david.n.c said:
If I stare my cats out, they start to get nervous - you can see it in the way they stand. But if I just glance at them, or give them the half-shut eye look, they come running over. I've found that it also works to a lesser extent with dogs and young babies
bitslice said:
"Why does a cat chatter when he sees a bird?
When a cat kills prey, it bites down quickly several times. The "chatter" is simulating the cat's behavior at the time of attack. Alternatively (according to a visitor): it's pure and simple frustration. When a cat is stalking or killing a bird, they're almost invariably completely silent. It's when they are shut off from the prey that they chatter."
One of my cats chatters as well. His more of a "kakakakakaka" sound, normally when he sees a bird outside the window (not very often around here!) or he thinks he can see something on the wall (usually an unused nail!). Someone once posted a link to a website with what all the sounds meant, but I can't find it
My best mate told me for years how he hated cats - horrible animals, selfish, evil, children of the devil. When his girlfriend got one, he used his firstborn as an excuse to get rid of it ("What if it messes in his bed?!" - I know it's daft, but she didn't). I lived miles away so he only saw mine once in a blue moon. Eighteen months ago I moved to this side of the river, near where he is, and now he and my black cat (even more surprising for a Newcastle fan!) are inseperable when they're in my flat. Either my friend is walking through the door and Flea is waiting for him, or my mate is sitting somewhere with a cat all over him.
They're very sneaky at gaining affection
And my ex told me many years ago that the moments of madness when they go sprinting all over the show (I call it the "mad half hour") were due to a kind of "pounce energy reservoir" which they normally used for hunting, but in a domestic setting had no use for, but the energy still accumulated and had to be used somewhere - hence the TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR sprinting up and down the stairs 37 times at 2am. Would be pleased to hear confirmation of whether that's a load of cobblers
it sounded crazy enough to be true!
