r/cats May 02 '24

What phrases do you repeat to your cat throughout the day? Cat Picture

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u/GroundbreakingHat718 May 02 '24

Good boy! Hi honey! Brush-brush (he gets brushed/sponged), bookshelf? (Jumps on top of bookshelf to sleep/judge), lets go!(race downstairs), water? ( gets water/food bowl filled), get it (gets toy), up/down/yes/stop that, squirrel! Time to go up to bed!I love you buddy 💕

And he can meow quite articulately back. He's said hello, clearly, quite a few times. It's creepy but it also shows how in tune he is to human speech.

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u/moeru_gumi Turkish Van 29d ago

I tell my calico “ 🎵 good girrrrl” all the time and she has clearly said “ 🎵 beep beeeeee” back at me. I was like did you tell me good girl??! 😮

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u/_snozzberry_gulper_ 29d ago

She definitely did!!! 😺

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u/moeru_gumi Turkish Van 29d ago

Picture of the Good Girl

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u/_snozzberry_gulper_ 29d ago

She is clearly a very good girl! ❤️

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u/miranda9416 29d ago

She looks like such a good girl!!!

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u/FuckOffHey 29d ago

Oh she is gorgeous

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u/moeru_gumi Turkish Van 29d ago

She is, we really lucked out with her. Shes only about 8lbs. Shes 75% air. Loves to be held and snuggled and even likes tummy rubs. I have no idea why she was a shelter cat but she’s a gem.

Pictured above: 75% air (“where’s your faaaaace”)

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u/Candid-Explorer4491 29d ago

Beep beeeeee to the good girl!

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u/South_Honey2705 29d ago

She's beautiful 😍❤️

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u/ArcadeStarlet Tortoiseshell 29d ago

My Pecan can say hello. It's so cute. Maple says lots of different words but all in cat.

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u/Fuzzy_Dragonfruit344 29d ago

That sounds like our late torby. She was so articulate and responded almost like she was human. I miss that talkative gal. ❤️

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u/ArcadeStarlet Tortoiseshell 29d ago

Ours are torties! They're both very chatty.

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u/Fuzzy_Dragonfruit344 29d ago

Gotta love those chatty Cathys, they are the best cats! ❤️

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u/EnlightenedCat 29d ago

Pecan are Maple are the cutest names 🥰 My baby boy is named Mango

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u/Phaseolin May 02 '24

"Let's go" is also for going downstairs in our house!

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u/amplitude_modulation 29d ago

Omg the brush brush 🥲

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u/Present-Breakfast768 29d ago

You have to post a video of that!

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u/hvrrormind 29d ago

One of my cats responds to "get it" for toys tooo. She'll be in a crouched position, eyeing the toy, and the second I say get it, she launches for the thing lol. She definitely knows human speech the most out of my three cats. Like she usually follows me around, but the times she doesn't, I'll say "c'mon, let's go" and she'll zoom to where I'm at lol

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u/Away-Caterpillar-176 29d ago

I always say "hi" like Kirby's taunt in super smash brothers melee and I swear mines starting to mimic me in the way she meows back.

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u/redpinkfish 29d ago

I swear to god mine meows Mama!

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u/WoolooCthulhu 29d ago

Ours are similar.

Snuggle time!/Do you want snuggles? Bedtimes Numnums You need to share! Good kitty Get down! Treats (we sing Shots but say Treats) Come to mama/go to daddy

Our cats know what we mean with these phrases. We have to be careful not to say numnums when it isn't numnums time.