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Cats also show a form of... empathy? Consideration? One of my cats wakes me up every day around 5-6AM to get food. She does so by making just enough noise to w

Cats also show a form of... empathy? Consideration? One of my cats wakes me up every day around 5-6AM to get food. She does so by making just enough noise to wake me up, but not my partner (she's doing it on my side of the bed, etc). She also does that when she's not hungry, but her sister is.

willis936 5y ago
Funny, my cat will try to wake me up but when I'm lethargic will start to attack my SO knowing the threat of that will animate me.
- sundvor 5y ago
  That sounds about right. :) I have two very smart cats myself. 16 years old now though, so mostly sleeping. One of them loves snuggling up in my armpit in my office bed, and will get really upset when I don't come at his calling. Burmese can truly get vocal.
  - smilespray 5y ago
    Tell me more about this office bed concept.
    - sundvor 5y ago
      Ah, I had a spare bed there that I ended up using increasingly more.. Sorry, not too exciting.
    - hprotagonist 5y ago
      it’s spelled “keyboard”
    - NateEag 5y ago
      ...late, but: If you're working from home, there's a good chance you're doing so from a spare bedroom, as they're convenient places to double as an office. If you have a laptop and a split keyboard, all you need to add for a pretty comfortable lying-down workstation is a lap desk with decent clearance. I found this one worked well during surgery recovery: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B091CB1RDB https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B091CB1RDB
KptMarchewa 5y ago
One of my cats wakes me up by just barely touching me with a paw. The other cat - of course, orange one - wakes me by trying to totally destroy something.
- supertofu 5y ago
  My orange boy is an absolute sweetheart except for at 5am when he's hungry. He will sit right by my head and moan like he's dying until I get up. If I don't get up fast enough he'll start pawing at my toes.
GordonS 5y ago
We had a wonderful cat when I was a kid, and she definitely showed something like empathy - whenever one of us was sad or hurt, she would come over and rub up against you, making a very particular mewling sound that almost sounded like she was hurt.
t-3 5y ago
I have two cats, one ~3-4 years old, the other nearing 20. The younger one will often fetch me to get milk for the old one.
goodpoint 5y ago
Absolutely not. Cats do not have a theory of mind.

willis936 5y ago

Funny, my cat will try to wake me up but when I'm lethargic will start to attack my SO knowing the threat of that will animate me.

sundvor 5y ago
That sounds about right. :) I have two very smart cats myself. 16 years old now though, so mostly sleeping. One of them loves snuggling up in my armpit in my office bed, and will get really upset when I don't come at his calling. Burmese can truly get vocal.
- smilespray 5y ago
  Tell me more about this office bed concept.
  - sundvor 5y ago
    Ah, I had a spare bed there that I ended up using increasingly more.. Sorry, not too exciting.
  - hprotagonist 5y ago
    it’s spelled “keyboard”
  - NateEag 5y ago
    ...late, but: If you're working from home, there's a good chance you're doing so from a spare bedroom, as they're convenient places to double as an office. If you have a laptop and a split keyboard, all you need to add for a pretty comfortable lying-down workstation is a lap desk with decent clearance. I found this one worked well during surgery recovery: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B091CB1RDB https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B091CB1RDB

KptMarchewa 5y ago

One of my cats wakes me up by just barely touching me with a paw. The other cat - of course, orange one - wakes me by trying to totally destroy something.

supertofu 5y ago
My orange boy is an absolute sweetheart except for at 5am when he's hungry. He will sit right by my head and moan like he's dying until I get up. If I don't get up fast enough he'll start pawing at my toes.

GordonS 5y ago

We had a wonderful cat when I was a kid, and she definitely showed something like empathy - whenever one of us was sad or hurt, she would come over and rub up against you, making a very particular mewling sound that almost sounded like she was hurt.

t-3 5y ago

I have two cats, one ~3-4 years old, the other nearing 20. The younger one will often fetch me to get milk for the old one.

goodpoint 5y ago

Absolutely not. Cats do not have a theory of mind.