Category: Behavior
Why Do Cats Purr?
The most misunderstood sound in your house You stroke your cat, the engine starts up, and everyone agrees on what it means: happy cat. Except that’s only half the story. Cats also purr at the vet. They purr when they’re frightened. Some purr while they’re dying. And one particular type of purr is a carefully […]
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Why Do Cats Eat Grass?
Most cat owners have probably encountered this little oddity: whether you take your cat outside on a leash or buy cat grass at the supermarket, they start eating it as if they haven’t been fed in weeks! It’s a familiar scene for countless cat owners, and yet the behavior itself remains one of the great […]
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Why Do Cats Knead? (a.k.a. “Making Biscuits”)
Making biscuits: the cutest thing your cat does with a straight face You know the scene. Your cat climbs onto a blanket, your lap, or a pillow that was perfectly fine a second ago — and starts pushing into it, paw after paw, slow and rhythmic, like a tiny baker who takes their job very […]
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