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calimary

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14. And mine!

Reply to wnylib (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 22, 2022, 02:06 PM

Nov 2022

I don’t know how I stumbled on that idea, but I did, and they seem to understand. I think there’s something about it that telegraphs “I’m no threat to you.” The opposite is true. When you stare at them, they seem to take it as a challenge or threat.

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Scientists Confirm You Can Communicate With Your Cat by Blinking Very Slowly [View all] packman Nov 2022 OP

Absolutely - I do it with my dogs too! NewHendoLib Nov 2022 #1

Open mouth smile Marthe48 Nov 2022 #6

Me too but I don't use my eyes StClone Nov 2022 #8

I do this with cats, especially ones I don't know nuxvomica Nov 2022 #2

All cat ppl understand second only to food, the slow blink is universal cat language PortTack Nov 2022 #3

Those are kissy faces. I kiss my cats from across the room and they always kiss back. Deb Nov 2022 #4

My cats trained me well. They taught me this early on. chowder66 Nov 2022 #5

I was told that here wryter2000 Nov 2022 #7

My roommate's rescue cat hated me 'till I did this. Ligyron Nov 2022 #9

Works well with my cat. wnylib Nov 2022 #10

And mine! calimary Nov 2022 #14

I discovered it in an online video about cat behavior. wnylib Nov 2022 #18

Maybe it's just tapping into old instincts. calimary Nov 2022 #20

The hypothesis is that it's an acknowledgment that you're neither predator nor prey, but equal. TygrBright Nov 2022 #11

If you die, they will consider you to be food. Kaleva Nov 2022 #19

I tell my girl that I love her all the time and she says it back - with the slow blink. keopeli Nov 2022 #12

... Sky Jewels Nov 2022 #16

When I do this with my cat... NNadir Nov 2022 #13

I figured this out decades ago, when I was a toddler. Sky Jewels Nov 2022 #15

Was this not known? Sympthsical Nov 2022 #17