Tips andTtricks Help Cope with Cat or Kitten Behaviour

Start improving your communication with your cat by learning your cat's body language. You will enjoy it so much more if you can understand how to communicate with your cat.  

Your cat communicate to you by using gestures and body language The sweeping of the tail or rubbing of the cheeks, pricking of the ears, meowing or purring  - each has a significance of its own. 

The tail seems to be the most important part of your cat’s body used in body language. A broad sweeping of the tail symbolizes annoyance or impatience.  A rapid sweeping of tail back and forth, shows an extreme agitation in your cat. 

If your cat extend its bristled tail upwards with a curved back, then your cat is in a conflict with another cat. Body held low, ears to the back and the tail stiffly extended  indicates attack.

Lowering the tail between the legs shows submission. A raised tail indicates that your cat is in a friendly mood and wants to play and a slight twitching of the tail while laying down near you shows that the cat wants to be with you.  

Outstretched legs will denote self-confidence.   Bent legs denote defending of self or attack.  Stiff straight legs standing on tiptoe usually goes with the arched back and bushy tail. This is  more in the line of fear than attack. 

If the cat’s ears are back then the cat feels shame or remorse. Ears pricked up will denote interest or a playful mood. It is easy to translate when the ears are sideways and turned down as this usually goes with stalking and the whole body of the cat shows that. 

If you cuddle the cat ignoring the body language that he wants to be left alone then the cat might give you a soft bat with its paws, without extending the nails.  However if the cat is really annoyed, mostly towards dogs or other cats it will bat with the nails extended drawing blood.

Your cat will often rub its cheeks against you  to leave scent markers indicating his relationship with you. Kneading with both paws on a person or soft surface is usually a sign of affection or contentment. It is not quite clear why a cat will sometimes choose go out of the way to show affection to complete strangers and usually strangers who do not like cats. 

It is a mystery why  cats would run away from the cat loving guests and choose to sit on the lap of that one person who do not like cats. We will have to learn more body language to understand the fine   points of  the inner self of the cat.