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In reply to the discussion: A Cat’s 200-Mile Trek Home Leaves Scientists Guessing [View all]arikara
(5,562 posts)42. Our torti knows things
Sometimes when the Mr is on his way home she starts an intermittent horrible caterwaul 10 - 15 minutes before he arrives. Then a minute or 2 before he pulls into the driveway she starts screaming and races for the door. There is no way she is hearing the vehicle. And he doesn't come home at the same time every day, so it isn't simply habit. They are very bonded and my theory is that's when he starts thinking about her on the drive home, she picks up on it, and he's just not thinking of her on the days she doesn't do it. She's a very unusual creature and extremely intelligent.
I'll definitely have to order that book, thanks!
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Happy ending! We almost lost a cat on a cross-country move, and I hate to think what these
petronius
Jan 2013
#5
Wonderful story. Animals are so much more complicated than we give them credit for..
Flaxbee
Jan 2013
#7
When I was a kid my friends father took her cat from her and got rid of it.
Lone_Star_Dem
Jan 2013
#13