Life with cats

The whole process of introducing cats to each other has to be done slowly and carefully from the very beginning. If not then the whole situation can become much worse and you may find that you have two cats that try to attack each other whenever they come into contact. This may even lead to a situation where it is safer and fairer to have one of the cats re-homed. Where do cats go when they need advice?  Sure as humans we have all different kinds of opportunities to reach out to other people in person or via media, but cats are not as fortunate. 

Not being cats of course it is hard to tell if this is code for something feline or not. Either way Lumpy is working on his own social media and already there are RSS feeds and Instagram followers eagerly waiting to hang on his every word. My best guess is that he is giving them the entire raspberry. She had a decided interest in the bonding effects of cats as people view their pets and their relationships with them in different ways. Starting within a household understanding that people under the same roof may each have their own relationship with the family cat she grew that thought process into comparing shelter volunteers to cat owners.

Cats do not have many appeasement gestures as do dogs’ humans’ horses and other group animals. Group animals have many ways to work together to resolve tension without resorting to an emergency response of either fleeing withdrawing or fighting. Cats do not know how to cooperatively resolve or diffuse stress. When a cat senses conflict he or she will run or withdraw to avoid the source of stress or the kitty will fight. Therefore, if a cat follows you or remains close to you seeking your attention it is a true form of flattery. It is your job to bond with your cat. A cat will only become affectionate with you and seek your attention’ wanting your companionship’ if he or she likes you and trusts you. If you ignore your cat’ your cat will not bond with you.

If you reprimand or scold your cat’ your cat will fear you’ mistrust you and avoid you. If there is conflict between cats in a household’ they will avoid each other or fight.  Below are tips to ensure that you have a good relationship with your cat and that your kitty is happy and content. While her study did show that people who worked in volunteer situations with cats did exhibit health benefits in the areas of blood pressure and heart rate’ the effects proved far bigger for owners.  It also showed that the more attached an owner was to their feline’ there was a substantially greater calming effect’ as well.  The research also raises the question as to the health benefits of a cat in an environment’ such as the workplace’ and to what level for people who do not have the same familiarity with the animal as a household pet.