{"id":100875,"date":"2022-04-22T12:29:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-cats-bob-their-heads-when-they-see-you\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:29:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:29:37","slug":"why-do-cats-bob-their-heads-when-they-see-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-cats-bob-their-heads-when-they-see-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do cats bob their heads when they see you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-cats-bob-their-heads-when-they-see-you\/#Why_do_cats_bob_their_heads_when_they_see_you\" title=\"Why do cats bob their heads when they see you?\">Why do cats bob their heads when they see you?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-cats-bob-their-heads-when-they-see-you\/#Why_does_my_cat_head_nod_at_me\" title=\"Why does my cat head nod at me?\">Why does my cat head nod at me?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-cats-bob-their-heads-when-they-see-you\/#Why_does_my_cat_bob_his_head_when_he_sees_me\" title=\"Why does my cat bob his head when he sees me?\">Why does my cat bob his head when he sees me?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-cats-bob-their-heads-when-they-see-you\/#Why_does_my_cat_lift_his_head_at_me\" title=\"Why does my cat lift his head at me?\">Why does my cat lift his head at me?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_cats_bob_their_heads_when_they_see_you\"><\/span>Why do cats bob their heads when they see you?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When your cat bop, bop, bops you with their head, <b>theyre saying, I love you! Theyre also letting everyone know that you belong to them. Cats have pheromones in their cheek areas that mark you as their possession.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_cat_head_nod_at_me\"><\/span>Why does my cat head nod at me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Your cat is nodding and meowing <b>as a welcome or as a plea for your undivided attention. Since they want to play and youre on the move, youre considered transient prey. In comparison, cats often hide and reach out to catch you in a game of hide-and-seek.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_cat_bob_his_head_when_he_sees_me\"><\/span>Why does my cat bob his head when he sees me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The most common reason for your cat bobbing its head is <b>ear issues. This could be as simple as a build-up of wax causing them discomfort or hearing difficulties, or it could be something more serious, like an ear infection.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_cat_lift_his_head_at_me\"><\/span>Why does my cat lift his head at me?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Also known as head bunting, head butting is <b>a sign of affection because when your cat rubs his head against something, he releases facial pheromones. Feline facial pheromones are used to mark surfaces as safe, so the next time your cat head butts you, hes telling you he trusts you.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Why do cats bob their heads when they see you?Why does my cat head nod at me?Why does my cat bob his head when he sees me?Why does my cat lift his head at me? Why do cats bob their heads when they see you? When your cat bop, bop, bops you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}