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Cats have the habit of rubbing their head, face and cheeks on the leg or hand of humans or on the head of another cat to leave their scent. This gesture is meant to be friendly and expresses affection and trust.<\/p>\n
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Smells, along with body language and voice, are very important for communication in cats. A cat has about 200 million olfactory cells in its nose, in contrast to humans who only have 5 million. Through the sense of smell, cats are able to detect the presence of other animals.
To mark its territory, the cat leaves a variety of scents that have different meanings. The scents are left by urinating, rubbing the head or scratching. When scratching, scent glands in the pads of the feet are activated, through which the cat leaves not only visible but also smellable traces on the object.
Urinating leaves a pungent odour, while rubbing the head leaves a subtle scent on the surface that cannot be detected by humans, but can be detected by other cats.<\/p>\n
Cats have scent glands on various parts of the body, such as the cheeks, temples, lips and front paws. These glands produce pheromones, substances that leave a message for other cats. These pheromones are individual and even change depending on the cat's mood. Pheromones mark the cat's territory and give the cat a sense of security. By rubbing its head against a human, the human is marked as the cat's property, so to speak.<\/p>\n
Cats also rub their heads against other cats, especially those with higher status in the pecking order. By mixing the scents of both cats, they show mutual acceptance. Cats that like each other often rub their heads against each other as a sign of friendship and affection.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
If a strange cat rubs its scents off on a human, your own cat may hiss at its human because it notices the strange and hostile scents of another cat and perceives them as a threat. In this case, the smells of the strange cat should be washed off immediately so that your own cat feels reassured and safe. Never should a cat be punished or pushed away for rubbing its head. Instead, the should be rewarded by gently petting the head, leaving your own human scent on the cat.<\/p>\n
What are synthetic pheromones?<\/strong><\/p>\n Synthetically produced pheromones imitate the smell of the cat's facial glands. They are supposed to help and calm the cat in stressful situations. Synthetic pheromones often help to settle disputes between two cats by spraying the flat with them in several places. Synthetic pheromones also have a calming effect on the cat after a traumatic experience, a stressful journey or after an operation. Cats have the habit of rubbing their head, face and cheeks on the leg or hand of humans or on the head of another cat to leave their scent. This gesture is meant to be friendly and expresses affection and trust.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_id":["4497"],"_fgj2wp_old_id":["3353"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["906"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["warum reiben katzen ihre k\u00f6pfe?"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"],"_trp_automatically_translated_slug_en_GB":["why-cats-rub-their-head"]},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tiere","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Bad habits such as urine marking in the home can be reduced by artificial pheromones. Often the relationship between cat and human becomes friendlier as a result, because the pheromones promote a positive and relaxing environment.
Synthetic pheromones are available in well-stocked pet shops and online shops.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"