I went out my back door to fill the bird feeder yesterday and heard the noise of cat feet hitting the ground. I looked up to see Orange Cat on my back porch. He was looking anxiously at me, wondering what I would do next. I decided to try the Cat Squint.
Blinking very slowly and even leaving your eyes closed for a second or two seems to be cat body language for a relaxed smile. I’ve used this signal with many cats, and it almost always works. Almost. It does not work with Max. He does not do the Cat Squint unless he is really sleepy, and even then, it seems like he’s just blinking slowly because he’s falling asleep.
Anyway, I did the Cat Squint with Orange Cat… and he did it back! I tried it some more, and he blinked back some more. Then I tried blinking slowly with an extended eye closing. When I opened my eyes, he was lounging on the porch. He had laid down! Ha! I’ve never seen Orange Cat relax around me. He usually just runs.
Later in the day, I looked out my kitchen window to see if he was there. I saw where he had jumped down from:
Aaawww! I’ve missed you Orange Cat! I hope you stay forever.
He loves you!!! I think you should officially adopt him, Cat Whisperer.
I love him. All cats fear me now because I’m a killer, but please tell him I love him.
Awwwww………the pictures of Orange Cat are too precious!! And I’m pretty sure the cat squint bonds two for life……..like blood brothers.
Lauren took the Cat Whisperer line, so all I can say is now I know someone who “speaks” feline – and who doesn’t love a good foreign language speaker? That’s so continental, I think…anywho, I’ll have to try that squint on some of the strays that occasionally hit our yard looking for our tuxedo cat to
beat upplay with, see if it calms them down any and allows me to get near enough tostranglepet them.