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

So, now that we have all these results, has anyone ever head of any solid reasoning behind this?

I make funny sounds at my cat a lot just because I get a kick out of his reaction. He usually will walk over and sniff with wide eyes, and bat me in the head like "stop it." He'll take a little bite at my hair if he's close enough. If I make a sound like gurgling water he'll run at me from out of the room and attack me, like jump on my shoulder if I'm not standing. Not in a hurt me kind of way but in a play way... it's pretty funny.

Cats are curious about strange noises?

I don't think I'll be trying it with mine.

The one time I decided to play with Radar on all fours, I crawled around the corner, he took one look at me, puffed up and fled - and then a couple of seconds later (obviously he'd realised it was just me by that point!) raced back to me and batted me several times round the head.

I learnt my lesson

I'll have to try this when I get home, lol. Whenever I bang into something and yell or cry one or both of the cats will come over to see if I'm okay.

my cat just looked at me like i was some sort of weirdo and walked off
hahah!

Originally Posted by nonstop

I make funny sounds at my cat a lot just because I get a kick out of his reaction. He usually will walk over and sniff with wide eyes, and bat me in the head like "stop it." He'll take a little bite at my hair if he's close enough. If I make a sound like gurgling water he'll run at me from out of the room and attack me, like jump on my shoulder if I'm not standing. Not in a hurt me kind of way but in a play way... it's pretty funny.

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So did you try the experiment out?

Lol, I first thought this strange, but we tried it yesterday.
Milli ignores me if I make a noise...
But my guy makes a soft whistling sound and Milli is all over his face loving him and purring.
It works..

I haven't tried it out on Blossom, but she pants like a dog when she tears around the house.

ok odd one out...but my cats are to lazy to care...They only get alarmed if i yell(like get off the ledge above door... ! One of them(Casey) just loves that sound and its how I get him to come over. The sound they HATE is those airfresheners you stick on wall and hit it to dispense the freshener(had it in 2003 so forget name...) they all jumped...it smelled SO SO GOOD!!! but had to stop using it

Originally Posted by sharey

I'm not really sure what it is, but its very interesting. Ocean came from a shelter, and she has definitely seen dogs before and she has strong reactions to it. Have you tried it out, or are you just guessing they wont react? It may be different if they see their owner acting this way, rather than a dog.

Thanks for the reply

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My husband and I always pant at the dogs, and the cats are usually around when we do this. During play, we will often turn our heads and pant at the cats just for fun. Nope, they don't see anything out of the ordinary, but then again, our cats have lived with dogs most of their lives.

This is hilarious! I decided to try this out and it was INTERESTING to see how my cats reacted!!

Spike immediately tried to put his head in my mouth! It happened so fast I didn't have time to shut my mouth before he shoved part of his head into my mouth. I had a hard time removing all the fur from my mouth! YUK...

Every time I tried to pant, he'd try to shove his nose into my mouth then he'd roll around on the floor, jump up and rub against me, and try to headbutt me..

Zebra started meowing a lot which is very very unusual since she rarely meows.

All the others froze and just stared at me like they weren't sure who I was!

I believe they react like this because they are NOT used to this kind of behavior-remember cats likes routine.

Miagi, no because he likes our dogs..

and Tiger, no because he rubbed up against me all lovey dovey. maybe I didn't do it right! oh yeah and he likes our dogs, too except he isn't fond of our hound which is okay because Buster barks at him once in awhile

No ~ Both my cats have gotten use to our dog and they all play pretty good together these days. But I think in the begining this might of worked until they got use to eachother but i did test it out just to see haha.

Ok, I tried this this morning. Wickett was trying to be pet and Frankie was sleeping on the top of the couch next to me. As soon as I started panting they both got very wide eyed and concerned looking. Then, when I tried to pet Wickett he backed away from my hand. Wierd! I was doing it very quietly too.

I was thinking that it might be something girl cats do, but after looking through this more, i see that its both... The only thing I've noticed is that those with dogs have less of a reaction. And I'm not sure how true that is, it kind of depends on how good of a panter you are!

I was thinking that it might be something girl cats do, but after looking through this more, i see that its both... The only thing I've noticed is that those with dogs have less of a reaction. And I'm not sure how true that is, it kind of depends on how good of a panter you are!

I tried it and my cat woke up from her nap and looked really startled. However, I also remembered that when cats are really really stressed or scared they pant... mine has done it once or twice at a vet. Perhaps they are responding thinking you are stressed or scared.

Originally Posted by sharey

So did you try the experiment out?

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Yep! He did the same thing he usually does when I make an usual sound. He looked at me with wide eyes then attacked me. I did it to my new girl kitten, and she just stood still and looked at me with wide eyes. I think she was contemplating to fight or flee. It looked like her tail may have started to puff up and I didn't want to freak her out so I didn't do it long enough to see what her conclusion was.