What Listening to Your Cat Can Tell You

Whether you’re a newbie cat’s companion or a seasoned cat’s companion, you know you have to listen actively to and decipher what your feline friend is trying to communicate to you.

There are a number of nonverbal ways your cat can make you aware of what it wants. The most important of which is thought to be vocalization.

Each Devon rex cat and all other cats vocalize a little differently depending upon its vocal apparatus, history, and personality. To strengthen your human-cat bond knowing what each vocalization is likely to mean is essential.

Can you tell when your cat is saying:

1. Feed me.
2. You’re annoying me (to another Devon rex cat).
3. Not interested in attention right now.
4. I really need some petting.
5. Boy, am I bored – I need some stimulation.
6. I want to get to that bird outside the window.
7. Get that other *#@! cat off my property.
8. No, don’t touch me there – hurts or is ticklish.
9. I feel punk and really need your help.
10. This is my mouse – get your own!

Being aware of what your cat is vocally telling you can significantly reduce the frustration you both may experience in meeting your mutual needs.

Additionally, cats are natural healers. Did you know that their purring resonates at a vibration that can heal the human body? And, cats know when something is amiss in your body as well. It is important to pay attention to whether your cat sits or curls up next to you in the same place repeatedly and if they begin to purr.

Devon rex cats also let you know in their own subtle way if something if wrong with them. Learning to communicate with your cats on a daily basis could actually save either your own life or theirs.

Many thanks to Signe A. Dayhoff, Ph.D., http://www.catsmart-catlove.com/