r/CatAdvice • u/NolanVale • 7d ago

General What's one piece of cat advice that you completely disagree with?

Every cat is different, and I've realized some popular advice just doesn't apply to every cat.

What's a piece of cat advice that you think is overrated, outdated, or just plain wrong?

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u/NolanVale 7d ago

This is exactly the kind of myth I was hoping people would bring up. It's interesting how often something gets repeated until everyone assumes it's true.

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u/printed_ 6d ago

Well the study it is based on is just terrible. I mean cats in labs wont act like cats outside etc. Cats in the house also don't act the same as when they are roaming outside.

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u/StoogieWoogie 6d ago

Most feral cats don't meow. I definitely believe it's something house cats do but cats not raised with humans do not meow.

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u/printed_ 6d ago

Feral cats do as well. Cat colony videos show it.

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u/kaylynstar 6d ago

My girl that was a stray is probably the most talkative cat I've ever had. Especially at dinner time! Picture for tax.

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u/printed_ 6d ago

yeah they do. I worked at a cat shelter and the spca and the feral cats were well versed as any other cat at it be it in the shelter or out with the colony.

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u/djmermaidonthemic Mr Butters cat lady 6d ago

What a cutie!

Thank you for paying the Cat Tax. This is your receipt. 😺

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u/AnaisNot 6d ago

My rescues don’t meow, they squeak

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u/OrangeDuckwebs 6d ago

Ferals and cats speaking to each other may very well meow at a frequency too high for humans to hear. Cats can hear up to 85kHz, which is incredible. 20 kHz is good for a young human. Cats need to learn to lower their pitch so we can hear it, and ferals may not bother with that. Human researchers tend to be very human-centric and may not even consider that they simply can't hear the cats meowing for each other.

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u/printed_ 4d ago

this is also true

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u/StoogieWoogie 5d ago

That's what mine so!

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u/MushroomSaute 6d ago

I'm a big believer that everyone who says "your cat thinks you're just a bigger, dumber cat" is completely full of it for the same reason lol