Do you blink?

I have never heard of this!! Tigger was sitting across the room from me, watching Callie (her new little sister). I got her attention and winked at her. She blinked, ran across the room and jumped on my lap. She is not the most affectionate cat and cuddles are always on her own terms, so I'm shocked and excited by this

Thanks!!

Lots of blinkies happening at my house. (Never had a name for it before, though) "Blinkies" is cute!!

we do 'blinkies' too! sometimes, when blossom is all snuggled in my lap or next to me in bed, she'll primp a pinch and stretch her paws out alot. i started stretching my 'paws' too and got many head-buts in return!

After reading this post I went home and tried blinkies with Josie. It was so funny! Her eyes got big, like "She speaks cat!" Instead of blinking back, she licked me a few times on my lips. Kinda like, if you give cat kisses, I'll give you human kisses. Ha ha!

Originally Posted by HBrady

Kinda like, if you give cat kisses, I'll give you human kisses.

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(Ain't it great to be bilingual?)

My cat and I never did the blinking together but there is one thing I started to notice . When she came in and sat in the den she always tilted her head slightly and I was remined by one of my grandkids that when I was looking at her ( my kitty ) and talking to her I had my head slightly tilted as well ( I dont do that except when I'm kitty talking ). So.. she did seem to copy me for sure .


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Hey! I've read all 25 responses to this blinking game, and I think it sounds like my cats could use some "Human to cat" blinking. It sounds cool. What's the best way to do this... slow and steady, or normal blinks, or fast repetitious blinks? I'd never heard of this before, so could someone tell me the best way to do it? Thank you!

Yes, all our cats do the blink, even the bobcats do it What is really cute is to see Nakoma, our rescue bobcat, give us slow blinks when we call his name. He loves it when you say, "Hello Nakoma kitty kitty" he will blink or when I say, "Nakoma kitty, are you a good boy" he gives you those slow blinks

Originally Posted by tibsandnorman

so could someone tell me the best way to do it?

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Watch how your cat does it and do it the same way.

(slow, squinty two-eyed blinkies)

BTW - if you can give a one-eyed blinkie and get your cat to give you the same back, YOU'RE REALLY TALKIN'!!

At 5am this morning, Josie came in for some night time lovin'. I could hardly keep my eyes open. My eyelids kept getting heavy and they kept closing. I think she thought they were blinkies because I got a lot of kisses in return.

Yes that is SO cool - I only found out about it recently while watching a cat documentary and I tried it straight away on Sashka - she responded amazingly - she has always been a bit of a mimic but we had a whole blinky conversation that time. It was great I felt all warm and fuzzy afterwards!

We do it all the time now but I haven't tried the one-eyed blink yet - and am now determined to get one back!!

"the blinkies" what a great name! I read about this in a cat book when I first got Pushkin, so I started trying it. I get a better response from Wiggies though. He blinks and yawns then meows at me and gives me a head butt.
Now, if I only I could figure out cat speak for "be quiet at night and let us sleep!"

I read about this in a book called "The Nine Emotional Lives Of Cats", then I also saw it in a book called "The Cat Whisperer". I have noticed that not all of our six cats will blink at you when you blink at them, but one of them almost always will. I believe that it is a way of saying that "I'm not a threat to you", "Lets be friends". I posted this on another site and hardly got any responses to it. I know that it has to be a way of communicating with them, I'm positive of that.

aww that would b really cool, lol

I just tried blinking (and winking) at my cat and she looked at me with a very surprised look at first, but then kept looking away. I got down to her level and tried it again, and when I started blinking rapidly, her eyes got really big and intense like she was about to pounce! So I backed off and let her be. Hmm Will have to practice more *slooooooow* blinks!