Female cat behavior
A question about female cat behavior from a site visitor: Hello I am a new female kittens best friend and loving mother. I am trying to figure out what she is trying to say with one of her most unusual female cat behaviors. We (my husband and I) love to pick her up, pet her and pay attention to her several times a day. She rarely initiates this type of contact but comes around frequently and stares at us. It is almost like she is daring us to pet her and or pick her up?
Not all the time but often, when we put our new kitten down, she will then start quickly jerking her tail. It is almost like she is saying you make my skin crawl! But then she will walk away only to return for more attention. Why does she jerk that tail in such a strange way? Is this not odd female cat behavior. Although this is our first kitten I have friends and relatives with female cats and I have never seen this kind of behavior from their pets.
Female feline behavior our answer
Hi Gail: We loved your e-mail. Thanks for taking the time to provide all the good information. Me and my wife believe that over-all the behavior of female cats is more independent and less cuddly then male cats. In essence the girl cat will want your love and attention but would prefer to remain on the ground while receiving it. Male cats are much easier to pick up and cuddle when they are just kittens. This is only our educated opinion based on many years of kitten raising experience. Of course with cats there are always exceptions to the rule just as with people.
The tail shaking or jerking (we call it squirrel tail) is a sign of excitement. This could be positive or negative its hard to tell some times! You can study the body language before and after the tail shaking to obtain its meaning. Keep up the good work with your new female kitten. Thank you for writing us - Mark Help our cat behavior website grow with a bookmark or share with a female cat owner. Search this cat website and the Internet at the same time.  Custom Search This next link takes you to our strange cat behavior stories page. You can post your own stories and pictures or just comment on already submitted weird cat behavior tails. Go from female cat behavior to the cat stories page Why did we build this feline facts website? Who are these people anyway? Answers to these questions and more are available on our all about cats homepage |
