The tail quiver .. what am I saying?

 

 

When do I quiver my tail and what does it mean?

Well, my tail quivers when I mark my territory by spraying urine. It's part of the sequence - back up against something vertical and let go a jet of urine. This is a scent message to other cats and to myself.

Now some people have noticed the tail quiver in this context. That's because humans agonise about my spraying and don't understand that it is just natural messaging for me. They particularly don't like it when I do this in the house, if I am experiencing social stress.

But my other tail quiver isn't part of spraying. It has nothing to do with urine. It is when I am happy and excited. I may quiver my tail when face to face with a human (like this video). Sometimes I actually put my butt towards the human and do it.

But most humans never notice this at all.... 

 

• For more cat behaviours go to my Youtube channel - https://lnkd.in/erz6fFpP Go to playlist and select Cat Signals - what is my cat saying.