2006-08-25 04:23:51 · 26 answers · asked by Renee S 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
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explain please
2006-08-25 04:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All cats do it ,my cat is an indoor cat and when he sits at the window watching the birds he chatters, I think its because they know the bird is on the outside and they are on the inside . Its kinda like Oh ,if only I could get my paws on that birdie I would be so happy ". When you see the outdoor cat,it isdoes not do that , it hunts and kills the bird,like they do in the wild . So I think its because that cat knows it doesn't stand a chance of pouncing on the bird.
2006-08-25 12:01:23 · answer #2 · answered by mimi007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Desmond Morris, in _Catwatching_, describes this activity and says it's a "vacumn activity".
"The cat is performing its highly specialized killing-bite, as if it already had the unfortunate bird clamped between its jaws. Careful observation of the way in which cats kill their prey has revealed that there is a peculiar jaw movement employed to bring about an almost instantaneous death.....It is an enactment of this special movement that the frustrated, window-gazing cat is performing, unable to control itself at the tantalizing view of the juicy little bird outside." (p. 68).
This is a great book, incidentally, as is Muriel Beadle's _The Cat_.
2006-08-25 14:10:12 · answer #3 · answered by samiracat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called "Chattering" and even experts aren't sure why the cats do this. It may be a sugn of excitement or frustration; or it might have been a way that feral cats communicated with one another (to let them know there was a bird or squirrel close by). No one really knows... and the cats can't "tell" us...
2006-08-25 11:29:11 · answer #4 · answered by Fetch 11 Humane Society 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 cats! Your cat is looking at those bird and the cat wants to pounce and eat those birds!
2006-08-25 11:31:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go online, & type in cat moves mouth like chattering motion. See what comes up.!
2006-08-25 12:06:39 · answer #6 · answered by sqishieears 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is doing something called chattering - often they will emit strange squeaks.
It is very much like when you bring anew toy home to a happy child and they jump up and down and squeal.
2006-08-25 11:29:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have 4 indoor cats, and they do the same thing. I'd like to know too.
2006-08-25 11:27:01 · answer #8 · answered by Ricardo C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called chattering. She sees her prey and wants to hunt it. If she's indoors looking out she's prolly telling the bird "If I were out there you'd be lunch."
2006-08-25 12:33:04 · answer #9 · answered by Blossom_Kitty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There really isn't a why to it. All the cats I have ever had do it.
2006-08-25 11:26:48 · answer #10 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of our housecats does that too...I agree with the other answers that it is a hunting instinct...it kinda freaked me out the first time I heard him do it tho...but cute too...
2006-08-25 12:13:11 · answer #11 · answered by Brenda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋