cat emotions...the tail tells it all

[sallyandsnowx]

"I'm happy to see you" is a definite with Snow. And "I'm upset right now" whenever we are dog sitting my grandparents beagle...of course.

[astrid]

Interesting! it is SO true, Sophie does the "I'm getting upset" whenever she wants attention and gets ignored ... Most of the time she is Happy/Interested

[catmandu]

I am glad to say that the Found Cats usually have the we are glad to see you tail up salute!!
Or is that just a coincedence that the tails are more positive when there is Deli Chickem , Whiskas Temptations or Shrimp Rings at paw???

[happylabs]

I am glad to say that the Found Cats usually have the we are glad to see you tail up salute!!
Or is that just a coincedence that the tails are more positive when there is Deli Chickem , Whiskas Temptations or Shrimp Rings at paw???

Oh yes! That's the "I'm so happy to see deli chicken" tail position too.

[momcat]

Groucho is almost always happy to see you, I'm interested, I'm crazy about you, and I'm in love bug mode. These are really neat, thanks!

[katladyd]

With three male cats in the house vying to be Top Cat, I see the "I'm annoyed" tail all tof the time! Of course, when I come home from work I get the "I'm happy to see you" from all three of them. Which of course leads to competition for pets, which leads to "I'm mad" and then the "I'm scared" from whichever one is backing down from the others. Three male cats in one house sure gets interesting sometimes.

[cassiesmom]

I wonder which of these "elevator butt" falls under.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Pearl is constantly swishing and wagging her tail like a dog even when she appears to be happy. She'll also run around and get very excited and then end up with a puffed up tail that looks like a bottle brush. Ziggy does the quiver tail and I too thought that she was trying to spray. I looked it up on the internet and it said that when a cat does this that they're overcome with emotion for their owner so she's doing this to let me know that she loves me. Alani & Blaze usually hold their tails high most of the time. Sky will also sometimes do the swishing and wagging of his tail. Storm usually holds his tail high or just horizontally out.

[Bengalz]

Those are great! Evie is mostly "Happy to see you", "Let's be friends" or "Wanting Some Loving"; oh yes the "Butt in reverse" as she backs up into my face in the mornings - very prominent in our day-to-day

[cassiesmom]

She was doing "I'm getting upset" this morning as I was petting her, but her ears were forward and her front paws were folded under. So I'm not quite sure what was on her mind.

[Taz_Zoee]

Tinky does the "I'm crazy about you" to me every time she comes in the room, and especially when she visits me in the bathroom. She always comes up to me and sticks her rear end towards me. I am so glad that means she is crazy about me because I just am totally in love with her!

In the bathroom is where Paizly does the "I'm crazy about you" too! That's too funny.
I'll have to pay attention to the others. I have seen the puffed tails many times. Especially when my brothers dogs were over.