Both our cats are very fond of 'poking' you with a paw if they want attention. One cat does this with is right arm, the other seems to use her left, now my husband is convinced that we have one right handed cat and one left handed cat! Can someone tell him, please!!!!!!
2007-05-18 10:01:16 · 19 answers · asked by Lily & Stu Too 5 in Pets ➔ Cats
Would you believe that I was discussing this with a friend only the other day. I had noticed that both my cats show a preference for using their left paw and my friend's cats do too, so I looked it up on the internet.
In studies carried out at the University of Leeds involving 48 cats, a total of 46% were right-preferent, 44% were left-preferent and 10% were ambilateral. There are also games you can try with your cat to test for paw preference.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/pets/testyourpet/tests/static/cat_1.shtml
2007-05-18 10:16:32 · answer #1 · answered by Michele the Louis Wain cat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not generally known that just as people are either right-handed or left-handed, cats are either right-pawed or left-pawed. Out of every 100 cats approximately 40 are left-pawed, 20 are right-pawed, and 40 are ambidextrous. These findings contrast strikingly with the human situation where only 10 individuals are left-handed for every 90 who are right-handed.
2007-05-18 10:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell your husband that a wise old cat lady said that the old saying "South Paw" came from the cat kingdom! Really! Yes my cat Mia his right pawed while my Gracie Lou who passed away at 16 years of age was left pawed A.K.A. "South Pawed" Look it up it means left handed!
2007-05-18 11:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Studies have been done that show that cats do have a preference for using one paw over the other, so it is entirely possible for one cat to be right-pawed and the other to be left-pawed.
2007-05-18 11:46:15 · answer #4 · answered by sjp2008 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the cats I've had have shown a preference for one paw or the other, so I would think that you do indeed have one right handed and one left handed cat. :)
2007-05-19 04:08:10 · answer #5 · answered by Voelven 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats really dont do anything "right handed" or "left handed" they might think one "paw" is "better" than the other but I think you should paws and think. Maybe you should try this link.
2007-05-18 10:18:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My rescue cat, Flora, enjoys batting things mostly with her right paw, but if she's really serious in batting something around, she'll use both.
Since she leads with the right however, I think she just might be right "handed!"
2007-05-18 10:15:04 · answer #7 · answered by elf_fu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your husband is right.
I have also noticed that our cats also curl up in a particular direction (anti-clockwise), with the head facing left.
It make you want to paws for thought.
2007-05-18 10:11:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats are near perfect hunters and as such are equally balanced to near perfection. I would say they are not either " pawed" but may simply be a habbit for that paticular cat.
2007-05-19 11:34:42 · answer #9 · answered by scorpiotoo2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. All cats have a dominant paw. Dogs do too.
2007-05-18 10:22:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋