cheese_greaterOct 2, 2024

What do cats think you are to them?

https://lemmy.world/post/20436207

What do cats think you are to them? - Lemmy.World

I swear, I get the vibe from my cats that - they’re my daughters - one i get the vibe from that she’s my old lady (which literally she is but the wife connotation is highly questionable) What is the relationship in the felid mind? I’ve never gotten the sense that I’m a “master” despite the fact they know when I get annoyed with them or what is forbidden and they mostly come to honor that

Show threadOpenStarsOct 2, 2024

Unlike dogs where you are part of their “pack”, for cats you are their mother - seriously, your petting them is their mother licking their fur to clean it, and their purs help you realize that they are alive and well.

The odd part is that in the wild, the kitten doesn’t stay with the mother all that long. So unlike dogs, we keep cats in a permanent juvenile state - that’s why they don’t (so much) “obey”, bc they are confident in their special status of being loved by mother.

Show threadTachyonTeleOct 3, 2024
Cats are pack animals too. You’ve never seen groups of them together if you think otherwise.
Show threadOpenStars
I’ve heard that but I think it’s not as deeply embedded in their root psyches. Like, cats can hunt in packs, whereas dogs flat are “pack animals”. But I am no vet psychologist so we’ll have to defer to the interwebs for that knowledge I suppose:-).
Oct 3, 2024 at 3:35amWeb
Show threadTachyonTeleOct 3, 2024
Cats are stealth hunters. They don’t hunt together. When they’re not out hunting they go back to the rest of their pack and do other cat things. They don’t live alone if they can help it.