{"id":113310,"date":"2022-04-23T06:32:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T06:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-cat-purrs-a-lot\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T06:32:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T06:32:15","slug":"what-does-it-mean-when-a-cat-purrs-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-cat-purrs-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"What does it mean when a cat purrs a lot?"},"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\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-cat-purrs-a-lot\/#What_does_it_mean_when_a_cat_purrs_a_lot\" title=\"What does it mean when a cat purrs a lot?\">What does it mean when a cat purrs a lot?<\/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\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-cat-purrs-a-lot\/#Does_purring_mean_a_kitten_is_happy\" title=\"Does purring mean a kitten is happy?\">Does purring mean a kitten is happy?<\/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\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-cat-purrs-a-lot\/#Why_does_my_kitten_purr_nonstop\" title=\"Why does my kitten purr nonstop?\">Why does my kitten purr nonstop?<\/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\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-cat-purrs-a-lot\/#Why_do_kittens_purr_more\" title=\"Why do kittens purr more?\">Why do kittens purr more?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_it_mean_when_a_cat_purrs_a_lot\"><\/span>What does it mean when a cat purrs a lot?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>x26quot;While the purr does generally represent contentment for cats, it can also express <b>nervousness, fear and stress. Fortunately, more often itx26#39;s an indicator of the former. x26quot;Itx26#39;s been speculated for decades that purring was a form of communication.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_purring_mean_a_kitten_is_happy\"><\/span>Does purring mean a kitten is happy?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In many cases, soft, gentle purrs signal your catx26#39;s satisfaction with the world, providing an audible sign of her contentment. But <b>purring doesnx26#39;t always indicate happiness; some cats also purr when they are hungry or stressed.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_kitten_purr_nonstop\"><\/span>Why does my kitten purr nonstop?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As the kitten grows into adulthood, purring continues. <b>Many suggest a cat purrs from contentment, happiness, and pleasure. But a cat also purrs when it is injured, sick, in pain, or even when near death. Apparently purring is also comforting for a cat during times of illness or near death.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_kittens_purr_more\"><\/span>Why do kittens purr more?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While purring is thought to be partly voluntary and partly instinctive, research suggests that cats can purr for various reasons, using the soft rumble <b>as a way of communicating and as a form of self-soothing or even healing. This is why cats will often purr when theyx26#39;re injured, or after a stressful event.<\/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 What does it mean when a cat purrs a lot?Does purring mean a kitten is happy?Why does my kitten purr nonstop?Why do kittens purr more? What does it mean when a cat purrs a lot? x26quot;While the purr does generally represent contentment for cats, it can also express nervousness, fear and stress&#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-113310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113310"}],"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=113310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}