Did you know this about cats?

Huh Really I have Never heard of that nor wondered about that but Now that you have brought it to my attention. It's quiet funny it makes alot of sense and yeah I have noticed my cat favour her right paw when playing... Strange but interesting!

I never thought about this before, but I do believe our female maine (c)oon is left-pawed. The other three seem to be right-pawed. This is an interesting tidbit, but what I think is even more interesting is that someone actually thought up this study and went through with it! I wonder how and why this topic was studied to begin with?

I have noticed it with my cats, many years ago. It is hysterical to watch them box each other...especially if one is a south paw and the other is a right pawed cat. They kind of look like they are stacking paws like kids do when they are putting their fists on top of each other. It also shows up when they are batting their toys around. I had always thought that cats (and dogs) didn't have the dominant paw feature that humans do. But even with the dogs it shows dominance...and they are a critter that I thought would definitely NOT have a dominance factor when it came to which was the paw they used the most. It seems like scientists are a bit slow when they are observing and learning about critters and their lifestyles. But at least for the critters they don't have someone trying to change the dominant appendage to the one that the person feels the critter (or human) should be using. At least the cats (and dogs) don't have to worry about raising their right "paw" when they are taking the oath in court, saluting the flag, shaking hands and whatever. Come to think of it, dogs do demonstrate their dominant "paw" when they shake hands. You've really posted a great discussion! It makes me stop and think and also will make me stop and observe the critters and see how they demonstrate their dominant paw.

That is news to me , it didnt even cross my mind . It would be cute if I had more than one kittens to observed this . For the moment I have no pets at all . Cats are just too cute , wonder if that is the same with dogs ..

I really don;t know, I watched all 3 of my cats and noticed nothing with them. I notice Patches usually uses her left paw for grabbing. But I will have to watch her the next few days.

Absolutely interesting! I will probably spend even more time watching my cats now trying to determine whether there is any validity to this article. I never really noticed and now I will always be looking at cats differently!

I have never heard this before, but it certainly does not surprise me. Researchers tend to come along with the most absurd suggestions, many of which cannot be practically verified. I read once that all Polar Bears are left handed. This seemed a totally bizarre statement and I cannot truly accept it. How on earth would you ever know if a Polar Bear was left handed? The same applies to a cat, there is no way to justify such a statement because cats do not do enough with their to differentiate one preference from another.

I want to respond to your discussion only because I just got scratched by a cat on my finger a few days ago. He is lovely and seemed want to play with me. I touched him and he suddenly scratched my hand. I dont like cat. I prefer a dog.

Thanks for the information NailTech. I will watch my cats tomorrow.

wow! a new knowledge for me. I also was never concern about it because I believe it doesn't matter anyway. They do not write like us people do. Well, maybe if we give attention to it, we can observe by the way they play and clean themselves by licking their paw and wiping their face. Now, I got an idea to observe that on my cats. Thanks!

I have a cat and she is a right handed cat. I will observe tomorrow if she also uses her left hand.

hi NailTech, I did not know this until now.Thank you for sharing this.I am trying to remember my cat before if he was left-pawed or right-pawed.I wish I was able to identify it before.Now,I am missing my cat:(

I'm not sure of that but one day, I saw a cat grabbing something, he used his left and right pawed and I was amused of it. :-)

Hi there! Wow! This is something new. I used to have a cat, well cats but I never really noticed which paw they used more often. But there's quite a few things I know about cats. I read somewhere that cats don't have a sweet tastebud. Meaning they can't taste sweets! Another is that when they are extremely happy, they have their tails up. Unlike with dogs, they usually wag their tails when they are happy. This is really something new. Thanks for sharing :)

We have multiple cats. I think all of them are right pawed. I don't recall any left pawed cats. Most I have watched use their right paws. THis is interesting but seems normal for animals. I never thought anything about this until I read this. Very interesting and thanks for sharing it with us/me.

Never did I noticed if a cat is left handed or right handed but it can be true, why not? We ordinary cats in the house. What type of cat is expensive type of cat as a pet? I love cats and I don't like dogs.