Cats have a unique intelligence that often goes underappreciated. Canine cognition has been widely studied, but until recently, most knowledge about how cats think comes from anecdotes shared by cat parents. New research, however, shows cats possess high intelligence and demonstrate it in numerous ways. They can adapt new behaviors to different situations, communicate within social groups, and even respond to training cues.
In a recent article for Animal Wellness Magazine, I took a deep dive into feline cognition.
Click here to read How cats think: the science behind feline cognition.
The photo at the top shows Allegra with her sushi cat puzzle.
Interesting.
I brought Casey the tortie home from one of our company’s gas processing facilities in 2013, to give her a better life, when she was ten. We made sure her last five years of her life were the best.
She spent ten years in a noisy, industrial setting.
She had a brief quarantine in our attached garage, then we brought her in.
I was amazed how quickly she adapted to a new to her home setting. She took just a couple hours to learn the new setting of a home, where things were and routines.
To me, this took a lot of intelligence.