I just let my cats out, and exclaimed, "Go forth my night beasts!" When they come in they get greeted in various other fashions. What kind of weird stuff do you say and do with your pets? (lemmy.world)

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Hey. So... i live rural and my cats are pets but also are working cats to keep the rodents out of my house.

Just saw some saltiness going on in the comments and wanted to address it.

Didn't make this post with the intention of making anyone upset and I apologize to those I did.

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[-] emptyother@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Not pets, but I greet the wild birds around here with "Gmorning, boids" or something. The reason is simple: I hate being a bother, even to animals, and the birds are less likely to be scared and fly away if I speak to them.

Also when I lived with cats, no cat who was let out would ever forget to say "mrr", which I interpreted as a "thank you". Of course I responded to them like I would a human.

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I do this with crows because i dont want to piss them off..... They remember

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