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April Whalley's avatar

Excellent and very scientific critical data analysis! What a great job the critters did here. Thanks Heidi ❤😂

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, April! Sorry for the delay in responding to your wonderful comment! We’re a little sleep deprived here. Panda got into something the other day and I’ve been nursing her through it. We expect a full recovery!🐼🐾🐾💜

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April Whalley's avatar

Aww bless. No apology necessary, I just wasn't sure I had shown up for some reason. ❤ I wish Panda a speedy recovery and hopefully plenty of nice treats to help that along🙏

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, April. We’ll keep everyone posted on Panda’s progress. I am cooking for her!

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Renato Zane's avatar

Fun survey! The wake-up your hooman tricks are always interesting.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, Renato! Thank you for reading Critters!

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Kimber S Prewit's avatar

During the weekdays, Salem will start waking me up starting around 7:00. She will get off the bed after a bit and then come back around 8:30. After another bit, she jumps off the bed, and then Nalia will start meowing, demanding that I get up because I have to feed them before I go to work, or if it's the weekend, before the start of my day (they usually get fed later on the weekends because their human is harder to get of bed during that time).

Salem: Our Hooman Mama is tough to wake up, but we're cute and she knowz it so she eventually succumbs to our cute demands😸

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, Kimber, Salem & Nadia for this incredible Field Note and Behavioral Pattern. We are most impressed with the effectiveness of the methodology of Salem & Nadia. Keep up the good work and please continue to send your observations. Luvluvluv, Chris & Jasper Kitten🐾🐾

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Catherine Wilde's avatar

Love this report!! I definitely describe Critters as luvluvluving 💖💖💖🐾

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, Catherine! Thank you very much!🐾🐾

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Openly Fae's avatar

I wish my stuff was good for mental health. Mostly I think I depress people.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Oh no oh no! You are luvluvluved, Jasper Kitten🐾🐾

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Perry J. Greenbaum 🇨🇦 🦜's avatar

Arya says this is another wonderful scientific effort. He gives the Critters five beaks. He would say more but he is busy digesting knowledge of one of my books, while on the coffee table.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

We are so incredibly honored at Critters to receive another 5 Beaks from Arya! Thank you. Thank you very much.🐾🐾

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SquizzRadical's avatar

If I'm late with brunch, Edward takes the steel food bowl, runs to the top of the cage with it, and then drops it. All you hear is CLANKA CLANKA CLANKA, as it hits the steel floor of the first level.

He also has learned how to hold the bowl in his mouth and run it along the wires of the cage. It makes the same sound, but there's more of it and it's louder.

When I get downstairs to the cage, he drops the bowl in a "FOOD HERE PLEASE" sort of way in front of the cage door.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Edward is a highly intelligent Degu! He has an impeccable sense of timing! Thank you for sharing this incredible behavior with us!🐾🐾

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Lois Thomson Bowersock's avatar

Hey Jasper! I'm Stanley, and I'm a kitten too. You did a great job with the survey. You're awesome!

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Gosh, thank you, Stanley! Thank you very much! I’m so happy to see you here in the Comments for Critters. Our next post drops tomorrow, Friday 2pm Pacific Time. Luvluvluv, Jasper 🐾🐾

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Cindy Ojczyk's avatar

Nice job, Critters! A bunch of smart cookies you are.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, Cindy! Thank you very much for your support.

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Heather Moss's avatar

Genevieve's method is to stand on the nightstand and stare at me until I wake up. It works sometimes. It's like when Snoopy pretends to be a vulture. https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/Fierce_Vulture

Cecilia's method is more reliable -- find a box or bag that makes noise, and move it a few inches at a time until it wakes me up. Unfortunately, her favorite time to do that is 3:30am. She's ready for the day to begin.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, Heather! This is an incredible Field Note on methodology! The link to Snoopy in a vulture pose really supports the work! We are also fascinated to know that Genevieve and Cecilia have markedly different methods.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, Alan! Thank you very much. Luvluvluv, JKitten😺🐾🐾

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