What does it mean when a cat shakes its tail? Every pet owner is convinced that they can perfectly interpret signals and needs. Yet often their body language can sometimes be confusing, particularly when it comes to the tail.
In fact, in dogs and cats, the tail plays an important communication function and knowing how to correctly interpret what the cat tells us with its tail is useful for building an even closer and more stable relationship with it.
What does it mean when a cat shakes its tail?
The cat sleeps, apparently in a deep way, yet its tail moves in a rhythmic way as if it were keeping time with a piece of music. Obviously, this is not the case and to understand exactly what the cat is saying to us at that moment with its tail. It is necessary to take into consideration the entire body language of the feline: in fact, at that moment.
Kitty is sleeping and yes relaxed, and yet he is not completely abandoned to sleep but rather he is paying a form of latent attention to what happens inside, which can be a sound, a noise, the movements of people or other animals or in general a situation that deserves his attention.
The cat moves its “wiper” tail
The cat is there, standing, with his gaze fixed on an undefined point, and moves his tail “like a wiper”, waving it left and right. It is a signal that the owners learn to recognize quite early and which means nervousness, stress, perhaps waiting for potential aggression or attack and in general it means that it is better to leave it alone and not touch it.
The cat holds its tail upwards
Even when the cat holds its tail up, the whole body language must be considered. If the tail is straight and the tip is a little curved. Then the cat is happy to see us and maybe even requires some cuddling. But if the tail is straight and also swollen it means that the cat is scared of something.
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