2007-02-17 09:50:40 · 17 answers · asked by Gracie 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
For animals, butt sniffing is like shaking hands.
Good manners, and a great way to get to know someone.
2007-02-17 09:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that the first cat is getting to know the new cat. Cats can't really see very well and they know everything around them by smell. Your cats know you by your smell. That is why cats rub up against you, it is to put their smell on you. One of the places that has the most scent glands is in the butt area, so that is why the cat tends to go there to get to know it's new playmate.
2007-02-17 17:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by lochmessy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pheromones (sex glands), is the smell that animal let go to esentially "check them out" and become acquainted with for finding a mate. Anal glands are situated around the anus and dog and cats smell the anus to identify there friends or enemy. Domestic animals are very "Smell orientated" and communicate and identify using this method. That is why you see dogs sniffing peoples bums as well
2007-02-17 09:57:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cats get a large type of education from heady scent. they're "conversing" to a minimum of one yet another whilst they sniff each and every others in the back of. it relatively is relatively organic. If she isn't spayed, he ought to be checking to confirm if she is in warmth. he will mount her and convey kittens in the event that they're the two nevertheless intact the subsequent time she is going into warmth. My oldest cat is a manufactured from basically this way of relation.
2016-10-02 07:39:05 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shes probably curious about the new cat. Shes investivating the scent from where she was before. Its like shaking hands for us.
2007-02-17 09:58:14 · answer #5 · answered by rivers! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are obviously just getting acquainted. It's the way of cats.
2007-02-17 12:08:10 · answer #6 · answered by Kitty Mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the way animals remember each other by their scent unfortunately it is their behind that they smell. Dogs do it too!
2007-02-17 09:55:05 · answer #7 · answered by peanutbulls 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your other cat is a male, he is smelling her in heat. if she is spayed, then he is thinking she is in heat. if your other cat is a female, then she is worried about her territory (yes females do it too, worse than males in my personal experience).
2007-02-17 12:44:11 · answer #8 · answered by pikachu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is just saying howdy!! My cats lick each other so much it is nauseating, just a cat thing...
2007-02-17 10:02:10 · answer #9 · answered by Grandma of six 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its normal way, cats usually do that to know whether she is newcomer or not, or to know she is male or female.
2007-02-17 10:14:25 · answer #10 · answered by zagi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋