How do you know your cat loves you? Let me count 12 ways
As Australia declares war on feral cats, we now have a study that says cats don't need their owners. They found that when you put a cat in an unfamiliar room it doesn't seek reassurance from its owner or remember them when you are absent.
There is a possible explanation for this, it strikes me: Cats, unlike children and dogs, are territorial - put them in a strange room and they will be too busy looking for reassurance.
But that's not the point. The myth of the independent cat that sees humans as nothing more than handy food dispensers is firmly entrenched.
As a cat owner, I am quite confused thinking that my cat loves me. And I am dodging my mind, and asking all my acquaintances to give convincing proof of this fact.
1. Welcome to the Door
2. Follows you
3. Stares at you
Disturbing but cats only interact directly with people they really like.
4. Blinks at you
A long slow wink is the cat equivalent of a kiss. back it. But only when someone is watching.
5. Meow
6. Love lasts.
My cat lets me kiss even if she loves me or doesn't like me. She may duck, but she doesn't run, and I consider it a victory.
7. Doesn't bite you
My cat has bitten all my boyfriends till date. He has never, ever bitten me.
8. What bites you
Biting playfully is a sign of affection. He's kind of a sentimental, fluffy pillow, but I love him anyway.
9. Head-butt you
When cats do this they are depositing their pheromones on you, marking you as "theirs." They love you, they really love you.
10. Comes to pick you up
When my cat thinks I've been in bed for too long, she comes up and meows until I get up. I close the bedroom door at night now.
11. Breaks into your bedroom
Does your cat often knock on doors, scratch the carpet, or meow loudly and incessantly outside the door? Love. Now I lock my cat in another room at night.
12. Sits on your lap
Continuous. If I sit for more than a few seconds the cat gets physical. A friend had a cat who tried to sit on her lap when she was in the loo.
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