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Just like humans, cats can be right-pawed or left-handed.

2025-11-29 18:52:04Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Just like humans, cats can be right-pawed or left-handed.
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New studies have confirmed that cats have a preference when it comes to using their left or right paw, just like humans have left and right hands, according to Science Alert.

There also appears to be a gender link. According to the new study, cats prefer to use their right paw to grab a tasty morsel of food or go down stairs, while kittens prefer to use their left paw.

According to the team from Queen's University, Belfast in the UK – this preference is shown to be linked to the brain structures of our furry friends.

Unlike previous studies on paw preference, which were conducted in controlled laboratory conditions, this analysis took place in the cats' own homes while they performed daily tasks, analyzing a total of 24 kittens and 20 cats.

Like humans, cats can be right-pawed or left-handed.

Research shows that kittens are more likely to be left-handed, while cats tend to use their right paws.

However, some cats are ambidextrous and use both paws equally.

According to the study, there is individual variation within genders.

Each cat tends to favor one paw more for activities such as eating food, grooming, or overcoming obstacles.

A notable pattern observed in studies is that male cats are more likely to favor their left paw, and female cats are more likely to favor their right.

Just like humans, cats can be right-pawed or left-handed.

Ambidextrous cats use both paws with equal ability.

The preference for paw use is linked to brain lateralization, similar to how handedness in humans is linked to brain structure and function.

These are an indicator – of how well pets can respond to stress, as the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and vice versa.

"Left-handed animals, which rely more on their right hemisphere for information processing, tend to exhibit stronger fear responses, aggressive outbursts, and cope worse with stressful situations - than animals that use their right limbs more and rely more on their left hemisphere."

The cats and kittens were spayed and neutered before the experiments began, but the researchers do not rule out hormones as the reason why some cats put their left paw forward and others their right.


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