And certainly in the case of females, they are more likely to
scent mark around the time when they are in heat.
Not exact matches
The chemical
scent - messages in a dog's urine tell other dogs just about everything they need to know: where the
marking dog hangs out, how long it's been since he's been
around, and (in the case of a female) sexual receptivity.
In both the wild and captivity, Campbell's dwarf hamsters
scent -
mark around their territories using Harderian glands, skin glands located behind the ears.
Hence the sniffing
around for the correct spot, the biologically appropriate posture, and the
scent -
marking / scratching thereafter.
They use this
scent to
mark areas and objects
around them, other cats, humans and other animals in the household.
According to Livestock Guardian Dogs.org «When protecting its livestock, the first line of protection is the
scent marks left
around the perimeter of its yard or field.
Urine
marking can be seen in dogs that are stressed or in intact males and females who feel compelled to leave their
scent around for other dogs to pick up.
Scratching is an instinctive behavior that helps cats shed the outer layers of their claws,
mark their territory (they have
scent glands
around their pads), exercise and stretch, and, as in the case of my orange tabby, Fred, to get attention.