Question

76.

Being able to observe cats and understand their body language is very important for
veterinary assistants. Describe you the body language you would see if you had a
Happy Cat, and Angry, Aggressive Cat and a Depressed Cat. Please provide at least 4
descriptions for each category.

Answer 1

Happy cats blink eyes, keep whiskers forward and tail relaxed; Aggressive Cat lowers tail and make it stiff, crouches etc; an Angry cat is rigid and curls itself around its body and a Depressed cat sleeps more than usual.

Step-by-step explanation:

A Veterinary assistant must be well aware about different body languages of cat. Cats show different body postures in different moods.

i) HAPPY CAT- A happy cat returns our gaze with a blink an eye and there will be a dilation in the eye that indicates happiness and tail will be relaxed.

ii) AGGRESSIVE CAT- An aggressive cat can both be defensive and offensive. Offensive body language includes- stiff and straight leg, lowered stiff tail and a defensive language includes- Crouching of body and eyes completely dilated.

iii) ANGRY CAT- Angry cat has a rigid posture, growls and make its body curled up and make itself look large.

iv) DEPRESSED CAT- Depressed cats hold its ear back and make their fur stand at the end, they tuck their tail and sleeps more than usual.