I don’t see how there is any way to predict if cats in general will come when called-they have individual personalities like any other living creature.
The most affectionate of my 3 cats, Midget, is a feral-born tabby midget found in the woods. She appears instantly when I call her name, and any time I work from home she will curl up next to me and touching in the chair-like she is right now.
My other two cats, a mostly-Persian orange tabby, and a gray tabby Maine Coon were pets that got lost and ended up at the animal welfare shelter. The Persian, Titus vocalizes with dog-like woofing noises when he wants to be petted, and Yeti boy sometimes jumps onto my chair, but neither is as loving as Midget...
you can only affect how they turn out if you raise them from the time they are a small kitten properly.
>>I don’t see how there is any way to predict if cats in general will come when called-they have individual personalities like any other living creature.
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I think there are processes that are automatic. For example, human eyes dilate when they see something they like. Our intelligence drives what we like, but the reaction cannot be controlled.
The small reaction of the cats are probably universal in recognition of owners’ voices. What happens after that will be based on the individual.
Mine would always answer.
We have 3 cats, an outside calico, patchkitty who is without a doubt the meanest cat I have ever been around. She is nearly feral but will come to me to be fed and to sleep in our garage at night. She wants no part of being touched but will smear against me and purr. If it moves or crawls around the house or garage in her world it dies and is eaten, well mostly eaten I find remains from time to time.
We have an indoor calico Abigail who showed up as a kitten, you get about 30 seconds with her in your arms to be petted after that all bets are off. She does follow me around and will love and purr and smear on me and sit next to me in my office for hours, but little to no holding. Her and my other cat a tom like to run, play and brawl with each other.
We have male Maine coon Maximus who was abused by owner when he was a kitten and has a crossed eye and bad paw which sweeps out to the left when he walks or runs. He looks like a monitor lizard when walking or running. His previous owner abandoned him in an apartment and the apartment owner asked if I would take him.
He is definitely mine, follows me everywhere, kitchen, bathroom, bed etc... If I am in garage working he is at kitchen door wailing to come outside. He waits for me to get out of the shower in the morning and get dressed and then I say come on Maximus you have the point and he trots off in front of me the whole way to the garage door.
As for the article, really they spent money to study the obvious...
One of my cats is a stray that was living in our yard at the time we moved into our house. My wife is fond of saying she spent two and a half years checking our references. :)
As for the other two, one was a shelter kitty which I got for my wife for our tenth wedding anniversary. The third is the last kitten that the former yard cat gave birth to (she was pregnant at the time we took her in).
Shelter kitty is pretty affectionate, but she does not care for sitting in a lap. She prefers being held on a shoulder, from which vantage point she will smother you in head bonks. Former yard cat, on the other hand, LOVES to be in your lap and will often hop into whichever lap is available. And when she wants to be loved, she will not be denied; in fact, she often will push her head under my hand if she doesn’t think I’ve given her enough attention.
Baby kitty also loves being in a lap, but she won’t always get there on her own. And she does NOT like to be picked up, even though she loves being petted.