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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2003Cat does the wave
This may we adopted two black kittens from the local SPCA - one male, Pepper and one female, Chloe. Both of them are very sweet but very different. Pepper since we bought him had this habit of sitting up for a long time on his haunches - sort of like a Meerkat. Recently he's added to this behaviors by waving his paws up and down, together. He does this at reflections. He does it at us. He does it looking at the cupboards. Anyone else seen this type of behaviors? Any ideas what he is trying do? > This may we adopted two black kittens from the local SPCA - one male, Pepper > and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Anyone else seen this type of behaviors? Any ideas what he is trying do? My Benjamin, a b&w tuxedo boy, sits on his haunches from time to time, particularly if he wants to see over something. He doesn't wave, though. Any chance your cat is doing the hula? ;-) Priscilla >Anyone else seen this type of behaviors? Any ideas what he is trying do? does it look like this? http://www.nata2.info/humor/movies/cat_fight.mpeg circa 24 Nov 2003 17:59:07 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (mmmaryinla@aol.comspam) said, > >Anyone else seen this type of behaviors? Any ideas what he is trying do? > > does it look like this? > http://www.nata2.info/humor/movies/cat_fight.mpeg OMG, that is HILARIOUS!!!!! Laura  SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. >> Anyone else seen this type of behaviors? Any ideas what he is trying do? > > does it look like this? > http://www.nata2.info/humor/movies/cat_fight.mpeg Damn. I've seen that video a million times and it STILL makes me laugh :) Karen As a cat rescuer, I've seen the gesture you describe, though rarely. It is very charming and I believe it is a natural begging motion, made to another cat. I have seen the gesture almost exclusively in the context of a younger, subordinate cat asking to play with higher-ranking cat. Sharon Talbert Friends of Campus Cats I don't think my cats wave but I do know my cat Isis every once and a while will sit and put her paws up and down sometimes when she is looking at something interesting. SignaturePanther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com > > As a cat rescuer, I've seen the gesture you describe, though rarely. It [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Sharon Talbert > Friends of Campus Cats > Pepper since we bought him had this habit of sitting up for a long time on his > haunches - sort of like a Meerkat. Recently he's added to this behaviors by > waving his paws up and down, together. He does this at reflections. He does it > at us. He does it looking at the cupboards. > > Anyone else seen this type of behaviors? Any ideas what he is trying do? My cat periodically rears like a horse, then attempts to leap up while rearing, occasionally waving his paws like a horse moves its front hooves. If I knew what it meant, I wouldn't find it so dang silly looking. :) He seems to do it when he's trying to look big and threatening, like when he's gotten an adrenalin boost and is trying to prove to me he's da cat or something. If I make any move toward him, though, he generally backs down. Signaturehttp://www.mindspring.com/~slywy/ http://slywy.diaryland.com/ circa Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:23:17 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Neil Law (neil.a.law@waterloo.ncr.com) said, > This may we adopted two black kittens from the local SPCA - one male, Pepper and > one female, Chloe. Both of them are very sweet but very different. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Anyone else seen this type of behaviors? Any ideas what he is trying do? Camille does that in the morning while she follows me around the kitchen and bathroom- it's her way of begging to be petted. Of course, she accompanies it with a LOT of vocalization, and she gets her way. I call it "chipmunking". Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. Perhaps you have a cat well versed in the martial arts? Seriously I think he is just wanting attention and letting you know he is there. SignaturePanther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com > This may we adopted two black kittens from the local SPCA - one male, Pepper and > one female, Chloe. Both of them are very sweet but very different. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Anyone else seen this type of behaviors? Any ideas what he is trying do? > This may we adopted two black kittens from the local SPCA - one male, Pepper > and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Anyone else seen this type of behaviors? Any ideas what he is trying do? I don't know but I'd sure like to see it! Karen |
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