• SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
    59·
    9 months ago

    Oh they very much can.

    When I was a kid, ours opened the doors by jumping at the door handles. Grabbing them and pulling them down.

    They even taught their kittens

    We had to install all handles so they pointed upwards, just so the cats couldn’t grab them

    But even that only lasted a couple months until they learned to latch onto them anyway and wiggle around until their weight pulled the handle to the side and opened the door

    Clever fluffy bastards

    • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
      261·
      9 months ago

      Handles? Luxury! We have a cat that can grip and twist a doorknob with both paws. She needs a nearby windowsill to sit on, so there’s only one door where she can do it.

    • Funkytom467@lemmy.world
      16·
      9 months ago

      You could lock your doors, but then again next thing you know you find your cat watching locksmith lawyer and clawing its way in.

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
      8·
      9 months ago

      One or two of ours have discovered how to turn on the heated blanket.

      • Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
        7·
        9 months ago

        “Overlap between the dumbest humans and the smartest cats”

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 months ago

        I don’t know if my cat understood what the button did or if it was just because he knew he could get my attention, but my cat knew how to turn off my computer.

      • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
        8·
        9 months ago

        They are simply not a thing where I live (also quite annoying to use compared to a handle)

    • jackeryjoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      Totally. We had to switch to round nobs on the doors for this very thing.