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Whenever I get into bed, or in the morning when my cat comes into my bedroom and jumps on my bed, he starts doing a little "dance." I say dance because that is what it looks like! He pushes down with one paw, then switches to the other, and keeps alternating...right, left, right, left, and so on. I tried to come up with reasons for why he does this:
1) It's an animal instinct denoting security, most-related to when he used to suckle.
2) He's trying to make himself comfy
3) He's trying to give me a massage
4) He's dancing!!!!
Yet another odd behavior, is when I get up in the morning (after the little dancing bit), he waits till I get out of bed, and accompanies me to the bathroom where he will constitently rub his head on my legs (even when I'm sitting...well u know where
)! I have found too that sometimes in the middle of the day, when I am walking in the hallway, he'll run ahead of me, run into the bathroom and literally throw himself on the ground waiting for me to follow him!
Another odd thing I noticed, is that when he is trying to catch a fly or when he sees birds at a distance, he meows in a whisper and for some strange reason, in the case of catching a fly, the fly won't fly away...it's as if he somehow "hypnotized" it.
And something which I will never understand, is he tries to grab my legs when I pass him in the hallway, as if he's trying to trip me or trying to get me to stop walking.
Some Facts about My Kitty:
1) He's 4 years old.
2) He's neutered.
3) He hasn't been declawed, and I NEVER cut his nails (is this bad? as he doesn't ruin any furniture, nor does he hurt anyone)
4) I gave him MAJOR attention and he knows it
Anyhow,I write all this in the hope that someone out there will be able to explain my cat's quirky behavior
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1) It's an animal instinct denoting security, most-related to when he used to suckle.
2) He's trying to make himself comfy
3) He's trying to give me a massage
4) He's dancing!!!!
Yet another odd behavior, is when I get up in the morning (after the little dancing bit), he waits till I get out of bed, and accompanies me to the bathroom where he will constitently rub his head on my legs (even when I'm sitting...well u know where
Another odd thing I noticed, is that when he is trying to catch a fly or when he sees birds at a distance, he meows in a whisper and for some strange reason, in the case of catching a fly, the fly won't fly away...it's as if he somehow "hypnotized" it.
And something which I will never understand, is he tries to grab my legs when I pass him in the hallway, as if he's trying to trip me or trying to get me to stop walking.
Some Facts about My Kitty:
1) He's 4 years old.
2) He's neutered.
3) He hasn't been declawed, and I NEVER cut his nails (is this bad? as he doesn't ruin any furniture, nor does he hurt anyone)
4) I gave him MAJOR attention and he knows it
Anyhow,I write all this in the hope that someone out there will be able to explain my cat's quirky behavior
