Maine Coon Cat Cries Pitifully Outside Door of 'His' Person and It's Too Funny

When I first brought home my cats four years ago, I had no idea that these animals were known for playing favorites. All of my previous experiences had been with dogs—specifically, the kind of dogs who never met anyone they didn’t instantly consider their new best friend. This was a glaring miscalculation on my part. You see, I only acquired two cats, but there are three people living in my house.

To make matters worse, one of the cats was so hopelessly devoted to the person of her choice that it soon became a family joke. She followed my daughter around the house, slept on her bed (whether or not she was there), and stopped eating if my kid dared to spend the night at a friend’s house or go to sleep away camp. Every day, she stands at the window waiting for her person to come home, then positions herself on a chair and meows complaints at her until she sits down and provides a lap for afternoon snuggles. When I tuck my kid in bed at night, I have to leave the door a crack open for the cat to go in, or else, there’s a whole feline crying fit happening on the threshold.

The Maine Coon cat in this video clearly suffers from a similar ailment. In the clip, the large feline is standing at the door, softly pawing and looking longingly up at the doorknob, as if wishing opposable thumbs into existence.

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A Cat’s Cry

The most pitiful, pathetic part of the whole thing is his softly mewed “Hello? Hello? Hello?” Boy, do I know those cries. It’s the exact same sound my cat makes when my daughter shuts the door on her.

Cat cries are remarkably similar to the sound a human baby makes, and some people think they purposefully developed that way to get attention from humans. Cats do not often make those noises at each other after they are no longer kittens, so meows are solely to get the big, hairless friends to listen.

Question: are cats saying “hello” on purpose when they do that pitiful little cry? Have they learned it from us? I need a lavishly funded scientific inquiry into this, stat.

“When his best friend goes to bed and shuts the door,” reads the caption, and at the very end of the video, you can hear the cat’s mom take pity on the poor baby. “You’ve got to let him in,” she calls to the person behind the door.

How do Cats Pick a Favorite Person?

Experts will tell you that cats pick a favorite person based on who feeds them, plays with them shows them affection, and cleans their litterbox. Well, I’m here to tell you that is absolutely not the case, because I’m the only one feeding these monsters or dealing with their waste, and one of my cats still picks my daughter as her favorite.

Other factors include ability to understand the cat’s non-verbal communication. Their schedule, and their general vibe. It’s true that my daughter is the avowed “cat person” of the household, and she seems to innately understand exactly how they want to be pet. She also like to sit in a rocking chair and read instead of bouncing around, dancing and doing cartwheels like my other kid, so maybe the cat just feels safer with her.

I’d say that makes the rest of the family chopped liver, but a cat probably likes that too much.

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