Cats Greetings

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I used to be like most people, had only one or two cats all my life and I never noticed that cats greet each other the same as dogs!

After I started to care for this feral cat colony, I learned a lot about cats that I did not know.

I feed them twice a day, early morning and in the evening when I return from work. After they eat they disperse. I have no idea where they go. Some hang for a while in my back yard and others jump the fence and off they go – “to work”?  “patrol the neighborhood”? “catch mice”? “take a nap at one of my neighbors outdoor furniture”? It is all a mystery to me where they go. But in the evening when they return home for the evening feeding, they start sniffing each others behinds like dogs do when they meet other dogs. That was a surprise to me because I did not know cats greet each other in this manner. After noticing that, I did some research and found out that cats know by the smell of other cats if the cat is friendly, enemy or is sick. This information giving by the smell dictates the other cats behavior around the one being sniffed upon.

There is never a dull moment caring for this feral cat colony and a lot of learning for me.

If you have a question or want to comment please contact me at: info@stonecrestfcc.org

Until next week with more cat news!