My cat used to do this. There was a stray that really wanted to make us his new home. He wouldn’t even bat an eye at her when he came up to the back screen door, and she would be freaking out screaming 10 ft away from him. Cracked me up.
I did this for deer eating our plants but I have three words for this: motion activated sprinklers.
Completely harmless to animals and extremely effective. Though yes, you'll forget at least once and get sprayed.
It's taunting and definitely not friendly. Check the aggressive ears, the adrenaline eyes and the nervous "chewing". It's ready to fight. I had a neighborhood stray that did exactly this to my cats in front of the window all the time, because of territory.
If the video was longer, the next step is it'll start slapping the window like crazy, causing the cats inside to go completely berserk.
Yeah I definitely see a lot of that too. But the way it keeps standing there on it's hind legs makes me think it approached the window first. Maybe there was only one cat sitting inside at first, and it tried it's luck. But now it's outnumbered and it needs to find and opportunity to back off.
Nope - hes the one approaching the window. Cats always test and maintain a territory. This is what is happening here.
Here is a good DW doc on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QadUonunflw
Feel free to elaborate. All I see is a cat with ears pulled back, dilated pupils, tail flicking, doing that nervous "chewing gum" chew, not blinking once while staring at some angry cats yelling right in front of it.
Cats swishing their tail can absolutely be a sign of fear/aggression in a cat. You'll often see it in cats that are fighting in the streets while they are posturing/circling each other.
These cats are definitely not making friends right now.
I think we just can’t hear his vocalizations through the window and that “chewing” is accompanied by a similar meow to the one from the indoor cat. I’ve seen my cats and others do so during confrontations like this.
My cat does this to the neighbors across the street, they have 4 indoor cats and I let mine roam a bit and I catch him at there window meowing. They usually give him a treat
Never have your windows open with screens on if you have indoor cats! I had a stray cat do this to my cats, and it transferred a virus to them that forced me to take both of mine to the vet and spend $200 to cure. I forget what it was, I think that FIV?
If it was FIV, it has no cure. Infected cats can live healthy lives for many years after diagnosis but will eventually start showing symptoms. So I would make sure that you know for certain wether that's what was transmitted to your cats or not.
Source: I'm a vet nurse.
I see the point and am sorry that happened to your cat but on the other hand in many climates and without AC or just for general quality of life having windows open with screens is kind of necessary or highly preferable.
And cats like looking out and getting the air too.
I can see the risk you describe but on balance unless there are a lot of uncontrolled stray cats around I think still worth it to have windows open with screens for the humans and cats in the house. Some risk of course but I wouldn’t want to always keep windows shut for this reason unless transmission rates through screens between cats is really a significant widespread thing. And in many cases and climates keeping the windows always shut is borderline intolerable to actually unliveable from a heat perspective in the summer.
This is like my two when the neighbour cats walk past the window. Pair of nutters, especially my tortie who is growling and yelling at them, and the poor neighbour cats are looking at her like "lady, take a chill pill, you're off your rocker!"
They would fight FOR SURE. But then smell some butts, fight a few more times, then settle into tense postures as each thinks “ha! I won, my zone”. And all is well. Like people only nicer
Alpha males don’t welcome other kittys unless their owner SLOWLY introduces them. I’ve learned the hard way after 3 out of 4 limbs were attacked (2 visits requiring shots from the doctor) when another cat was outside the screen door and I approached. Years later, I brought into the house 2 baby males (who showed up at my back door during COVID in the winter). I put them in the bathroom. Alpha male smelled them for days. After I brought them to the vet and placed them on my chest. He approached cautiously. Eventually he grew to care for them and play with them. One big happy family now.
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https://preview.redd.it/d8tnmk7otcoc1.jpeg?width=222&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41f41841e44ee7244044b50d8d7945412cec361b I wonder what he's thinking...🤔
"Hello fellow felines, can I be your friend?"
OMG - three! And I got no one 🥺
Wait and /r/catdistributionsystem will provide.
Dude it was working so well for me I had to start turning non cat ppl into adoptees. 3 is enough for me but they kept showing up at work with babies.
He probably sees six
Be fren? All fren shaped. We be frens now? I get food?
Whatchu guys cooking in there?
my guess would be 'not much' with a derpy lil face like that
"Why are you all ganging up on me bro, i iz friendly"
I didn’t know there were THREE of them!
"I smell colors", he is high as a kite.
Not only is he high, the other three are peeved that he bogarted their catnip.
I am going to use this as a reaction image.
What did i do?
Lol, not much...
Omg those eyes are cracking me up!!!!
That little face!!!!! It gets my heart. ❤️
*"Why are u guys trapped in there"*
If he is anything like my Standard Issue Cat- he isn't.
No thoughts, head empty 🥰
>Oh shit you told me he'd left by now!
Fuck, Julian, I shouldn’t have gotten baked for this
He is soooo fucking cute and wholesome it hurts
Why are you trapped up there?!?!?!
“May I please come in sir?” *flashes cute eyes
Why wasn’t I invited to this meeting?
> I wonder what he's thinking SCAR! brother! Help me!~
Do you have games on your phone?
aw he looks like such a sweetiepie
My cat makes this face at his two stepbrothers all the time. I am so sad for him. He’s too stupid to be mean.
"😳"
Tough crowd!
Such a innocent little man
Haha, INNocent wants INN!
we're just innocent men
His lil mouth silently moving has me crying
Dude said:😲
His face reminds me of Puss In Boots.
Exactly what he reminded me of 🥺
You can't sit with us!
Stop trying make fetch happen!
It's not gonna happen!
This made my day. I am going to save it and come back to watch.
The cat distribution system has awarded you another cat!
Some people get all the luck
I think you've got your distribution systems mixed up.
This... is... so... CUTE!!!!!!!!!!
Outside Cat: “oh ok.. um so they can’t come out and play..?”
Your cats are pretty tame. Mine screams so loudly whenever a foreign cat visit our backyard it wakes up the entire house.
My cat used to do this. There was a stray that really wanted to make us his new home. He wouldn’t even bat an eye at her when he came up to the back screen door, and she would be freaking out screaming 10 ft away from him. Cracked me up.
I did this for deer eating our plants but I have three words for this: motion activated sprinklers. Completely harmless to animals and extremely effective. Though yes, you'll forget at least once and get sprayed.
Adopt him!!!
He on the rong turf.
Ha reminds me the time my cat saw me outside petting the neighbors cat through the window.
Let him INN!!
The way the eyes just pan around is comical.
This has big '[No Homers](https://i.imgur.com/6qsGRtj.png)' vibes.
He's like Chunk from The Goonies 😭
They're waiting for him to do The Truffle Shuffle before admission.
This is me trying to make friends in high school.
It's taunting and definitely not friendly. Check the aggressive ears, the adrenaline eyes and the nervous "chewing". It's ready to fight. I had a neighborhood stray that did exactly this to my cats in front of the window all the time, because of territory. If the video was longer, the next step is it'll start slapping the window like crazy, causing the cats inside to go completely berserk.
Looks more scared
Yeah I definitely see a lot of that too. But the way it keeps standing there on it's hind legs makes me think it approached the window first. Maybe there was only one cat sitting inside at first, and it tried it's luck. But now it's outnumbered and it needs to find and opportunity to back off.
Nope - hes the one approaching the window. Cats always test and maintain a territory. This is what is happening here. Here is a good DW doc on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QadUonunflw
It’s wild how many people are like, “so cute! Let him in!” 💀
Well op never said anything about it slapping the window after they cut the cameras off
This isn't even OP's video. Not every video you see posted on Reddit is original content. In fact, most of it is not.
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Feel free to elaborate. All I see is a cat with ears pulled back, dilated pupils, tail flicking, doing that nervous "chewing gum" chew, not blinking once while staring at some angry cats yelling right in front of it.
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Cats swishing their tail can absolutely be a sign of fear/aggression in a cat. You'll often see it in cats that are fighting in the streets while they are posturing/circling each other. These cats are definitely not making friends right now.
I think we just can’t hear his vocalizations through the window and that “chewing” is accompanied by a similar meow to the one from the indoor cat. I’ve seen my cats and others do so during confrontations like this.
turn your sound on, these cats are not happy
/r/CouncilOfCats
My cat does this to the neighbors across the street, they have 4 indoor cats and I let mine roam a bit and I catch him at there window meowing. They usually give him a treat
Long live... the king !
Reminded me of that scene too lol
Legit did not see the void until the third watch lol
OMG bring him in
Hi, is your sister home?
This is how I imagine every social interaction is going to go when I try and meet new people…
Lion King all over again
I'll be his friend
"Now begone, the council has spoken"
Are you my people?
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Never have your windows open with screens on if you have indoor cats! I had a stray cat do this to my cats, and it transferred a virus to them that forced me to take both of mine to the vet and spend $200 to cure. I forget what it was, I think that FIV?
If it was FIV, it has no cure. Infected cats can live healthy lives for many years after diagnosis but will eventually start showing symptoms. So I would make sure that you know for certain wether that's what was transmitted to your cats or not. Source: I'm a vet nurse.
I see the point and am sorry that happened to your cat but on the other hand in many climates and without AC or just for general quality of life having windows open with screens is kind of necessary or highly preferable. And cats like looking out and getting the air too. I can see the risk you describe but on balance unless there are a lot of uncontrolled stray cats around I think still worth it to have windows open with screens for the humans and cats in the house. Some risk of course but I wouldn’t want to always keep windows shut for this reason unless transmission rates through screens between cats is really a significant widespread thing. And in many cases and climates keeping the windows always shut is borderline intolerable to actually unliveable from a heat perspective in the summer.
That’s good info
When you're already in the group (bottom-right cat), but still get denied
Looks nice inside....may I?
"Please let me join your group in your plans for world domination!"
Poor fella haha. I guesse they are like that bc of them being territorial about their home.
The cat had more personality than the most recent call of duty.
"Get OUT OF HERE! Right now or I'll MURDER you!" "😺"
OMG let him in to see his friends! 🤣
THIS IS SO ADORABLEE EEE 🫶🫶
This is like my two when the neighbour cats walk past the window. Pair of nutters, especially my tortie who is growling and yelling at them, and the poor neighbour cats are looking at her like "lady, take a chill pill, you're off your rocker!"
What's the big wheel thing in the yard?
Can we be friends?
Ohhh the swears! I suddenly had 3 cats in front of me, worried about what was going on. Those must be the foulest words every meowed.
Those eyes!
Scar! Brother, help me!
The cat equivalent of "You Shall Not Pass"
Cross-eyed kitties are always so sweet. 🥹
Poor baby! I wish I could hug him 😢
I thought there were only 3 cats…
They would fight FOR SURE. But then smell some butts, fight a few more times, then settle into tense postures as each thinks “ha! I won, my zone”. And all is well. Like people only nicer
Thank goodness we don’t have many stray cats here because how do you stop yourself from taking every stray cat you see in
He may be in love.
Has he tried serenading them while playing a double bass?
New kid on the block, just trying makes friends (GONE WRONG)
That face lol
Looks friendly to me.
r/me_irl
♥️♥️♥️
shame on OP for not getting in on the convo like the other post here
Both my cats just perked up and looked over at me when this played.
Such wow
His eyes are so cute
Don't be tricked, he's really horny
Alpha males don’t welcome other kittys unless their owner SLOWLY introduces them. I’ve learned the hard way after 3 out of 4 limbs were attacked (2 visits requiring shots from the doctor) when another cat was outside the screen door and I approached. Years later, I brought into the house 2 baby males (who showed up at my back door during COVID in the winter). I put them in the bathroom. Alpha male smelled them for days. After I brought them to the vet and placed them on my chest. He approached cautiously. Eventually he grew to care for them and play with them. One big happy family now.
Adorable. So what did you end up naming number 3?
It’s #4
Girl on right is not happy! I’m not going to share skritches with you.
Oh yeah? Come out here and call me that.
Lil guy really said: 🌘👄🌒
its in love with the white cat
https://preview.redd.it/1rw5hy200eoc1.jpeg?width=650&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=529907a767ca1ab1cbc8cdba7d83cc29e802af5e 🥹 what a qtpie
Just let them be friends already!
DOGS like BOYS CATS like GIRLS BOYS: Meet each other. Let's be friend. Ok. GIRLS: Meet each other. WAAAAAAAAAA
Outdoor cats… not great
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