This, coupled with the fact that more than one egg is released at a time and at different times, means that kittens or cubs in a litter can have different fathers. Cats communicate in a variety of ways, from scent to visual to vocal. Cats will regularly mark off their territory with urine. Small cats bury their feces, large cats do not. Also, some male cats do not bury their feces, and use this as territorial markers.
Cats also use a substance secreted from the anal glands to mark.
Scent glands are located on the chin and paw pads, and are used to mark. Cats detect chemicals in the urine by using a technique called flemen, described above in the Smell section of the Senses. Cats also vocalize, using a wide range of sounds, from roaring, growling, hissing, purring, chuffing, chirping, mewing and meowing. Roaring is used as a warning, as is growling and hissing, chuffing is used by large cats as a kind of content sound, purring is another contented sound that can be produced by ALL cats, chirping is made by cheetahs to call their young, and mewing and meowing can have many meanings. Cats also have a wide range of body postures they use to communicate moods, just like the dog family.