Cat Questions

[Quiet Stranger]

(I don't really know how to start this topic so forgive me if it sounds horrible at the start)

As I have a cat, I have a lot of questions about cats because I've noticed a few things about mine. The main thing I notice is when my cat's in the sun (or maybe any light) now my cat has black fur but whenever she's in the sun her fur turns this...amazing shade of brown and I was just wondering what causes this. As for my other questions how old does a cat usually get when they die? I believe my cat will be 14 this year (human years, how much is that in cat years?)

And lastly (unless I think of anything else) my cat has been acting strangely lately, for example: Every night when I go to bed my cat comes down into my room with me (to sleep on my bed) so when I go to pet her or just stand next to her she'll hiss at me for no reason, seriously, I have done nothing to piss her off and yet she hisses at me, is my cat getting senile or something?

 

[Jaded Scribe]

Cats live for about 20 human years.

As for the fur, it's probably the light picking up her highlights. I have brown hair, but in strong sunlight, it can look very reddish, or blonde, depending on which highlights it hits.

The hissing is just her not wanting to be pet or anything. At night (being nocturnal creatures) cats can be a little more picky about being pet, and tend to be a little more on edge.

 

[ssgt splatter]

Well all cats are indivduals. When my cats come up to sleep with me, they love to be pet. So it really depends on your cat's personality

 

[Quiet Stranger]

Cats live for about 20 human years.

As for the fur, it's probably the light picking up her highlights. I have brown hair, but in strong sunlight, it can look very reddish, or blonde, depending on which highlights it hits.

The hissing is just her not wanting to be pet or anything. At night (being nocturnal creatures) cats can be a little more picky about being pet, and tend to be a little more on edge.

Well like I said its also when I stand next to her (okay its mostly when I stand next to her) also why doesn't my cat like getting scratched on her lower back? (Like the part where people scratch their cats and their cats make funny noises) my cat just gets pissed off

 

[Jaded Scribe]

Cats live for about 20 human years.

As for the fur, it's probably the light picking up her highlights. I have brown hair, but in strong sunlight, it can look very reddish, or blonde, depending on which highlights it hits.

The hissing is just her not wanting to be pet or anything. At night (being nocturnal creatures) cats can be a little more picky about being pet, and tend to be a little more on edge.

Well like I said its also when I stand next to her (okay its mostly when I stand next to her) also why doesn't my cat like getting scratched on her lower back? (Like the part where people scratch their cats and their cats make funny noises) my cat just gets pissed off

Every cat is individual. Yours just doesn't like to be pet like that, just like some people hate being touched a certain way.

Some breeds can also be more temperamental than others. That could also be a factor.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

Well all cats are indivduals. When my cats come up to sleep with me, they love to be pet. So it really depends on your cat's personality

Okay then my cat's a ***** (at times)....I could make a horrible awful "sexist"?? (is that the word?) joke right now but I won't

But yeah how old is my cat in cat years? How do you even calculate cat years?

 

[ssgt splatter]

Well all cats are indivduals. When my cats come up to sleep with me, they love to be pet. So it really depends on your cat's personality

Okay then my cat's a ***** (at times)....I could make a horrible awful "sexist"?? (is that the word?) joke right now but I won't

But yeah how old is my cat in cat years? How do you even calculate cat years?

I don't know how old your cat is in cat years. I always assumed that cat years and dog years were the same and dog years are as follows: 1 Human year = 7 dog years...so, yeah. I'd go with what the second poster said though.

 

[cerebus23]

When cats are newborns, if they arent handled alot by people and are jsut left alone they will be stand off and averse to extensive attention, if they are handled alot they will be the kind of cats you can sit and hold will follow you around like a puppy and crave being petted, played with, and fawned over.

so alot of a cats personality is wired up in the first few days of its birth and if humans are involved in it or not. the rest of their personality is pretty individualistic.

my cat was more like a dog than a cat, he would follow me around, demand to be played with, loved to crawl on top of any human around to get attention and be petted, played with. one of the most high maintainence cats i have ever met in my life.

 

[DigitalSushi]

And lastly (unless I think of anything else) my cat has been acting strangely lately, for example: Every night when I go to bed my cat comes down into my room with me (to sleep on my bed) so when I go to pet her or just stand next to her she'll hiss at me for no reason, seriously, I have done nothing to piss her off and yet she hisses at me, is my cat getting senile or something?

Cats love the petting and stroking but hate the smell of humans, you may notice that after a stroking session a cat will start cleaning itself to get rid of our awful smell, cats never smell humans you'll notice. Also thats why cats rub their neck glands all over you, to make you smell more like them.

I'm guessing she's getting ready for sleep and not in the mood to give herself a wash after you've made her stink of humans.

 

[Valksy]

We have 3 black cats (and a tortie) and in sunlight they are take on hues of brown and in one case you could see the tabby-stipe pattern that she would have had. Peculiarity of their fur kind, it may also be darker at the tip.

Legend has it (in the UK anyway) that all truly black cats were killed during that whole witch burning part of history as black cats were familiars. Dunno how true that is.

She is hissing because she is making ready to rest and not in the mood to be played or messed with. This would be different from, say, a daytime hiss at you where she might be trying to assert dominion (we have one that does this, we hiss back, her ears go flat and she slinks away to sulk).

I agree that you multiply cat years by 7.

 

[Doctor VonSexMachine]

And lastly (unless I think of anything else) my cat has been acting strangely lately, for example: Every night when I go to bed my cat comes down into my room with me (to sleep on my bed) so when I go to pet her or just stand next to her she'll hiss at me for no reason, seriously, I have done nothing to piss her off and yet she hisses at me, is my cat getting senile or something?

Some cats are just assholes.

Most of my cats have loved attention, but the oldest (11) is very picky about when he wants it. He'll often run away if you come to pet him, but other times he'll sit there and meow until you get up, go over to where he is and pet him.

 

[q12345678901234567890]

And lastly (unless I think of anything else) my cat has been acting strangely lately, for example: Every night when I go to bed my cat comes down into my room with me (to sleep on my bed) so when I go to pet her or just stand next to her she'll hiss at me for no reason, seriously, I have done nothing to piss her off and yet she hisses at me, is my cat getting senile or something?

Some cats are just assholes.

I have 2 cats, one being much younger then the older female cat, but he can be such an asshole. We will walk right by him, not touching him or looking at him, and he goes and scrashes us. Also sometimes he just gives us thies looks that make him look like an asshole

 

[Quaxar]

The hissing is just her not wanting to be pet or anything. At night (being nocturnal creatures) cats can be a little more picky about being pet, and tend to be a little more on edge.

Yeah, they tend to somewhat switch personality at darkness.
Had this cat here for a week; she'd spend the whole day somewhere safe and quiet but at night came out and went completely crazy, rubbed her face against mine for minutes while I was sleeping and so on.
They are strange, strange creatures. Still cute and loveable.

 

[arcainia]

Well you said your cat is nearly 14, but how many years have you had her that her hissing at you is surprising? As for the fur changing colors in the sun, that's normal. I've seen lots of black cats who's fur seemed to turn brown in strong sunlight. And about the age, a cat's life span used to be around 14 years, but now with good upbringing, they normally reach up to 20 years.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

And lastly (unless I think of anything else) my cat has been acting strangely lately, for example: Every night when I go to bed my cat comes down into my room with me (to sleep on my bed) so when I go to pet her or just stand next to her she'll hiss at me for no reason, seriously, I have done nothing to piss her off and yet she hisses at me, is my cat getting senile or something?

Cats love the petting and stroking but hate the smell of humans, you may notice that after a stroking session a cat will start cleaning itself to get rid of our awful smell, cats never smell humans you'll notice. Also thats why cats rub their neck glands all over you, to make you smell more like them.

I'm guessing she's getting ready for sleep and not in the mood to give herself a wash after you've made her stink of humans.

Dirty, naughty, STINKY humans!! hahahaha

Also if cats dont smell us then whats up when I hold my hand out and cats touch it?

 

[Enemy Of The State]

Lenin Cat looks like Lenin.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

We have 3 black cats (and a tortie) and in sunlight they are take on hues of brown and in one case you could see the tabby-stipe pattern that she would have had. Peculiarity of their fur kind, it may also be darker at the tip.

Legend has it (in the UK anyway) that all truly black cats were killed during that whole witch burning part of history as black cats were familiars. Dunno how true that is.

She is hissing because she is making ready to rest and not in the mood to be played or messed with. This would be different from, say, a daytime hiss at you where she might be trying to assert dominion (we have one that does this, we hiss back, her ears go flat and she slinks away to sulk).

I agree that you multiply cat years by 7.

The thing about the cat years if it is true, my cat is 98, also yes that does make sense (the night time hissing) cause it's happened more then once

 

[Quiet Stranger]

Well you said your cat is nearly 14, but how many years have you had her that her hissing at you is surprising? As for the fur changing colors in the sun, that's normal. I've seen lots of black cats who's fur seemed to turn brown in strong sunlight. And about the age, a cat's life span used to be around 14 years, but now with good upbringing, they normally reach up to 20 years.

Well just now her "night time" hissing is surprising me

 

[Snarky Username]

Well all cats are indivduals. When my cats come up to sleep with me, they love to be pet. So it really depends on your cat's personality

Okay then my cat's a ***** (at times)....I could make a horrible awful "sexist"?? (is that the word?) joke right now but I won't

But yeah how old is my cat in cat years? How do you even calculate cat years?

Well a year is the time it takes for the Earth to spin around the sun, so a year for a cat is the same for a human.

If you're going for a year in a humans life would be _____ amount of time in a cats, a human lives around 80 years on average and a cat lives around 20. So multiply your cats age by four and you'll have it.

 

[EeveeElectro]

I haven't seen mine blink yet. It's creepy.