Backstage Country

LISTEN LIVE

Cats Reaction To Sound Of Their Name

When you say your feline friend’s name, they will react. If they ignore you, kitty is in a mood! A new study says cats do respond when you call their…

LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 18: A stray kitten is posed for a photograph at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home on August 18, 2009 in London, England. Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is seeing a sharp rise in the number of cats requiring a home with 143 of the 145 shelter’s pens full. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

When you say your feline friend's name, they will react.

If they ignore you, kitty is in a mood!

A new study says cats do respond when you call their name. It's not so much that they know what the name means, but they associate the sound with getting food, treats or affection.

Since cats hear their names a lot, it becomes special to them.  This is the first experimental evidence that shows cats can differentiate the words we say.

Now if we could only know what they are thinking!