Does your cat love you?

Question

Do you think your cat loves you? Even if you don't think that animals can feel emotion, do you want to believe he or she feels a genuine affection for you?

Answer 1

Often we try and "humanize" our animals and we like to think that they "love" us the way we love them.

Most mammals are motivated by the same core emotions that humans are motivated by. They include fear, anger and hunger and the drive to protect their young and/or territory.

The leading theory is that domestic cats and dogs co-evolved with humans, that is why we get along so well. The cats we have domesticated as house pets have very little to worry about. They eat on a regular schedule, they don't have predators stalking them. They have been bred to be content and happy. They have been bred to respond to human affection and want to spend time with you. They have an uncanny ability to be able to respond to your emotions.

As a scientist, I will say that it is a by-product of the co-evolution of the two species.

As a pet owner, I will tell you that yes, my cat loves me.

Answer 2

Absolutely!! My cat of 13 years has always been quite aloof with me (I don't mind, I still pick her up and cuddle and kiss her!). When I went away to England for 3 weeks my husband reported an extreme change in her personality. She suddenly would follow him from room to room, constantly was 'chatting' to him and the dog, would jump on his chest the moment he laid down in bed, he told me she obviously missed me and my 'mothering' of her.

That was a few years ago, the older she gets, the more affectionate she gets. You can see she lights up when I walk in a room, you can see the happiness, hear the purrs when she's being petted.

There is no doubt my cat loves me!!

Answer 3

a similar chemical compound that acts as a depressant on human worried structures acts as a stimulant to the tom cat equipment, yet purely while it relatively is inhaled. Ingested, it places cats (and persons) to sleep! Weirdly sufficient, some cats look resistant to nepetalactone, the chemical that triggers the reaction. they have not got any pastime in any respect interior the herb, on a similar time as others purely bypass nuts over it.

Answer 4

I feel all my cats love me, as they have never failed to come on my lap every single day. Especially when they purr and rub their faces against me, I feel how relaxed they are to be close to me.
As a matter of fact, they don't do these things to any other people they meet. They know who love and care about them, like human beings.

Answer 5

I like to think that Yoda loves me. He greets me at the door, comforts me when I'm sad, mad etc, and he always gives me a head-butt snuggle when I get home from work.

I think that animals can feel emotions and attachments, after all, they stay with us don't they?

Answer 6

i have 9 cats an 1 dog an i know they love me as much as i love them. pets r put on earth to be loved an give love

Answer 7

I know mind does, I got 3. they are 11,9,1 yrs old.They stay in the house in the winter mths,outside right now,I can go outside all 3 of them are like little puppys,follow me every where,I sit down there are in my lap,and they fight to get in my lap...There are just like kids...Hell,they are my kids..I love them..

Answer 8

My cat allows me to care for him, feed him, house him and clean his stinky litter box. In return on rare occasion he allows me to think that he loves me.

Answer 9

I ya my cat baby she loves to be huged she cries and if u put ur arms down by her and she will put her to front paws on ur hands and u have to put her on ur left sholder she won't go on ur right idk y but shell purr like crazy so I belive my cat loves me

Answer 10

I know my cats love me. When I'm down they are there to cheer me up...listen to me...When I'm sick they are close by...Yes they love me as much as I love them