RE: Does your cat respond when you call their name?
My cat always comes to me when I call, as long as I call with the can opener attached to a can of tuna. No, just kidding. She really does come to me when called and prefers to be called by her knick-name, "Baby Girl". She seems to realize that if I'm calling her it's for a good reason and she will crawl out from the woodwork to appear before me with a questioning look on her face. I live in a tiny apartment where you wouldn't think a cat would find a lot of hiding places, but cats are very clever, so find them she does. She will often even reply to my call with a tiny "purrrrrrrup?" sound with a definite question mark on the end of it. I don't know if she would be so available to me if I had more than one cat or not, but she doesn't seem to like hearing mama get upset not being able to find Baby Girl. Even though I know she's inside the apartment, if I can't lay eyes on her within a few seconds, I still start to freak out, so she can hear that tone in my voice. If nothing else, curiosity alone kills this cat and makes her come out to see what I want. Who knows? One of these days I might be offering her a dish of something delicious and she doesn't want to pass that up.