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I have always assumed one of our cats could count. Our cats got the desert plates at the end of our meal. One of the cats left when he had them all, while othe
by the-dude 5y ago
I have always assumed one of our cats could count. Our cats got the desert plates at the end of our meal.
One of the cats left when he had them all, while other cats kept waiting ( or begging ). Sometimes they needed to be shown there were none left.
But that one cat, no matter how many people were at the table, always seemed to know when he had them all.
- Finnucane 5y agoIf I don't give my cats the usual number of treats, they look at me like they know they're being cheated. I never thought they could count, but I figured they have a sense of relative quantity ('enough', 'more', 'less' and so on).
- jaclaz 5y agoIt depends on cats, I have had a few in the past and currently have one that always tries to convince me when I get home that for some reasons my wife forgot to feed her. Clearly she has clear the negative concept of "not enough".
- srean 5y agoMy dog just does a protest sit-in when I do that. He wouldnt move till he gets his due number (two). I can fool him by splitting a treat into two, so seems he is counting rather than going by mass.