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Re: Hooked on a Feline

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Post by jasonwatkinspdx »

m0zg wrote: post #10
arethuza wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My cat will be the sweetest most delightful creature imaginable for hours then, for no reason whatsoever, turn round and attack me then run around our house like a demented hell creature for 15 minutes before repeating the whole process. I absolutely adore him!

Correlate that his hunger, and you'll understand him. There's inalienable truth to cats. They don't know how to lie.

Naw, that's just typical cat behavior when they get excited. I had a cat for 17 years that was always free fed. He was entirely unmotivated by food. Didn't even like cat treats. He still did this up until the last couple years where he slowed down.

Re: Hooked on a Feline

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Post by arethuza »

m0zg wrote: post #10
arethuza wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My cat will be the sweetest most delightful creature imaginable for hours then, for no reason whatsoever, turn round and attack me then run around our house like a demented hell creature for 15 minutes before repeating the whole process. I absolutely adore him!

Correlate that his hunger, and you'll understand him. There's inalienable truth to cats. They don't know how to lie.

No - its not related to food. Can happen at any time.

Re: Hooked on a Feline

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Post by m0zg »

arethuza wrote: post #12
m0zg wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correlate that his hunger, and you'll understand him. There's inalienable truth to cats. They don't know how to lie.

No - its not related to food. Can happen at any time.

My cat gets wet food only once a day, and she looks forward to it like you wouldn't believe. Cats are creatures of habit in general. If a cat is used to a certain routine, it takes quite a bit of effort to shake that. Relocate their food, and they'll have to go seriously hungry and uncomfortable before they get used to eating from a "new" bowl again. This actually led me to rethink some of my own behavior. Humans are more of "creatures of habit" than they realize. Whatever conforms to their habits comes to them much more easily than things that don't. But humans are too self-absorbed to see it.

Re: Hooked on a Feline

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Post by arethuza »

m0zg wrote: post #13
arethuza wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No - its not related to food. Can happen at any time.

My cat gets wet food only once a day, and she looks forward to it like you wouldn't believe. Cats are creatures of habit in general. If a cat is used to a certain routine, it takes quite a bit of effort to shake that. Relocate their food, and they'll have to go seriously hungry and uncomfortable before they get used to eating from a "new" bowl again. This actually led me to rethink some of my own behavior. Humans are…

Our cat is so good at telling time (I'd say he can judge when it is 17:00 with 15 minute accuracy) that I did wonder for a bit if he could read the rather large clock we have in our kitchen ;-)

Re: Hooked on a Feline

#15

Post by k__ »

jasonwatkinspdx wrote: post #11
m0zg wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correlate that his hunger, and you'll understand him. There's inalienable truth to cats. They don't know how to lie.

Naw, that's just typical cat behavior when they get excited. I had a cat for 17 years that was always free fed. He was entirely unmotivated by food. Didn't even like cat treats. He still did this up until the last couple years where he slowed down.

I could imagine that this has to do with the cat being able to get out.

I had many cats for decades, and only the "stay at home cats" showed that behavior.

Re: Hooked on a Feline

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Post by k__ »

m0zg wrote: post #8

Cats elicit an irrational response from me. My cat hates me when she's not hungry, and loves me when she is hungry, but I love her in either case for her honesty. She's one of the most honest beings I have in my life. It's irrational, I know, but I love my cat. She's honest about her intentions, and I appreciate that. I can count on her love when it 7pm and it 's time to fill her bowl with cat food. That's more love…

For my cat it's the other way around.

When she's hungry the only thing she wants is me to get up and feed her. No affection, just screaming.

When I was away for some time, she always wants to cuddle when I'm back.

Re: Hooked on a Feline

#17

Post by abacadaba »

arethuza wrote: post #12
m0zg wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correlate that his hunger, and you'll understand him. There's inalienable truth to cats. They don't know how to lie.

No - its not related to food. Can happen at any time.

when they gotta poop prob, or morning and dusk?

Re: Hooked on a Feline

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Post by m0zg »

arethuza wrote: post #14
m0zg wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My cat gets wet food only once a day, and she looks forward to it like you wouldn't believe. Cats are creatures of habit in general. If a cat is used to a certain routine, it takes quite a bit of effort to shake that. Relocate their food, and they'll have to go seriously hungry and uncomfortable before they get used to eating from a "new" bowl again. This actually led me to rethink some of my own behavior. Humans are…

Our cat is so good at telling time (I'd say he can judge when it is 17:00 with 15 minute accuracy) that I did wonder for a bit if he could read the rather large clock we have in our kitchen ;-)

It's just time-of-day I think. They don't get DST or anything like that.

Re: Hooked on a Feline

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Post by jasonwatkinspdx »

k__ wrote: post #15
jasonwatkinspdx wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Naw, that's just typical cat behavior when they get excited. I had a cat for 17 years that was always free fed. He was entirely unmotivated by food. Didn't even like cat treats. He still did this up until the last couple years where he slowed down.

I could imagine that this has to do with the cat being able to get out. I had many cats for decades, and only the "stay at home cats" showed that behavior.

Nope, my guy would go outside every day, typically for a couple hours at least.

Re: Hooked on a Feline

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Post by gwern »

ageofwant wrote: post #5

I'm here to complain about the utterly annoying 'redeem your shit' hovering diff that obscures the main page. If you are in anyway responsible for doing this to other people, please, take a bit of time and go fuck yourself.

There's always extensions for killing those modals like AlwaysKillSticky: https://git.sr.ht/~achmizs/AlwaysKillSticky.git
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