4/13    Does it mean anything when an apparently friendly house cat takes a
        swipe at you after you stopped petting it ? I am not the only
        one that this has happened to wrt to this cat.
        \_ People own dogs but cats own owners. You've been owned.
           (dogs see humans as masters, cats see humans as equals)
        \_ that it's a cat.
           \_ seconded
        \_ that it's time to put it down.
        \_ What does "take a swipe at you" mean? walking by you?
        \_ that you're now the cat's bitch and must obey its every order
        \_ apparently friendly? you mean, because it looks like a cat?
           \_ I agree. What makes him think it is friendly? I have a cat
              like this and I make sure to tell visitors that it is not
              friendly.
        \_ the only friendly house cats are dead ones
        \_ Swipe lightly?  He's just playing.  And lightly can still hurt,
           those claws are fucking sharp.
           \_ That's possible too... I've actually seen some cats that are
              smart about this and try real hard not to scratch. Like, he could
              jump onto my back from high up and not use his claws at all, just
              slide around a bit. Our other cat was clueless and had razor
              sharp claws because it didn't walk outside much.
              \_ Cat's claws don't get dulled by walking outside, since
                 they are retractable.
              \_ How much they retract claws depends on their environment
                 when growing up.  Playing with other kittens gives them
                 training in how much they have to retract, cuz they learn
                 that it hurts.  If it was raised w/o other kittens, then
                 it has never learned to retract claws.