RE: Look What I Got For My Birthday!! ~ A Nice Surprise In The Mail ~ With Help From Stinky the Cat ~ Original Photography, Art, and Short Discussion ~
Does this mean the cat can 'bat' at something faster with it's dominant paw? For example: if the cat is going after a mouse...does the mouse stand a better chance of getting away if he/she/it always stays to the side of the cat that is NOT dominant?
So, in the case of a right-pawed cat...the mouse should always be heading to the left when it skitters across the kitchen floor. Not to the right.
Then again, how would the mouse really KNOW this information about the cat? All the mice I've seen, spend their time under the refrigerator or in a cupboard or other odd, out-of-the-way place. And so they don't really see the cat for very long. At least long enough to know its correct 'paw'. I think this needs a bit more research before I'm throwing all in behind this particular Cat Fact.
Does this choice pertain to just the front paws, or the BACK ones too? It would be VERY difficult to decide which one is your 'favourite', when you have so many to choose from. For Example: Does a cat that likes his or her back left paw best, then bat at things with THAT paw? How awkward would that be! And what about scratching itself? Which will it use most? The favourite paw? But this might be awkward. This will keep me up late at night, once again. You are very good at doing that, M. Catfact
Does this mean the cat can 'bat' at something faster with it's dominant paw? For example: if the cat is going after a mouse...does the mouse stand a better chance of getting away if he/she/it always stays to the side of the cat that is NOT dominant?
So, in the case of a right-pawed cat...the mouse should always be heading to the left when it skitters across the kitchen floor. Not to the right.
Then again, how would the mouse really KNOW this information about the cat? All the mice I've seen, spend their time under the refrigerator or in a cupboard or other odd, out-of-the-way place. And so they don't really see the cat for very long. At least long enough to know its correct 'paw'. I think this needs a bit more research before I'm throwing all in behind this particular Cat Fact.
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Does this choice pertain to just the front paws, or the BACK ones too? It would be VERY difficult to decide which one is your 'favourite', when you have so many to choose from. For Example: Does a cat that likes his or her back left paw best, then bat at things with THAT paw? How awkward would that be! And what about scratching itself? Which will it use most? The favourite paw? But this might be awkward. This will keep me up late at night, once again. You are very good at doing that, M. Catfact