Cat ́s Body Language

By Fiona Bell

A guide to reading your cat's body language and what different ear and tail positions mean.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fiona Bell
• Release date: Feb 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301388936

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Cat’s Body Language

Fiona Bell

Copyright Fiona Bell 2013

Published by Fiona Bell at Smashwords

Fiona Bell is pseudonym

A guide to reading your cat's body language and what different ear and tail positions mean?

Cat's body language

For the cat is scent language the most important followed by body language, while calls play the least part.

Scent Language

The strongest scent signal, urine marker expressed widely used by non-castrated males. Their urine was also the strongest smell. Female urinary markings increase in running. The urine is mixed with secretions from glands in anal region. The cat sprinkles vertically, tail held high in the air, the cat trembles and concludes by pedaling with his hind legs. Other, less prominent scents for us, is that the cat marks in furniture, cat friends and human beings by striking against us.

The cat has special scent glands on the cheeks, chin, lips, temples and tail. The change scents of other cats in the family and with us, indicating that we are part of group. The cat also spreads its fragrance across its fur when it washes and preening themselves. Scent glands are fur nice and keep the cat smell updated. Even when the cat sharpening claws on a tree trunk or furniture leaves the scent marks. There are glands in the pads that hold the pads lubricated and in good condition but also leaves a scent mark.

Body Language

The cat speaks most of the tail. The cat's tail position gives us a lot of information about what the cat wants. If the tail curves smoothly downwardly and then upwardly again at tip of the tail. The cat signals that are doing well and are