#singaporegangstercat — Public Fediverse posts

Breaking news! #SingaporeGangsterCat pressed a talking button and this is the first time I've been sure he did it on purpose!

He's been ignoring them lately, so I gave him a new set of words a week ago. And today he very clearly pressed the "sayang" button when he wanted more play!

If you know Malay or Singlish, you know that he pressed the wrong button. "Sayang" does not mean "play", it means "love" or "caress".

1/n #FluentPet #PetButtons #HungerForWords

Me: I don't need any more #FluentPet buttons, #SingaporeGangsterCat has only managed three button presses in three months.

Also me: Ooh, black edging pieces. Kirei! https://fluent.pet/collections/all-accessories/products/fluentpet-edge-pieces

I have a problem, I know I do.

I forgot to save a bit of tuna out of my instant porridge for #SingaporeGangsterCat. But he says his little head fits exactly into the bowl and he is very content to lick it clean instead. He's washing his face now as if he just had a banquet. #FoodMention

ZOMG #SingaporeGangsterCat just did it! He pressed a talking button! The one for "Play!" It took him almost 6 weeks!

I don't know if it was a fluke, but we got a great play session out of it anyway.

I can't wait for him to do it again!

#FluentPet @maryrobinette

#SingaporeGangsterCat still seems profoundly uninterested in the #FluentPet buttons. But I'm rereading How Stella Learned to Talk now, and it seems even a clever puppy took two weeks to show signs of noticing them. And my cat is not a fast learner, except in extremis. It took him over a year to use the cat door for my bedroom, since the door was always propped for him. So I'll have to be prepared for a similar time frame here.

Made a couple of changes in #SingaporeGangsterCat's #FluentPet setup.

1. I changed "outside" to "open window". It will be much less tiring for me to follow through on that one whenever he's interested. And we haven't been able to do outside time at a time that works for both him and me lately.

2. I have distributed the three buttons to appropriate locations. Since he's not going to be combining words meaningfully any time soon, we don't need to centralise them yet.

I have belatedly gotten round to setting up my first few #FluentPet buttons for teaching #SingaporeGangsterCat how to talk.

I have never seen him so uninterested in anything in my life. Oh well, it's only day 1.

I heard about these things from @maryrobinette's talented cat Elsie, and the very readable book How Stella Learned to Talk by Christina Hunger. https://fluent.pet/