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Buffy the Tail-Wagger
Honestly, I've never encountered a cat that routinely wags its tail like
a dog. I'm not talking tail lashing like when a cat is upset, angry or stalking something. I call her Miss Flippy Tail. I have to say, I really lucked out with this sweet orange stripey girl. She's so incredibly affectionate. Buffy was described by the person who took care of the cats after their owner died as "timid". That's as far from the truth as one could get. It was because she was being bullied by the other cat, Frankie. Poor girl. I guess she had no reason to wag her tail before. Wag away, Buffy! It's very endearing. Jill |
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Buffy the Tail-Wagger
On 10/9/2015 3:43 PM, jmcquown wrote:
Honestly, I've never encountered a cat that routinely wags its tail like a dog. I'm not talking tail lashing like when a cat is upset, angry or stalking something. I call her Miss Flippy Tail. I have to say, I really lucked out with this sweet orange stripey girl. She's so incredibly affectionate. Buffy was described by the person who took care of the cats after their owner died as "timid". That's as far from the truth as one could get. It was because she was being bullied by the other cat, Frankie. Poor girl. I guess she had no reason to wag her tail before. Wag away, Buffy! It's very endearing. Jill You have described Selina. She wags her tail constantly--it is not a "lashing" movement that would show anger. It is simply a gentle, back-and-forward movement, and I see it whenever she is sitting or lying on something with her tail hanging down. She was rescued from a parking lot, and she was very timid. When I adopted her, her foster mom told me that she always stayed in a room by herself and did not come out for companionship. They had 12 cats and 3 dogs in the foster home, but she has settled in nice with us. She seems happy with Duffy, Nikki and me--and is completely safe from automobiles. It's remarkable that she survived all the cars in a parking lot (and also true of Nikki, who was rescued from a WalMart parking lot). One big difference between the two is that Selina was 3 years old and was pregnant while Nikki was only 14-16 weeks old. MaryL |
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Buffy the Tail-Wagger
On 10/9/2015 5:17 PM, MaryL wrote:
On 10/9/2015 3:43 PM, jmcquown wrote: Honestly, I've never encountered a cat that routinely wags its tail like a dog. I'm not talking tail lashing like when a cat is upset, angry or stalking something. I call her Miss Flippy Tail. I have to say, I really lucked out with this sweet orange stripey girl. She's so incredibly affectionate. Buffy was described by the person who took care of the cats after their owner died as "timid". That's as far from the truth as one could get. It was because she was being bullied by the other cat, Frankie. Poor girl. I guess she had no reason to wag her tail before. Wag away, Buffy! It's very endearing. Jill You have described Selina. She wags her tail constantly--it is not a "lashing" movement that would show anger. It is simply a gentle, back-and-forward movement, and I see it whenever she is sitting or lying on something with her tail hanging down. She was rescued from a parking lot, and she was very timid. When I adopted her, her foster mom told me that she always stayed in a room by herself and did not come out for companionship. They had 12 cats and 3 dogs in the foster home, but she has settled in nice with us. She seems happy with Duffy, Nikki and me--and is completely safe from automobiles. It's remarkable that she survived all the cars in a parking lot (and also true of Nikki, who was rescued from a WalMart parking lot). One big difference between the two is that Selina was 3 years old and was pregnant while Nikki was only 14-16 weeks old. MaryL I think the tail wagging is adorable. Thank you for getting Selina out of the crowded foster home. She probably had no idea what to think about all those other animals. I'm glad she's settled in with you. Cats and parking lots. Yep, it's amazing they manage to survive. There is a feral cat colony in the area of a very busy gas station/convenience store a few miles from my house. One day I was over there and there was a big bus parked at the edge of the lot. There was a small black cat hunkered down under it, right in front of one of the rear wheels. The driver, who was Hispanic, came out and got into the bus. I don't speak Spanish but I knew one word well enough. I ran towards the bus waving, pointing, yelling, "Gato! Gato!" The driver got out, smiled and nodded at me and shooed the cat away. Whew! Jill |
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Buffy the Tail-Wagger
jmcquown wrote:
Cats and parking lots. Yep, it's amazing they manage to survive. There is a feral cat colony in the area of a very busy gas station/convenience store a few miles from my house. One day I was over there and there was a big bus parked at the edge of the lot. There was a small black cat hunkered down under it, right in front of one of the rear wheels. The driver, who was Hispanic, came out and got into the bus. I don't speak Spanish but I knew one word well enough. I ran towards the bus waving, pointing, yelling, "Gato! Gato!" The driver got out, smiled and nodded at me and shooed the cat away. Whew! Woo hoo! Good job. That's an important word to know in any language. Joyce -- Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things. -- Douglas Adams |
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