Cats learn the names of their friend cats in their daily lives

Post by bitwize » Mon, May 16, 2022, 3:10 PM UTC

vmception wrote: post #46

bitwize wrote: post #41

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Grown cats don't meow to each other. It's a noise they make to get our attention. Each cat must figure out, on their own, that meowing works to get humans' attention. A cat with deaf human parents would have never learned this, or would have learned that meowing doesn't work and to try something else.

Exactly, cats have an extremely wide range of frequencies they can both create and hear, if they are vocalizing at all They almost all independently chose to pick the signature one we associate with cats, just for us

Post by nisegami » Mon, May 16, 2022, 3:13 PM UTC

vmception wrote: post #45

toss1 wrote: post #33

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Long and close observation of cats leads me to the inescapable conclusion that the latter is almost always the case. The number of times they understand some obscure thing exactly when I have no expectation that they'll get it at all, and their ability to selectively ignore the things I know they already understand, plus their ability to ask for complex things (where often I'm the dummy in the conversation) makes it…

A lot of times they respond or acknowledge as well, just not with their eyes They wont look at you because its not their primary way of “seeing” or spatializing the world or their etiquette Their ears might briefly move in your direction, their tail might flick in one of their frustrating ways, they might not move a muscle (which is a conscious response for them as well)

Post by t-3 » Mon, May 16, 2022, 3:14 PM UTC

at_a_remove wrote: post #37

News-Dog wrote: post #16

A friend of mine tooking in a cat that had been owned by a deaf family. This cat didn't make any noise (meow) at all, if she wanted to go out, etc., she would run between you legs, (yes, totally under-foot!) a major trip hazard. I taught her how to vocalize very quickly, which she understood we would hear, and would respond too.

Meowing is definitely a "please parent me" behavior. It took quite some time to domesticate two feral cats that were nearby -- many years. The meowing reflex was not present until much much later. One cat would open her mouth but forget to make the sound, but she eventually caught up to her brother, who would correct her by looking at her and meowing if she forgot.

Post by nescioquid » Mon, May 16, 2022, 3:15 PM UTC

toss1 wrote: post #33

herodotus wrote: post #21

I have tried to train my two cats with just these words: 1. "Let's go" - morning meal 2. "Upstairs" - I am going to bed 3. "Dinner" (plus clink bowls together) - evening meal 4. "Lie Down" and their names. Emerald, who prefers being upstairs, definitely responds to "Upstairs": she charges upstairs when I say it. Jade remains enigmatic and skeptical: that seems to be her nature. But if she is in the mood for a tummy r…

Long and close observation of cats leads me to the inescapable conclusion that the latter is almost always the case. The number of times they understand some obscure thing exactly when I have no expectation that they'll get it at all, and their ability to selectively ignore the things I know they already understand, plus their ability to ask for complex things (where often I'm the dummy in the conversation) makes it…

Post by zebraflask » Mon, May 16, 2022, 3:21 PM UTC

idk1 wrote: post #31

I have two cats, one is quite clever and responds to her name, dinner, hop up (for it's ok if you want to sit on my lap) and a few other things. I can ask her to get one of her toys too if she wants the play. She also very rarely meows. The other cat is not so bright, if you ever say anything to him directly he'll only meow back and come over for a pat, that's it. It's just a back and forth screaming match if you tal…