How Your Cat ALWAYS Knows the Way Home Scientists Still Can't Explain It

🐾 Want a longer, healthier life for your cat — and to support the channel while you're at it? My complete owner's manual is here: https://stevecooperpets.com/ Pearl was a deaf white cat who rode to her new home in a carrier and never saw the route. Nine nights after she slipped out, she scratched at the back door of the old house anyway. So how do cats find their way home when they never saw the road and can't hear a thing? Nobody has the full answer, not even the people who study animals for a living. But we do know a lot, so in this video we treat it like a case and look at each suspect in turn. First, eyesight: cats see in about a sixth of the light we need. Then hearing, which reaches up to around 64,000 cycles a second. Next is the scent map your cat builds with glands in its cheeks, chin, tail and paws, plus the vomeronasal organ in the roof of its mouth. Last is the theory the internet loves most, that cats sense the earth's magnetic field the way homing pigeons do. You'll also find out why so many cats head back to the old house after a move, and why it isn't rejection. Then there are practical tips: keep your cat indoors for around two to four weeks after moving, rub a cloth on its cheeks and wipe it on the new doorframes, keep the microchip details up to date, and search close to home first, because lost cats are usually hiding nearby. I'm Steve Cooper. I'm not a vet, just someone who has owned, fostered and watched cats and dogs all my life. Subscribe for more about what your cat is really thinking, and why you matter more to them than you know. #cats #catbehavior #lostcat