¿Los GATOS tienen RECUERDOS? 😼💡🤷🏻‍♂️❓ | ¿Se acuerdan de ti tras un tiempo sin verte?

Totoro, behave yourself today in the recording because you always make me look bad in front of these people. Hello, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. Well, I don't know what's been happening to you lately with this topic. You've asked me about it a lot, and the truth is that I can't stop seeing things related to it. I found it very interesting because people want to know if their cats remember things, places, or even their own families and for how long. That's why I decided to make this video. Well, for that reason, and because people ask me about it directly in Instagram messages. Let's go. But before I forget, if you like these types of videos, what you have to do is subscribe to our channel and hit the bell so that YouTube will notify you every time we upload a new one. That way you won't miss any. Well, I've done some research on the subject, because the truth is that I find it fascinating, and I've found quite a few scientific articles. I'll leave them all below so you can read them if you want, and so you too can catch this excitement of investigating. Okay, I know no one else is going to do it. Well, so how long does your cat remember things? Will they remember us or their home after a long time without seeing it? Well, to try to explain all this, we have a scientific study where cats were placed in front of bowls of food. All four had food, but the cats were only allowed to eat from two. After this, the cats were removed and left for 15 minutes without seeing the bowls. When they were allowed back into the room, surprisingly, the cats knew which bowls they had eaten from. They didn't return to those and went straight to the other two, where they did know there was food and that therefore they could fill their bellies. Again, they repeated the experiment, and this time the cats were only given two bowls of food. The others either had nothing or something inedible and they let them eat one. They let the cats out for 15 minutes, and when they let them back in the room, they could clearly recognize the only bowl that still had food, so they would go straight for it. This is very important because cats remember which bowl had food and where it was placed. It's a tool that they use very often when they can go outside and walk around your neighborhood or an open area. They know exactly which areas they have to go to eat, where they have hunted some prey or something like that, and which ones they shouldn't Go to. As you can see, according to these studies, your cat can perfectly remember where you keep its food. What's more, it can perfectly remember where you keep yours, if you've ever given it to it. But 100% of the cats reacted like this. Obviously not in all the studies, it's not 100% of the animals. There's always a larger group of animals that react, and that's why the rest are extrapolated. Another interesting thing is that in another study, they wanted to see if cats remembered the obstacles in front of the feeder. What they did was put a kind of small wall that the cats could jump over in front of the feeder. They let the cat get close and clear it with its front paws. And when they were eating, they suddenly removed the wall. What happened then? When the cats had to continue on their way, the wall was gone. But they remembered it and made a more exaggerated movement with their back paws as if to try to clear it. Most of the cats did this, and that means they remembered perfectly that there was something in front of the feeder that they needed to jump over. However, cats memories aren't always so good. What happens if instead of doing the experiment with food, we do it with something else? Well, in these cases, their memory is going to be a pain, right? Well, in these cases, their memory doesn't last very long. There is a study where they placed a toy or something that caught their attention under four boxes. The truth is that cats could only remember where the Object was for 30 seconds, and in most cases never more than a minute. That means that cats learn not only through observation, but also if they fill their bellies, because in that case they could not eat the object and therefore did not pay much attention to it. So cats remember things much better when they have received a positive experience, when they have received feedback, and most of the time that feedback comes as a surprise with food. In addition, studies have also shown that cats learn much more when they are young. It happens to them a bit like it does to us. When they are young, they do not have as much trouble remembering, especially if they have these good experiences associated with them. As they get older, it is more difficult for them to internalize all this. And what is all this good for? How can you apply it in your home with your cat? If you want your cat to do something and repeat it, you should always try to reward it with food so that it can establish that behavior. And the opposite is true. If your cat behaves in a way that you don't like, don't distract it with food, because that will help it repeat the behavior over and over again. For example, when your cat wakes you up at night, if you get up and feed it, your cat will say, oh, perfect. That way I know when my human has to feed me because he loves getting up and putting something in my dish. Well, I've already told you this on this channel, but here it's proven with papers. There's a study that says that cats react more effusively, with much more affection when their families are away from home for much longer. They know how to recognize their families, and when they see them, they throw a party her more and run over their legs more. Obviously, not all cats, because, for example, Snowy doesn't do that. But cats do remember their families and also remember their homes because they can perfectly place where each of the things were. So if you were worried that when you returned from vacation, your cat wouldn't recognize you, now you know that you don't have to worry anymore, because whenever you put a bowl full of food for your cat, it will perfectly remember who you are. But it doesn't remember you simply because you live with it. Well, that's the big question. Does it remember you because of the experiences you've had together? Your cat plays with you, is with you, and is comfortable. That's why it gradually establishes that knowledge in its head, that memory in its head. I don't know, but it seems like a bit of a basic study, doesn't it? The way they have of trying to figure out how a cat. I'm not very convinced, Jose. Jose argues with science. No, I'm not arguing with science, but I do say that we draw very big conclusions from such a specific particular event. Of course, that's why. That's the problem that many times we try to transfer our concept of people into their memories to a cat. It's very difficult because you ask the person and the person answers you. You can't ask a cat. You have to evaluate them in another way. So what do you think about this type of study? I think that food. Well, we all know that that food is the way to make your cat repeat something and always respond, I think so. They do have memories. Another thing is that cats sometimes ignore you and say, well, what you have in your hands there doesn't interest me. Or when you have food, you say, okay, now I do. I think it's more that it's not that they remember or not that they're simply only interested in the food. Well, but they remember that the food is there, right Remember where your bowl is. That's a memory, right? Or the sound of the package is conditioning. But the same goes for remembering many other things. They just ignore it. Yes, but that's something you can't know. We can't ask the cat. Sure, but then you can't draw those conclusions. You can draw the. That's why I'm talking about studies. There will be other people who will tell you. Yes, cats remember because they don't. According to studies, cats remember better with food involved. And that's why if you reward them with food they can, the cat will reinforce that idea much better, because they'll be expecting the food. That's it. I'm talking about studies, I'm talking about science, I'm not talking about things that I made up. I see it all very lukewarm. My conclusion. Well, their conclusion is established. They'll start with homeopathy soon, I'm telling you. And this means that they see us humans simply as openers of cans of food or fillers of bowls with feedback. Well, listen, I'll leave that up to you to draw your own conclusions, but the data is there, okay? I don't want to say one way or the other, or, yes, that your cat loves you very much, but only as long as there's food involved. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with everyone. Also remember that we also have a secondary channel here on YouTube called Questions and Answers from a Veterinarian. And I'm also a little happy today because today we're celebrating three years on the channel. Well, it's not really today, It's Sunday the 15th. The 15th. To celebrate with all of you. In addition to this video, we're going to do a live broadcast here on YouTube on Sunday the 16th. And that way we'll be chatting for a while in the afternoon, at the same time as always, at the same time that we publish the videos. Well, in the afternoon in Spain, in the morning in Latin America. And today we meet Rigel and Vega, who are two siblings from a litter of a kitten that they rescued pregnant from the street and live with Gerardo. And these two little ones are Tigraton, one year old, and Dubai, three months old, who live with Nuria and who surely don't let her get bored for a single moment. And Patricia lives with Arturo, the black kitten, and Ginebra, the white one. She says that she's also breaking gender with the names here. Thank you very much for following the happy pets and Families channel and I'll see you in the next video. Do you look sleepy? Yes. And I don't know how to change the sleepy face. No, no, not at all. Don't you think this looks a bit awkward? I don't think so. I really don't think so. But if off camera, I would be proving right. No, that's a lie. If never. Yes, you said yes. That's what I was telling you yesterday. I don't know what. No, what I was telling you yesterday was to ask me these questions during the video so that your point of view could be seen. Remember yesterday I told you you should provide all these contributions so that we can have a kind of dialogue that is not just one study, but a lot of studies that have been proven. Okay, I want to clarify here that the dark circles you have under your eyes are the strange backlighting we have today. You're getting very creative here. And I was very comfortable on my couch. Bye. I'm leaving. Friends.