Posted on 04/29/2014 11:15:45 AM PDT by boatbums
Depends on what you are saying. I find that “Pippin, kitty food” works pretty well. Not sure who trained whom. :-)
My last cat, a big gray striped tom, was the same way. I could call his name and he would come running from wherever he was in the house. When he found me, he would give me a little "Prrr?" with a question mark at the end, as if to say, "Whaddaya want?"
Let me try...
Mouser cats, ratter cats (there IS a difference), spiderer cats, ummmmmm....I think that's it. Of course, HAVING a cat in the same household as military dogs, police dogs, etc. does tend to keep them on their toes. ;o)
The article says they see us as just big and clumsy cats - that happen to cater to their every whim.
I guess I shouldn’t bother getting that new Kittyo interactive gadget then?
Kittyo.com
Yeah, my too kittehs hangout with me a lot...and they watch me like a hawk....and get upset on weekends when I sleep in.
I would snag that cat so fast and care for it very well. I cannot believe that your neighbors allow you to keep
care of him while they are gone. They sound like liberals, freeloading off someone who gives a damn.
When you move, and the cat disappears, surely they will think that he wandered off to someone who will keep
feeding him.
Of course, that would be you, but they’ll never know. Have him checked for a chip. Even if he has one, the
owners have been guilty of gross neglect of an animal, and they should not be allowed to have any.
oh any animal, wild or tame, will listen to you if you know how to talk to it in a high tone, not a low tone..
I was raised on a farm in the mountains. I got to talk to cows, horses, chickens, geese, ducks, birds, goats, burros, deer, etc. Once you know how to talk to them they will stand there and listen and come to you if you teach them the words “come here”.. If you give them names they remember their names.
A fox [Mr. Fox] here will stand and listen to me talk. He comes up on the porch every once in a while. But I have to keep the cats indoors. Wolves sometimes come in pairs at night and just stand there and growl. The bears come around when it is dry in the high mountains, so they usually go down into the towns looking thru the garbage bins, then leave.
But raccoons are just like big fluffy dogs. The females will sit there and listen to you and let you feed them and their babies... they even let you pet them. But the males are kind of jittery coz sometimes they have more than one mate and they are nervous and jealous. The males need coaxing . My sis has raccoons in her house - now they use the doggie door to come into her bedroom at night to eat the dog food. She doesn`t care. Here the females will lay down and guard the porch at night against all intruders. [Watchcoons]
Chipmunks will come up into my lap - I just call them and talk to them. Woodpeckers will also come when I call them- They like to catch peanuts in mid-fight.
Horses are ok -we have 19 on the other farm but they always stepped on my feet or squashed me against the stall walls or bit my butt... They are great for quarter horse bareback racing, no reins, just mane and knees and horsetalking, ride with the wind..
Once they know that you are talking to them, any animal will come to you if they know you have food. Animals think they are people once they are around humans..
Wow! That is beyond cool! I’ve heard of such things from old timers, but never to that level! I grew up in the country, live there now and always thought I was good with animals, but you are the master! We did have names and used high pitch for the squirrels, “Cookie Sam” would climb on your arm to get an Oreo. I will have to try much harder, lots of coons and foxes around and I would love to have them hang out up at the house. Thanks for making my day, it’s good to know there are still folks around who preserve the old ways of living with nature.
Dogs have also been known to sniff out unknown diseases like cancer saving some people’s lives.
When I talked to the owner of the cat when she was out by the fence between the properties, I told her he would have a nice, safe home indoors with plenty of food and love, three cats and a dog to play with-my Husky was standing there beside me, and the cat was walking under her, and between her front paws-obviously they were already acquainted.
Her excuse for not wanting to give the cat up was that she and her husband liked having him hang around because it made them feel at home-I thought that was terribly selfish, so I asked her what about when no one is here, which is most of the time-this is the middle of nowhere, people keep livestock and there are plenty of predators in the woods.
She just brushed that off with oh, he does just fine finding food and shelter-see how healthy he is. She was so short sighted she didn’t realize he is healthy because neighbors feel sorry for him and give him food and shelter. Ironically, she told me they got the cat a couple of years ago at a shelter in Dallas as a kitten, brought him here and made him an outdoor semi-pet...
They will probably think the cat went hunting in the woods and was eaten by the resident mountain lion, feral hogs or coyotes. I doubt it will occur to them that their vacation pet has just been moved to another property nearby, and no one is likely to tell them any different-people with weekend homes are usually snooty, well off city people-these live in Dallas-and not considered part of this rural area.
My three cats know their names. The fact that they don’t come when called (unless the call is the sound of a can being opened, or in Monkey’s case, cheese being taken out of the fridge) just proves that they don’t care what I want.
One of mine responds to “lunch” because she knows it means she’s getting squishies.
Mine meet in the hall at my bedroom door in the morning and then plop into my lap or the arm of my chair...
One of my cats is a stray that was living in our yard at the time we moved into our house. My wife is fond of saying she spent two and a half years checking our references. :)
As for the other two, one was a shelter kitty which I got for my wife for our tenth wedding anniversary. The third is the last kitten that the former yard cat gave birth to (she was pregnant at the time we took her in).
Shelter kitty is pretty affectionate, but she does not care for sitting in a lap. She prefers being held on a shoulder, from which vantage point she will smother you in head bonks. Former yard cat, on the other hand, LOVES to be in your lap and will often hop into whichever lap is available. And when she wants to be loved, she will not be denied; in fact, she often will push her head under my hand if she doesn’t think I’ve given her enough attention.
Baby kitty also loves being in a lap, but she won’t always get there on her own. And she does NOT like to be picked up, even though she loves being petted.
Well, duh. Because this is the wrong approach. Offer him his favorite treat and you'll get his attention. You have to be consistent.
AndyMan loves PartyMix. I say the words, PartyMix, many times while giving him his treat. Now, I only have to say the words to not only get his attention, but to send him running across the yard or the room toward his favorite stuff. If I were discussing politics or the weather, why would he come?
awww. cute story:)
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