7 signs your cat loves you — and vet-approved tips to strengthen your bond

“Cats typically don’t meow to other cats. They make all sorts of other sounds but meowing isn’t common. But kittens meow to their moms, and adult cats meow to us. It is this behavior that makes us believe that we are often at least partly in a maternal relationship with cats,” reveals Stephen Quandt, founder of Feline Behavior Associates, LLC. “We’re all the moms and they’re the kittens.”