CATS

By:Zoe Conroy

How do you know what a cat is feeling? Cats and felines have emotions just as you and I do. Felines can feel angry, lonely, happy, sad, and many other feelings. You can distinguish how they are feeling by their body movement, hissing, meowing, purring, and growling. Now, cats can show happiness by purring, rubbing against your legs and if you are sitting down they will lay on your lap. You will also know when a cat is feeling sad or lonely because it will start taking you somewhere but at the end never takes you anywhere.Also, they wander around the house going nowhere.When cats feel lonely, they go away for some time and then they come back. They do this because they feel that their owner doesnt want them (for example when the owner is on holidays or does not take the time to scratch their backs).When cats are angry they go away and hide from people and if you come too close, they will puff up and hiss. If you keep on insisting, they will scratch or bite. You can also know when a cat is angry because it will flatten its ears, wag their tail and start hissing. When cats have their ears flat, they will have them facing backwards, meaning that you will see the outside furry part of their ears, not the inside part.
Click here to see cute kittens playing

This cat is really mad and is saying "stop annoying me". You can see that this cat has its ears backwards and has its mouth open because it is hissing.

What do cats eat? Cats eat many things but what they like the most is meat. Many people say that felines are great hunters. Cats love to hunt for fish, birds and rodents. Cats, when inside the house, show their inner self, the little kitty inside them. But when outside, they are hunting machines.Cats eat also normal pet food and as treat sometimes meat. Cats love to be around when dinners are held because sometimes food falls to the ground and they can get it. Sometimes you fall to the enchantment of cats meaning that you give them too much food and they dont eat it all. Or if they eat it all, they become very fat.

Fish

Rodent

Activities you can do with your cat

There are many fun games you can do you're cat and they are usually easy to do. One of the activities you can do with your cat is playing with a little toy. To make the toy you will need 1 sheet of paper, masking tape, feathers, googly eyes, a 12 centimeter long stick and string. First you have to crumple the piece of paper and then cover it with masking tape making a ball. Then, take some feathers and tape them on many parts of the crumpled ball. When you nished, take a minipiece of tape and make it into a kind of mini cylinder by folding it. Then put the cylinder on the body and tape the googly eyes on it. Now you are wondering what the stick and the string are for. Am I right? Well, they are used to hang the feathery ball in a way that it resembles a ying bird. Now you have a toy that you can swish around so your cat chases it. There are also many other activities you can do with your cat. For example, you can put some toys in a paper bag and try to make your cat take them out with its paws. Another one is to get some cups, turn them upside down, put treats beneath one of them and have your cat knock the one that has the treat. There can also be some jumping games, intelligence games, and many others. I think the funnest jumping game is when you make you cat jump over an obstacle you have created. One obstacle you can make is with two equal objects placed on an even surface. Then place an stick on top of the objects. After you nish making the obstacle, bring some treats and put them after the obstacle. Then bring your cat and try to make it jump. But, dont let it go around or beneath the obstacle. This is fun for you and your cat!!

_________
1. Get you're materials.
3. Cover the paper with masking tape. 5. Put googly eyes on the body with the cylinder. 2. Crumple the paper. 4. Tape feathers to the body. 6. Put the stick and the string on the body.

Cat toy

This cat is playing with a little feathery toy. It has a long stick and colorful feathers.

Petting your cat Cats love to receive attention. They usually like being scratched behind their ears, underneath their chin and on their bellies. Cats also love to be petted at the beginning of their tail. When they are not in the mood for massages they just like to hang around their owners and cuddle beside them. Sometimes belly-rubbing can be a trap for the owners ngers. Why is this? If a cat exposes its belly, it can mean two things. One, it wants to be rubbed. And two, it is exposing all four paws to defend itself. This is why it is very important to read all the cats body language before assuming it is looking for a tummy rub.

You can see that this cat is really happy because it has its eyes closed and is letting the person who is scratching its chin scratch it. You can even hear it purring!

Questions You've Always Had About Cats

- Do cats dream? Yes. Cats dream. You know this because usually when sleeping cats twitch their ears and whiskers. Sometimes cats turn their ears facing backwards when dreaming about ghting or getting angry. Sometimes you can even hear cats purring or growling.
- Do cats swim? Cats can swim but they most cats do not like water, except for the Turkish Van cat. This cat loves to swim. It usually likes to swim in baths, the sea and when water is running from a tap they like to play with it and ickered it about to get wet. Turkish Van cats can even swim in the toilet!

This cat is happily sleeping. But as you can see its ears are backwards so he might be having a nightmare.

This Turkish Van cat is happily swimming in a pond.

- Why do cats bring prey into the house? Cat are very good hunters. They love to chase and hunt little animals. Cats usually bring their catch inside and present it to the owner. Why is that? Because cats feel that your are a little kitten that still cant catch prey. Sometimes they bring live prey inside so you can try to catch it. Imagine a running mouse in your living room!!

These cats are hunting birds and mice. I'm sure that now they are going to go back to the house and show their disgusted owner.

G LO SS A RY
- Turkish van : A type of cat that loves to swim. - Prey : An animal that is eaten by another animal.

- Hissing : A sound that cats make when they are angry or feel pressed

-Feline : types of cats (lions, tigers, leopards, black panthers, lynx, puma, serval, ocelot, ect.) - Distinguish : Recognize

Please leave me feed back!