What is the breed of your cat and how smart is it?

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Along time ago my parents had a cat (probably tabby) and we could play Hide and Seek. We are thinking of getting a cat in the future, may be in a year time or later. So please tell me about your cats. The reason why I am asking is because tabby breed is not amongst the 10 smartest cats in the world purrfectcatbreeds.com/top-10-cats/top-10-smartest-cat-breeds/ but for us he was quite smart. So I wonder whether the cats in the link are really that smart. I guess they are also very pricey.

I have a black & white moggy, a rescue so I don't know his history.
He's thicker than the thickest thing ever invented. We bought a 'How Clever Is Your Cat?' book (yes I know, not proper science but even so), he came out as 'slow, needs extra help', which is about right.
He regularly forgets what he's doing halfway through doing it, he can't recognise himself, or even the fact that there's a cat, in the mirror (apparantly this is a good indicator if cat intelligence, the ability to see a cat in the mirror, Pickle doesn't even see the mirror), he regularly misjudges distances & gets stuck in gaps or falls over. In other words, super super thick. But I adore him, he's my best man, and my baby boy (2 of his many names), he cuddles me with his arms round my neck and I love him to bits.
You will love your pet, whether it's clever or a thicko, cats are brilliant, whatever their IQ.

Both are bengals and are smart.
They love to climb and meow incredibly loudly at stupid o clock
They're just not very sociable

I have a male Siamese....Blue Point. He is incredibly bright...can open doors, get out his food and tangle with it till' the bag opens. He can tap me gently with one paw until I do as I am told. He can go in his litter tray without putting ONE paw in the gravel....he can have a conversation...he always responds with a meow when you speak to him.

He's elegant to look at but terribly clumsy....Siamese often are.

Oh yes and he also "guard cats" which means he growls when someone he doesn't know knocks at the door but if it's someone he DOES know then he meows happily.

If I sit at the table for coffee with friends, he takes a chair too and sits with us, joining in the conversation.

I have one tabby - thick as pig shit.

Tortoise shell - very clever, sure she can talk human, but too clever to involve herself in tricks to amuse humans

Ragdoll - I think he's rather intelligent as he can tell when DS is about to have a seizure, but doesn't do tricks.

feral tuxedo kitten - not sure to be honest. She's a baby.

Siamese - she's, well, she's not the sharpest crayon in the packet...I can keep her entertained for ages by waving a hair bobble at her and then making it disappear by putting it on my wrist...right in front of her, while she's watching, repeatedly, every day, for 11 years. She also has never worked out that running into your seat as you're actually sitting down isn't the best idea.

My tabby moggy on the other hand can open internal doors by hooking her paw in the corner of them, even when they're definitely properly closed - I've watched her do it and still can't work out how it's possible.

She also opens bags of cat food if her bowl is running low, though I suspect that's more independent than clever, lol

The Lion - Long haired custard ginger tabby. Dim. Very dim.
The Snowshoe - Type of siamese. Quite bright.

We were talking about cats and mirrors this morning, I was cuddling one of ours in front of a mirror and commented to DH how neither of them seems to even notice there's another cat in the mirror, let alone recognise herself. Ours are rescue moggie sisters BTW, one B&W one tortie. I don't think they are particularly bright, but they don't get into scrapes, don't demand much attention and generally amuse themselves most of the time, easy cats to live with. The tortie is a real explorer and climber though, but incredibly delicate, rarely knocks anything over.

We have a large ginger. He's really not very bright.

His favourite way to torment me is to climb on the roof of the car for a snooze shortly before I need to drive somewhere. Then refuse to budge.

He won't get off even if I start the car up and slowly start moving. I'm sure one day I'm going to be the crazy person who arrives at the supermarket with a fat ginger cat on the roof.

I often have to resort to a broom to get him off. He then attacks the broom. Really not very bright.

I cant believe that article doesn't mention Siamese - they are normally bright, chatty and into everything.

Mmmmm, then I got my rescue Siamese. It's taken 18 months of patient playing with him. He fetches me to let him out or get him food, he scrapes at his mat to "cover" the bowl if the food is not to his liking, if I don't let him out he howls at me, if my DS has displeased him he destroys staircarpets, he finds the warmest place in the house - usually the clean laundry pile. Outside he knows all the sun traps. He plays with his (toy) spiders and brings them to me to throw again. He is not the brightest cat and is quite heavy when he jumps but luffs him to bits now.

A moggie she is thick!

Prof

Yes, mine are both boys. Very confident, very talkative, but so daft they get into mischief doing the silliest of things !

Couldn't be trusted to go outside at all. I'm sure they would both find a lovely sunny spot on a road, and just lay down for a snooze.

I have a pedigree Tonkinese, which originates from a Siamess / Burmese mix and they are fabulous cats, they are vocal, funny, affectionate and very clever. I'd recommend the breed to anyone, in fact I'm on the breeders waiting list for another tonk next summer

Do other people's cats understand television? Mine doesn't get it at all:

Springalong - I love my Siamese, she's chatty, extremely affectionate and still very playful.

She's just not very bright, lol.

I accidentally stood on her tail this morning, she hissed at the dog...who was 3 feet away, in completely the opposite direction to her tail.

I had a savannah. No. 3 on that list. She was very bright and dog like - in fact I trained her to come to a whistle. She loved water and was very socialible once she warmed up to people. Lovely cat with a beautiful coat and a very good hunter. Really vocal too. She'd also grab my ankle to try to stop me leaving the house.

I was lucky to have her as she was taunting the cat that she lived with making it miserable (things like sitting on the other cats head when it was snoozing, or lying in wait then pouncing on it) so my friend rehomed her with me. I dread to think how much she'd have cost me.

If I ever get another cat it will be a black cat from a rescue centre. Black cats are the hardest to rehome apparently.

Great photo tranquil
She's beautiful and maybe just thinks you would prefer to look at her.

tabulahrasa that is sooo funny. Poor dog!

Siarie - I've always thought ragdolls look fantastic.

We have a fat ginger. Definitely NOT super smart. He's not totally thick, but I'd call him placid and friendly rather than dynamic and engaged. He's also king of the neighbourhood and terrorises all the other cats.

We had a black and white cat as children. Smartest cat ever. Particularly amusing to watch him manipulate our (admittedly not very smart) dogs into doing whatever he wanted - play, give up their spot on the bed/couch, leave the room etc. Endlessly entertaining for the rest of us. The only thing he never understood was that his tail was attached to him. He was always chasing it, biting it and getting a shock when he felt the pain!

Mine aren't on the list. But I've owned Devon Rex cats, which I think are quite similar to Cornish Rex (on the list) and I've found them to be very intelligent. More like dogs, though. They even wag their tails (in a happy way). But, my! They're a handful in their youth, and even beyond. Like overgrown toddlers.

Currently own a ragdoll. Who is the silliest, and common sense lacking, cat breed we've ever encountered! She's also the loveliest and most beloved by the family.

If you can, optimistic, a Sphynx would be lovely. They're very intelligent and have lovely furry (vaguely furry, that is) skin like peaches.

"Ragdolls.

Thicker than cold, lumpy custard."

Very true, MrsVamos!

This thread has made me laugh a lot

God I love cats

My black and white moggy once attempted to jump through the kitchen window....... when it was shut it was like in those cartoons where you see a flattened face slowly slide down the glass. Dd and I still laugh about that now poor puss (but it was very funny ) to his credit he didn't try again.

Think my girl tortie is slightly brighter but saying that she has still managed to fall out of a tree more than once.

My lovely tortie girl

2 black moggies, one is smart enough to survive in the wild (next village) when lost last winter. The other doesn't realise that there's no point having all 4 paws in the litter tray if his arse is hanging over the side.

One of my cats is black with black stripes. Does that make him tabby? I don't think he's particularly clever though, just a regular cat. His sister (grey with grey stripes) is very precious and entitled, does that count?

Grey cat with grey stripes sometimes demands that we tuck the curtain behind the radiator for her, to make a little heated cat hammock. She also insists on a ramekin of water on the coffee table, when everyone else is having a drink.