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My kitty got a strange habit of attacking the patio door! Once I came home to find the lower blinds being torn apart, pieces lying on the floor. (We have cheap blinds which I am not changing because my son uses to do exactly the same thing). She did it a couple of more times; now the lower part of the blinds is totally ripped apart. She is staring at the door. My husband believes that she is asking to get out. (We took her out a couple of times when we were on the patio, she was just hanging around that door, obviously preferring to be indors.)
Sometimes she would bang her whole body against the door.
Yesterday I understood what was going on. It was late in the evening, and the lights in my kitchen were on. For some reason, I bent down so my eyes were at her level and saw a very distinct reflection of the kitty in the door window.
Of course, this is what she is seeing! Another cat, looking at her, moving his (her) tail from side to side! Does she want to make a friend? Is she curious? Angry, defending her territory?
And what does it mean when she moves her tail like this?
Sometimes she would bang her whole body against the door.
Yesterday I understood what was going on. It was late in the evening, and the lights in my kitchen were on. For some reason, I bent down so my eyes were at her level and saw a very distinct reflection of the kitty in the door window.
Of course, this is what she is seeing! Another cat, looking at her, moving his (her) tail from side to side! Does she want to make a friend? Is she curious? Angry, defending her territory?
And what does it mean when she moves her tail like this?
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