mine never does that - perhaps she's crazy. OTOH, she sometimes decides that she must attack my feet and ankles. Moonlight Madness Cats are nocturnal hunters, so it makes perfect sense for your kitty to prowl around after dark. If the nightly noise gets to be too much, try playing with him right before bed in order to work off some of his energy and satisfy his hunting desire. She's fine when I go to sleep - usually, the problem lies when she awakes before me in the morning and decides that it is her goal in life to knock everything off the desk that she can possibly knock off, making lots of noise in the process. Cats display lots of funny, quirky, confusing, annoying, serious and even dangerous behavior that often leave owners scratching their head in wonder. I don't even wonder. Donšt assume your cat is weird. No need to assume - if it's a cat, it's weird. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Find the cause of the behavior, whether itšs physical, medical, emotional or environmental, and youšll find it makes sense in a strange, feline way. Sort of like abruptly running around the house like a.......well, a cat for no apparent reason at all. Yep - that makes sense in a strange, feline way. Excerpts taken from article "Is Your Cat Crazy" by Pam Johnson Bennett in 1998 Special Issue of Pet Let Magazine |
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