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As a person owned by a cat I'm not surprised by this. I'll call his name and he won't respond, but if I say "Do you want a snack"? He'll run to his bowl.
by pickle-wizard 8y ago
As a person owned by a cat I'm not surprised by this. I'll call his name and he won't respond, but if I say "Do you want a snack"? He'll run to his bowl.
- grawprog 8y agoMy cats' ears twitch when I say their names. Sometimes they'll turn their heads. Very rarely they'll actually respond and possibly saunter over slowly.
- siruncledrew 8y agoMy cat knows her name as well as some nicknames. Particularly any name that has an "eee" sound in it gets her attention. More interestingly, she has learned sound associations to the point of being able to tell the difference between crinkling sounds of the treats bag vs. crinkling of another bag that isn't treats.
- xkcd-sucks 8y agoYeah their hearing is so incredibly acute. I had one who would sleep inside my house while listening to ambient noise through a window. Occasionally he'd perk up and ask to go outside. Then he'd walk over to some bush or leafy patch, pounce once,and emerge with a critter in his mouth. The outside sounds he listened to came in through a window and hallway, the path was not line of sight.