my one year old indoor cat Shelley sometimes acts wierd like he is unsure or scared of objects in my flat.
today he kept creeping up to a towel and reaching out to touch it with his paws but when he touched it and it moved slightly he jumped away from it. then he does it again.
he does the same to lots of different objects.
is this normal cat behaviour?
why does he do it?
2006-09-26 09:15:17 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
Yes, that's normal, especially for indoor cats who have no other way of exploring and playing than with things around the house. My cats do that all the time.
2006-09-26 09:18:17 · answer #1 · answered by brooke 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 09:41:10 · answer #2 · answered by bungay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen cats do this, to objects that are out of place, it curiosity, they may not recognize it cause it's not in it's normal place. The only other time I have seen a cat act this was, was when he was loosing his site, but if that were the case, your cat would be bumping into objects also. So i would just write it of as normal, he just protecting his territory against and abnormality's! Making sure that towel is completely harmless! : )
2006-09-26 09:22:22 · answer #3 · answered by Michelle Lynn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is normal cat behavior. They get used to their environment and when anything changes they have to check it out. My cat checks out everything unfamiliar that is left in her path; some more cautiously than others. If she is walking across the floor and steps on something she didn't see, it freaks her out and she will jump straight up in the air. She sometimes does this with my daughter's game controller cord because it blends into my carpet.
2006-09-26 09:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by Ragdoll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that strange! My cats do the excact same thing sometimes! The reason they do this is becuase either the object has an unfamiliar smell on it or the cat thinks it is something strange or new and it wants to investigate it. If they jump, the smell just startles them.
:)
2006-09-26 09:21:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sarah, Cats are natural born hunters. A lot of kitties need to check out and explore everything they possibly can, and if they find something that moves (a bug, for instance), or that they think moved when they touched it (the towel) it will hold their interest at least for a little while while they check it out. :) It's totally normal. Believe me, I've got 4 little spaz-kitties of my own. :)
2006-09-26 09:26:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally normal! Sometimes they are just playing - other times, the object looks strange to them and they don't recognize it. The towel may have been wadded up funny and he couldn't quite make out what it is - so he had to investigate. Perfectly normal.
2006-09-26 09:17:00 · answer #7 · answered by cfisher4234 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cats have to earn their living! You are buying her food and in return it's her duty to entertain you.
If my cat gets too boring and doesn't want to have a cuddle, I will just stop feeding her! She will then start fishing for the gold fish in the tank. (Better than watching TV and on those rare occasions I actually DON'T mind that my partner brought those pointless creatures.)
2006-09-26 09:33:50 · answer #8 · answered by Hipira 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah cats do this all the time. It's sorta new to them and they want to see how the object reacts. They're just learning about their environment. Kitty will stop when he gets older.
2006-09-26 09:17:00 · answer #9 · answered by Sonnenrad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my cat does it, shes paranoid. she never stops doing it. shes about 3 years old now. she still does it. she's always done it. and if the TV makes a little "clunk" noise when you turn it off, she jumps and runs off out of the room too. she's just petrified of anything and everything. sometimes she'll jump right out of her sleep for nothing, and run off. do they make prozac for cats?
really, its a sign of poor eye sight or lack of intelligence. i think my cats slightly on the loopy side, but i can be too.
2006-09-26 09:23:24 · answer #10 · answered by ASLotaku 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋