Cats Can’t Read Blogs, Can They?
Posted by JaneOver the many years that I have been a cat owner, I have been amazed at the things I have learned about these fascinating animals.
But the number one thing that I have learned is that you can never take for granted that you have the Upper Hand (or Paw…).
Cats may well not be able to read blogs…… but they can certainly read minds!
My family and I took the opportunity to have a few days away just after Easter and we needed to book Charm and Minnie into the c-a-t-t-e-r-y.
I’m sorry, I’ve got to spell the ‘you-know-what’ word - just in case cats really can read blogs - I’ve been caught out before.
From bitter experience, I have learned that if our cats hear us discussing their (and our) holiday arrangements, they understand, note the dates in their mental diaries and on the appropriate day scarper straight after breakfast and hide outside until they judge the danger of being transported to a puss-cat bed and breakfast establishment to have passed.
Unbelievable?
No!
Believe it or not, I have had to delay departure plans before now (very inconvenient) and do a lot of phoning and grovelling to c-a-t-t-e-r-y owners and hotel owners as I explained that I was unable to find my own pets.
How embarrassing.
I’ve also learned that the same effect comes into play when a trip to the v-e-t is in order, too. In the past, I have had to cancel vaccination appointments when careless talk had reached furry ears.
My daughter, who is 13 years old, is firmly convinced that I am making all this up. Poor innocent child, she hasn’t had the benefit of experience yet. She’ll learn.
But I am certain that just about every cat owner reading this will have had a similar experience.
Can your cat understand the you-know-what word? Are they able to tell when a visit to the v-e-t is in the offing?
Leave a comment letting me know how you get around the problem. Do you resort to spelling the words out, like me? Or have you some other method of keeping the little fur-covered angels oblivious to what is awaiting them……?
All I know is, that until I have been shown otherwise, I shall assume that cats can read blogs and I won’t be posting the dates of any trips that they might not approve of!
Cats can definitely sense things! My two cats, tizzie and taz are lucky. tizzie is a tabby and taz (we thought she was a boy!) is black and white. taz is unusual as she has a black bit going down from her forehead to chin and across her cheeks! This makes her look really funny. Usually black and white cats have white down the middle of their face so taz is an unusual cat.
Anyway, I digress! luckily they have only been to the vets once (when they got neutured ‘cos we thought taz was a ‘he’) They have never been in a cattery….but they do know what is going on….when I try to lure them into the conservatory to shut them out of the kitchen they rebel and just won’t go….
In fact I have come to the conclusion that you just cannot make a cat do anything that they don’t want to do so it’s best to give up trying!!
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