Your cat uses her entire body to communicate messages to us and other animals.

By Ilene Springer

You have a group of people over for dinner. While everyone is relaxing in the living room, in walks the boss of the house: your cat. All of your guests clamor for your cat to come over, except for one, who doesn’t make much of a fuss, because he hates cats. So who does your cat check out? The one guest who doesn’t welcome his company, of course.

Even a novice at feline body language can interpret the message this cat is sending! (Hint: He's not happy!)

Why does this happen? The answer is eye contact, or rather, the lack of eye contact. Some animal behaviorists conjecture that prolonged eye contact makes cats feel threatened or provoked. When your cat walks into the room, she senses everyone’s eyes on…

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