I miss my baby boy. That beautiful, dumb, orange prince always let me know if I was staying up too late or staying in bed too long.
I have made my sleeping schedule 30 minutes earlier due to our cat. He also knows when its bed time, and will let me know its bed time so that he can clean himself on me for 15 minutes before leaving and terrorizing mice until the exact moment the sun rises. I used to joke saying “well he knows what’s best for us” when waken up at like 5am. Not a very popular joke at that time in the morning.
We have a churu time now too. Just everything is a routine and if you do something new he expects to do it again the next day. One day I brought him out and we hung out by a fallen tree sitting enjoying outside. Next day he wanted to go sit at the tree again.
I helped him dig a hole to pee in and now when we are on a walk first thing in the morning its my job to dig him a potty.
And you have to stick to a schedule or they start acting out in some way. Out cat meows at us while staring every 20 minutes, or will try to initiate play and do a trill noise, then promptly run away trying to get us to chase him. He will run up and down the stairs and through the house, or up the truck of a tree if hes outside. If he gets playtime and his routine in hes content and will sleep the rest of the day. Otherwise he is very disruptive to what you have to do in the day.
I had an indoor/outdoor cat when I was younger. One day I was curious where she went when she left the house so I tailed her. When she caught me, she was not happy. I was not where I was supposed to be so she walked back to the house, turning every few steps to yell at me and make sure I was following. I was clearly an indoor house human and not allowed outside.
I was clearly an indoor house human and not allowed outside.
I read somewhere that scientists could prove Dogs know we are not dogs but Cats do not know we are not cats; to cats we are just weird looking cats that are very generous as we constantly share “our” food
So to your cat you are just a weird indoor cat! And they can tell who is allowed out and who is not because we have 3 cats and only 1 is allowed out (long story). When she is coming back, another one of our cats eagerly awaits and sometimes tries to poker head out and our outdoor cat will scold and hiss at her until she comes back into the house completely
This behaviour is so strong that the curious indoor cat got used to sniffing the outside air from under the open door (instead of just peaking out) to avoid the scolding
We had a cat that we got probably too young, and my wife and I both worked at home so we were all around each other 24/7. That cat definitely thought we were all the same kind of thing. After a few years (5?), we got another kitten and I swear the older one had a full-blown identity crisis.
Oh I believe you 100%. One of our cats (the one that is curious but can’t go out) was a rescue and we had her, spayed and at home, by the time she was 10 weeks! (usually they stay with mom for 12 at least)
One of the things we learnt is that when they are kittens they meow but Mom teaches them to stay quiet because they are predators. In time, they realize us humans respond to the meow so they do it for us; you certainly noticed that when they see a squirrel or bird out the window, they make completely different noises.
Well, this cat never learnt because Mom was not around so she does not meow to us at all, she chirps at us all sorts of weird sounds and seems to establish a full on conversation (it’s not just one odd sound, it’s a series of chirps and wails hahaha)
We found our oldest in the woods at about 5 weeks. She has never meowed. She vocalizes, but not like any other cat i have ever heard. I would describe it similar to yours, chirps, yowls and wails.
I don’t believe this. Our cats will watch a cat on TV, but not a human. Our cats act differently to my wife and I than they do each other.
Cats have powerful senses of smell and use it for identification. We do not smell like cats.
Cats demonstrate competitive bonding with each other, but not with humans.
Cats use different vocalizations with humans than other cats.
Cats will observe human facial expressions rather than body language. They recognize we communicate with our face, not body.
All kinds of things. Cats may not know what we are, know we are potential allies (for the most part), but they also know we are not cats.
I don’t believe this. Our cats will watch a cat on TV, but not a human. Our cats act differently to my wife and I than they do each other.
So here is an article about the book that discusses this:
Please note that I did not mean to imply cats do not know us from them. What I was trying to convey is that they treat us like they would treat a [giant] cat (discussed in the article).
Cats are individuals and treat each other differently, they know one cat from the other and they can distinguish each member of the household as they do different things with each of us; however, what they do with us, with the exception of meowing, are things they would do with other cats… i.e. they will snuggle, try to groom us, head butt us, show us their butts, expose their bellies or hiss at us in the same way they would to other cats
Yeah, my orange uses different meows when he’s looking for me than when he’s looking for my wife. It’s really cute.
I actually have read the book, and the book doesn’t say or even imply that cats think of us as cats.
Please note that I did not mean to imply cats do not know us from them.
Fair. But there is a lot of nonsense around that subject on the Internet because people misinterpret what it says. Even in the article you linked, they ask that question and he corrects them.
In the book [I say] that cats behave toward us in a way that’s indistinguishable from [how] they would act toward other cats.
Specifically that. Because dogs operate in unit groups and they recognize a hierarchy. Cats, even in social groups do not have a hierarchy and treat us as members of their colony. They socialize with us as such, but in an equal but different capacity. That’s misinterpreted a lot.
I apologize for assuming that was the point you were trying to make.
Oh cool… thanks for the clarification. You can see how the line quoted from the author easily twists into “cats can’t tell we are not cats” but the clarification is welcome and the difference is huge!
Someone has to guard the house ig
Cat schedules are the best. Being regular is good for humans too. They are only helping.
My male cat knows the exact second it’s noon. Because noon is lunchtime. He will wake up from a deep sleep the moment it becomes 12. There’s no alarm going off or anything like that. It’s just his internal clock.
Meanwhile my dog starts staring at me 2 hours before dinner.
One of mine knows the sound of my car pulling in the driveway and she meets me at the door, and if I get in too fast I’ll hear the “thump thump” of her coming down the stairs alongside her chirp as she realizes she’s “late” to be picked up and loved on.
The other gets mad if I’m in bed or out of bed at the “wrong” times as well. Her cuddle-chill balance is at stake!
Well, that’s just adorable.
If I get food delivered, my boy sits facing the door and turns his neck to stare in my direction. He alerts me before the app notification.
omg this is so lovely 😍
Mine yells at my wife as soon as I get home from work, because she knows that’s about when my wife’s job lets her go as well. She always gives the cat a treat after work.
I found most of these routines to be actual pattern recognition for food conditioning. They are masters of pattern recognition and highly food-motivated, so they remember even more elaborate ones if it involves food. “If it’s noon-ish and the fat man is fidgeting in the kitchen and has opened the knife drawer and I stand on x chair I receive snack”
Absolutely! 2 of mine would rush to check me out as I hone my chef’s knife. If I happen to only be chopping vegetables, I have to show them so they can sneer at me and walk away, otherwise they will plan themselves there waiting for the inevitable morsel of raw meat
Oh yes. “Around middle of the day human lady will eat. Sometimes she eats foods she’ll give me tastes of. Sometimes she says “Sorry, poison for cats”. I must try every day.” So she sits very pretty next to the couch and waits for either a nibble or to be told sorry, poison for cats! She does huff at that though lol
My cat is very non-food motivated (doesnt care that ive filled his bowl and rarely eats the occasional snack/treat i offer) but will absolutely smack my face if i try to sleep in past 6:57am.
Once again, cats being just autistic proves to be truth.
Mine reminds me to eat in the evenings. If I haven’t started cooking by 7 he gets up and starts meowing at me, trying to get me to follow him.
Our dogs stare at the door in that case, waiting for someone to bark at
Yeah, if I am up late playing games one or more cats will come and paw at me like, “Aye, get your ass to bed.”
are they the only ones around here who give a damn about the Rules?
Making me think of Walter Sobchak as a cat
you’re out of your element, kitty.
That rug really tied the room together. So I peed on it.
I feel this is just the posters giving away what rigid and predictable lives they live.
Cats know their feeding schedule, but a cat raised with a human who varies their routine doesn’t do this.
Yeah, I don’t feed my cats any of my food, essentially only do treats for claw trimming, and go to bed some time between 11 and 1. They are just hanging out all the time.
Our newest kitten will shit on the bed if I do the last one.
