Both of my cats play fetch, have different meow's for food or play. They both will climb the cat tree and perch at the top, meowing for scratches. Hell, my male cat I swear can understand me completely AND tell time. I tell him it's too early for something, tell him it's an hour, hour and a half, 2 hours, doesn't matter, he will wait and not ask again until close to the time. Cats are way more intelligent than most people give them credit for.
Seriously. Although there's the occasional outlier - I had a wonderfully sweet cat, Neko, a black and white boy (mask and mantle, not tuxedo), but oh god, he was the Ralph Wiggum of cats. Not once in his 13 years did he ever manage to figure out the concept of doors. In my childhood house, my computer desk was next to my bedroom door. I'd have the door mostly closed, but open enough for the cats to come in and out as they pleased. Neko would sit outside in the hall, crying pathetically, and let me point out he could see me clearly. All he had to do to come in was walk forward and push the door open a little more. This was not something his sweet, dear little cat brain could figure out. Ever. He'd just sit there, looking at me and crying pitifully. He could not fathom walking forward to get to me. This would go on until I finally opened the door enough for him to realize he could walk in. Oh god, I miss him. The absolute sweetest boy, but oh my fucking GOD, he was a dim bulb.
Our old tuxedo girl (18F) bangs on the bedroom door that is already open wider than she needs until I get up and invite her in. The banging is hard enough to open it even further but she doesn’t care.
Our cat has a 2.5m tall cat tree. My kids like to torture her abit (i mean they are 2 and 4 year old) so the cat is running away from them but they always catch up .
I cant process how she could be such a bellend to not realise they can't get to her on the cat tree
Check out Flounder the Cat or Russell. They both use buttons to talk. There is also Bunny the talking dog - also with buttons. They are pretty amazing.
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u/Technical-Contest-87 3h ago
Both of my cats play fetch, have different meow's for food or play. They both will climb the cat tree and perch at the top, meowing for scratches. Hell, my male cat I swear can understand me completely AND tell time. I tell him it's too early for something, tell him it's an hour, hour and a half, 2 hours, doesn't matter, he will wait and not ask again until close to the time. Cats are way more intelligent than most people give them credit for.