Cat Signs

Cats have a reputation for being a bit mysterious, but devoted owners often come to love their kitten's quirks and personality. Understanding their way of communicating with you is the best way to appreciate their love!

Cats communicate with each other using voice, smell, movements and pose. Their language is universal, just like love. A cat from China can easily understand a cat from Germany. So here are some ways of how they express their feelings to you.

Body Language

Active, quick, muscular, graceful, with athletic body - all these words can be said about healthy cats. They use their bodies in extremely expressive manner. Cats might be the experts at reticence. If a cat sprawls before you, that means she feels comfortable and confidently. If she turns over to the back. that, probably, means she is in good spirits and feels slack and playful.

Eyes meet eyes!

Eyes are the mirror of the soul and it is quite true for cats. Cats will never delude you. Each time you cat is looking at you to understand what you want. If your cat has been looking at you for some seconds, then blinks and turns away, that means it recognizes you but doesn't invite you to communicate with it. Don't worry it's not rude! The pupils of the eye will say more. If they are dilated they seem to cry with fear. If you are not sure whether your cat is frightened or not, look at its pupils. Wide open eyes and dilated pupils mean that something awful is coming. If you cat acts aggressively, its pupil may turn to narrow slits.

Tail tells!

If you can read what the cat's tail is telling you, you will know what is on its mind. The tail could stick straight up. In this case it is used to demonstrate self-confidence and a sense of pride. Cats that carry their tails this way walk very pompously. When your cat is frightened, its tail looks like a bottle brush. If the tail is fluffy and looks bigger that it is, it signifies the mixture of false courage and fear.

Quick swings of the tail is a joyous greeting, the cat rubs against your legs, purrs showing its joy about your coming home.

 Sounds Purr-rrrfect!

Purring is the most mysterious process that you may imagine. Most cat owners think cats are purring when they're satisfied. It's true but not the only condition under which cats purr. However, It also happens when cats are feeling pain.

Purring means you are spending time together with harmony. That means to stretch your hand to your best friend at night. These are moments when your cat pushes its head and your chin when you are sad. Whatever it means, in such a way cats express bliss as well. There is no doubt that this is the most beautiful sound among those cats utter.

What greater gift than the love of a cat?

Credit: Kamran Awan