Why does my cat do this?

Just a blog for anyone who loves cats, or just wants to know about them. I will try my best to answer questions you give me. This blog will also include posts about my own cats and how they behave and why so hopefully that can help you with your own fluffs.

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These two are brother and sister would you believe!

(black and white - Ozka)

(Tabby - Lillie)

Now, its hard to get a photo of all three of my cats, but this blog will include a lot of photos and information on them. Especially when these two show feral behaviours. 

Now, Lillie isnt your plain tabby moggy, I can see a definite breed in her.

What do you guys think it is?

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This is so important to read, the way you can tell how are cat feels in certain circumstances is by looking at their tail

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Cat behaviour and bloodlines

Now I want to do a small experiment and I need help from other cat lovers and owners, first let me explain this.

For my 18th birthday my nan and mum got me a kitten, now, she wasn't the only one my mum bought home, she had a brother, After a short while my mum actually moved away, to live with her other half and didn't want to part the kittens.

The thing is she missed having a cat, so she was told the cat that littered my kittens had another litter, so she adopted from them again, meaning she had the sister of our two cats. 

Our cats were spayed/neutered before they could have their first litter, but my mum allowed her cat to have her first litter, and it was a litter of three, two toms and a female. This still meaning there is now 6 cats with the same bloodline in our family. 

My mums cats have never met ours but yet I noticed some distinctive yet similar behaviours between all 6 cats. Some of these are just how they act around the dogs, how they are with each other and how they are with people.

SO

My question to you is;

Do cats with the same bloodline share similar behaviours?

If you have cats with the same bloodline please let me know and share your findings with me, videos and pictures are more than welcome.

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He stays under the sheets until we kick him out. At least Rivers makes laundry day fun!

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Kitty bump can be a sign of a nervous cat

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You know your cat loves you when...

As a first post on my cat behaviour blog I thought it to be a good idea to talk about something called a ‘slow blink’ or as Jackson galaxy (my inspiration) likes to call it, ‘The cat I love you’.

Have you ever looked at your cat or a friends cat and seen it look at you and very slowly close its eyes? Did you know that this is a form of showing trust? Cats may sleep most of the day, but if you watch them you’ll notice their ears are always hearing out for danger.

Cats slow blink is a way of saying, I know you, you’re not a threat, I’m safe around you. I want you to go to your cat and sit there with him or her, and relax your face, really relax those face muscles or you are just staring and that is not what we are looking for. Sit with your cat, yes make eye contact but as you do this slowly blink, count to 2, so eyes open 1 2, blink 1 2, open 1 2.

If your cat doesn’t respond straight away don’t worry just try again, keep trying, you may notice that your cats face even relaxes just before they blink.

So I hope this works for some of you. let me know and hit me with some questions!

Leanne