Just like some people, cats can become jealous when they feel they're being excluded or their environment has changed drastically or suddenly. The jealousy may be triggered by any number of events: Cats may show signs of jealousy when you pay more attention to an object, person, or another animal.
How can you tell if a cat is jealous?
Signs of Jealousy in Cats
- Physically coming between you and the object they are jealous of.
- Hissing and growling.
- Swatting at an object.
- Scratching.
- Biting.
- Urinating/marking territory.
Can one cat be jealous of another?
They also can get jealous of one another. “All that jealousy requires is that the cat perceive that another cat is getting more of something than it should,” writes John Bradshaw in his book Cat Sense.
