I think I’ve finally figured out cat behavior. For a time now, I’ve noticed that in a house with two people, our cat would find the “psychic center” between these two people and would settle down there. By “psychic center,” I mean the center of activity. If I am doing something very interesting to my cat, and my wife is doing something uninteresting, my cat will be sitting just a little bit closer to me than to her.
Her other behavior involves making sure she knows where we are at all times. When my wife and I are in the same room, this is easy for the cat. However, when we’re in two separate parts of the house, the cat will find out where we are, follow us around that room until we seem to settle down, and only then will she return to her spot (or find out where the other person is).
It doesn’t seem to be that the cat cares about what we’re doing in particular – just that she knows where we are at all times. It’s as if she’s worried that the Cat Supervisor will come by at any instant, quiz my cat on the location the people here, and give her demerits if she fails to answer.
It’s either that, or in some sort of catlike way, our cat is trying to herd all the people in the house.
And who said that cats were solitary animals?