My cat wakes up and runs to the kitchen when i open a can of tuna. i don't get it.
2006-06-29 14:00:34 · 9 answers · asked by maryjoe2hot 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
They smell with their noses. Duh :-P
But on a more serious note, if you do this at the same time every day, she will be right there waiting for you. If you don't, she may just be hearing you open the can, and think you're preparing lunch for her.
2006-06-29 15:57:50 · answer #1 · answered by birdistasty 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My cat will race across the floor, knocking things (and dogs) out of the way to get to that sound. And I do mean sound, not just a can of cat food - she'll come for green beans, corn, etc.
If you feed your cat at the same time every day (or morning) by first opening a can of tuna, then your cat is definitely associating that with food.
2006-06-29 14:20:42 · answer #2 · answered by kyuketsuki084 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the first poster. It is probably the sound. My cat gets excited whenever I take a can out of the pantry. He assumes every can is going to be tuna, and he knows I let him lick the can. He's at my feet as soon as he hears the sqeak of the pantry door, and he begins to cry when he sees it's a can. He gets louder when he sees me take out the can opener. He won't shut up until I show him the empty can and he can smell it isn't tuna.
By the way, my cat used to be excited to see the water go round whenever I flushed the toilet. He would come running as soon as he heard me flush, and he would stand at the bowl watching the water go down.
2006-06-30 02:05:29 · answer #3 · answered by tianjingabi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most cat foods have a tuna like smell and they are used to it. Also, they smell things differently than us as well as have an extra smeller. If you have ever seen your cat with there mouth open kind of like they are panting; they are really smelling. They have a gland right above the pallat of the mouth that allows them to smell things that our noses don't notice like pheromones. Plus, if you have ever given them food out of a can, they associate that sound in their memory with food for the rest of their lives. I give mine treats that come in a bag that makes a wrapper noise. Whenever I eat something that makes that same noise, my cat runs to the sound.
2006-06-29 14:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by robin t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're giving some kind of trigger and the cat has learned what that means. (See, cats can be trained!) Whether it hears you when you use the can opener, or knows the particular sound of the spot where you keep the manual opener, or knows the sound that your fingers make on the can wrapping... or... if you just open the can and the cat nose just smells it... your cat has been trained to know!
;)
2006-06-29 14:06:21 · answer #5 · answered by Madame Gato 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of how smelly tuna is to us- Cats have a much stronger sense of smell than we do. We have to shut Lily out of the kitchen when we have it lol!
2006-07-01 03:48:04 · answer #6 · answered by CoolBabe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoever gave the thumbs down is a loser so despite! yet besides my cats completely FREAK out whilst my husband opens a can of tuna. that's quite strange via fact we actually do no longer provide it to them in any respect. i think of they only extremely like the smell of it and picture it is going to be great tastey. and likewise they prob. get greater excited via fact this is a similar shape as canned cat foodstuff...They prob think of that's for them. perhaps they associtate the can of tuna with the canned cat foodstuff???
2016-10-31 23:07:47 · answer #7 · answered by powelson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cat is more than likely first responding to the sound of you opening the can! Her hearing is much more acute than her sense of smell.
2006-06-29 14:05:16 · answer #8 · answered by cranura 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its food they like it
2006-07-06 10:52:05 · answer #9 · answered by paintedpony72601 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋