Tricky Kitties!

Hey Elic! My cats Star & Luna already know how to "lie down" and sometimes even "roll over" or "dance"! Luna loves to "dance" when he's happy and I even sing to him! I made up a "Luna dancing on his back song"! He does this when he's happy! They both will lie down on the bed when I ask them too! They happen to be very smart cats! I never had such smart little boys! I have told everyone that I taught Luna to say "mama"! He says it alot, but mostly when I'm alone with him in the bathroom where he first learned to say it! But, a few of my friends have heard him say it while they were at my apartment or on the phone and they get freaked out because he says it very loud and clear that you can't mistake the two syllables of the word m-a-m-a m-a-m-a! It is so amazing to hear! I had another cat named Cougar who said "Ma" and everyone who heard this would freak, so Luna saying the two syllables makes it even more freaky! He comes into the bathroom in the middle of the night when it's really quiet and my bf is sleeping and says "mama" "mama"! And I so wish I had a tape recorder! It is the most amazing thing I've ever heard coming from a cat without a prompt!

I was thinking of teaching them not to jump up on the kitchen counter. Does that count?

My kitten Shadow who is nearly 7 months old now, is a jumper as well, but he can't get as high as my arms. Instead he gets as high as he can, and then tries to climb the rest of the way. Needless to say, I stick my hand under his bottom as fast as I can in order to minimise the leg damage and lift him up the rest of the way to where he wants to get to - my shoulder! My Felix also likes to get up there, but he does not jump, he's a 15 Lb cat so that's a relief, he just rears up with his front paws on my leg and I put my hand under his bottom and lift him up to my shoulder where he lies quite happy. I'll forward that link on to some of my cat owning friends, I'm sure that they'll enjoy it as well.

i've only ever had one that did that-he started doing it on his own one day. my oldest boy has figured out velcro-that's the closest any of them come to a trick right now.he systematically rips his refilled mice open and dumps out the catnip for himself i guess it comes in handy having big double-toed feet!

aawww! how sweet. yes i know cats can learn all kinds of things. they are really smart. i had cats for years and they all had things they could do that was hard to believe. i used to think they were smater then dogs till i started having dogs around all the time. now i know most animals are especially smart if you pay attention to them.

I say it again - you're hilarious! The idea of a cat suddenly flying toward me out of nowhere is rather unsettling. I bet they love doing it first thing in the morning!

Lol Elic, it has to be a case of whether you are ready or not I am coming so catch me lol No I never really taught my Cats any Tricks as such but they had their own lol

Well Hun, I am allergic to cats so I don't have any. I have a small shihtzu named Katie and she can do some pretty cool tricks though! Most dogs can do tricks, it's in their blood or something!

Hi Doll My son has taught his cat loads of tricks He will sit on command like a dog.. He is so smart... He also only sleeps where he is allowed to sleep so his fur is not all over... Need to teach my cats that. I have signed off wearing black pants because they are sure to have hair all over them before I can get out the door!! lol xoxoxoxoxo

hello there tamone can eat out of his paws thats what my daughter told me but i have not seen anything else and i am from Australia

Isn't that just the best thing? We have a kitty (Gus) who does that!! He and Sam (our two latest rescues who are now about 7 mos old) race around the house and jump into the air going at each other and bump chests (well, it looks like that is what they are doing anyway) and then continue racing around the house! Just so cool! We also have a cat who fetches (goes gets the little ball, brings it back and drops it in your hand when he is in his fetch game mode). Too cool. None of ours were taught to do anything, they just do what comes naturally. Never knew you could teach a cat tricks.... the ones I grew up with and have now are awfully independent and do what they want to when they want to instead of what we want them to do when we want them to do it!! LOLOLOL

Hi Elic, One of my cats is a bit old and she likes nothing better to sit on my hubby's lap and sleep but my other cat Tom hates me picking him up but I always do, much to his disgust but he lets me fuss with him till I put him down then he leggs it out the room, lol. Tamara

I have a kitten that is just over three months old and he is a handful! I am trying to teach him to jump on my lap using treats and it works for around 30 seconds because he’ll jump up, grab the treat and jump down again! He seems too busy watching for things he can play rather than focus on being trained to do anything. The only thing he’s learnt is to jump into his carrier bag and wait for me to zip it up! Aside from that we’re not doing too well and I have little control over him...

I've taught Precious to like his leash. He'll act like a big baby sometimes about it, but he usually will let us attach it without complaint. I've also taught him to sit in front of closed doors if he wants in or out of them as well. So my cat does know a few "tricks". Cats really are very smart creatures in that respect.

My cat likes to go airborne chasing after a ball of paper. She also likes to take a flying leap off the rocking recliner in an attempt to get in front of us on our way into the bathroom. I suppose her biggest trick is annoying us so much that we feed her or give her treats just to shut her up.

That sounds neat! I have always heard that you can teach cats how to do some pretty neat things. They are very smart, they are just independant.