{"id":1703,"date":"2017-01-02T04:43:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T12:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2017-01-02T04:43:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T12:43:11","slug":"mindful-monday-shocking-discoveries-about-your-cats-purrsonality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1703","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Monday \u2013 Shocking Discoveries About Your Cat\u2019s Purrsonality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lily and Sophie<\/p><\/div>\n

Is your cat an extrovert or an introvert? I once wrote an article for Cat Fancy Magazine<\/em> on how to choose the right cat for your household based on the cat\u2019s personality. This week, I came across an article that takes this theme even farther. It talks about the five basic personality traits of cats. Some of the researchers found it interesting that the sophisticated computer program they developed to determine personality traits in cats came up with five traits\u2014which coincides with the fact that there are also five categories of human personalities. Although, only three of the five personalities attributed to cats have similarities to those ascribed to humans.<\/p>\n

Are you interested in the five human personality traits? I thought they were a little odd myself. They are Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.<\/p>\n

Can you guess which ones they\u2019ve attributed to cats? Neuroticism (Skittishness), Extroversion (Outgoingness), and Agreeableness (Friendliness).<\/p>\n

Those that don\u2019t coincide with any of the human personalities are Spontaneity and Dominance.<\/p>\n

To read more about this study, visit http:\/\/healthypets.mercola.com\/sites\/healthypets\/archive\/2016\/06\/21\/cat-personality-traits.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Can you determine which basic trait your cats fit into? As with us humans, it\u2019s difficult to<\/p>\n

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pigeonhole specific personality traits. I can see a little of each in my cats. I guess if I had to choose one, for Lily, it would be Friendliness. For Sophie, Skittishness with touches of Outgoingness. It helps to read the criteria for each label. Follow the link provided and see if you can pigeonhole your cat\u2019s personality.<\/p>\n

Cat\u2019s of a particular breed are often promoted as having specific characteristics common to that breed\u2014Siamese and Abyssinian are active and vocal; Persians, and Maine coon cats are considered docile; ragdolls are rather dog-like. As we\u2019ve discussed previously, even color comes into play when considering a cat\u2019s personality. Calicos and torties are thought to be ornery and orange tabbies (especially the males) are quiet and calm. But many of you have found out different. As one follower wrote, \u201cI\u2019ve had two torties as different as night and day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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