The defining characteristics of this attention-seeking sideways walk are the arched back and long tail followed by them leisurely bumping into you and rubbing their back on you, most likely on your legs. If you are the recipient of such an approach your cat is probably telling you that they ...
If your cat is ball-shaped and trying to look small, then she is anxious or fearful. If her body is facing you and she has a normal posture, then she is feeling good and should be receptive if you try to brush her. If she is standing sideways and her back is arched, then she is...
After that first Easter visit, Caesar and Natalia came up for two weeks during the summer. We went biking and swimming and to the movies and the Dutchess County Fair. Natalia started taking horse-back riding lessons. At night she and I had a ritual of ‘walking at night’, during which ...
I could state the obvious: if their claws are out, back arched and fur standing on end – probably Foe. Yet this is also the pose a scared young cat will make to bluff that it is bigger and fiercer (when actually she is quivering and ready to bolt) ...