Is your Cat intelligent????

Oh, yes, cats are so smart! I had one that liked to drink water from the glass that I was drinking out of. One time, the water level was sort of low, so he stuck his head in as far as he could. The size of the cup was such that once he got his face in, he could barely open his mouth, and he couldn't squeeze his tongue out far enough to reach the water. So he pulled his head out, looked at the water, then stuck his paw in and then licked water off of his paw! I said, ok, if you can figure that one out...have at it!

My cat THINKS he's smart, but he's so gullible. I can always lure him into his cat cage whenever I need to take him to the vet. He can always be bribed with treats and food. He's big and clumsy, not stealthy and lean like a lot of cats. He's a big lug, not too bright, but that's what makes him so LOVABLE!

yes . my cat, ipus its very smart. some how he managed to open my window in the morning so that i will get up from bed. and when he was return home he calling me over and over till i answer him. and sometime when he got realy exited he gave me a kiss in my cheek at a rush then he will run hide because he shy. :

Well I know that cats are intelligent, and mine know exactly what is needed to get a treat, or a new dish of food. I often feel like I am being "played" with them, and I highly respect their intelligence as a result. Mine go outside and know their way back, so thats one point for them, but I guess they lose points for continuously jumping on the counter. I do think they are smart, and wouldn't put it past one of them to fake a limp.!

my cat eats with his paws,sometimes he dunks it in the water first, its really funny... but yes I think the cats pretty smart

Hi there...it is most likely your cat had lightly stunned/bruised herself and the injury healed by the time she was evaluated by your veterinarian. On the subject of intelligence, it is a relative term to the species of the animal as ALL animals have the capacity to learn. Two primary factors will influence accuracy in the interpretation of any test for animal intelligence--an understanding of the animal's natural history and and an understanding of the limits of the test. an animal will naturally show an aptititude for a concept it needs or uses regularly in the wild. As a professional animal trainer to exotic and domestic felines while we are educated that intelligence has very little to do with how trainable an animal is. Yet, as humans, the subject of intelligence continues to fascinate us. Anyhow, I could go on and on with the scientific aspect and the anthropomorphic aspects which are the biggest reason for the dispute. Both my housecates not only understand obedience cues (come, sit, down, etc), but are also toilet trained, can flush the toilet, go to wherever I point (called targeting), jump through hoops, rollover, twirl, play fetch/retrieve, take apart a 3-D layered pyramid puzzle, wave, give a high-five, raise a paw to ask a question, sit/stay while being served meal time, pat the human on the head to tell "good human", do agility (like dog agility), walk on leash in public and so much more. The both understand both visual and verbal cues as well as learn most new behaviours quite quickly within a matter of days and for the more complex behaviours such as balancing on a ball within a month. Training is conducted using operant conditioning techniques through positive reinforcement just as with canines. We never coerce/mold an animal to learn rather reward desired behaviours with treats, toys and ignore undesired behaviours so that they extinguish themselves over time.

Haha that's so funny. I think cats are intelligent. I have to keep the cat litter in my room cause the dogs will attack her at any chance they get. So one day she was mad at me for yelling at her for climbing on my bookshelf with breakable stuff....well after I yelled at her, she used her litter box and then WIPED her paws on my bed.

I think my cat is, if he wants to go out during the night he gently touches my pillow to wake me up....

Yes, my cat is very intelligent! I trained him to use the toilet, he knows how to open doors from both sides of the door as long as the door isn't latched, and he can FETCH small objects, he'll bring them back to me to throw again :)

Yeah, he is! They are, actually!I have a lot of cats! They're clever, yeah!

Our cat, Taffy, is funny. He knows when the alarm goes off that it's time to get CJ up for school and he makes a bee-line toward his room. He also stands at the door with me when I wave CJ off to school on bus; he's at the door before the bus comes up the road after school as well. I don't care what anyone thinks, cats are intelligent and they can be taught; at least some of them.

Our cat, Itchy, does that slow-moving-so-no-one-will-notice thing too. It's adorable. He also knows that he is not allowed on my husband's lap with his cushion (because his back claws don'y husband wi fully retract). When my husband sits down Itchy stares at him until he puts the pillow onto his lap and then Itchy jumps right up. Scratchy is on a diet and will beg my husband for food. He started hollering for more to both of us, but I never relent and my husband will. Scratchy soon learned not to bother with me, but will start screaming as soon as my husband comes in the door.

Yep, two of them! Both of them seem to know when it's bedtime. One curls up on his favorite cushioned chair around 9 pm or so, while the other jumps on my bed as soon as I shut the lights off. Both cats also know that they get something to eat as soon as I get out of bed in the morning.

I have had many kitty friends over the years. I can honestly say I have owned 1 really dumb cat...dont know what happened there. The rest of the lovely felines that have passed throughout my life have been very intelligent creatures. Have you ever sat and looked into your little furry friends eyes? There is something there. An intelligence, but something also bordering on arrogance. Like they are your masters...I know most of the cats I've owned have been the rulers in the household!

My cat is VERY smart! He knows just what to do to push my buttons! I've had to start keeping only soft items on my headboard, cause if he's ready to get up, then I have to get up. And if I don't want to, he with methodically knock one thing at a time off onto my head until I give in...hence the soft objects! He's so smart in so many ways!

Our cats are very smart although sometimes very stubborn. Our one cat Patches tries to open the door to the garage. She does this by standing with her back paws on the stove and her front paws on the door handle. So far she hasn't opened it but she tries. I never underestimate what the cats will do next. They always seem to surprise me.

Cats are smarter that a lot of people give them credit for (though just like people there are also some dumb cats). One of my cats dragged out a musical Christmas Chihuahua just before the holidays when we were starting to decorate. My husband picked it up and said "you can't play with it unless you are going to do it right" and then, while the cat was watching, he activated it so it played a Christmas song. When it stopped he set it down on the end table. Just a minute or two later, the cat jumped up by it and just as my husband got ready to yell at him, the cat activated the music. My husband stood there with his mouth open as the rest of us laughed at him and I said "Now you,ve done it. You told him he could play with it IF he did it right and then you showed him how!" When the music stopped the cat started it up again.

LOL!!! Your cat was definitely trying to get your attention. of course animals are more intelligent than we give them credit for! Just like humans, some are more intelligent than others, of course, and it sounds like you have one smart kitty! *laugh* Thanks for sharing your story with everyone. It's so cute, picturing your cat attemping to sneak up on you like that and get onto your lap! ^_^

I believe they are very smart. My cat will claw at any closed door, because she wants access, and when she's pissed off at me she will bring embassaing pieces of clothing out into the living room for all to see

We had a cat once named Barney. He was intelligent in a way that he possessed human behavior. Like if he commits a mistake and somebody in the family scolds him, he goes out and stays somewhere in the backyard and does not interact with anybody. One time he got scolded by my stepfather and he put him in the cage. We felt sorry for him so we opened the cage and tried to take him out but he would not budge and would not even stare at us. Another time he committed another mistake, was reprimanded again and he climbed on the roof of our little storage house in the backyard. He eats almost anything, even icecream and chocolates. We tried to coax him out from the roof by giving him food and he wouldn't even look at the food nor anyone of us. He would also refuse to be carried by making himself heavy. I guess that he was feeling low in spirits because he was being reprimanded. He was such a sweetie.