they come when you call them at dinner time? or any time when there's food involved infact, but as soon as you call out their name and it's vet time or something else they won't like they decide not to listen anyone else find this?
2007-03-24 11:42:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
Does anyone's cat _not_ have selective hearing?
2007-03-24 12:14:49 · answer #1 · answered by Beyaelle 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
But that applies not only to cats but almost everything with hearing, they only hear what they want to hear, don't you think? My cats not only have selective hearing but they have this "oh, you couldn't possibly have meant that `DO NOT' stuff for me, it must have only been for the other cat so I'm going right ahead and doing it...." And I always find myself going, "didn't I just say not to do that??? What, you think you're the exception?" and then the cat gets ticked off at me giving me "well, you didn't say it applied to EVERYONE. Humphf!"
2007-03-24 21:20:02 · answer #2 · answered by Inundated in SF 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I think every living thing does. Cats and dogs actually pick up the change in pitch and even the under lying emotions so they know when to ignore your calls.
2007-03-24 18:59:03 · answer #3 · answered by mother 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My wife has always said that when a person finally understands that the cat is the master and the human the pet they will also understand why they *all* have selective hearing. ;)
2007-03-24 20:21:55 · answer #4 · answered by chaos_and_amber2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called cat humour.
Why should the cat take any notice of you when the rewards are outweighed by the effort required to respond.
2007-03-24 20:29:49 · answer #5 · answered by Dreamweaver 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my two do have selective hearing and only come when they know it involves food. they seem to know when it is time to go the vets
2007-03-25 05:12:49 · answer #6 · answered by kath 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. not only do they have selective deafness but they also have other weird habbits too. e.g. My cat natters like mad for food but when i put the bowl down she sniffs at it and looks at me as if to say "and this is.....?" then she turns round and goes out!
2007-03-25 07:31:58 · answer #7 · answered by Redbreadfred 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cat is very ignorant, but thats part of his charm! Only listens to me when it suits him.
2007-03-24 18:47:00 · answer #8 · answered by Weas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's a cat for you. haha. they're really good at hearing what they want to hear and ignoring the rest.
2007-03-24 22:27:30 · answer #9 · answered by Dawn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And you find this STRANGE? I thought everyone KNEW that all cats have 'selective hearing' ...
2007-03-24 18:46:43 · answer #10 · answered by Kris L 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋