Cats have coping behaviors that work well if they are able to keep up with the level of stress the cat is experiencing. Cats use grooming, scratching, and exercise as their most common ways to burn off energy and soothe themselves.
If these don’t work, cats are like any human; they just keep doing them more [...]
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When Coping Skills Go Wrong
Overcharged Cats
Cats are a mechanism capable of storing a great deal of energy and then releasing it quickly.
So we must respect their stress level. There’s good stress and bad stress, and we don’t want bad stress.
They can build it up in their bodies, and get into frantic activity. They can build it up in their minds, [...]
Kneading and Nursing at Any Age
Why do cats knead our laps? What does it mean when they nurse on pillow corners? What if the cat is full grown and still does this?
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Of course, our cats had kitty moms. They would nurse from their mother, and use their feet to knead momma’s belly to increase the flow of milk and [...]
Why don’t cats like having their faces blown on?
We may think it’s just teasing, but the cat will regard it as an aggressive act. It’s completely the wrong thing to do if we are trying to make friends.
Cat to cat threatening always includes hissing in their opponent’s face. This projects a blast of air at the cat they are trying to intimidate.
So when [...]
