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Hi, I'm a first time cat owner. I picked up my new roommate from the local shelter and... he's adjusting. He's still not sure of me, of my apartment, but he's exploring and playing, but also hiding. It's only been a couple of weeks.
Anyway, all of the websites I read say that when a cat's tail is flickering, that means that they want you to leave them alone.
My new buddy doesn't really dig me, until I go asleep. Then he jumps into bed and steals the covers. When my morning alarm goes off, he waits for me to pet him and he purrs like crazy. The rest of the day he is still skittish, but sleeping with me and the morning pets, he digs.
But when I am petting him in my bed, and he is purring, his tail flicks back and forth. So I am confused as to whether I should stop because of his tail, or keep going because he is purring.
I mean, eventually I have to stop because I have to take a shower and get ready for work, and when I come home he's the same skittish guy until I go to sleep.
I'm just confused about the simultaneous tail flickering and purring.
EDIT: He's not winking, he has one eye! A bad herpes outbreak.
Anyway, all of the websites I read say that when a cat's tail is flickering, that means that they want you to leave them alone.
My new buddy doesn't really dig me, until I go asleep. Then he jumps into bed and steals the covers. When my morning alarm goes off, he waits for me to pet him and he purrs like crazy. The rest of the day he is still skittish, but sleeping with me and the morning pets, he digs.
But when I am petting him in my bed, and he is purring, his tail flicks back and forth. So I am confused as to whether I should stop because of his tail, or keep going because he is purring.
I mean, eventually I have to stop because I have to take a shower and get ready for work, and when I come home he's the same skittish guy until I go to sleep.
I'm just confused about the simultaneous tail flickering and purring.
EDIT: He's not winking, he has one eye! A bad herpes outbreak.
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