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#1 Upon Encounter
1. Stay low and avoid eye contact
For cats, making eye contact means
that they are going to launch an attack.
Therefore, it is best to avoid meeting their gaze
until you have formed a close relationship.
If you take the time to befriend the cat,
you will be able to make eye contact and greet the cat
by slowly closing and reopening your eyes.
2. Wait until they come over
When humans suddenly approach cats
the first time they meet,
most cats will feel threatened.
Therefore, when you meet a cat for the first time,
you should leave some space between the cat and yourself
and wait for her to come over.
You should wait and see
until the cat gets used to you.
3. Use high-pitched voice
As cats prefer small, high-pitched voices
to loud, low-pitched ones,
they usually like females better than males.
Thus, you should use a higher pitch than usual
and speak to cats
in a calm and soft manner.
#2 Once Cats Come Over
1. Let them smell the hand
Cats have a very sensitive nose,
so they can learn about others through the smell.
Therefore, when cats greet one another,
they put their noses together and smell each other.
If a cats has come over before you,
you should reach out your hand and let her smell you,
rather than petting her prematurely.
2. Pat them at their level
If you greeted a cat
by letting her smell your hand,
her guards will have come down quite a bit.
However. if you suddenly reach out over a cat’s head,
out of the desire to pat her,
she may feel threatened and run away.
You should reach down
to the cat’s level of sight
and gently pat her nose, cheek, and chin area.
If the cat opens her eyes like she’s squinting,
it means that she likes being patted
and that you could become closer.