Try this out on your cat - concerned cat when human pants

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Ok, i'll admit this is weird....

But in short, one time I was playing with my cat, Ocean, and started panting like a dog (I did, not my cat), and i noticed that she became really concerned about my panting and ran over to me to investigate. Ive tried it several times since then, and its the same everytime, she'll drop what she's doing and run over to see whats going on. I even had one of my friends try it (who Ocean isnt fond of) and she ran ove to him too.

Has anyone ever heard of this?! It's really wild. Try it with you cat, and see if it works.

I'm thinking they may think your under stress, or hurt or something, since it sounds like these are times when they pant.
 

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OMG!! That is wild, I just tried it and Trout flipped out!!

She ran over to me and was all cautious and jumped up on my lap and stared at me


That is too funny, usually she doesn't give a damn when I am sad or anything..apparently I need to pant to get her attention.

Cool experiment...although I did feel like a wang as I was panting.
 
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LOL - so weird!

I wonder if anyone else has come across this. I try not to do it to Ocean much, beceause I feel like I'm "calling wolf" for some reason.

Anyways, I'm glad you tried it out and it worked for you - enjoy...er something
 

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Ok, this is the thread I get to share my story. LOL

I was making funny sounds and started making hissing sounds and Taylor got soooooooooooo worked up. He puffed up all his fur! His tails was sooo pooofy. I admit it is probably a little mean, but it was so funny and cute to see him get spooked like that.

I don't think he hates me for it though. He's curled up in a ball between my legs.
 

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Originally Posted by pipersjo

Petunia jumped OFF of my lap.......but she stared at me and stopped purring when she jumped down! Very weird!
OMG! I just tried this with Taylor and he jumped off the ottoman and is staring at me cautiously! This is toooo cool!
 
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Originally Posted by Cubbie

Ok, this is the thread I get to share my story. LOL

I was making funny sounds and started making hissing sounds and Taylor got soooooooooooo worked up. He puffed up all his fur! His tails was sooo pooofy. I admit it is probably a little mean, but it was so funny and cute to see him get spooked like that.

I don't think he hates me for it though. He's curled up in a ball between my legs.
I'm sure he still loves you
!

The hissing I can kind of understand, since he may think you're mad at him or going to attack - still though, funny story I love when their tails puff up.

Thanks for trying/sharing
 

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Originally Posted by sharey

I'm sure he still loves you
!

The hissing I can kind of understand, since he may think you're mad at him or going to attack - still though, funny story I love when their tails puff up.

Thanks for trying/sharing
Well, the hissing thing was something that happened a while ago. I was just playing with my kitties and the next thing I know it, I'm making hissing sounds.

I wasn't clear about that. I did try the panting thing and posted the results of that. What a great experiment!
 

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I just went and panted at the cats while they were sitting on my parents' bed. Squee just looked at me but Scratch looked very alarmed and panicked so I reassured her that I was alright.
 
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Originally Posted by Cubbie

Well, the hissing thing was something that happened a while ago. I was just playing with my kitties and the next thing I know it, I'm making hissing sounds.
Got it.

The fact that you started making hissing sounds makes me feel better about the fact that I suddenly started panting like a dog!


Maybe we should start a thread about how animals can make humans act like other animals! LOL
 

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Originally Posted by sharey

Got it.

The fact that you started making hissing sounds makes me feel better about the fact that I suddenly started panting like a dog!


Maybe we should start a thread about how animals can make humans act like other animals! LOL
LOL - Hey! I'm just a good cat daddy. I swear I'm not crazy!
 

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Just tried this with Seb. He watched me for about 30 seconds, then slowly moved toward me. Then sat at my feet just watching me. He didn't look overly concerned, just watchful. This is too funny! Will have to try other things now - poor Seb!
 

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Limerick just looked at me. No big reaction from him.
 
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Limerick just looked at me. No big reaction from him.
I've noticed it works best if you get your tounge moving - silly... I know.
 

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One panicked (but his own tail startles him sometimes).
The rest just looked at me like I was stupid (and I admit, I do feel rather silly).
My cats live with a dog though, so they're used to stupidity around here.
 

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Rocket rubs on me when I do that, but he does that when I do practically anything.

Neffie looked at me like I was from outer space and wouldn't come within 5 feet of me.
The others were out on the porch and I wasn't about to go out there and make a fool of myself (more so then I already had! LOL!) so I don't know how they would react.
 

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Oscar looked at me at first then took off and looked at me from a distance
His face was priceless!
 

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I have had times where I was coughing really bad and gasping and Sho would come over to check on me. I think it's just any unusual or alarming noise coming from us upsets them a bit.
 
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