Common Meanings of Cat Behavior

A lot of people think that cats work on their ownEven though it may appear that cats target those
agenda, not paying much attention to their ownerwith allergies, cats are actually just trying to make
– provided they have clean litter, food, andthe visitor belong at the house. If the guest simply
water. Cats can behave in odd manners at times,cannot take the saliva, allow the cat to rub himself
which can easily confuse their owners and make iton their pants leg a few times. Normally, this is all
really hard to determine what the cat wants. Astakes for a cat to leave the person alone.
much as cat behavior can be confusing, there areThose of you who an indoor cat should expect the
some ways that you can solve common cat behaviorcat to spend quite a bit of time lying near windows.
mysteries.During this time, you may hear your cat make very
A common behavior that almost all cats do is pushstrange noises or weird movements. You
their heads into any type of object that will allowshouldn’t fear though, as he is simply acting out
them to do it. You’ve probably seen your cat dohis hunting instincts. Whether it’s another cat or
this before, probably against table legs, TV stands, orobject outside moving about, the cat will see it and
another object. This can be noticed more when yousimply go into his native hunting instinct.
have other people who own animals or those withAs most already know, cats love to play. They love
allergies over at your house. When a cat notices this,to played with, especially with toys. They will pounce
he will rub his head against the person. In doing so,on things on occasion, which should always be
he will put a touch of saliva on the individual. In aexpected. If you try to prevent this type of
cat’s mind, he owns what he puts his saliva on.behavior, your cat will take a very negative approach
By putting his saliva on something, that object orand you’ll end up with a lot of broken things in
person will have a familiar scent. Although this can beyour home. You can always play with your cat using
very annoying, you have to understand that othera string, as he will love to chase the string around the
people in your home are seen as odd or weird toroom.
your cat. When a cat does this, he is simply trying toThe longer you own your cat, the more odd
make the visitor belong. When he brushes up againstbehavior you’ll see him exhibit. Cats behave in
them and puts his saliva on them, he is trying to putstrange ways, although they always have a reason
his scent on them – which in his mind will meanfor behaving the way they do. If you can understand
that they belong in his territory.why your cat behaves like he does, you’ll have
Even though marking someone or something withno problems keeping him healthy and happy. If you
saliva is beneficial to the cat, saliva is one of thesimply pay attention to your cat and the way he
most common forms of pet allergies. When someonebehaves at times – you’ll be able to
wipes the saliva off of them, the scent will be goneunderstand him better than ever before.
and the cat will go back and attempt to do it again.