As others have said, definitely affection. Your cat loves you and is hanging out with you!
Easiest way to show it back, is to blink slowly back at your cat. Shows trust back to them!
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I always slow blink at neighbourhood cats.
The cats: what a fuckboy
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at first i read that as attraction
o_o
Some of us just can't help it when cats think we're sexy.
It's called animal magnetism. It's also what allows geckos to stick to things.
So the geckos think that the wall is sexy and then it sticks to the wall?
Geckos just radiate it, like an aura, which is why they stick to just about anything.
I mean if they're slow blinking while staring it means they like you. But some cats just like staring at things for no particular reason.
I hope so, cause he does this stuff a lot. He likes to sit in the coffee table while we’re watching tv and just stare at us.
When my cat does this, he's trying to get my attention. If I stand up, he will lead me where he wants me to be. Usually, he takes me to his food bowl, or to the special spot we have for brushes and pats. Sometimes though, he wants me to look outside, because his nemesis, the white cat from up the road, is visible, and sometimes he wants me to open the door for his pal, the black cat from across the road. There can be quite some depth to cat communication, but as with humans, it starts with paying attention. Your cat is a cutie.
That's what our older girl does; she's so polite about it, she won't even make eye contact sometimes: just sit and patiently wait until we glance in her direction and then cry and try to lead us.
Our younger boy cries the moment he sees us and then just gets more insistent until he's given attention.
Entertainment. He's waiting for you to do something stupid for his amusement.
This big oaf is so terrible at catching mice!
That's affection.
I call mine The Fabulous Staredycat Sisters. If they're not sleeping, eating, or drinking, they're usually staring at me, each other, or both 😄
Squint is a smile in catspeak.
He’s waiting for you to do something.
Do it.
This is absolutely the correct answer. The stare sans slow blinks is them wanting you you to do something. The language barrier cuts off the meaning of the request and creates a recurring headache if you can't figure it out.
Love and affection.
Or food both is same for them.
The predator watches its prey carefully, waiting for the ideal moment to strike.
Follow them and find out.
You're not gonna discover what your particular cat wants from you in this particular moment by consulting the internet, you're gonna find out by listening and communicating back with them.
Yes, it's waiting for you to stand up so it will guide you to what it wants. Most likely food.
He won’t budge, just follows my movements with his eyes.
SUBJECT TRACKER: ON
DO NOT LEAVE TARGET OUT OF FOCUS.
MEOEW MEOW
Don’t listen to anyone. Your cat is plotting your demise.
Help you accidentally fall down the stairs?
Chew the wires to get you electrocuted?
Suffocate you while sleeping?
Whoopsie! Didn’t see that wood chipper. Sorry about.
I honestly believe they are communicating with us telepathically. They look at us intently, think "I'm hungry, feed me." And you look up from your phone and look at them staring at you, and you say "Aw, sweetie, you're so pretty! Why are you staring at me? Oh, look at the time! Are you hungry? Let's get you something to eat!" And then you do it.
In her mind, she telepathically ordered you to feed her, and you did. Obviously, telepathic communication works, especially after it's worked in multiple instances.
Which also means that if she orders you to do something, and you don't, it means you are just being an obstinate little bitch.
Probably cats get very confused with our actions because of our more advanced thought process and mental model, we do things without stimulation. So they try to find behavior patterns to it.
We do the same with other people, but animals are more sensible to it.
That looks like a big smile.
What he wants is to stare at you
Attention
Cat sizing you up: human is bigger than a mouse, but much slower. I can take him down, but who's gonna clean the litterbox...
What does he want from me?
Your soul.
You're in his spot. Which is anywhere that you currently are. You monster.
It's probably lacking stimulation. It needs you to entertain it, preferably via bloodsport.
Mine will scream at me. I don’t know what he wants but I can’t do anything this weekend because MEROOOOOOW!
“You’re going to be in my patch of sunlight soon, prepare yourself.”
Your soul
He will next bring the cat teaser stick and drop it in front of you if you continue to sit there.
You gonna invite me on to your lap?
He literally hates being held by humans. He will stare at me for 20 minutes straight, but god forgot I try to hug him.
god forgot
Do you use that regularly? How cool! Or is it autocorrect?
Autocorrect lol.
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"Clean the litterbox, Steve!"
🎶what your cat needs now🎶
🎶is food, sweet food🎶
🎶it's the only thing that he can think of🎶
🎶lord knows he has enough in his food bowl🎶
🎶but there's a hole in the center where he can find🎶
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