Comportamento e comunicazione felina

What is the most effective tool to solve a problem of cohabitation between man and cat? Knowing how to listen.

I always hear all sorts of people say: "my cat is crazy!" or "my cat is unbearable, he spites me on purpose!” and so I listen carefully to the description of the misdeeds of the cat in question expecting to hear something really problematic. Yet, most of the time, it's nothing like that: at the end of the conversation I know the cat has no problems, while his human really needs help to understand what it means to be a cat.

Have you ever been bitten by your beloved cat while you were petting it?

It happens much more often than we might think. We may be relaxing on the couch with our cat purring on our lap and enjoying our strokes, when suddenly, without any apparent reason, he turns around and bites our hand with all his strength.

There may be several reasons behind a bite given by a cat to its human. Let’s understand why by looking at the context: on what occasions did the cat bite? What was happening when he bit?

Before bringing some examples, it is important to clarify that a cat does not bite without a reason and that there is no cat that is born aggressive; there is always a cause behind every behavior, and biting does not necessarily represent a cat’s tendency to aggression.