weird(ish) cat question...

[KatyMan]

One of our cats came to us through a friend; she belonged to the friends parents, but they're in their 80s now and really can't take care of a cat so we agreed to take her in. She's 10 years old, not very social and hates other cats, so she lives in our converted garage room (by choice, it's a nice room, a/c and heat, etc, kind of a guest room). Anyway, since she stays out there all the time, sometimes I put music on for her, the BBC3 radio station on our AppleTV device, just to keep her company. Here's my weird question: every once in a while she'll come out of her room and look for me, and then sit and look at me. I'll get up and go toward her and she leads me back to her room (you know, she walks a few steps, looks back to make sure I'm following, etc) and we almost always end up in front of the TV in the room where the music comes from. Am I weird in thinking she's asking me to turn on the music? Because she'll lead me to her food bowl if I don't fill it in a timely fashion, so why can't she be asking for BBC3 as well? Am I anthropomorphizing too much?

Signed,

Confused Cat Carer in Katy

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Very interesting! I would say you might be right. I'd turn it on every time she 'asks' and see if

that pattern holds.

[KatyMan]

2. it does,

I've been thinking this for months now and paying attention to it like a scientist!

[KatyMan]

3. she came out a bit ago with her 'request'

which prompted me to post, as I've been wondering for a while now. So I posted. Then, I look over and she's back out again and I'm thinking, Dang it Zoe, you messed up my theory. Except when I followed her to the room this time, the AppleTV had rebooted itself and the music was no longer playing. I swear this isn't some kind of Oscar type thread!

[Skittles]

4. coud be

perhaps she finds it calming

I have to say, I hate it when I am awakened with that cat leading stuff (inevitably to the food bowl, for NEW food) - my cat practically criss-crosses underneath me and I just know one day I will take a tumble

[Arkansas Granny]

5. It sounds to me like the kitty is doing a good job of training you.

It happens. They find ways to communicate if we just pick up on the signals. Cats are very attentive to body language so it only stands to reason that she would use it to tell you what she wants.

[mnhtnbb]

6. Not weird at all.

There are studies showing that classical music calms dogs. Why wouldn't that
apply to cats, too? Our indoor/outdoor cats would go sit by the door when
they wanted out. They would also sit by food bowls when they wanted them filled. I'd go with the notion
she likes the music and wants you to turn it on.

[JeffHead]

7. Have you confused your cat lately?

You know to shake it out of it's state of comlpacency.

[Arugula Latte]

8. Teh kittees iz smart.

[rug]

9. If she does the same thing when her bowl's empty, bingo!

[marzipanni]

10. She's trying to tell you, "Radio is good,

Cat DVDs are great!"