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Cat Forum / General Topics / July 2006Survey...male vs female behavior when someone is at the door
Another thread brought up the difference between cats behavior when someone comes to the door. The other poster and I both have male cats who go to the door to see who it is and female cats who hide. Is this common or just a coincidence? What do your male cats do? What do your female cats do? > Another thread brought up the difference between cats behavior when > someone comes to the door. The other poster and I both have male cats [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > What do your female cats do? I don't think it's a male female thing. My cat is 2 now and when she was a kitten, she'd hide away where I couldn't see her at all. Now, she comes out to see who it is. Granted, she's standing a good ways back across my living room, but she's in direct view. If it's someone she knows, she comes up to the person and demands petting. If not, she just stays there until I close the door, that's common if it's a delivery person. But, if it's someone new that is coming in to stay for a bit, she'll usually stay out in the living room with us for a while and then come sit on the back of the couch in an almost protective of me way until she gets used to the person. >Another thread brought up the difference between cats behavior when >someone comes to the door. The other poster and I both have male cats >who go to the door to see who it is and female cats who hide. Is this >common or just a coincidence? > >What do your male cats do? He keeps on sleeping. >What do your female cats do? She keeps on sleeping. >>Another thread brought up the difference between cats behavior when >>someone comes to the door. The other poster and I both have male cats [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > She keeps on sleeping. We have a two year old house cat, and when the front door goes, she growls, and then hides but when they come in she then comes out to see who it is. When she first growled we didnt know what on earth the noise was, we are used to it now... >>>What do your male cats do? >>> >> He keeps on sleeping. I have a 10 month old kitten who when he hears the door bell/the door open runs under the bed and stays there. He'll usually stay there until the company leaves. My 18 year old calico on the other hand will go and greet them at the door. My 11 year old cat immediately runs to the front door whenever she hears a knock at the door or the bell ring. She probably thinks it's someone delivering food for her. >>>>What do your male cats do? >>>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption > =---- I have one of each, both the same age, always lived together, with me. the male greets people at the door and sniffs, rubs... the female hides as soon as the doorbell or noises at the door get her attention. If people come over to stay awhile, it takes her ages to come out, unless she recognises the voice, in which case she will come out after 10 or 15 minutes. |
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