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Think you know your cat? Think again: New video demystifies feline body language
DailyMail ^ | July 31, 2013 | Sarah Griffiths

Posted on 08/03/2013 5:36:01 AM PDT by Daffynition

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To: Daffynition
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61 posted on 08/03/2013 3:46:19 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Just citing the info from the “expert” quoted in the piece. Oh, well, I guess some kitties can be different.


62 posted on 08/03/2013 3:51:53 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Just citing the info from the “expert” quoted in the piece. Oh, well, I guess some kitties can be different.

Our cat likes a lot more than the brief pets that this expert says they prefer, as well. He would let you pet him for hours if you wanted to. Unless it is very hot, his favorite thing to do in the evening is to sit on my husband’s lap and mooch his TV snack.


63 posted on 08/03/2013 3:54:09 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: Bigg Red

They’re all different Red! An experienced owner knows how to nurture and bring out their cat’s personality. I’ve had cats since I talked a feral cat out of the bushes when I was two. My Mom taught me to say “Here kitty kitty. I named him Big. I’m now 68, and have never really been without a cat.


64 posted on 08/03/2013 4:10:38 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Thank you!

Love it about Mao responding to people back! Beaux and Mom have their “conversation” in the morning as she is reading the paper and drinking her coffee. He starts, she responds back and they'll keep going because Beaux HAS to have the last word. I wish I had a video camera because I know it would be a youtube hit.

65 posted on 08/03/2013 4:37:37 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: Gefn; Daffynition
The world would be a poorer place without kittehs and goggies.


66 posted on 08/03/2013 4:52:59 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Bigg Red
The expert is right about some cats but to say "all cats"... heck you can't even say all cats meow or all cats have fur.

Part of it is personality and part of it is how they were raised. My little barn cat does not like his tummy rubbed but my larger one who we had from the first just loved tummy rubs. He would wiggle in delight and if you stopped sooner then he wanted he would find the next person and bug them until he had his fill of tummy rubs.

67 posted on 08/03/2013 5:32:06 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Revenge is a dish best served with pinto beans and muffins)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
I love that little velcro tongue! She has such pretty patterns on her coat! What a Love!


68 posted on 08/03/2013 8:22:05 PM PDT by Daffynition (Life's short- paddle hard!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I love that collection of furballs!


69 posted on 08/03/2013 8:23:09 PM PDT by Daffynition (Life's short- paddle hard!)
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To: Bigg Red

Not all cats are alike. Some do. Some don’t. Anyone making generalizations about cats, just as anyone making generalizations about women can be generally right but dangerously wrong when they try to apply said generalization to either in all, or even most, cases.


70 posted on 08/03/2013 8:33:32 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Daffynition

And people say mixed marriages don’t work!


71 posted on 08/03/2013 8:51:50 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Well said.


72 posted on 08/04/2013 4:42:18 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: boatbums

Your kitties are gorgeous! I’ve never seen a Persian in real life.


73 posted on 08/04/2013 8:10:20 AM PDT by Gefn (More Cowbell please)
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To: boatbums

Whoops, Ragdoll. I’ve never seen one in person either.


74 posted on 08/04/2013 8:12:30 AM PDT by Gefn (More Cowbell)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Don’t you just love interactive computer cats. Andy hounds me when I’m on the computer too. A hounding cat. Who knew? So charming, so much fun.


75 posted on 08/04/2013 11:17:41 AM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely expressed as advice)
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To: Veto!

As far as I’m concerned, A house without a cat is not a home. I can’t imagine being without one! Mao has this wonderful thing about bappin’ me with her tail.
“bap! I want attention. Bap! Bap!”


76 posted on 08/04/2013 11:37:08 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Gefn
Thank you! Ragdolls are really sweet and laid back, blue-eyed babies. I adore our Stella. She is a flame point/bicolor (a redhead - hence her name). Here are a few more pics of our angel:


77 posted on 08/04/2013 3:43:17 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boatbums

Both of them look like professional pictures. Stunning kitty

Give her a kiss from meow


78 posted on 08/04/2013 5:00:31 PM PDT by Gefn (More Cowbell)
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To: Daffynition
I knew most of these from watching "My Cat from Hell" with Jason Galaxy. Great show. It also allowed me to bond with a kitty I was "baby sitting" (at my home) very quickly - something I was told many cats have trouble with (many cats don't react well to new places).

Hopefully I'll be recovered from my surgery in time to baby sit again, I really fell in love with that little fur-ball, and I miss her!

Mark

79 posted on 08/04/2013 5:55:37 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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As far as I’m concerned, A house without a cat is not a home. I can’t imagine being without one!

I couldn't agree more, but I haven't been able to guarantee I'll be able to care for a kitteh due to health problems. Last Christmas I got to babysit the sweetest little girl for just over 2 weeks, and while I had an incredibly wonderful time, I also realized that about 2 weeks was all I could handle for caring for a kitteh.

But during that 2 weeks, if I wasn't at work (or out shopping for cat litter or cat food) we were inseparable. She would spend hours on my lap, napping or allowing me to pet her while we watched TV. And I discovered how much she really loved to play (I bought a toy like the ones Jason Galaxy uses), and she was SO ATHLETIC! Her mommy couldn't believe it when I demonstrated it to her, and to this day they spend some time playing with that toy.

We also slept together every night, and it was so wonderful to have this little white ball of love come running when I got home from work, and she could hardly wait to get into my lap!

I really miss having a little furball to love, and one who loves me back (her mommy told me that she was pining for me, and would get agitated about the time I'd get home from work for nearly 2 weeks!)

Mark

80 posted on 08/04/2013 6:10:36 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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