Cat Puffing up for any real reason?

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porkbun718@yahoo.com - 23 Jul 2005 05:52 GMT

My roommate has recently been experiencing behavior with his cat where
she will puff up in front of him. She didn't seem like she was
aggressive or too unhappy, and he is able to pet her.

Any ideas why this could be? She lives in a household with another cat
and dog - could this be her way of exhibiting dominance?

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Snittens - 23 Jul 2005 21:45 GMT

> My roommate has recently been experiencing behavior with his cat where
> she will puff up in front of him. She didn't seem like she was
> aggressive or too unhappy, and he is able to pet her.
>
> Any ideas why this could be? She lives in a household with another cat
> and dog - could this be her way of exhibiting dominance?

It could be, or maybe there's something the humans are not aware of that is
bothering the cat, like a bug or something.
I wouldn't worry about it unless she was displaying other signs of being
agitated (ears back, tail shaking, etc)

-Kelly

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jmc - 24 Jul 2005 00:35 GMT

Suddenly, without warning, porkbun718@yahoo.com exclaimed (23-Jul-05
5:52 AM):

Sounds to me like she wants to play, or at least wants attention. Meep
does this to me if I've not paid her enough attention - the whole "up on
her toes sidesways Halloween Cat act" Being a black cat, she does it
quite well.

Her other favorite attention getter is lurking at the top of the stairs.
If I even think about turning around or heading that way, she thumps
her way down the stairs as fast and noisy as she can. If I don't take
the bait, she comes back up and awaits another chance :)

jmc

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