Do cats pretend they are people?

Do cats pretend they are people? Consider Anya. She is a half-Siamese
kitty who is full-grown, and just less than a year old. When her owner
steps out of the shower and turns off the water, she steps into the wet
bathtub, shakes her feet a little bit, and then just sits there facing

Helen Miles...

Miss Lily Whiskers gets into the shower with me and meows at me while I
shower. Presumably she's supervising to make sure I bathe properly.
Either that or she's telling me that most normal cats don't get
deliberately wet. ;)

Helen M

jmcquown...

Persia walks along the edge of the tub yelling at me. Hey, get out of
there! Don't you know you're getting wet?! She won't dare jump in there
with me. And when I get out she licks my legs to help me dry off. She
wouldn't deign to act like a person. She's too far above that.

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)...

Count yourself lucky! A friend of mine had a (long-haired)
cat who was absolutely mesmerized by water. (She'd often
find him posed motionless over a mud puddle, outdoors.) If
she forgot to shut the bathroom door when she took a bath,
he was right there on the edge of the tub, bending over
further and further until... SPLASH! (And she'd have to use
her towel to dry him off, while she dripped all over the floor.)

the showerhead for about five minutes. What is she thinking? When
Anya's owners ask her to "do a summersault," she usually complies. She
will tip her head down to the rug, and then roll over. She seems to
like to please her owner. One day her owner was fooling around with 360
degree pirouettes, like dancers do. Anya saw that, and then turned
around exactly 360 degrees two separate times within a few minutes. -

- Jeff

Outsider...

They're not?!