I Wonder??

Bryce Frazier · Mar 8, 2014

Do cats control their tails like we control our hands and legs, or does the tail just automatically react to emotions like our heart does??? Half the time it seems like the tail is a completely different body!! Bryce

PJH · Mar 8, 2014

Yeah - I've wondered about cat's tails - you watch one trying to sneak up on a bird, cautious and quiet, and the tail is switching - a dead givaway. Something the Maker built in to balance the odds, maybe?

rrlund · Mar 8, 2014

Pretty sure they control it. Mine will sit on my lap and slap hers down like she just dares me to try to grab it. If it do,she'll turn and grab my hand. I think she's using it for bait.

ericlb · Mar 8, 2014

lol i think its connected to its emotions, if your watch one, if its sitting and thinking about something, the tail maybe even the last few inches of it sweeps back and forth slowly and smoothly, if its stalking and excited it seems to move in short jerky movements, if the cat is mad it swipes rapidly back and forth like a whip , it serves to let humans know the cats mood when you approach it, saves on clawings

notjustair · Mar 8, 2014

The other and I have this conversation every night after dinner. I hear all about how wonderful it would be to have a tail like that to smack around. My life would be one smack in the face to the next.

We've got a cat in the house that uses that thing like a mood ring. It doesn't help that she has about 13 personalities living in her head.

Larry NEIL · Mar 8, 2014

The only cat tails I got round here is in my pond!

Glen SW Wi · Mar 8, 2014

The bird is distracted by the moving tail and doesn't pay attention to the cats eyes.

LA in WI · Mar 8, 2014

When I pull my #8 it has a completely different body.
LA in WI

Zachary Hoyt · Mar 8, 2014

Me too.
Zach

donjr · Mar 8, 2014

I dunno, but step on it and see how well they can control their claws.....

Bruce from Can. · Mar 8, 2014

All I can tell from a cats tail is , if it is straight up , they are happy. Cats a all phyco's any way. Bruce

TomH in PA · Mar 8, 2014

I figure it's like goosebumps or the hair on a dog's back.

A friend had their cat fixed, the vet said it went a bit too deep into anesthesia and might've gotten brain damaged. Friend asked how could he tell if the cat has brain damage?

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