Paw preferences in cats (Felis silvestris catus) living in a household environment.

Abstract:

:Unrestrained, naı̈ve cats (Felis silvestris catus) (n=48: 28 males and 20 females), living in a natural domestic environment, were studied for paw preferences using a food reaching test. A total of 46% were right-preferent, 44% were left-preferent and 10% were ambilateral. 60% of the cats in our sample used one paw 100% of the time. This preference was stable over time (10 weeks), and was not influenced by the presence of food residue on the cats' non-preferred paw. There was no difference between male and female cats in the proportions of left and right paw-preferent individuals. We have reviewed the literature reporting paw preferences in cats and conclude that in static food-reaching tests, domestic cats show a marked paw preference with an equal distribution of left- and right-preferent individuals. They do not, however, show a group or population bias toward the use of any one paw. There are no significant sex differences. In contrast, there is previously published evidence which appears to suggest that moving-target reaching tests uncover a left-sided behavioural asymmetry.

journal_name

Behav Processes

journal_title

Behavioural processes

authors

Pike AV,Maitland DP

doi

10.1016/s0376-6357(96)00758-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-02-01 00:00:00

pages

241-7

issue

3

eissn

0376-6357

issn

1872-8308

pii

S0376-6357(96)00758-9

journal_volume

39

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