Pets
Related: About this forumThe fur babies were in the den. I was in the laundry room.
I opened the cupboard, above the laundry tub, where I keep the treats and several other things. The INSTANT I put my hand on the treat sticks all four came racing into the room.
How the heck do they know!?!?!?!?
SheltieLover
(59,538 posts)Likely inaudible to us.
tblue37
(66,035 posts)Last edited Wed Feb 15, 2023, 12:14 PM - Edit history (1)
and sound asleep, but she somehow hears the first stroke of the comb or brush and comes running, trying to force me to brush her instead.
Their hearing & recognition of sounds are amazing.
Or else they are telepathic.
SheltieLover
(59,538 posts)They are truly amazing creatures!
kedrys
(7,682 posts)niyad
(119,678 posts)SheltieLover
(59,538 posts)Good one!
2naSalit
(92,491 posts)Haven't heard that one in decades!
calimary
(84,199 posts)Our three cats have quite a refined sense of it!
Archae
(46,775 posts)No one in the kitchen.
I think about getting a can out, and POOF! There they are.
getagrip_already
(17,404 posts)The tuna we have has pull top lids. Of course other foods that come in cans, like beans, also have pull top lids.
We open the other type much more frequently than tuna, which is usually only at lunch.
They only react to the tuna. Never to the other foods.
Wierd.
lastlib
(24,849 posts)I once unwrapped a tin-foil package of frozen turkey, and my tux cat came running (or at least her best approximation of running--she was somewhat crippled by arthritis at that time.) She was a little hard of hearing then, too, so it had to be smell or telepathy.
niyad
(119,678 posts)Glaisne
(541 posts)required to include pics?
CaptainTruth
(7,192 posts)I've had cats do similar things & I went through each step of the process, slowly, pausing after each one, until I did one thing that made them come running, & it was one specific sound.
For example I had a cat that came running every time I opened a can of tuna. I could take the can out of the cupboard, put it on the counter, rattle it around... no reaction. But when I pulled on the tab to open it & the tab penetrated the lid & it made the "pfft" sound because the can was vacuum packed, instant cat running into the kitchen.
Ocelot II
(120,672 posts)pazzyanne
(6,600 posts)I think it's a super power they have!