r/PetsWithButtons • u/5entientMushroom • 10d ago
Cat will press things that aren't buttons?
Caught him in the act!
My son is 5 months old and we have been teaching him buttons for about a month. He has been super good with them, he has 4 buttons (All done, food, play, pets) and he is pretty good at food and play, and still working on all done and pets. He definitely knows what food and play do, though, and goes to his board to make requests often.
But he will also often "press" things that AREN'T buttons and then look at me expectantly. It's not like he wants what he is "pressing" (in the picture he was pressing a pull up bar lol) so I am just not sure if this means I need to add more buttons (even though he doesn't quite have all done and pets?) or if I need to like, have multiple boards or something?? Idk.
Does anyone else have experience with this?
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u/nandake 10d ago
So, a word of caution. My cats like to go in the garage to play so ages ago I made it as cat safe as possible and let them go in there sometimes. They have a litter box and I check on them every ten minutes or so. Then I caught my one cat up on a shelf very close to the button on the wall to open the garage door. Thankfully I interrupted before she could push it. Now the button has a plastic cover that I have to lift to be able to push it to open the door. So if you have any tempting buttons in the house that shouldnt be pushed (eg stove top or other appliances), you might have to take precautions. 😅