What Is Your Cat Telling You?

What Is Your Cat Telling You



Cats speak their own language, not only using sounds, but also gestures and scents that humans don’t understand all that well. Sometimes they purr, sometimes they claw at the furniture. What does it all mean?

When your cat struts, holding its tail in a vertical position, approaching you with the tip of its tail bent while nuzzling against your legs, it’s a good sign, experts say.

“This means your cat is feeling friendly, wants to greet you and wants to lavish you with attention, ” says Daniela Schrudde, a veterinarian at the Berlin-based Welttierschutzgesellschaft animal welfare society. By rubbing its head against you, your cat is telling you it accepts you as one of its own, she says.

Cats have glands behind their ears that release smells when they want to mark their territory, and they like to do this whenever their owner comes home. But the message gets lost in translation – humans can’t pick up the scent.

Experts also advise you to stand still and talk to your cat, rather than wordlessly approach it.

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