Practical feline behaviour understanding cat behaviour and improving welfare

22 © T. Atkinson, 2018. Practical Feline Behaviour (T. Atkinson) 3. Feline Communication Communication is the transfer of inform ...

Feline Communication 23 Strained intensity sounds Produced with an open mouth. These are sounds that are most often used in offe ...

24 Chapter 3 identify the meaning of a dog’s bark, even if they have had very little experience with dogs (Pongrácz et al., 2005 ...

Feline Communication 25 Defensive and antagonistic sounds There are five sounds associated with defensive or antagonistic encoun ...

26 Chapter 3 Vocalizations of kittens and nursing females Kittens During the first few days of a kitten’s life its vocalizations ...

Feline Communication 27 compared to that of dogs. But it is also due to specific differences between canine and  feline ancestry ...

28 Chapter 3 Rapid blinking can be a sign of fear and a way of avoiding direct eye contact in potential conflict situations. A s ...

Feline Communication 29 The whiskers are relaxed or might also be held slightly forward during positive encounters but are more ...

30 Chapter 3 Whole body signals Distance increasing Along with piloerection along the back and tail, arching the back to appear ...

Feline Communication 31 Distance decreasing Rolling, while stretching and opening the claws (known as a ‘social roll’), may be u ...

32 Chapter 3 Resting positions The position in which a cat rests can indicate how tense or relaxed it is. Keeping the feet in co ...

Feline Communication 33 Tactile Communication Tactile communication between cats includes sniffing, allorubbing (rubbing against ...

34 Chapter 3 (Fig. 3.11). If both cats approach each other with a raised tail then both cats are more likely to rub against eac ...

Feline Communication 35 the underside of the neck and the side of the head (Crowell-Davis et al., 2004). Except when performed b ...

36 Chapter 3 sexual communication but this is not their only function. They are used by cats via urine, faeces and secretions fr ...

Feline Communication 37 remove the dead outer sheath. But scratching is also performed as a means of scent- marking. Scent is de ...

38 Chapter 3 tail held vertically and quivering, with the hind feet treading alternately. In this posi- tion a stream of urine i ...

Feline Communication 39 perceived competition with other cats, either those living in the same household or neigh- bouring cats ...

40 Chapter 3 Cat: The Biology of its Behaviour, 2nd edn. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. pp. 67–93. Bradshaw, J.W.S., ...

Feline Communication 41 Mengoli, M, Mariti, C., Cozzi, A., Cestarollo, E., Lafont-Lecuelle, C., Pageat, P. and Gazzano, A. (2013 ...