“ Where I spend my time really shows off my interests”
“ Sometimes I want you to lead without asking”
© Jonas Jurgella
“ Where I spend my time really shows off my interests”
Again going back to their nature as territorial, predatory animals, where your cat spends her time really tell you about what she likes to be around, environmentally speaking.
Is the TV room? Maybe your cat longs to be around more noise, sights and sounds. Especially for female cats, this could be a signal that they deeply desire to have a mate around for the social benefits.
How about the backyard? I see this a lot with cats with boundless energy, the natural fitness types in feline form. Kittens will often develop a sense of play that yearns for the outdoors.
If you find your cat lazing about in the kitchen – well I think you know what that means!
There are a lot of little things to look for too. For cats hanging around a ball all the time, even without saying anything to you, he’ s probably trying to signal playtime. Which leads us to our next point:
“ Sometimes I want you to lead without asking”
Your cat is not the type of animal to dictate orders. He or she would much prefer that you just know what they’ d like to do... oftentimes to your own frustration from the communication gap.
Again, they have teenage brains in many ways.
The thing is, they see you as their owner, their caregiver, and indeed their leader. And in the animal hierarchy, the leader should generally know what the group desires.
I’ m not the one who wrote the rules, just the messenger. My own cat frustrates me with this unspoken requirement as well!
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