10 Demonstrations Of Love From Cats

Cats are slowly gaining the deserved title of pets. Their alleged coldness towards man or the belief that they are unreliable animals are only commonplaces. The truth says something else entirely: even if they are independent animals who need their space and find it, they also know how to show us humans all the love they have to offer.

In today’s article, we will show you ten ways cats demonstrate the feline love  they feel for their owners.

Cats give confidence

1.Show your belly. The animal that turns on its back and shows us its belly does so because it wants to show us its total trust in us. This position puts him in a condition of fragility and vulnerability and he is totally aware of it.

In addition to a manifestation of trust, it is also a gesture aimed at attracting our attention to play together. However, it is wrong to consider the gesture as an invitation to receive caresses on the belly: this can happen with dogs, but not with cats. If we make the gesture of reaching out to touch the bare belly, the cat will consider it a betrayal of the trust it has placed in us. His reaction could be to bite or scratch us.

For cats, love is licking and giving affection

2.Lick. When a cat licks its owners, it is good to remember that this is a typical gesture of the felines. Cats wash themselves this way, and just like cats clean their kittens, when a cat licks its owner, it wants to build a lasting bond. 

3. Feline “caresses”. Well known are the “heads” of cats looking for affection from the owner. When a cat looks for its owner with its muzzle, when it pushes lightly with its head or rubs it, it is marking it as a member of its family, thus showing total trust in it.

There is a chemical explanation behind these “caresses”. Cats have a high concentration of odoriferous glands on their cheeks, which are released during rubbing, marking the possession of things.

For cats, love is about wrapping our tails and purring

4.Twist the tail. Cats also use their tails to communicate, in a way very similar to that of dogs, but not identical. The feelings they are able to express are fear, friendship, dislike and so on. If the cat moves its tail around its owner, in order to wrap it, it does so as a sign of friendship, just like when we humans wrap our arms around another person’s shoulders.

5.The purr. There are many reasons why the felines we have in the house purr, often as a show of affection towards the owner. However, purring can also indicate something less pleasant, such as sickness or hunger. In any case, by purring, cats show us their trust and affection, and sometimes a request for help.

6. Blink your eyelids. Cats don’t like to be stared intensely in the eye, as they see it as a defiant attitude. Being intensely stared at by your cat is not a positive sign, but when the animal looks at us softly and blinks tenderly, it is showing us affection and trust.

For cats, love is sleeping close to each other

7. Sleeping by your side. When the cat spends the night next to its owner, it is not just to seek warmth, but because it considers that person particularly important and feels the need to spend the whole night together. We are once again faced with a manifestation of affection.

8. The gifts. If when we wake up we find the corpse of a mouse on the bed, our immediate reaction could be to scold our cat, but confusing the animal. In fact, his intention was to give us a “delicious morsel”, which perhaps he should eat. Our pet has given us a little treasure of his, and for this we must be grateful to him. Preventing your cat from going out on the street is another matter.

9.Miagular as a sign of friendship. When the cat communicates with us by meowing, through the interpretation of the tone, we will be able to establish whether or not it is a show of affection. In this case, the meow will be performed in a sharp, high pitched tone. Low grunt-like tones, which sound like a whine, indicate other sensations.

10. Nibbling. Light tickling bites are clear signs of affection.

We hope you enjoyed the ten cat love demonstrations that we have presented to you. Do not doubt, cats can love us very much, it is proven!