Cats send all sorts of nonverbal signals, both to each other and to us humans. One of those signals is a blink. If you own a cat and haven’t ever noticed it blinking at you, keep an eye out. It usually happens just as the cat enters a room where you are sitting. It will notice you from a small distance, stop, blink both eyes once or several times, and then approach. Once you are on the lookout for it, the blink is quite noticeable. It’s slower than a human blink and looks, well, intentional. What Is Your Cat Trying To Tell You? A blinking cat is a happy cat. Blinking in cats is a signal that they recognize the presence of another cat in their vicinity but they are not going to fight it.