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I may have to reevaluate my theories of cat intelligence. We took in a stray kitten because he was clearly being picked on by raccoons and was starving to death. He's currently shut up in the den to keep him away from the other cats (we have five) until he can be verified healthy. I played with the little guy for a bit when I got home from work, washed my hands, and went to see the other cats.

They all hissed and spit at me. Obviously, they smell the new guy on me and I can only assume they think I AM the new cat. Surely, surely, the sight of me and my voice must be familiar, and it's not like my scent isn't there anymore.

But, no, they seem to accept without question that I have unfamiliar cat smell on me, ergo I am a foreign cat. Even MY cat, whom I raised from a kitten, tried to bite me when I petted him.

Pic unrelated.
>> Anonymous
Actually they just smell that you had congress with a "filthy foreigner" and are therefore a traitor. They hate you now and I suggest you shut your door when you sleep because otherwise they WILL try to chew your throat out in your sleep.
>> Anonymous
Take a shower you filthy smelly whale.
Or else the harpoons will be manned.
>> Anonymous
the cat is cute but the human alas is not
>> Anonymous
To further back up what my colleagues have said, wash yourself. Cats are hygenic so when a smelly fatty comes near them it angers them despite their usual calm and collective manner. They do not like filth or the dirt it grows on. After scrubbing yourself thoroughly they should be willing to accept you to pet them as long as you maintain this cleanliness
>> Anonymous
A cat identifies things by smell, similar to the way a human identifies things by sight. Someone could repaint your car, wash it, give it new hubcaps & you would not be able to recognize it. But a cat would. ^ ^
>> Anonymous
>>87592

If you are so clever and if what you are saying is true then please do explain why every cat I have met has reacted EXTREMELY positively to my unwashed crotch. I'm talking about digging their heads between my legs and purring like crazy. And no, it didn't particularly turn me on, I just found it amusing.
>> Anonymous
>>87616
Fish + Cat = Happiness
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>87610
Yes, but usually the response is not so drastic.

>>87616
Whoah, what the fuck?

I'm going to be helpful because the picture you posted contains a cat that looks simlar to the one I just lost.

See a fucking doctor. Now. You have some hormonal imbalance that is affecting them. Do dogs or other animals react this way twoards you? I know that when i was ovulating, my cats would be more affectionate and sit near me (and all my cats are assholes, they don't cuddle). They did it because it was a time when I was emitting more estrogen than testosterone.

Again, please see a doctor. And washing your hands will not halt the spread of disease between your 'new' cat and your current ones. Put a blanket over your lap or keep a pair of PJ's to change into before you play with him in the future, because clothes can spread illness as well.
>> Anonymous
>>87616
how strangely erotic
>> Anonymous
Cats also recognize things by barcode. When a cat is rubbing up against you they are printing a bar code ID in an organic UV ink-like substance.
It's not smell they are rubbing off, that's an urban myth.
The cat can then read the barcode with the lasers in their eyes (see any picture of a cat where flash is used. The flash reveals the lasers.)
I can't beleive you need a vetinarian degree just to know this stuff.
>> Anonymous
>>87626

I didn't know this was a scientifically acknowledged fact. It's interesting because when my mother became psychotic (she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia) not only would her sweat smell worse than shit but our cat started avoiding her and even running from the room if she came in. At the time I thought this must be a kind of "built-in" defense mechanism that protects cats from the literally crazy and therefore dangerous.
>> Anonymous
What I think this is, is that your other cats are jealous. You're clearly THEIR owner/friend, but you've been petting a different cat! WHAT IS THIS OUTRAGE!

Sort of like that. Cats are VERY possessive, so despite their intelligence they may come across as foolish. ;)
>> Anonymous
>>87639lazrcat is going to be pissed now.
>> Anonymous
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GET YOUR HANDS OFF THAT CAT !
>> Anonymous
Interesting thread. My cat has never reacted negatively after I come home from another cat owner's house, or even after petting a friend's mutant tailless cats. There may be something more wrong than just the smell of another cat.
>> Anonymous
>>87689
hehe i lol'd
>> Anonymous
>Pic unrelated.
>> Anonymous
>>87689
LOL, I'd made a macro similar to that one (only it was in reference to open ass and its overwhelming stench), but a mod or janitor came by and deleted it. Booooo.
>> Anonymous
>>87696

They're called Manx cats, and they're not mutants.
>> rayefrenzy !w2oH/6dL8k
/r/ing moar pictars of blaster the rocketkitty.
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
>>87679
Cats can definately tell when things are wrong with your body. If you are sick, cats tend to either stay away, or get very close (Just like people: some want to comfort you, some don't want to get sick)
>> Anonymous
5 cats and taking in a 6th?

CRAZY CAT LADY!
>> Anonymous
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Like others have said .. It's not an intelligence thing. I use to have that same issue with my kitty (love him to pieces <3) when I'd pet different cats outside the house ... He's sorta grown out of it. Pretty old now at 15 ... Guess it just depends how much the cat trusts you. All he does these days is sniff at my hands and than purr for some lovin'. Meh ... give it time.
>> Anonymous
If somebody shaved or dyed your cat without telling you, you probably wouldn't recognize it, even if it smelled exactly the same. To a cat this would feel incredibly stupid. Gives some perspective, no?
>> Anonymous
OP here. Just so we're clear, I'm not the woman in the photo. In fact, I'm not any woman. I'm a man.
>> Anonymous
>>87901

How can it not be an intelligence thing? If they had the ability to recognise anything else about their owner they wouldn't try to bite her. Cats are possessive, yes, but I don't think that's the explanation for attacking.
>> Anonymous
>>87933
So the woman in the picture is a man?
>> Anonymous
tranny weeaboo
>> Anonymous
>>87936
Trying to bite is mostly a warning. They bite but don't hang on too long. Therefore, it may easily be a warning to get the fuck away you different-cat-petter.

You can't be sure. =)
>> Moonbarker Osbourne
Cats do get easily distracted by a laser pointer and they never figure out that the vecumn cleaner isn't going to attack them, but then again, you don't see cats eating out of the catpan, eating their own vomit or pulling a sled through the snow in sub-zero weather
>> Anonymous
>>87998

Another cat versus dog thing? C'mon, try teaching a domestic cat to guard or guide someone.
>> Anonymous
>>87998
Which I guess makes them about as intelligent as children.
>> Anonymous
>>88002
Cats are smart enough to not give a fuck where dogs will risk their life to protect whoever they consider their alpha.

Dumbass canines.
>> Anonymous
>>88036

Strange, alot of animals seem to be 'smart enough not to give a fuck'.

To be fair, dogs usually protect whoever it considers part of its pack but can be taught to help people who aren't, unlike cats.
>> Anonymous
>>88055
Cats aren't pack animals, so they aren't going to give two shits about someone or something if there isn't anything in it for them.
>> Anonymous
>>88056

You can say that about any animal that isn't a pack animal, it doesn't mean it could be trained if there is something in it for them.
>> Anonymous
>>88056
Cats may not be pack animals per se, but they are naturally social. Cats that domestics descend from aren't loners even in the wild.