Is your cat right-handed or left-handed?

[kedrys]

Poll question: Is your cat right-handed or left-handed?

5 of my 7 my cats favor one paw over the other, when scratching the litter, giving handshakes, fishing their bowls for food, etc. 3 of mine are left-handed, 2 right-handed, and the other two appear to be ambi-paw-ous.

Your cat(s)?

[Rue]

1. My older cat is left-pawed.

The younger one uses his right one more often.

[kedrys]

2. Welcome to DU!

Always nice to meet another kitty person! :hi:

[Rue]

4. Eh, I've been registered for some time.

Just don't post that much.

Huh . . . cats are dominantly left-handed? That's interesting.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Somebody has actually studied this,

and concluded that cats tend to be left-pawed. http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_085.html

[kedrys]

6. That's really interesting

The article makes mention of the author being left-handed...I'm left-handed, and the s.o. is right-handed. 5 of the cats are young enough to have observed us while acquiring paw preference. You don't think...? :)

[KyndCulture]

5. My cat...

can fuck me up with her left or right paw.... she's def ambi paw ous.....

depends on the amount of my sin against her "rules of the house" how bad the scratch (read: lesson) might be....