15 Things Cats Do To Protect You and Their Home

Do you think your cat is just a cute, furry animal sleeping in your home? Think again!
Your domestic tiger is not only adorable but also a savvy defender of you and your home territory.
In this video, you will discover how our feline companions fulfill this important role.
Patrolling at night
Cats who are restless at night and patrol the house often do so because they want to keep an eye on their territory and ensure that no intruders enter your domain.
While it may seem as if the cat is wandering aimlessly, in actuality, they check every corner to ensure everything is in order. As you peacefully lie in your bed, your home is under the watchful eye of your feline friend.
Remember, in the wild, part of a feline's day-to-day activities is to walk around their territory several times. They do this to spread their scent, and to find possible intruders.
Recognizing discomfort
Cats can understand when their owners are sad or anxious through auditory and visual observations. Cats are intuitive and observant who have keen senses, and this allows them to understand emotional cues from humans.
Marking behavior.
Cats have a special way of sending messages through smells. They mark their territory by leaving their scent in different spots.
Whether it's through head rubbing against furniture, scratching trees, or spraying urine,
your cat is trying to tell you or other animals “this territory is mine, Stay away!”
Social Observations
Although many people think of cats as solitary animals, they are very sociable in the right circumstances.
Your cat not only keeps an eye on their territory but also monitors the social dynamics within it.
For example, your cats may be cautious when it comes to new acquaintances, and initially observe them from a distance. This behavior allows them to assess whether the new person or animal could pose a potential threat. Once they feel secure, they might progress to establish closer contact.
However, until then, they remain the secret observers who know exactly what's happening in their territory.
They sleep with you
Have you ever wondered why your cat sleeps near you at night?
Many cats are well aware that they, and their humans, are vulnerable when sleeping.
Sleeping close by is one way to stay safe and protect you, and themselves, should predator launch a nighttime attack
Weather warning system.
Believe it or not, cats can act like a natural weather warning system.
They can pick up on upcoming natural events such as earthquakes or storms.
This incredible ability is due to a cat's keen sense of hearing and smell, along with their high sensitivity to changes in atmospheric pressure, which tends to drop before a storm.
If your cat suddenly becomes restless, meows loudly, or tries to escape, it doesn't hurt to check out the window or the weather forecast and take precautionary measures if needed.
Following you around
You may have noticed that your cat follows you around the house, especially when you use the bathroom. While this behavior may stem from curiosity and a desire to be involved in their human's daily routines, it is also a way for cats to ensure their owner's safety and prevent any potential harm from occurring. This is why they want to follow you when you do activities that could make you vulnerable to harm (like using the bathroom or sleeping). So, the next time your cat tags along, consider it a furry guardian keeping a watchful eye on your safety.
They protect your baby
Cats are intelligent animals and have very strong maternal instincts. They are known to be kind and protective of their own young, and many cats extend this behavior to young children that they consider to be fragile, such as human newborns.
Various behaviors, such as cuddling up next to the newborn, keeping watch while the baby naps, or even hissing or swatting at anybody who approaches too closely, can be used to express this protective tendency.
There are many reported cases of cats protecting their humans from dogs, other cats, and even other humans.
They kill your pests.
Your cat also protects you by killing any nearby vermin (mice, cockroaches, rats, or snakes). This isn’t just for you, of course, and it’s also an instinctive hunting activity for cats.
However, if they have formed a secure attachment with you, your cat will focus these hunting efforts around your shared territory as a protective measure.
They keep you free from diseases
When a cat licks you, it's their way of grooming you to help with your hygiene and protect you from diseases.
Cats also lick you to share their scent through their saliva. This marks you as part of their family! That way when you come into the house or enter a room, they can smell that you are safe and trustworthy even before they see you.
Of course, licking is also a cat's way of expressing affection and love towards you.

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Years ago I had a black cat name rascal. I was watching TV. My son was about three and he was in bed and I noticed my cats head snapped toward the door window. I thought what’s going on and I looked up at the window of the door, and there was a man staring directly into our house. I called the police, but they didn’t catch him because they turned their lights on as they were driving down the street. I was scared and taped the blinds to the sides of the window and I had trouble thinking about this for months then one night I got up to go to the bathroom in the middle the night, and when I came back to bed, rascal was at the end of my bed, sitting up with a very low growl at the window. I knew I had to pick up the blinds and there he was doing you know watt. I called the police and he was caught. I loved that cat so. I will never forget him taking care of us. I feel God can work thru animals as I had another experience with my German shepherd.

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I have a great disdain for coyotes, as I lost a cat to them, and they roam my apartment complex. One day when walking the dogs and my cat walks with us. I turned around and a coyote had come up on her. I screamed for it to go and she chased it. She chased it all the way out of the complex. I know she sensed my fear (for her) and took him out. I'm so proud of her.

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My mom's house is pretty calm. We have two cats a 1+ year old (F) and a 7 month old (F). Both have very different personas. When I come home to visit which is every other weekend, holidays and the long break where sometimes I'll stay longer and commute to work from their instead of my home in NJ. Both cats will great me and follow me around when I make the bed, check on all the stuff I have to set up in my corner. After that they pretty much see me as an extra that is connected that comes and goes. So they have no problem relaxing in my presence as if I was always there.

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My 3 cats do all those things 🖤😺🖤

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My cat liles to guard the house at night by lying in front of it, either in the front yard or the road. In summer, that is... with sinking temperatures, he comes closer to the house, moving his guard post under the patio roof, and finally, in winter, he sits at the basement window (its where our cats can enter and leave the house anytime) I doubt he could do anything against any intruder, even if it was just another cat, and he's the definition of a scaredy-cat, but he's doing his best x3

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Just the sent of a cat keeps mice away too 💖🙏 even if they aren't good mousers.

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My cat literally saved my life. Twice.

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my mums cat warned her before she had a stroke and prevented it. my mum stopped what she was doing, went to hospital and they caught it in time, but was still there for a little under a week.

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I Love Cats. I have a black 6🐈‍⬛ year old. He is the best cat ever love my baby so much 😍❤. My cat does sleep with me and wake me up when he's ready for breakfast when I take a nap Jimbo wakes me up for snacks and if I fall asleep on the couch at night he wakes me up so I can go to bed. He also lets me know when it's time for his dinner which is 5:00 lol.

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Hiero washes my face with his wet sandpaper tongue. He spent a LOT of time grooming high on my right cheekbone. A closer look at that location shows I have a squamous cell situation forming there, which I am now treating. Don't think he caused it, am grateful he found it before it got any larger.

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I have 2 cats that sleep with me and my outside cats patrol the territory. They also hunt for mice.

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I know a guy that has a cat that jumped into my car some people that might be questionable pulled up in the drive way next to his home and the cat growled at the people.

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I have two cats they don't get along with each other. One thing I noticed from my senior female cat is that when I'm cold or blue she stays by my side. That and she sometimes sleeps with me as well. The Cub Male Cat just wants to play when I leave my room and my little sister is not home he follows me like the way is explained in the video. They don't get along but they see me as their owner for sure.

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My cat wil sleep with me but found out installing cameras he will get up halfway through the night and a patrol of the house and garden x

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Spoted Leaf (my cat) is in heat... Could you make a video on how to calm her. 🥺

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