Hello, I have noticed that some of our cats seem to understand some words. If there are birds at the bird feeder just outside our bedroom window and the cats have not noticed I will say "birdies" and most of the time Cozmo and Angel will come running to the window. Cozmo sometimes knows "treats" but sometimes he thinks I mean "birdies" and will look out the window a little confused, not like if I say birdies.
Rusty on the other hand responds if I say "hungries" but not to the word treats. I am sure he learned the word from me when he was a little baby, when we had to feed Rusty and his brothers and sister when they were tiny they would cry when they got hungry and I would ask them if they were "hungries" when I started to feed them there formula.
When Tuffy was still alive he learned that when I said "go for a ride?" he knew most of the time he was going to the vet to see all his other friends that took such good care of him. All or other animals hate going to the vet which is understandable, but Tuffy loved it, he was there so many times it was like a second home to him, and most of the people who work there loved to see Tuffy as much as Tuffy loved to see them.
Is this fairly normal for cats to learn what some words mean?
Rusty on the other hand responds if I say "hungries" but not to the word treats. I am sure he learned the word from me when he was a little baby, when we had to feed Rusty and his brothers and sister when they were tiny they would cry when they got hungry and I would ask them if they were "hungries" when I started to feed them there formula.
When Tuffy was still alive he learned that when I said "go for a ride?" he knew most of the time he was going to the vet to see all his other friends that took such good care of him. All or other animals hate going to the vet which is understandable, but Tuffy loved it, he was there so many times it was like a second home to him, and most of the people who work there loved to see Tuffy as much as Tuffy loved to see them.
Is this fairly normal for cats to learn what some words mean?