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Cats are a lot of things: weird, wonderful, quirky, and adorable, but did you know they can be downright creepy sometimes? You may already know about their hunting abilities, unique body language, and judgmental side, but we bet you don’t know some of these. Take a look at these 12 creepy cat facts that may disturb you about your favorite feline companion. The 12 Creepy Cat Facts Cats’ ears are always moving and twitching, responding to their environment.

This article was created in sponsorship with PetSuper, which helps make content like this possible. Cats are often easy to care for, but difficult to monitor. Their independence can make subtle changes in health and behavior easy to miss, while everyday changes in litter-box use, eating, and drinking may provide useful clues. The trouble is, those small changes can be surprisingly easy to miss. Smart pet devices are designed to make some of these daily tasks easier.

If you struggle to get your kitty to drink water, you may have purchased a cat water fountain to encourage them to stay hydrated. The constantly running water may be more appealing to your cat than a bowl of water. While the movement helps the water stay fresher, you should still change the water in your cat’s fountain at least once a week based on the manufacturer’s recommendation. However, you should change it more frequently if you have multiple cats.

Cats are known for their fondness for grooming and keeping themselves clean, but there are times we cat parents need to lend them a helping hand. No matter how fastidious your favorite feline is, they won’t always be able to work out mats or tangles in their fur. This is especially true for longhaired cats and cats that are older or can’t move as well as they once could.

If you had told Mauren Kennedy growing up that one day she’d share her home with six rescue cats—and hundreds of thousands of fellow cat lovers online—she probably would have laughed. After all, she didn’t even grow up with cats. Today, Mauren is the creator behind Cat Lady Tails, where millions of people have fallen in love with Gremlin’s famous little blep, Calcifer’s larger-than-life personality, and the everyday chaos that comes with living alongside six rescue cats.

A cat bite that seems to come out of nowhere is one of the more confusing things a cat owner deals with. Everything seems calm as they come for snuggles, but a moment later there are teeth involved. It might seem random, but it almost never is. Cats predominantly communicate through body language, and a bite that looks unprovoked usually has a specific reason behind it, even if that reason isn’t obvious in the moment. The trick is figuring out what your cat was trying to say.

There are few sounds more comforting to a cat parent than the familiar rumble of a purring cat. You probably know your own cat’s purr without even seeing them. Maybe it’s deep and motor-like. Maybe it’s soft and almost squeaky. Or perhaps your cat has a particularly enthusiastic purr that you can feel across the room. It turns out, you may be noticing something real.

While I often watch movies with my cats, it’s a rare treat to find a movie featuring felines. Dog movies abound (anybody still keeping up with the never-ending Air Bud series?), but you won’t find many with cats, and even fewer with cats as the main character. Maybe it’s because cats are little prima donnas. They want to do what they want to do, when they want to do it. Training a cat to perform is arguably harder than training animals that are more popular in movies, such as dogs and horses.

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While they’re not always as expressive or attention-grabbing as a dog’s tail, cat tails are no less vital to their social and physical functioning. We may not give them much consideration, but cat’s tails perform essential roles for our kitties as much as they impart critical information to others. Let’s discover all we can learn from our pets with this breakdown of five interesting cat tail facts.