Misconceptions About Cats
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- Опубліковано 13 січ 2022
- Myths about cats follow the little four-legged angels around like a stalking, imperious beast, indifferent to humanity and ... wait a minute, what were we describing? Cat myths can be harmless, but some misconceptions about cats can actually have an adverse affect on our furry feline friends.
Do cats always land on their feet? Can cats swim? What does it really mean when your cat purrs?
Host Erin McCarthy breaks down some common myths and misconceptions about the internet's favorite animal, cats.
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I don't know about other cats, but the cat I share a home with seems to have a problem with the truth. I found her under a bush. She said she had escaped from a tupperware cult, and she needed a few days to get a hold of her auntie in Cleveland. So I said she could stay for a couple of days. That was 13 years ago and still no word from Cleveland. And now when I ask her about it, she just looks at me like she doesn't understand english.
She's an obvious spy sent by the KGB, stay in her good graces or you'll be drinking radioactive tea
Best comment ever!!!🤣🤣🤣
Thank you, James! I needed that.
😀 Brilliant! I've laughed so hard that my cat came and put her paw on my mouth... presumably to tell me to calm down 😀
I love this story. ❤️
I live in the province of Saskatchewan in Canada. They just banned declawing. I'm so happy 😻
Having spent a lot of time volunteering in a cat shelter, I can absolutely back up that many cats need tons of pets, attention, and love. It’s a total myth that they don’t care about people, I can’t help rolling my eyes when I here people say it.
As a formerly avowed dogs-only person, I am very thankful for my tuxedoed buddy Geralt we rescued last summer. Life would be far less wonderful without him around (he and the dog get along great, btw).
On the whole training thing; i actually had a cat who would play fetch but she was pretty much self taught. She also slept under the blanket with her back up to my chest. Miss that beautiful girl.
We've trained all our cats. They each have a specific whistle that they will return home for. They all know the dinner time whistle. Once plays fetch. One was taught to sit before he got fed. The two female cats copied him thinking they could get more food if they sat down where we feed them. There are a few other things too.
My cat when I was growing up used to sleep like that. At least for a bit before he'd wander off after I fell asleep... My current cat loves to play fetch, though he has to be the one to decide it's time to play by bringing whatever toy he wants me to throw to me and dropping it in my lap.
My cat was 3 months when I adopted her and the first week we realized she was bringing us toys for us to throw them. She also does flips and gets pretty high in the air when we do throw the toy.
I have 2 that in their younger years did. My (now) 14yr. old Mr. Sabbath used to play with those little plastic bell balls and my (now) 12 yrs. old Mr. Crybaby used to love playing with hair ties or the little seal rings from a gallon of milk.
My cat sits on command 😀
Duncan asked me to thank you for this video. He is a black adoptee indoor-only cat that we've had for 13 years, and he's the sweetest thing on four legs.
Dakra (20yo female), black🖤 says hallo to Duncan 😀
I have an agreement with my cats. They can eat me if I die and its an emergency. One of them dont understand the agreement and is biting me always.
One of my cats was declawed by her previous owner, and spent 17 months in a shelter. At first she had a lot of behavioral issues, but she's gotten much better. She does have litterbox issues as well. She's living a good life though, and has been my buddy through the pandemic.
If my adoptive parents amputated my fingers I'd have behavioural problems too :/ Bless her, I'm glad she's with someone more suited to taking care of her now :)
That happened to us, we had a stray and we brought him in to live with us. We found out that he was declawed and fixed. He had trouble walking, but he was the sweetest cat and he never complained. He died recently,I miss him
@@hunterG60k I am absolutely not blaming my cat for that, just reaffirming the points made by the video that declawing is a cruel practice.
@@juliecroak7054 I'm sorry for your loss, I'm glad that there ae other people out there that will take the time to work with declawed cats :)
@@ATADSP Thank you, he was the greatest.
I have my cats trained to line up on the side of the stairs facing out into the room when I come home from work. They wait patiently while I put my coat away and wash my hands. Then I give each a kiss on the snoot and then they get their treat.
I trained them to do this because I didn’t want them trying to run out of the house if I had to carry things inside, and I wanted them to associate me coming home with happiness.
Each of my calico cats have been the friendliest, and goofiest, cats I have known. My current tortoiseshell cat has an internal clock which works better than any alarm clock, I tell her what time I need to rise in the morning and fifteen minutes before that time, she begins to gently wake me. Works every time, and never needs new batteries.
I don't know why people think cat personalities are determined by their coat patterns and gender. It's utter BS. My female tuxie is the most chill and nice cat ever, and yet female tuxies are always portrayed as sassy, uncaring and aloof in most mainstream-produced media.
LOL, I must admit my own torti has influenced my gut reaction to that color a little - I think her brain is as scrambled as her coat, but I love her dearly anyway. ;-)
Other danger for outdoor cats: tangling with local raccoons and coyotes.
The idea that feral cats are solitary is ALSO a myth. Domestic cats are social animals. They often live in (sometimes MASSIVE) colonies with intricate hierarchies. If there are other cats in the area they will usually have friends.
8:29 There's also been some research on why cats love cardboard boxes. For one, it's insulating, so they don't get cold sitting on it, and it's soft compared to hard flooring. But more than just being comfortable, boxes also give cats hiding places.
Even humans tend to subconsciously dislike sitting out in the open (which is why there are more booths than tables at diners, people like to be next to a wall) since you feel less protected and like you have to watch over your shoulder more. Cats even more than humans like to feel protected from most sides, while still having a clear escape route. When they're mostly hidden with a clear path out, as with an open box, their stress levels plummet.
So the best way to acclimate a new pet cat to its new home environment is actually to place boxes around for a week or two, so it has more places to comfortably disappear when it feels stressed!
Great advice! To add to this - provide plenty of boxes but close off areas underneath furniture. 2 reasons for this - 1, if your cat has somewhere they can hide pretty indefinitely without needing to ever see you, they are less likely to slowly acclimatize to the house and your presence. 2. if there is an emergency such as a fire, it will be incredibly difficult to apprehend the cat and get it to safety if its under the back of your couch. Also, don't remove all the hiding places all at once after a week or two. Slowly move hiding places more into the main areas of the home as the cat adjusts. Follow their lead - as they seem to show a little more comfort and curiosity with you and the home, start to just barely push the envelope by making a hide smaller, taking away a less used hide, or putting a hide in a more open area.
Cats also like height, let's them survey the area and most predators can't jump to get them. So best thing to do is get a cat tree and put it in a corner of the room. They're protected on 2 sides and have height
The negative comments about cats "owning" their humans are extra funny because they are so often said by people who lose their marbles over their dogs. Newsflash, dog lovers... the dog strategy is just more appealing to you.
Some people like dogs more, some people like cats more. It's really not a big deal.
I am equally owned by two dogs and two cats, my cats own one of my dog's too and the other just thinks they are loud but warm fluffy toy pillows, all three of them raised the youngest kitty, my Chihuahua tried to nurse her
No, actually, we cat lovers say it, too. Cats own their humans, their beds, their chairs, and every shelf, sill, and furniture piece in the house.
Oh, and the house, too. They are gracious enough to let you live with them.
@@ginnyjollykidd No more than dogs do. That's the point. I see so many comments making it sound like cats are "owners" of their humans (often implying that they're not loving pets). When really, cats and dogs are doing the same thing, they just express it differently. Some people prefer the way that cats cohabitate with humans, and some people like the way that dogs do it.
You meant *lose*,
Not "loose"
@@bigheavyshoe Thanks!
For me personally, the sight of a black cat is the ultimate sign of good luck bc it means I have my dream pet 🖤
A black cat at night is, however, a tripping hazard.
The domestication of humans by cats was the subject of a paper I read a long time ago...It most likely first happened in Africa a Very long time ago In some village... The first ( DNA testing later showed at least five sources of wild cat bloodlines from various parts of the world ) small breed of wild cat wandered into some grain store room....The cat (That luckily didn't eat grain.) found free food in the mice population therein....Humans saw more grain and less mice (Or no mice eating human grain)...The love affair began....Gradually we became close and according to some the cat meowing was a natural offshoot ...Cats watched early humans and saw that a crying child was shown immediate attention so the meow was an attempt to imitation the child and soon found to work well for them....After that it was "cat see cat do"......Also it is clear that canned cat food labels are meant for us cat dads and cat mothers...Because the real cat flavors aren't there.....Never have I seen "dead mouse flavor ' or stinky fish head in a can because that is what a cat would pick......
"HUMAN GRAIN"
We found our two current cats at a cat rescue called 10 Lives Club. When we visited there was a black cat named Kevin that LOVED the water. They actually left a faucet on for him, because he would go in there and walk under it get wet. He was such a good kitty. At the time we saw Kevin we had already adopted our first cat from them, Ireland, and she has FIV, so we couldn't take Kevin, who didn't have FIV. We did find Zeus, another FIV cat, there, and took him home.
I've had two calicos and I don't find them to be mean at all. They were both incredibly sweet in their own ways. But they are definitely quirky.
I think it has a lot to do with the humans they live with. Kudos to you!
Quirky is a good word. I joke that my torti's brain is as scrambled as her coat colors, but I love her dearly and she make it clear she loves me back. She just doesn't love anyone else - she'll beg to be petted, then bite the person petting her, for anyone but me or my family. Like her "love me" and her "leave me alone" circuits get crossed.
Thanks for this. We have 7 wonderfully different cats who have the most complex set of social rules and roles. They stimulate our brains and keep us active.
I can attest that all white cats are not shy. My kitty, Alpuss Dumbledore is full of personality and sometimes has “conversations” with me. 😂
Okay, so I have 3 cats. When I had my son, everyone was so worried about my cats curling up on his face and smothering him. I did some research and found out that it is rare for cats to curl up on a baby's face and even more rare for them to do that in such a way that it kills them. The examples I found of that actually happening are few and far between (there were only a few news articles that happened many years apart in different parts of the world). It's a lot more likely a cat will bite or scratch the baby. Definitely don't leave your baby alone with a cat. Keep the cat away from a baby's sleeping area. But, if it happens accidentally, your baby will probably be just fine.
I have literally ended friendships over them declawing their cat.
No great loss for them, I’m sure. 🙄
Good for you standing your ground on important matters. It’s difficult to end friendships like that but over all it’s best to teach them the lesson that you are better off without someone that abuses their animals. And hopefully it teaches them to stop hurting animals if not for the animals benefit, for their own selfish benefit of keeping human friendships and not being publicly shunned.
You can totally train a cat to do many tricks. I trained my cat, Loki, to sit, stay, shake hands, high 5, high 5 with the other paw, and flop.
I trained my cat to drive a manual shift car. It took him a year to find reverse!
Agreed. 😊 My childhood cat, Rusty, used the toilet like a human being. He'd pee in it. Never pooped though.When it was time to poop , or he just wanted outside He'd sit at the door and try to turn the handle to get out.
And in the summer time, he would open the screen door to let himself out.
He was one smart kitty!
Whenever I was crying, he'd jump on my lap and lick my tears away.
I'd dress him up in my dolls clothing and push him around in my baby stroller.
That's just some of the amazing things Rusty did.
He will always be missed. And we will be reunited again one day.❤
In my late 20's , we ( my husband and I and children) had a kitty named Cheddar. He would jump into the pool with the kids and swim with them.
So yes, cats are wayyy smarter than people give them credit for. ❤❤❤
@@davidtrindle6473 Ha! Good one!! 😂
@@davidtrindle6473 That's understandable. There's really no call for it in the wild, you see. And it could be worse. I have been married to the same human being for 31 years now, and she STILL hasn't found reverse.
I'm watching this, laying on my side with my cat laying directly on top of me, purring in my ear. The idea that they don't get attached to their owners is hilarious
As far as I'm concerned, once I'm dead, I'm just meat. If my cats want to chow down, I'm not going to complain. Well I can't, I'll be dead. My opinion no longer matters.
Dogs will also eat their deceased human, though there is some evidence that the cat starts first (in homes where there were both).
My cat trained himself to do a certain thing that has kept me from dying. I am a brittle diabetic. My sugar can either rise or fall at random times. My cat has the ability to tell when my sugar is dangerously low in my sleep. This is not a one off as he has done many times over the past 4 years. The last time he woke me up my sugar was 35. He jumped up on my chest and kept licking my face until I was fully awake. The first time he did this I was a little upset however after I checked my blood sugar I gave him a special treat.
Now that it has been cold outside he likes getting between my arm and torso on his back. He also wants the covers on him.
The only thing that he does that find peculiar is his dislike for the litter box. No he doesn't go anywhere in the house. He will go to the door and meow and when I open the door he will go to the forest area beside my home, the same forest where he started following me from. He will use the litter box if I am not at home.
He chose me. He kept following me all over the neighborhood when I was walking. I had just lost my cat on April 1st, 4 years ago. That very day I took a walk and Bat the Cat started following me. I named him Bat because his fur color reminded me of a black bat. I took him to my vet to see if he was microchipped. He wasn't. My vet gave him a clean bill of health gave him his shots and scheduled a time to get him neuter. My vet put his color as black smoke. Said it was a rare color.
My cat walking sometimes around the house and meowing to herself until realize she's not alone, doing surprised "prrfpt" and walks away 😂
So I'm not sure about "meowing to humans" she looks more like grouching 😂
My cat was a stray that was living on the street who followed me home while I walked halfway across the city. He'd been out there long enough that his paws were scabbed and bloody from walking on pavement and there's no way I was the first human he saw, nor did I have any odd smell a cat would be drawn to on me.
He acts more like a dog now and is a complete housecat, no hunters instinct left whatsoever, lays on my lap like a Persian to Giovanni and sleeps only where he can cuddle with others.
Oh and he's absolutely huge, he's like 4ft long when he stretches out, toe to toe.
He was a normal-lookin young and medium sized tom when he came to me but now he's like a gosh dang mini panther.
Remember every cat has their own personality likes and dislikes. A although cats are thought to be "loners" they are actually "clan" animals where as dogs are more "pack" animals so cats do need other cat "friends". When we had just one, he was showing some behavioral issues. We went to the animal shelter and got a rescue cat that wasn't wanted by others and the shelter said that he should go to a quiet home. We kept it separated from the other cat for a few days with its own food and warm bed to get used to the surroundings. Within a few days we let them be together and after the usual hissing and sniffing and deciding who was the alfa, a few weeks later they became good friends and the "half wild" rescue cat has become a really sweet cat. He has become the "protector" cat that does his "rounds" every night to check for any "intruders", from window to window.
You're my favorite host and your love of cats makes me like you even more.
Interesting how the cultural differences between the west and Japan have a completely opposite view on cat ladies.
8:42 Though cats can be toilet trained, they shouldn't. Using a sandy place where waste can be buried is instinctual. Perching precariously over water isn't, and can lead to a variety of negative mental and physical outcomes.
I never thought I'd be a cat person but I got a cat about a year ago and she has literally saved my life. I couldn't have gotten a better cat.
Erin needs to make a cat specific mental floss channel
I have adopted many cats over my years. I can tell you that I had many misconceptions early on, as well. Every cat that has allowed me to rescue it from a shelter has become super co- dependent. They are the most loving and affectionate creatures ever! I grew up with black cats, I loved them all! When I moved on my own I allowed an all white kitty to adopt me. Then I had some tabbies. Like humans, the color of a cat is not important.
11 minutes well spent... thank you!!!
2:40 mine runs to the door like a puppy to greet ppl 😂 except if she's asleep and too lazy 😂
Just so you know, my cat sat next to my chair this whole video insisting on scritches.
Chubbs (18 lb. male, AMER. SH) and Juju (5 lb. female, Burmese) really enjoyed this awesome video. They are uncle and niece. Chubbs was born of Juju's Burmese grandma (Rootbeer) who is no longer with us. Rootbeer got knocked up when she got out and was partying with a local boy who must have been the feline version of Moto Moto from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Anyway, they say thanks for informing their owner about purring, communicating with each other vs. with their humans, and color based preconceptions. Chubbs asked me to hit like because at the moment Juju is sleeping on top of him like a discarded sock.
Straight-up, solid, sensible facts! Thank you for helping to set the record straight.
Putting a cat outdoors where I live is a good way to get one eaten. The area near me has coyotes, bobcats, and the occasional mountain lion.
Same here! I refer to stray pets here as coyote bait.
I’ve always made sure to have two cats that got along or really liked each other. They deserve their own companionship and personal life to develop as cats not dependent on a friendly or even loving alien although happily part of each other’s family. It was always a delight to see how they enjoyed in each other what a human could never provide for them. I believe a more or less fully developed pair of beings are capable of giving more real love and care than one made totally depndant
I agree with the sentiment about declawing, I trained my cat from kitten hood to accept having her claws trimmed. Declawing a cat because she may crafty a chair is like decapitating a beaver because it may chew down a tree.
My cat totally jumps up to greet me when I walk in a room, and when I was in school she would wait at the bus stop for my sister and me. She also used to come when called before she went deaf, and loves meeting new people. I tend to like cats that act a bit like dogs, and dogs that act a bit like cats. Haha
Cats can’t swim? We had a Siamese who loved swimming in our pool (with human supervision, of course).
Watched this with my cat taking a nap on my lap. He is very social and is almost always with one of his humans.
knew I loved erin for a reason! cat ladies unite! 😸😸😸
I have a calico and she's an angel! She's the sweetest cat I've ever had.
My cat does greet me when I come home :3
He also definitely started out as getting the zoomies in the evening, but I feel like he adjusted his schedule to ours over time. But we also have since moved out to a more rural area where we feel comfortable letting him roam a bit outside and he has since shifted back to going out in the evenings, presumably to hunt. He does meet me at the door when I get home from work, come in to graze on some cat food and then back out to hunt field mice.
10:15 Indoor cats will also most likely have it's humans home and active in the morning and evening, while they will be home alone during the day while their humans are at work or at school, and will be alone again at night while their humans sleep.
At these times the cats are much more likely to be less active because there is less activity in the house.
That's some fine contract negotiation. 👌
My cat was laying on my lap demanding pets while I watched this video
I saw the title and hoped Erin would host!
My cats also run to the store immediately when they hear me coming! They are so awesome! My Cats would only head bump each other but now my new kitten is a bumper with me! Its so sweet
My kitty’s my dawg! He likes playing with me, and even chases me around and even plays games with me, like hide and go seek … we take turns hiding.
The calicos have always been the sweetest ones I’ve had and had interaction with.
I’ve trained my cats to use the toilet, but too bad they wouldn’t flush 😅
Not only do my cats love being pet, one even liked being pat hard on the hind end.
The kitty I have now even listens when I tell him something, and I don’t have to be anywhere near loud. If he’s being naughty and getting on the table, I just say his name and he knows to get down, and doesn’t persist.
Our cats come to the door every time we come home, & use vocalization to communicate with each other all the time
I should watched the whole video before I made a comment. As for training cats, my dad knew a guy who taught his cat to fall over and lay on his back when he pointed a finger gun at him and said "Bang!" It was the silliest most adorable thing I ever saw a cat do
My orange (well, cream) kitty is the friendliest I have ever known. My sister's white kitty isn't shy though. That would be my tortie.
When I volunteered at a shelter, I met the sweetest little declawed cat named Nala. She was terrified of the other cats for obvious reasons, but she got to the point where she would come out of her corner to greet me every time I visited. I wanted to bring her home so badly, but I had a very territorial kitty at home who had her claws, so I knew it would be a bad idea...
Friendliest kitty I ever met was a wild calico whose coat was spectacular. My friend took her from the kids who had named her ugly and had abused her badly.
Cardboard boxes, aka cat traps.
Our kitty loves all boxes and suitcases when we are trying to pack.
Erin, my two cats (identical twins, boy and girl) agree 100% with everything you said! So do I. I sort of disagree with the nocturnal thing, though. When my wife and I go to bed, once the lights are out, the cats go off to whatever cats do. We often hear something crash, but if we don't hear something breaking, we let it go until morning. Then, after they eat breakfast, they sleep most of the day and evening. I gave them a couple of pats on the head from/for you!
I was adopted by a semi feral beautiful calico cat. Two weeks after she arrived, I noticed she was getting fat. You know why. She had four kittens. One orange stripe, one that looked Siamese, and two gray and black striped. At any rate, the two that were the same color were a boy and a girl, and they just loved each other so much I couldn't adopt them out unless they went together. I also had a very old dog, who I would walk several times a day. Mama cat and her two remaining babies would follow me on the walks and butt against me and my dog. If I got ahead of them or left without seeing, as soon as they caught sight of me they would meow and run to me. Same if I got in my car. Same if I walk to the store and return. They still run up to me with loud demands to be petted. I never had cats before because I'm allergic, but I become accustomed if I stay around them. The kids will be 1 year old in March, and Mama cat, although still semi-feral, comes around a couple of times a week to sleep with her babies on the couch. I never knew cats were so attached to people until now. Which is why I'm now trapped with two and a half cats, and I can't ever let them go ❤️
We let my cat claw whatever tf he wants.
We have 20 different scratching posts for him and his favorite spot is still the corner of our sofa.
Thankfully he's courteous to our bedding.
I dunno if this would work at all, but maybe you could try stick some scratchable surfaces on the sofa. Like.. Velcro strip on the sofa and Velcro the underside of a cat scratch board or scratch material. Stick it on for normal days, take it off if you’re having guests over? No idea. I think most people would say my idea is encouraging the bad behavior but if it’s happening a lot already then maybe it’s worth it?
Some people think that a cat meowing is meant to mimic a human baby but for cats that have never seen or heard a human baby, how do they know what it sounds like? Instead I propose that a cat meowing is trying to mimic itself as a younger kitten when it knew it was adorable and could get away with things and maybe earn some treats.
My black kitty is the sweetest boy and he actually often does run to the door when I come home!
The injuries cats suffer from falls (out windows or off of balconies) get worse as you go up, until you get high enough they have time to right themselves, spread out like a parachute to slow their fall, and get their springy legs in position to land properly. Then they hit at a much slower velocity, and the least injuries (aside from much lower falls) happened at about seven stories. Anything above that, and they start to get worse again, as they build up too much speed despite all their maneuvers.
Cats make the same exact noise when they're both fighting or fucking.
They know what's up.
My kitty, Bo, comes when called. He also headbutts for love.
Thanks for talking about the misconception on black cat adoption! I've worked in cat adoptions in various shelters and rescues for a few years now. There are definitely lots of adopters who prefer lighter colored cats, but we also get a good number who specifically want black cats. There may be a slight bias against black cats overall, but the main reason that we end up with so many black cats waiting for adoption is just that black is the most common color.
Well, I still love my little boy, but I feel silly for choosing him because I assumed people didn’t want black cats and wanted to make sure he had a good home
I adopted my house god because I thought black house gods were less adoptable.
@@dstinnettmusic Hey, I think people like you are part of the reason that black cats do get chosen! There are people who don't like black cats, but there are also people who specifically set out to adopt a black cat, so it more or less evens out in the balance. Maybe the black cat adoption myth does actually help!
@@morganbutler9826 I love "house god"!! I said this in another comment, but I do actually think that this misconception might help black cats adopted more. We definitely have people come in who don't really like black cats, but we also have people like you! So everyone ends up getting a roughly equal chance.
Honestly, the only color I really care about is claws! If they’re light enough for me to see the quick through, then I’m all good 😅
Grew up around farm cats (semi-feral colony).
Years later got a Torti she was a loose girl. Could never keep her in long enough to get her spade. She would go into heat and became liquid lightning, escaping through the slimest of door cracks, to engage with the gentlemen that refused to acknowledge paternity after at least 1 or more nights out and about. BTW she loved proving that she as well as I couldn't eat just one potato chip.
Next was a Siamese and orange tabby mix. Cat's-astrophy was more of a loner, not much for long pet sessions just occasionally short acknowledgements.
He and our small mixed breed (4 small breeds) doggo gave each other companionship and exercise by one or the other disturbing sleep or lazy time, would chase each other round and round. Cats was def crafty and get doggo to chase, then hide until doggo would come charging past then pounce on him as he was passing hiding spot. They were pretty much the same size with no animosity.
Cat's-astrophy was indoor outdoor but once out wouldn't come back for at least an hour. I always tried to make sure he was in if I/we left. SO (she) let him out knowing we were leaving. Came home to him lying cold in the middle of the street. I guess you could say he died living up to his name. 😭
I just realized the first misconception probably comes from people realizing their baby is allergic to cats
Anyone in the Chicago area, there's a group called Young At Heart that specializes in rescuing older animals. If you want to adopt a calmer, already-trained pet, an older one is the way to go! And while they do have healthy pets, they need you especially if you have the heart and finances to take on a senior with a chronic medical condition, like diabetes or kidney disease. I got my last papillon there, and he was an absolute darling, full of energy, he just needed a special diet so he wouldn't get bladder stones again. Please consider looking at their available adoptees!
3:08 That's it. The ultimate cat lady utterance.
It also depends on who does the petting I'd say, because I wouldn't like to be pet by some random friend of my roommates, who shows up for the first time ever, either...
Fellow cat lover here! Love this video!
My orange cat is much a snuggle bug. He loves to cuddle while I nursed my baby. When he startled purr baby would put her little arm around him. 👶🏼😺🤩 So much cuteness!
My cat can vibrate in 2 modes. One is a Pleasant and other is when she want me to do something
My cat fin has a dislocated rib from falling as a kitten. Doesn’t bother him or anything but you can feel it if you rub his belly. He used to launch himself down the steps skipping many of them in the process and we believe at some point he hurt himself doing it. Check your cats for rib injuries after a nasty fall!
My kitty is quite a talented screamstress. She can turn a purse into a clutch in a nanosecond.
I had a pic I used to keep in my phone’s gallery showing the claws of a declawed cat. Pretty gruesome. I’d show EVERYONE and ANYONE that had a cat, liked cats, wanted a cat, or was gonna get a cat also if me and another person was having a conversation related to cats or animal abuse.
Actually, I think I may still have it in my gallery. I know it’s in my Cloud. I don’t show it as often as I used to because I’ve shown it to pretty much every person I know.
Thanks. Interesting facts.
some vets flat out refuse to declaw, my vet is so against declawing that when my cat lost a third of his toe when he had a tumor removed that, even though most of the muscles that retract it were removed, he still has his claw (even if he can't retract it anymore)
My kitten does come to the door when I get home. He doesn't run like a dog but he is very excited. Then he immediately runs away and I don't see him again for a while.
"After Cats Domesticated Themselves" lmao. Truer words have never been meowed.....
love the backdrop... had to freeze frame to get past the pretty.
.over your left shoulder.. what is the "New Standard Map Of The World"..as of when?
.your right, my left... artist(s) credits? hm...
Omgomgomg. So I've lived in an apartment building pretty much my whole life. My first cat, Tommy, was a door dasher... and not the food delivery kind. Once I happened to open my door when my neighbors opened theirs. Tommy promptly ran into their apartment. The woman SCREAMED, dropped to her knees and clutched her toddler. She kept repeating "Don't kill my baby!" While Tommy sat there looking at her, perplexed. I ran in and grabbed him, just as confused as he was lmao it was so very bizarre.
Hard to say what to think about this being posted today, our cat of 16 years passed away 1 year ago today.
I’m so sorry ❤️ that’s a wonderful long life for a cat, you obviously treated it very well. And 16 years is no short time in human years either, so that bond must have been strong. My condolences on the anniversary of the passing of your loved kitty.
My dog Tula passed in 2019, and my dog Tango passed in 2018. It feels so recent still.. both were 15 and 14 years when they had to go.. I grew up with them. I still feel that emptiness.. but so grateful to have had them for as long as I did.
My cat can speak, sit, stand, and high five all on command.
Lucky you! My cat can only say " moooom" when she needs my attention and answers "meat" when I ask what she wants 😉
I have three cats - all rescues from our own back yard. One will actively seek me out and stuff her head in my hand for ear rubs. Another will wander around the house yowling in distress until she discovers she's not alone in the house, and is then happy to ignore us. The third...well, he's just...a waste of fur, really - does nothing but eat, sleep, throw up, and run away in terror (despite never having even been yelled at).
I considered getting a cat while volunteering at a local shelter. After a year, I decided I wanted a mature male, black short haired cat because I loved their temperament and suitable for my rental. What did I get? A female long haired calico 12 months old. It was a love story, and both are very happy with our choice 3 years on.
Re kitty scratch on your behalf:
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Can do, Erin, can do. 🥰
My son's cats are a great example of how personality comes through. He and his wife have 3 cats that show the full range. Cat #1 we've never seen. As soon as anyone he doesn't know walks in he goes into hiding. Of course it's hard to get to know a cat who hides from you. Cat #2 isn't particularly friendly but he will come and see who's there. Cat #3 will land in the lap of the first person who sits down. From there everyone else will get their turn in time.
My present cat was declawed by one of his former families. He does tend to be a bit of a biter, but he's getting better about that.
I know cats do feel affection towards us. Normally my 15yr. old miss Ozzy loves to be stroked but not hugged but if she notices that I'm starting to go into an anxiety attack she will jump up on me (if she's not hugging my hip already) and let me hug and squeeze her until I can get calmed down. But at the same time if I get a mouse in here, yeah, she will show you just how much of a killer instant she does have.
Our cat jumped into the crib hissing like mad at my niece. Had to lock her up any time my sister came over for a while.
"...and I meow meow meow and meow meow meow...and say sexy things to myself."
Not only can cats be trained, some are quite excellent trainers themselves. My current cat has me completely trained to do most of her biddings.
I get rewarded affection & attention when I get things right and slaps when wrong.
6:38 This study was debunked pretty heavily.
It was based on an analysis of cats brought in to the vet's after a fall. So as the height of the fall went up, naturally so did the severity of the injury, until a point when it reversed and they only saw minor injuries on the cats brought in from falls above a certain height. This isn't due to cats "relaxing and having time to right themselves", though... simply put, cats more often just die on the spot from those falls and never get brought in to the vet, so those statistics were never being reported.
Also, like she said, of the ones brought in from high falls, while they may have had fewer injuries, the injuries were far more often severe and traumatic, rather than a broken paw.
Not debunked. From my experience they even survive when being dropped from tall apartments buildings (i didn't do it my friend from the Ukraine told me kids do that for fun over there)
@@BuckFiden33 They can survive, better than most large animals for sure. But that doesn't mean they necessarily always do, certainly not unscathed, and still the study in question was particularly flawed in its data gathering.
@@micahphilson nah yeah u right about that he definitely did mention they would have all their feet broken but luckily he said there would always be a sweet old lady who would pick them up and try to save them, I'd imagine many of them didn't survive tho
Our feline overlords don't accept misinformation and shenanigans.
And they love laser pointers to Chase.