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Default Cat **** on Cables!!?

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... when a strange black cat started showing up outside both of my cats
went nuts and the older one (9) started his wall painting, as well as the
curtains out in the kitty room. I couldn't keep up with it.


Spraying is a way of marking territory; when a rival turns up, your cat
feels the need to start marking personal propery. Cats are very
territorial and something like this will take priority over minor
matters like earning your approval.

Cats also exhibit the Flehmen response when they encounter the smell of
urine, this is thought to be a way of directing the scent onto
individually-selective receptive areas.

A much more pleasant way of marking is by rubbing scent on items from
glands above the eyebrows. Anything (anybody) new is likely to get this
'acceptance' treatment - which you should treat as a gesture of
friendship. Just occasionally our old tom cat would show his approval
of someone new by spraying them instead of rubbing, explaining to
visitors that this was intended to be a friendly gesture didn't seem to
work.


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