@@BilliSpeaks also noticed you didn't put her outside coat on, so obviously it was your fault, you didn't do the ritual correctly to appease the door gods
We tend to stick the human ways of communication on any animal we encounter. Maybe you don't want to know this but cats cannot communicate with people in the way we want them to... We just really want to think they do ;)
@@whatarewedoinghere42 evolution occurs in little steps and therefore we have no reason to believe the human brain is fundamentally different from the animal brain beyond that we can communicate well with other humans and think certain thoughts more efficiently
@@ZentaBon Unfortunately not everyone believes we’re animals and so don’t quite get that non-human animals have also evolved in an intelligent way. Cats and dogs started to evolve with us at a point and therefore learn from us. We have a larger vocabulary but it’s still word association so to some level it’s the same for them. They have feelings and thoughts too. They even dream. The world is a different place to people who don’t believe in or understand evolution or understand we’re animals and evolved from animals of an intelligence that once matched dog and cats. Not saying they’re stupid, just taught differently. But I feel there’s a lot of lost potential for understanding the living world around us (and our prehistory).
I was thinking that myself. It reminded me of when Bunny heard the sound of waves lapping underneath her home and signed "noise," and IIRC her mom signed "water."
@@kirstinmccarty8920 we'd say "outside water" is better Like when they taught primates sign language they spontaneously used "water bird" to mean a duck Billi understands "outside", she understands "water", so "outside water" she should understand. "Rain" is too specific really 🤔
I always felt my cats were saying to me 'human, change the weather, do something!' My childhood cat would meow to go out in the middle of winter, walk outside and immediately back in meowing. He was really hoping every day it would be different and WHY we were doing this to him!
My cats like to try each door to see if the weather is different outside the other ones. The first time my cat saw rain he kept meowing at me, I'm pretty sure he wanted me to turn off the sky like I do the shower when he sneaks in.
My dad’s cat would meow and hit whoever opened the door if it was raining or cold, lol. He’d smack whoever it was on the ankle or calf, then he’d go sulk in the back bedroom. Then he’d come back 20 minutes later or so, demanding to go out again and do it all over again. It always made me laugh, which annoyed him even more.
Ние сме смели, но не чак толкова. 我们很大胆，但没有那么大胆。 Jsme odvážní, ale ne tak odvážní. Vi er modige, men ikke så modige. We zijn moedig, maar niet zo moedig. Me oleme julged, kuid mitte nii julged. Olemme rohkeita, mutta emme niin rohkeita. Nous sommes audacieux, mais pas à ce point. Wir sind mutig, aber nicht so mutig. Είμαστε τολμηροί αλλά όχι τόσο τολμηροί. Merészek vagyunk, de nem annyira. Siamo audaci, ma non così audaci. 私たちは大胆ですが、そこまで大胆ではありません。 Mēs esam drosmīgi, bet ne tik drosmīgi. Esame drąsūs, bet ne tokie drąsūs. Jesteśmy odważni, ale nie aż tak. Somos ousados, mas não tão ousados. Suntem îndrăzneți, dar nu atât de îndrăzneți. Мы смелые, но не настолько. Sme odvážni, ale nie až tak. Smo drzni, vendar ne tako zelo. Somos audaces, pero no tanto. Vi är djärva men inte så djärva. Boy. DeepL gets better and better. I'm waiting for Korean to translate MayTree comments. =)
@@gremerson Pretty cool 👍🏻 I recognize Danish, Dutch, French, German and Swedish. I am guessing Russian, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Japanese and Vietnamese as well. What are the rest?
You'd think she'd be able to hear the raindrops. Though then again, perhaps she hasn't been out in the rain enough to get a good idea of what that sound indicates.
Also, I like to look outside through an open door and get a breath of fresh air even when it's raining. "Outside" is still a valid request even if you're not going to go out into it. You can look, hear, sniff from the door. It's not she didn't know it was raining necessarily.
Also the air pressure drops during rain too I can actually feel that change in air pressure too, so know when it's gonna rain soon. When I say it's gonna rain, people trust me cos I've never been wrong (Fun fact: I taught myself this ability, didn't always have it)
Who else gasped like a little girl hearing Billi meow again too? It is rare but its like seeing a baby talk the first time, everytime lol This has to be one of my favorites, this was such a cute moment~
I dream one day Billi vernacular will become commonplace. Attorney: Your honour my client was outside later at the time of the crime. Plantiff: Oops. Defendant: Mad.
Aw, poor baby. Reminds me of the time our old kitty Sam (still with us, but he's now almost 17), saw it was snowing from the back door, so he went to the front door, fully expecting it to be sunshine and rainbows. It was not. XD
I remember once when my girl was about a year and a half old she meowed wanting to go out in early Autumn. I opened the door to our typical seasonal downpour only for her to stare up into the sky for a few seconds before turning to stare into my face and demandingly meow. I swear by her tone she was saying something like "Make the rain go away! You're the human, you can do ANYTHING! I want to go lay out in the garden like I did in summer, do it!".
When I was a child, I demanded my father tell me what is behind the end of the universe. He said: "I don't know!" and I didn't believe him and thought he just didn't want to tell me.
@@johannageisel5390 I still take to my mom who is 80 and I want her to know a tactic or action that woukd help with this situation. I know that she us unlikely to know this but I want her to tell me how to do it successfully.
@@johannageisel5390 What if they got secret knowledge in they dreams which is to terrifying to share with others so they keep the burden to allow you a peaceful life?
My cat is the same. He needs to check both doors on opposite side of the house, in case it doesn't rain on that side. Seeing it through the window or the insect screen isn't the same as actually feeling it. He also looks up and meows, asking us to turn it off. I guess that comes from seeing us control the shower and the faucet?
I don’t know about the faucet business, but my cat often needs a front door and back door check on the rain situation. (But she might not be totally nuts because when the wind picks up, one side of the house is definitely wetter than the other.)
@@johannageisel5390 my cat was an outdoor cat her whole life (of course she was in the house with us mostly at nights or during rainy or cold weather), but she still acted a bit weird when it came to rainy days. If she wanted to go outside and it was wet she stood in the open door, staring outside, thinking, looking at me, staring outside again and then maybe go outside in a hurry, just to get to the next bush to avoid the rain xD when she got old she mostly stayed inside when it was raining. But I still wonder if she had to see the rain, or maybe how much it rained, before deciding if she wanted to go outside, I mean she must have heard the rain, because cats do hear so much better than humans 🤔
When I was a kid I had a fearless cat that absolutely loved the rain. We don’t get rain often in SoCal, but when we did she would meow her head off until my mom would take her and I into the backyard
I have an older cat I adopted when his elder mom was put into an assisted living home. He's a water cat, loves splashing in the tub or sink and being with me in the garden. He lays in the sprinkler and plays in the mud. Makes him happy, he's about 13 or 14 and been with me 3 years now.
I had a cat who used to jump into the kitchen sink whenever I turned the tap on. He would bite the water coming out of the faucet. He also loved the garden hose. He was quite the character. I used to have to shut him out of the kitchen to do dishes.
My cat (Bless his soul he passed away yesterday) hated being outside when it was snowing but he always wanted to go out when it was raining and he loved it. He walked through puddles as if they didn't even exist and he would just make this small back twitch to get the rain off him.
I notice that you can be in another room and she still uses her buttons to communicate. It must be so frustrating for cats lacking the ability to use audible language like their humans, we know their meows are their way to attempt to communicate with us, but that doesn’t give them a large vocabulary. My cats use the, “find Mom and yell at her until she follows me”, kind of communication. Which is then followed by the, “make Mom guess what I want” and the, “no, that is wrong, I will go get Dad”. Oh, of course, Billi believes you can fix the weather outside, I am sure she understands that you adjust the thermostat indoors; my petite Siamese mix knows the sound of the furnace and races to lay on the register to get warm. Likewise, my house panther (a previously feral sleek black Siamese mix) loves his open window, but seems to appreciate food, shelter and all the amenities we can provide.
Sometimes cats will develop a reasonably developed vocabulary of vocalizations and body language. I can tell, generally, what a certain meow means for my cat (her name is Patina). For instance, I've noticed that a staccato "yip" is always a demand, something to be heeded this instant. Other qualities determine what the demand is. A very high pitched and somewhat breathy staccato yip indicates Patina's desire to hop onto my lap, so I need to sit back NOW to allow access.
Mine uses a combination of meows and "pointing" behavior. She'll meow to get our attention, and then nod at what's bothering her, which can be anything from a shingle blown off the roof to her empty food bowl.
i grew up having dogs around the house, but i’ve always wanted to have a cat, too-the only problem i got is everyone in the family hates cats except me. i remember saving a kitten stuck in a pipe back when i was a lot younger and fed her until she finally gained strength and let her go. now, i keep summoning stray cats every time they hear the gate opening, one of which always leave a chicken bone at the front that i wonder where she got it from because i give her cat food. my mum just really hates because it’s always “dirty” outside, but i told her that the cat must be sparing me her food just to let me know she’s grateful. this one just proves it; i was rushed in the er this year because i attempted again. after weeks of recovering and finally got an approval to be discharged, when i got back, the stray cat was in front of the house. she kept purring and purring whilst she kneads on my clothes.
my cat will go outside, get wet, come back inside and yell at me because it's wet... then immediately go outside again so i'm sure he can relate to billi here
When my cats blame me for the weather, I own it. I explain how we need rain so the crops grow and so the world gets washed clean every so often, and how it's inconvenient but important and needed. Then they give me the equivalent of the "mad" button. =)
I was just reminded by her meow why it felt so weird: she simply doesn't have to... usually So she had something on her mind buttons could not express.
Oh, the agony when you FINALLY open the door & the cat sees that it's not fit weather for man nor beast! That lo-o-o-ong pause on the threshold; that petrified stance of stunned disbelief; the violent recoil from the traitorous doorway! Oh, the agony! 😿
Just found this channel. I am in totes shock and awe about this cat making up understandable sentences with the buttons! And in hysterics reading all the comments from all the cat owners all over the world!! 😂😂😂 Also fascinated by the owner trying to keep up with what Billi is saying to her! We are now maid and butler to a stray that appeared about six years ago. He’s gone from distressed and highly defended to a Very Good Boy. A few interesting things though - he does not know how to play. He either thinks he is being attacked or he becomes overwhelmed by his own sense of excitement very quickly and then runs and hides. So we no longer try and play with him because it appears stressful to him, therefore is not in fact ‘play’ to him. He also does not like treats - he doesn’t seem to understand what they are and just looks at me like “Wtf? Where’s my whole bowl of REAL food??” He also asks for food and attention in *exactly* the same way, so daily we have to work out what he wants!! But after six years, we’ve nearly cracked it! 😂
@@FirebladesSong One of my friends has a cat that is supremely dumb when it comes to everything but food. When it comes to food, though, he suddenly turns into a genius...
Just keep on your cat's good side and you'll be fine. I find treating my cat as a roommate makes us both the happiest (mutual respect), but treating a cat as THE BOSS also works.
Maybe "ear" wasn't a mistake? Maybe she could feel the vibrations of the sounds and it was another way to say "noise"? Or maybe it a change in ear pressure due to the rain? Or maybe it was just a mistake, I've no idea. haha
Who knows! I think it was just a mistake, but she might have been trying to tell me something I just didn’t pick up on. I’ve messed up enough times learning other languages that I always leave my mind open 😂
My pet rats were the same when I would put a little harness on them to have them outside. They'd be all curious about the smells then the second they get rain on them they're just "Human why? Why u do dis?"
Wow, watching her have multiple word conversations with you now is kind of stunning. I always knew my cats understood a LOT of what I'm saying when I talk to them!
‘Back’! She got wet & told you where. That’s awesome. With the ‘ear’ button, maybe she ‘heard’ something outside, like the rain. She’s amazing & adorable. These daily videos always bring a smile.
The bond them both have is so sweet. She's an exceptional cat and with an exceptional mommy. I think if I put all my time in the way the owner did, eventually one of my 2 cats could learn to communicate like this but I'd probably need the training, not my kitties. I'm inspired😏
My cat would lead you to every door that leads outside to check if it is truly raining at every single one of them. Then she turns and looks at you and blames you for the weather. I absolutely love her to bits and may be a scientist, but I can't control the weather.
Honestly it is so amazing, the off-hand conversations you can now have with Billi thanks to the buttons! I bet she is saying all the things she wish she could have said sooner!
This video is one of my favorites ! The words that Billie picks sometimes are so so smart it takes a few seconds for us to figure out. She really finds her way around these few words and it’s really beautiful. I love her preciseness about her body parts with pets and meow water! 😂🥰😻😻(wet) Billie you stole my heart completely with your wet back!!!🤣🤣🤣 (words!! I know!!)🤣🤣
My happiness is watching this video and currently realizing one, the cat and hooman together are adorable, two- there are no dislikes on this video. And this makes me happy :)
I love your cat, she reminds me of how smart and what sentient beings they are. I believe we all take for granted what they are saying because its not being spoken in English and in at our frequency. However, if you tune your frequency to theirs, weather it be through buttons or just altering our own frequency to communicate on their level, the extra effort does get you learning eachothers unspoken language
My cat sat indoors in the comfy, heated house and would look out and see sun shining on the snow and ask to go outside. But of course, if I took him there he was like, "Wait nobody told me it was SUPER cold out here!"
I watched a number of times, and I think she meant to hit the 'ear' button. It is clear that she definitely knows the 'outside' button; could prob. find it in her sleep! I wonder if there was a different meaning there that we just haven't figured out... Love you both! Love that sweet little 'meow' at the end!
I always got the impression my cats thought I was omnipotent and the fact I wouldn't stop the rain for them was some sort of insult.
I mean it makes sense, we control the “weather” inside - why not outside?
Cats: "well, duh!"
@@BilliSpeaks Do they realize we control the inside, though?
@@BilliSpeaks you don't own a cat
A cat has staff
@@BilliSpeaks also noticed you didn't put her outside coat on, so obviously it was your fault, you didn't do the ritual correctly to appease the door gods
I like how Billi is saying things that aren't even requests. She's just genuinely trying to communicate/express thoughts. "Hey my back is wet wtf"
It can’t communucate that way, sadly
We tend to stick the human ways of communication on any animal we encounter. Maybe you don't want to know this but cats cannot communicate with people in the way we want them to... We just really want to think they do ;)
These other commenters just don’t want to believe that animals can have thoughts just like people. Cats are about as intelligent as children.
@@whatarewedoinghere42 evolution occurs in little steps and therefore we have no reason to believe the human brain is fundamentally different from the animal brain beyond that we can communicate well with other humans and think certain thoughts more efficiently
@@ZentaBon Unfortunately not everyone believes we’re animals and so don’t quite get that non-human animals have also evolved in an intelligent way. Cats and dogs started to evolve with us at a point and therefore learn from us. We have a larger vocabulary but it’s still word association so to some level it’s the same for them. They have feelings and thoughts too. They even dream.
The world is a different place to people who don’t believe in or understand evolution or understand we’re animals and evolved from animals of an intelligence that once matched dog and cats. Not saying they’re stupid, just taught differently. But I feel there’s a lot of lost potential for understanding the living world around us (and our prehistory).
Maybe tell her “outside water.” That way she has a name for rain and you can then communicate why she can’t go outside until later.
Yes, this!
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I was thinking that myself. It reminded me of when Bunny heard the sound of waves lapping underneath her home and signed "noise," and IIRC her mom signed "water."
@@melissasaint3283 or add the word rain!
@@kirstinmccarty8920 we'd say "outside water" is better
Like when they taught primates sign language they spontaneously used "water bird" to mean a duck
Billi understands "outside", she understands "water", so "outside water" she should understand. "Rain" is too specific really 🤔
How dare it rain when the princess wants to go outside? This is unacceptable!
Kendra should buy Billi a TM11.
Mommy make rain come "later"
@@jaschabull2365 What is TM11?
ikr?
@@ritasmith9553
Look it up on Bulbapedia.
1:15
"Please möther, remove thé wet"
hahaha great impression! I am impressed! I mùst say!
I anticipated her going straight to the "mad" button after running inside again 🙃😆
Well first she had bitch about her back getting wet, lol....
It's a wonder she didn't say "back, water, mad"... lol....
I thought she was going to say mad and water
@@pyrotheevilplatypus think again, its just pressing random buttons to get attention
@@mechanicallydisadvantaged1297 You must be new here...
@@pyrotheevilplatypus apparently im the first person with a brain to see the channel
I always felt my cats were saying to me 'human, change the weather, do something!' My childhood cat would meow to go out in the middle of winter, walk outside and immediately back in meowing. He was really hoping every day it would be different and WHY we were doing this to him!
Yes! Our cat is the same way! If it's snowy or rainy he looks up at me like "why haven't you fixed this yet?"
"You can keep it warm and dry inside; why can't you keep it warm and dry outside?!"
My Siamese yells at me when there’s no sun in his chosen window, as if I have the power to change reality for him.
My cats like to try each door to see if the weather is different outside the other ones. The first time my cat saw rain he kept meowing at me, I'm pretty sure he wanted me to turn off the sky like I do the shower when he sneaks in.
My dad’s cat would meow and hit whoever opened the door if it was raining or cold, lol. He’d smack whoever it was on the ankle or calf, then he’d go sulk in the back bedroom.
Then he’d come back 20 minutes later or so, demanding to go out again and do it all over again. It always made me laugh, which annoyed him even more.
“We’re bold but not that bold” 😂
Ние сме смели, но не чак толкова.
我们很大胆，但没有那么大胆。
Jsme odvážní, ale ne tak odvážní.
Vi er modige, men ikke så modige.
We zijn moedig, maar niet zo moedig.
Me oleme julged, kuid mitte nii julged.
Olemme rohkeita, mutta emme niin rohkeita.
Nous sommes audacieux, mais pas à ce point.
Wir sind mutig, aber nicht so mutig.
Είμαστε τολμηροί αλλά όχι τόσο τολμηροί.
Merészek vagyunk, de nem annyira.
Siamo audaci, ma non così audaci.
私たちは大胆ですが、そこまで大胆ではありません。
Mēs esam drosmīgi, bet ne tik drosmīgi.
Esame drąsūs, bet ne tokie drąsūs.
Jesteśmy odważni, ale nie aż tak.
Somos ousados, mas não tão ousados.
Suntem îndrăzneți, dar nu atât de îndrăzneți.
Мы смелые, но не настолько.
Sme odvážni, ale nie až tak.
Smo drzni, vendar ne tako zelo.
Somos audaces, pero no tanto.
Vi är djärva men inte så djärva.
Boy. DeepL gets better and better. I'm waiting for Korean to translate MayTree comments. =)
@@gremerson Pretty cool 👍🏻 I recognize Danish, Dutch, French, German and Swedish. I am guessing Russian, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Japanese and Vietnamese as well. What are the rest?
@@sweetsandcharades8383 Currently supported languages are Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and English: deepl dot com.
@@gremerson that is quite cool, i recognized my language, and it was actually correct
You can't blame her for not knowing the weather
Thats where you're wrong buddy!
You'd think she'd be able to hear the raindrops. Though then again, perhaps she hasn't been out in the rain enough to get a good idea of what that sound indicates.
Also, I like to look outside through an open door and get a breath of fresh air even when it's raining. "Outside" is still a valid request even if you're not going to go out into it. You can look, hear, sniff from the door. It's not she didn't know it was raining necessarily.
Weather buttons.
Also the air pressure drops during rain too
I can actually feel that change in air pressure too, so know when it's gonna rain soon. When I say it's gonna rain, people trust me cos I've never been wrong
(Fun fact: I taught myself this ability, didn't always have it)
This cat communicates better than I do
What are you trying to say?
@@timothycurnock9162 Ugh, I laughed. Damnit.
Nope didn't catch a word of it
Get some word buttons for humans-
I can relate to this
Who else gasped like a little girl hearing Billi meow again too? It is rare but its like seeing a baby talk the first time, everytime lol
This has to be one of my favorites, this was such a cute moment~
I dream one day Billi vernacular will become commonplace.
Attorney: Your honour my client was outside later at the time of the crime.
Plantiff: Oops.
Defendant: Mad.
lolololol
Well, there have been some cases of dogs and parrots revealing a crime.
Jury: "Hmm" "yes" "mad"
😂🤣😂
Hilarious
10/10 for obedient human but -2 for not making the rain stop.
She's getting waaay better at these conversations. Other cats would be jealous.
perhaps soon we should call it Meowth instead of Billi
Imagine what Billi could teach them
Aw, poor baby.
Reminds me of the time our old kitty Sam (still with us, but he's now almost 17), saw it was snowing from the back door, so he went to the front door, fully expecting it to be sunshine and rainbows. It was not. XD
#spoileralert 😂
"IT TOUCHED ME!!!"
the fact that she told you her back was wet... it's just so amazing that she understands
She doesn’t understand anything
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I remember once when my girl was about a year and a half old she meowed wanting to go out in early Autumn. I opened the door to our typical seasonal downpour only for her to stare up into the sky for a few seconds before turning to stare into my face and demandingly meow. I swear by her tone she was saying something like "Make the rain go away! You're the human, you can do ANYTHING! I want to go lay out in the garden like I did in summer, do it!".
When I was a child, I demanded my father tell me what is behind the end of the universe. He said: "I don't know!" and I didn't believe him and thought he just didn't want to tell me.
@@johannageisel5390
I still take to my mom who is 80 and I want her to know a tactic or action that woukd help with this situation. I know that she us unlikely to know this but I want her to tell me how to do it successfully.
@@johannageisel5390 What if they got secret knowledge in they dreams which is to terrifying to share with others so they keep the burden to allow you a peaceful life?
Unbelievable how smart she is in using those buttons in ways you never even taught her. She's such a joy. Thanks for sharing .
It blows my mind when it happens!
I love how she ran to her buttons after meowing when she came back inside, it’s like she was in a hurry to tell you what went wrong 🥺
She needs a “ BITE ME” button for when you cackle at her attitude. 😁
😂😂
@@BilliSpeaks
She has one.
*"Mad."*
Even though she has a noise button, maybe ear meant she heard the rain outside.
Maybe!
Or maybe she was like "I didn't hear you say yes??"
I agree
@@BrightBlueInk Yes, "Hmm Yes Ear" could have meant "Are you saying yes? I'm listening!". COULD have. Could also be anything else.
Seems unlikely. Unless she knows she hears with her ears. Or if you use the ear button for other senarios as well, not just to refer to the body part.
My cat is the same. He needs to check both doors on opposite side of the house, in case it doesn't rain on that side. Seeing it through the window or the insect screen isn't the same as actually feeling it. He also looks up and meows, asking us to turn it off. I guess that comes from seeing us control the shower and the faucet?
Robert Heinlein wrote an SF novel about a cat like that. _The Door Into Summer._
I don’t know about the faucet business, but my cat often needs a front door and back door check on the rain situation. (But she might not be totally nuts because when the wind picks up, one side of the house is definitely wetter than the other.)
I wonder whether outdoor cats or strays have a different understanding of weather than house cats, since they move around in it more.
@@johannageisel5390 my cat was an outdoor cat her whole life (of course she was in the house with us mostly at nights or during rainy or cold weather), but she still acted a bit weird when it came to rainy days. If she wanted to go outside and it was wet she stood in the open door, staring outside, thinking, looking at me, staring outside again and then maybe go outside in a hurry, just to get to the next bush to avoid the rain xD when she got old she mostly stayed inside when it was raining.
But I still wonder if she had to see the rain, or maybe how much it rained, before deciding if she wanted to go outside, I mean she must have heard the rain, because cats do hear so much better than humans 🤔
They check both doors because cats have limited object permanence, he may not understand that both doors lead to the same place
That's the first meow I've heard from her in a while!
Billi: "Mother, it appears my back has become wet. This is unacceptable." 😾😹
When I was a kid I had a fearless cat that absolutely loved the rain. We don’t get rain often in SoCal, but when we did she would meow her head off until my mom would take her and I into the backyard
😂😂 Billi is not that cat lol
I have an older cat I adopted when his elder mom was put into an assisted living home. He's a water cat, loves splashing in the tub or sink and being with me in the garden. He lays in the sprinkler and plays in the mud.
Makes him happy, he's about 13 or 14 and been with me 3 years now.
I had a cat who used to jump into the kitchen sink whenever I turned the tap on. He would bite the water coming out of the faucet. He also loved the garden hose. He was quite the character. I used to have to shut him out of the kitchen to do dishes.
Wet feathers dont fly well, my Cat is quite the Hunter.
My cat (Bless his soul he passed away yesterday) hated being outside when it was snowing but he always wanted to go out when it was raining and he loved it. He walked through puddles as if they didn't even exist and he would just make this small back twitch to get the rain off him.
As soon as she said “back” I was like, “yeah, her back got wet!” She’s so smart. Mama, too.
I notice that you can be in another room and she still uses her buttons to communicate. It must be so frustrating for cats lacking the ability to use audible language like their humans, we know their meows are their way to attempt to communicate with us, but that doesn’t give them a large vocabulary. My cats use the, “find Mom and yell at her until she follows me”, kind of communication. Which is then followed by the, “make Mom guess what I want” and the, “no, that is wrong, I will go get Dad”. Oh, of course, Billi believes you can fix the weather outside, I am sure she understands that you adjust the thermostat indoors; my petite Siamese mix knows the sound of the furnace and races to lay on the register to get warm. Likewise, my house panther (a previously feral sleek black Siamese mix) loves his open window, but seems to appreciate food, shelter and all the amenities we can provide.
Sometimes cats will develop a reasonably developed vocabulary of vocalizations and body language. I can tell, generally, what a certain meow means for my cat (her name is Patina).
For instance, I've noticed that a staccato "yip" is always a demand, something to be heeded this instant. Other qualities determine what the demand is. A very high pitched and somewhat breathy staccato yip indicates Patina's desire to hop onto my lap, so I need to sit back NOW to allow access.
Mine uses a combination of meows and "pointing" behavior. She'll meow to get our attention, and then nod at what's bothering her, which can be anything from a shingle blown off the roof to her empty food bowl.
My tuxedo does both of those things XD
i grew up having dogs around the house, but i’ve always wanted to have a cat, too-the only problem i got is everyone in the family hates cats except me. i remember saving a kitten stuck in a pipe back when i was a lot younger and fed her until she finally gained strength and let her go. now, i keep summoning stray cats every time they hear the gate opening, one of which always leave a chicken bone at the front that i wonder where she got it from because i give her cat food. my mum just really hates because it’s always “dirty” outside, but i told her that the cat must be sparing me her food just to let me know she’s grateful. this one just proves it; i was rushed in the er this year because i attempted again. after weeks of recovering and finally got an approval to be discharged, when i got back, the stray cat was in front of the house. she kept purring and purring whilst she kneads on my clothes.
She is so smart. My cats accidentally step on a button now and then.
Time and dedication
My cat didnt like the italian seasoning
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I love how eager she is to get to the buttons so she can communicate with you. It is truly fascinating.
I'm fully expecting her to say "water outside" one of these days.
I think she may be capable of coming up with that on her own, yes. She's done it before with other concepts
Cats can’t say anything, not like we. They are physically incapable of understanding speech.
I just can't get enough of Billi! She's such a pretty cat 😍🥰
Maybe a stretch but think her “hm, yes, ear” means she wants to hear yes, and is asking “yes please?”. So cute
Probably a stretch but hey that would be adorable!
I was thinking the "ear" was her communication that she was hearing something outside
my cat will go outside, get wet, come back inside and yell at me because it's wet... then immediately go outside again
so i'm sure he can relate to billi here
"We're bold, but not that bold" is my new motto. 😆
When my cats blame me for the weather, I own it. I explain how we need rain so the crops grow and so the world gets washed clean every so often, and how it's inconvenient but important and needed. Then they give me the equivalent of the "mad" button. =)
That's cute.
Like spice and wolf when she explained that some bad jears are needed for the soil to recover before they can be rich harvests again.
I was just reminded by her meow why it felt so weird:
she simply doesn't have to... usually
So she had something on her mind buttons could not express.
Or the need to groom and let her human know she was wet overpowered her usual inclination to say she was mad. 😂
Oh, the agony when you FINALLY open the door & the cat sees that it's not fit weather for man nor beast! That lo-o-o-ong pause on the threshold; that petrified stance of stunned disbelief; the violent recoil from the traitorous doorway! Oh, the agony! 😿
Aww, she was so frustrated she meowed!
There's no doubt.. she knows exactly what those buttons mean
*"Retreat"* - *"Retreat"* - *"Retreat"*
Billi says water is wet! 😁❣️
Just found this channel. I am in totes shock and awe about this cat making up understandable sentences with the buttons!
And in hysterics reading all the comments from all the cat owners all over the world!! 😂😂😂
Also fascinated by the owner trying to keep up with what Billi is saying to her!
We are now maid and butler to a stray that appeared about six years ago. He’s gone from distressed and highly defended to a Very Good Boy.
A few interesting things though - he does not know how to play. He either thinks he is being attacked or he becomes overwhelmed by his own sense of excitement very quickly and then runs and hides. So we no longer try and play with him because it appears stressful to him, therefore is not in fact ‘play’ to him.
He also does not like treats - he doesn’t seem to understand what they are and just looks at me like “Wtf? Where’s my whole bowl of REAL food??”
He also asks for food and attention in *exactly* the same way, so daily we have to work out what he wants!! But after six years, we’ve nearly cracked it! 😂
Her ears go back at the end because she can hear you laughing at her suffering!
Billi does not want to get her little beans wet😅
Awwww!
This cat is starting to blow my mind. If they are really this smart I may have one that is indeed plotting an unfortunate accident for me. 🧐😐
It does somewhat depend on the animal. In general, though, I think animals are smarter than most people give them credit for.
@@FirebladesSong One of my friends has a cat that is supremely dumb when it comes to everything but food. When it comes to food, though, he suddenly turns into a genius...
@@gyppygirl2021 lol... I've met a few people like that too
Just keep on your cat's good side and you'll be fine. I find treating my cat as a roommate makes us both the happiest (mutual respect), but treating a cat as THE BOSS also works.
@@spooniesarah 😆😓
Maybe "ear" wasn't a mistake? Maybe she could feel the vibrations of the sounds and it was another way to say "noise"? Or maybe it a change in ear pressure due to the rain? Or maybe it was just a mistake, I've no idea. haha
It seemed like a similar location to outside so likely a mistake since it never got brought up again while outside certainly did
Actually I took it more as a "Listen to me."
Who knows! I think it was just a mistake, but she might have been trying to tell me something I just didn’t pick up on. I’ve messed up enough times learning other languages that I always leave my mind open 😂
@@UnknownVir Oh true, I didn't notice how close it was to "outside".
@@BilliSpeaks Hopefully she will press "oops" more, but it's so impressive how clear the communication is already!
When she said "hmm?, yes" I think she was saying "why not yes?"
Rain billi. Rain.
Watching Billi watch the rain, I'm usually so struck with how smart she is I forget to appreciate how pretty she is!
Human: See its raining
Billi: Can you make it stop?
Human: Wha...no?
Billi: *already at the mad button*
Did Billi just use the "ear" button to say "are you listening to me?"
Maybe!
mom has the power to do everything of course :)
My pet rats were the same when I would put a little harness on them to have them outside. They'd be all curious about the smells then the second they get rain on them they're just "Human why? Why u do dis?"
Wow, watching her have multiple word conversations with you now is kind of stunning. I always knew my cats understood a LOT of what I'm saying when I talk to them!
Billi is such a cute cat
My cat seems to think it only rains in the front and not the back of the house
‘Back’! She got wet & told you where. That’s awesome.
With the ‘ear’ button, maybe she ‘heard’ something outside, like the rain.
She’s amazing & adorable. These daily videos always bring a smile.
"This is not the outside I requested. MAD."
I half expected her to race back to the board and press "mad" at the rain
Ok her body language mixed with the buttons just slays me. LOL
You can actually feel Billie's disappointment when she walks up to the doorway.
Give a cat the ability to complain that she's wet. The cat will not disappoint XD
The bond them both have is so sweet. She's an exceptional cat and with an exceptional mommy. I think if I put all my time in the way the owner did, eventually one of my 2 cats could learn to communicate like this but I'd probably need the training, not my kitties. I'm inspired😏
It's so interesting that she pressed "back" to comment on the fact that it got wet!
My cat would lead you to every door that leads outside to check if it is truly raining at every single one of them. Then she turns and looks at you and blames you for the weather. I absolutely love her to bits and may be a scientist, but I can't control the weather.
Billi: UGH! Look what your stupid outside did to me!
Honestly it is so amazing, the off-hand conversations you can now have with Billi thanks to the buttons! I bet she is saying all the things she wish she could have said sooner!
I’m in awe daily!
Billi: "Mad" at "Outside", spring version.
this cat LOVES going outside and rushing back to talk about it
This video is one of my favorites ! The words that Billie picks sometimes are so so smart it takes a few seconds for us to figure out. She really finds her way around these few words and it’s really beautiful. I love her preciseness about her body parts with pets and meow water! 😂🥰😻😻(wet) Billie you stole my heart completely with your wet back!!!🤣🤣🤣 (words!! I know!!)🤣🤣
I was so ready for her to press “water” and “outside”
She’s just the CUTEST!!! 😻😻😻😻
I was kinda hoping she'd press mad and water 😂
Billi is so smart! I love her!!! 💗💗💖💖💖💖💖💖🥰🥰😍😍😻😻😻😻🙉🙉🙉💜💜💜💝💝💓💓💞💝💚❤❤❤💕💕💕💔💔💜💜💜💜👊👊👊🤜🤜🤛🤛🤛😋😋😋😘😘🥰
The way she tensed up in the doorway before creeping forward, getting wet, and running back in.
My happiness is watching this video and currently realizing one, the cat and hooman together are adorable, two- there are no dislikes on this video. And this makes me happy :)
"We are bold, but not that bold" 🤣🤣🤣
I love that she took the time to train her kitty so that they can communicate and she will know what billi needs 🥺 so awesome
I love your cat, she reminds me of how smart and what sentient beings they are. I believe we all take for granted what they are saying because its not being spoken in English and in at our frequency. However, if you tune your frequency to theirs, weather it be through buttons or just altering our own frequency to communicate on their level, the extra effort does get you learning eachothers unspoken language
I'm absolutely addicted and fascinated by these videos of talking Billi!
Her lil meow is sooo cute 🥺
Heard her meow for the first time ever since I've been here!
water outside !
"Outside."
"Outside later."
"Um... YES outside, you fool"
My cat sat indoors in the comfy, heated house and would look out and see sun shining on the snow and ask to go outside. But of course, if I took him there he was like, "Wait nobody told me it was SUPER cold out here!"
I love that she told you she had water on her back 😹😻
I watched a number of times, and I think she meant to hit the 'ear' button. It is clear that she definitely knows the 'outside' button; could prob. find it in her sleep! I wonder if there was a different meaning there that we just haven't figured out... Love you both! Love that sweet little 'meow' at the end!
Imagine waking up someday to "Inside Stranger Mad"
The hesitation that all cats at some point express... "I believe I have made a mistake... Backtrack..."
🤣
oh a rare vocal "mad". sometimes the buttons arent enough
I love how the cat memorized the buttons, their shapes and their meanings
That's why my cat will sit under the eaves of the house, where she can be dry while she's outside while it's raining.
Billi: "Outside." "Outside,"
Sees that it's raining.
Billi: "No. Outside."
I love that cats do that when it's wet out. They look at you like WHAT DID YOU DO THIS FOR?!
"Once again, this is NOT the outside I asked for! What is the matter with you, human, why can't you get it right?!"
Glad to know I'm not the only one who lowkey roars when they stretch.
You find out that you make many unintentional noises when you hear yourself on videos over and over 😂