What do cats think you are to them? (lemmy.world)

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I swear, I get the vibe from my cats that

they're my daughters
one i get the vibe from that she's my old lady (which literally she is but the wife connotation is highly questionable)

What is the relationship in the felid mind? I've never gotten the sense that I'm a "master" despite the fact they know when I get annoyed with them or what is forbidden and they mostly come to honor that (turns out nobody or anything likes getting hassled)

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[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Cats are pack animals too. You've never seen groups of them together if you think otherwise.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 4 points 1 month ago

I've heard that but I think it's not as deeply embedded in their root psyches. Like, cats can hunt in packs, whereas dogs flat are "pack animals". But I am no vet psychologist so we'll have to defer to the interwebs for that knowledge I suppose:-).

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

Cats are stealth hunters. They don't hunt together. When they're not out hunting they go back to the rest of their pack and do other cat things. They don't live alone if they can help it.

[-] pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

The groups of cats I know accept each other but that's it. Most cats I know, especially wild cats, are on their own.

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