Okay, feel free to laugh because it is kind of funny but it is very puzzling behavior. I have been coming home over my lunch break and doing Pilates for about two years. Every time I do, Molly, my cat getting extremely irritated and will bite, kick and lunge at me. Sometimes she is just playing around but most of the time she looks really upset and I usually just put her downstairs until I am finished. Molly is an extremely mellow cat otherwise and I am her favorite human in the house. She hardly ever makes a sound and I have two daughters that play with her all the time and she never seems phased by them and she is a happy sociable cat - why does Pilates stir up such anger in my kitty?
2007-10-03 15:21:35 · 3 answers · asked by Alicia S 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
LOL! I love the comment that Pilates is annoying because I agree! Nothing makes me feel like a bigger goon than doing them, that is why I go home where no one else is around (except Molly). I do them because I am a 30 year old mother of two with toned abs...pretty sure Pilates helped with that! :)
2007-10-03 23:57:37 · update #1
You're busy with your Pilate's and not paying any attention to her. You're concentrating and maybe she thinks you're doing something wrong.
My cat would jump on my head whenever I tried to do any kind of exercise that involved sitting on the floor. If my hair had been longer, maybe that was what had attracted her, but I never did find out why. Usually she was very mellow but just didn't like humans to exercise. So I just put her away, did my thing and then let her out afterwards and gave her a treat. Worked out fine. Who knows what lurks in the mind of a kitty?
2007-10-03 15:32:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be unconsciously giving out feline body posture signals. Which specific motions/positions trigger her attacks?
My brother's dog would whine and act real worried if any person lay on the floor. He would try to get them to get up. I think it upset his view of things.
My cat will bite me (not hard, but carefully) if I whistle.
Cats tend to like the other animals (including you) in the universe to act consistently, and inconsistency often makes them so upset they attack.
2007-10-03 16:11:52 · answer #2 · answered by Howard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your cat is just expressing, with no inhibitions, what other people are thinking -- pilate's is annoying.
2007-10-03 16:57:13 · answer #3 · answered by kc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋