Cats Are Attention-Seekers

About Three Behaviors You Should Know for Understanding Your Cats' Emotion

The Veterinarians' Guide to Your Cat's Symptoms
from Amazon.co.uk, written by Katherine Houpt

Did you know that cats can get sick from loneliness? According to Katherine Houpt, director of the Animal Behavior Clinic at Cornell University's School of Veterinary Medicine, Feline depression is "an abnormal behavior in which the cat shows a change in activity, change in vocalization and usually a decrease in appetite."

Independently Sit on a Desk

In public, cats are well-known for their independent characteristic, which makes them relatively easier to raise than dogs. I had also considered that there are not much thing I have to do for my cats before i raised them. 

But how can they become depressed then?

Too human-friendly, always sleep on my arm 

Being domesticated, cats become more human-friendly pets, not like as wild cats. They gradually change their attribute to getting more attention from their owner. 

For the novices, it is difficult to know why their cats do something strange by which they orginally attracts their owner. Most of the actions are positive grounds but there are some symptoms you should understand why they do such behaviors because it can make you notify your cats have a problem emotionally. 

A Meowing Garu

1. Meowing

When they want to play with their owner, eat food and make their owner to clean their toilet, they meow. In my case, my girlfriend and I close a door usually when we sleep because my girlfriend has suffered from bronchitis. Whenever we closed the door, four of my cats crying as a same loud voice and it makes us really awkward to handle. So I get out of the bed and ease them to scrub their ears, play with them, and go back to sleep. 

2. Scratching

Specially at the time they are hungry or want to come inside of the closed room, they harshly scratch the door. That makes our door almost broken, thus we cannot help to changing the hinge. Mostly scratching behavior is expressing their position among the clan or a signal for their territory, however, when they become lonely and feel depressed, it could be an expression of their discontent. 

They want to sleep with their owner (especially on winter)

3. Sleeping

Usually they sleep a lot, more than 12 hours a day they enjoy to sleep. However, when they feel depressed or bad, they sleep way more than usual. If your cats sleep more than 16 hours and don't want to move a lot and stop to eat food, you should take care of them and keep an eye on them until they get better. 

Any behaviors could show their emotion and feeling other than those behaviors. Just knowing three behaviors mentioned above, despite, will make you grasp your cats' feeling and emotion. 

Big hug for my cats; make them comfort!

Garu likes to sleep on my arm

Time to play with them!

It's impossible to spend 24 hours with your cats for fulfilling their desire of staying together. Playing more time with them might be even harder for you because there are lots of thing you have to do for living. Nevertheless, if your cats do these behaviors, it's time to spend more time with your cats. Touching, stroking and hugging them will make them relaxed and happy.