‘Actions Speak Louder Than Words’ in human-to-cat communication

When it comes to communicating with your cat companion, the old adage “actions speak louder than words” could not be more true. Cats don’t speak our language—but they read us closely. How we approach, touch, and handle them says more than any cooed words ever could. Although warm, gentle human vocalisations are great accompany …

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FluentPet HexTile System explained in an infographic

The Times of Saturday, January 29, 2025 has a nice article about the FluentPet HexTile System. I decided to investigate it and create an infographic which explains it. I’m told that thousands of animals from 45 countries including cats, rabbits and goats are participating in the world’s largest study of “button pressing pets”. This …

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The ‘cat tap’ as a form of cat-to-human communication

The cat tap as a form of cat-to-human communication

The ‘cat tap’ is a form of cat-to-human communication which impresses me and my cat employs it. What I like about it is that the cat devised this all on their own. They were not taught this effective method of catching the attention of their caregiver and what’s doubly impressive is that the cat …

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Letter ‘s’ sounds like swearing to a cat?

When cat owners say the letter 's' it sounds like swearing to their cat as it hints at the feline hiss

For me, this is a little far-fetched but it is an interesting idea proposed by PDSA vet nurse Gemma Renwick. She thinks that cats might be perturbed when a person vocalises words containing the letter ‘s’ as the sound hints at the feline hiss which is a defensive sound to warn hostiles that they …

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