Friday, March 28, 2025

Watch my head turn - what am I feeling?

Just a shelf and no way to escape staring humans - head turn

 Staring between us cats can be challenging or even threatening. So one way to lessen the tension is for one of us to turn his head away, breaking the mutual eye gaze.

Staring by humans can also make us uneasy or fearful. So we turn our head away, and break off the gaze. It shows we are uneasy, worried or even frightened.

Alas, in cat shelters we cats may be left with no way to hide or retreat from the staring humans. All we can do is turn our head away. There is video on Celia's Youtube channel here.

So, if we look frightened, stop staring at us. Turn your own eyes away or even turn you head and look sideways at us.

We will feel less worried.

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  1. pilch92March 28, 2025

    I always try not to stare at kitties. SOmetimes I try the slow blink with them though.

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