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Do you wonder why your cat ignores you when you call her? She might look at you when you bellow, but immediately go back to what she was doing. Why do dogs run to you when you call their name and cats pretty much ignore you? It could be that that your cat doesn\u2019t know her name.<\/p>\n
I noticed the other day that when I greet Lily, it\u2019s often with terms of endearment. I say, \u201cHi, Cutie,\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s my little Sweetie-doodle,\u201d \u201cGood morning Sweet Thing,\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s my precious girl,\u201d \u201cWhatcha doin\u2019 punkin?\u201d etc. Have I managed to confuse our tabby?<\/p>\n
Before continuing, I want to bring to your attention, my most recent guest blog post at Oh My Bookness. It\u2019s about my writing career and habits. Check it out here:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/authorsblogcorner.blogspot.com\/2017\/07\/meet-author-who-cant-not-write-by.html?m=1<\/a><\/p>\n To continue with the theme, I have to ask, does your cat respond to you? What\u2019s your Lily does actually know her name and she often responds when I call her from the kitchen. She loves to eat. She\u2019ll often come to me when I alert her to a bird outside the window or when I\u2019ve brought home a new toy. I don\u2019t have to call her name when it\u2019s meal time, however. She doesn\u2019t miss a meal or a treat. She will ignore me if it\u2019s time for a nail-trim or grooming, but not when food\u2019s involved. Now there\u2019s another cat puzzle. Why do short-hair cats love, love, love to be groomed and those who really need to be groomed hate it? I\u2019ve learned, however, that short-haired cats need grooming as much as long-hairs. Have you ever run a fine-toothed grooming comb through your short-hair cat\u2019s fur during summer? You\u2019ll pull out a LOT of undercoat. I don\u2019t know about other short-haired cats, but our tortie, Sophie, sure loves to be groomed.<\/p>\n Regal Sophie<\/p><\/div>\n Are you grooming your cats this season? It\u2019s a good idea for all cats. It helps keep the long-haired cats\u2019 fur from tangling and matting and it is healthy for all cats to have the winter shed combed or brushed out. You\u2019ll be surprised how much fur you\u2019ll get. Maybe you can come up with something interesting to do with the fur. A friend used to roll her cats\u2019 fur into tight little fur balls. I\u2019m not sure why. I don\u2019t think you want your cat to play with them, tear into them, and start ingesting the fur. We have enough fur ball urps without giving them fur they might eat. Some people make jewelry and other items out of cat fur. But that\u2019s a topic for another blog.<\/p>\n Back to our topic\u2014have you figured out why your cat doesn\u2019t come when you call her? With our older cat, Max, I figured it was because he was getting too tired and arthritic to get to his feet and come to me. He seemed to think that if it was something I really want him to have, I\u2019d bring it to him. And he was usually right. But I think I\u2019ll try something different with Lily and Sophie. I\u2019ll try to eliminate the terms of endearment and use their names more often. Perhaps they\u2019ll become more obedient and actually come to me when I call them. Obedient? Isn\u2019t the term obedient cat<\/em> kind of an oxymoron? Most likely, the thing that causes a cat to come when you call them is curiosity, certainly not obedience.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you wonder why your cat ignores you when you call her? She might look at you when you bellow, but immediately go back to what she was doing. Why do dogs run to you when you call their name … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lily-with-treats-030-224x300.jpg\")
secret? My mother uses few words with her cat. She refers to all of Smokey\u2019s meals as supper<\/em>. His breakfast is supper and so is his evening meal. Then there\u2019s treat.<\/em> We don\u2019t know if he understands the word or if he associates getting a treat with visitors. When someone arrives at Mama\u2019s house, she instructs them to, \u201cGive Smokey a treat.\u201d Now, Smokey has become quite the greeter. Anytime someone visits, he comes running and does his best to lead them to where they keep his treats.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/birdsandcatsjan2014-005-200x300.jpg\")