The best tone of voice with which to speak to your cat. Infographic.
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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 …
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 …
How to say Ma-AH ‘Come here’ in cat language (infographic)
This is something a bit different. It is a first for me both in discovering a new way to talk to your cat and embedding an infographic from Canava. This infographic is embedded here. It’ll work as long as I have a Canva account. 🙀 Karina is one of many young, attractive, women signed …
Woman’s ‘dinner bell’ yodelling call to her cat will make you smile
Simon is her cat. He has a nice belly flap that flops from side to side when he races in from the garden after his mom – Girl Keaton – calls him in her very distinctive and customised call which is a modified yodelling-type sound for me. The woman has a strong voice. I …
Letter ‘s’ sounds like swearing to a cat?
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 …
Baby talk with cats How it works.
A study published in 2022 decided that baby talk with domestic cats worked in that cats respond to it when spoken by the caregiver but not a stranger. The study hints at the fact that cats like to hear baby talk and are very receptive to it but this is incorrect. The reason why …
The language of cats is not secret if you are observant
There’s a book on the market: “The Secret Language of Cats: How to Understand Your Cat for a Better, Happier Relationship”. The key to the title is that the language of cats is secret by which the author means it’s different and to many people a mystery. The book gets good write-ups but I …
