How Intelligent Are Cats? (2004)

Re:How Intelligent Are Cats? (2004) by melling on Sunday April 10, 2022 @08:26AM (#30976414)

Just say to yourself “I’m here to serve, stand up and follow your cat”

My cats often want to be fed or to go outside.

My one cat knows she can simply stare at me and I will get up and follow her.

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Re:How Intelligent Are Cats? (2004) by devmor on Sunday April 10, 2022 @11:12AM (#30977712)

One of my cats, who is going on 13-14 years old (he was a stray, not sure of his exact age) has a specific pitched meow for when he wants me to do something for him.

He'll use that, combined with lifting one paw off of the ground to "ask" me to do something for him.

Once I follow him, he'll nudge his head in the direction of what he wants. The sink? He wants to drink out of the faucet. The counter? He wants treats out of the drawer. The pantry? He wants food. If he just sits there and cries I know he wants to be pet.

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Re:How Intelligent Are Cats? (2004) by reaperducer on Sunday April 10, 2022 @10:36AM (#30977230)

My cats often want to be fed or to go outside.

Wheelchair-height handle-style doorknobs mean my cat goes wherever she wants whenever she wants.

Baby-proof door latches are my friend.

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Re:How Intelligent Are Cats? (2004) by steanne on Sunday April 10, 2022 @10:49AM (#30977359)

even round knobs aren't safe. i had a pair that would work together: one jumping to turn the knob while the other stuck their paw under the door and pulled.

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Re:How Intelligent Are Cats? (2004) by 0des on Sunday April 10, 2022 @01:53PM (#30979681)

Mine just flings the dinger and looks at me like "your attention will be interrupted until you open this door"

Doyoyoyoyoingggggg

Doyoyoyoyoyoyinnng

OK fine I'll open the door but this is the last time.

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Re:How Intelligent Are Cats? (2004) by hombre_fatal on Monday April 11, 2022 @01:23AM (#30984977)

My cat would smack the metal blinds when he got stuck in my bedroom with me while I’m sleeping.

I just love how he knew that I was sleeping and found out how to make the loudest possible sound in my house, all while staring at me of course, without even having to raise his voice.

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Re:How Intelligent Are Cats? (2004) by KerrAvon on Sunday April 10, 2022 @11:30AM (#30977923)

One of my cats observed my partner turning a doorknob on the bedroom door and subsequently started jumping and pawing the doorknob when the door was closed and they wanted in. No question that if it was a handle-type knob he’d have gotten in.

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Re:How Intelligent Are Cats? (2004) by Gare on Sunday April 10, 2022 @11:56AM (#30978271)

We had to rotate all our handles to vertical because our cat learned in 2 weeks how to operate them.

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Re:How Intelligent Are Cats? (2004) by throwaway743 on Sunday April 10, 2022 @12:30PM (#30978677)

Omg this is the situation my cat, but instead of food it's for laying down with him and cuddling. He'll jump on the couch or bed, stare and/or meow until I lay with him.

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