How do cats distinguish between "owners" and "others"? So they are so smart!

Pet     8:21am, 4 June 2025

There is a way for cats to recognize their owners. They do not completely disagree with their owners. They can identify "owners" and "others" in some unique ways. After reading this, they think cats are really smart!

Ⅰ, The sound of speaking through the owner, the cat has a very sensitive hearing, and the range of Hertz they can hear is much larger than that of humans.

The master can distinguish between the master and other people through the voice and way he speaks. Research shows that cats can distinguish their owners from others through tone and speaking. After all, cats are very clear about the tone, tone, and speed of their owners speaking.

So the cat can know whether you are praising it or scolding it. When the owner's voice is heard, the cat's reaction will be more intense and its brain will be more active.

Ⅱ, the speed of walking through the owner

In addition to sound, the cat can also identify the owner by walking speed and rhythm. After all, cats have strong perception ability.

The owner's footsteps are very familiar to the cats, and they can accurately distinguish the owner's footsteps from the other people's footsteps.

Every day when you get home from get off work, you will find that the cat is waiting at the door early. You can see the cat as soon as you open the door. This is because the cat hears your footsteps.

Ⅲ, through the smell of the owner, the cat has a very good nose and a great sense of smell. They can remember the smell of the owner.

Cats can accurately distinguish the body odor and fragrance of their owners. This recognition method is an innate instinct for cats and is also one of the important means for them to distinguish between "owners" and "others".

Cats often rub against you, and they also want to leave their own scent on you, so that you know that you are the owner. There is a cat smell on your body, and the cat can smell it.

Ⅳ, Identify the owner through appearance

Although cats are myopic and still have weak color, they can still identify the owner through appearance information.

Although the owner's facial features cannot be clearly seen, the cat can identify the owner through its owner's body shape, hairstyle and other characteristics. Although this recognition method is not the main method, it also provides important reference information for cats to distinguish between "owners" and "others". Moreover, by spending a long time with the owner, the cat can remember the owner's body movements and form memories.

Cats identify their owners and others in a combination of ways to judge them together.

If you want the cat to remember you as your owner quickly, you can do these two more things:

(1) The pet owner interacts with the cat more and can enhance the relationship with the cat, and use some snacks as aid, and the effect will be better. It can increase cats' enthusiasm for playing.

(2) The pet owner feeds the cat more often. The cat knows that you are its food and clothing parent, and will regard the person who feeds it as its owner. The cat pesters you to eat every day, which proves that you have succeeded. Cats are carnivorous animals and have high requirements for protein. Pet owners are best to choose a cat food with high meat content for the cat as the staple food, which can meet the cat's basic nutritional needs.