There are also scent glands in the foot, though Dodman thinks that this isn’t a major part of the marking process. ( See our favorite photos of pet felines.)Ĭats mark with urine (or phantom urine) “often out of frustration or territorial concerns,” says Dodman, author of The Cat Who Cried For Help, and it’s usually in a prominent place that has “strategic significance” to the cat, including the edges of their territory or where their food is located.
These males go through all the choreography of spraying, backing up to a surface, treading legs, and quivering tails, it’s just that no urine comes out. To Nicholas Dodman, professor emeritus at Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, both show the characteristics of neutered male cats’ phantom spraying or marking. Our reader’s cat, however, does this on other flat surfaces, such as walls and kitchen cabinets. The cat in this video seems to have learned to get his human minion to open the door by knocking. Why do cats thump their leg on the door or other flat surface? A sudden increase in grass-eating can mean an upset stomach from a hairball or other source, or, in multi-cat households, it could be a sign of anxiety. Many owners provide their indoor cats with grass to eat.
In the wild, cat species might get some fiber from plant matter in the guts of prey animals. Grass is also a natural fiber “important to general gastrointestinal health,” Zoran says. It’s likely a trait that’s been passed down from wildcat ancestors, which ate vegetation to essentially scrape out the intestines, purging invaders like worms. “Grass and plant-eating is considered a normal behavior in cats,” and may even help reduce parasite loads, Provoost says. The water bowl they’re snubbing may be in a place with lots of annoying foot traffic. It may also be that elevated areas, such as the kitchen sink, “make them feel safe,” Lena Provoost, an animal behaviorist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, says by email.
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