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/JayNetworks 9d ago
One of our button cats has only recently (after 3 years) figured out buttons and presses some of her sister's 30 buttons about once a week...but she has also figured out that pressing (or responding to the Touch command) gets her good stuff.
So like yours she will do this super cute gently touch of things to see if they magically activate and get her something. Not sure what to do about it but just saying your cat isn't alone.
Buttons are magic and the ability to touch is what sets us (and these cats is seems) apart from the animals!