Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Communicate With Your Cat

Talk to your cat. Cats were domesticated sometime between 4,000 and 8,000 years ago, in Africa and the Middle East. Treat your cat as a friend and it will be one to you. When humans saw cats up close and personal, they began to admire felines for their beauty and grace.

Cats are capable of forming attachments to people and communicating their needs and wants. A wagging tail is a warning sign that a cat is ready and willing to attack, so always treat wagging tails with caution. When a cat kneads, it is happy and kneading comes natural to cats as early as just a few days old.

A submissive tail resembles an angry tail in its wagging motion, but it is usually held lower to the ground. A cat that is on alert to be defensive and aggressive toward another cat or person either points its tail straight upward or lowers it to the ground, it perks its ears, and perhaps the hair on its back stands straight up. Each cat will establish its own way of communicating with you.

The most popular felines of all are non-pedigree—that includes brown tabbies, black-and-orange tortoiseshells, all-black cats with long hair, striped cats with white socks and everything in between.

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