All cats have five very unique senses! These senses are: hearing, sight, taste, smell and touch. Of course, humans have these same five senses, but in cats, these senses are magnified!

A cat’s ears are similar to a satellite dish; your cat does have a relatively good sense of hearing.  You may notice that your cat might turn its head or move their ears when you start talking or when they hear a noise outside.  This heightened sense of hearing provides cats with the ability to hunt mice and other small, quite rodents.

All cats have a fine sense of touch and the most sensitive part of a cat’s body is its whiskers.  As a cat owner, you should already know how important a full set of whiskers are to a cat.  Your cat’s paws are another  sensitive area on their body.

Cats’ also have excellent vision. Some studies claim that cats see at 1/5th the intensity of humans.  Although cats cannot see perfectly in the dark, they are still able to make out distinctive shapes and movements.  Cats are also able to see movement quicker than humans can see them. 

Depending on your cat and his or her eating habits, you may assume that cats have a sensitive sense of taste.  After all, many cat owners report their pets as being picky eaters.  Although it may appear as if your cat is a picky eater, they logically aren’t, at least for taste reasons.  In fact, cats are more likely to pick and choose their food based on smell, rather than taste.

The most heightened out of the five senses is the sense of smell. Cats have a much better sense of smell than humans do.  In fact, did you know that cats have about 200 million cells in and on their noses that are odor sensitive?  In addition to using smell as a way to decide which food to eat, cats can also use smell to determine if an environment is safe to enter.  Smelling is also a method of communication for felines.  It has been said that cats can smell odors that humans can’t even detect.