Is their truth to say that cats cannot find the way home after long wanderings or just another debate to old wives tales to counter these statements.

We have to understand that cats, besides having a strong sight, they do have another strong sensory using the nose for their scent and communication. For most cats, it pose no problem for them to find their home within distance of 2 to 3 miles. In most tests, most cats are able to make their way straight home from the point of drop off origin even if have been given a detour. A cat with outdoor experience will be more decisive and superior in operating these tests as compare with a household indoor cat.

Cats surpass us humans in terms of seeing movement due to their superior peripheral vision. In one way or another, their pupils can dilate wider and capture more view than we do. In recent study, it is found that when cats are faced with similar situations, cats tend to resort to the sight sensors to replay in their head of the audio and visual images they have leave a trail on.

These flashes of memory can be in the form of major highway, fire engines sirens, or even metal stamping of factories around the vicinity. Noises and voices becomes part of the audio images that imprinted onto the memory. On top of these images, the length and strength of the sounds signals play a significant role. During the search and orientation to find the way home, cats may be at disadvantage and wander off tracks if the distances covered are in excess of three miles distance.

Caution must be called for if cases of reports of cats traveling far greater distances. Sometimes, cats may be gone for several weeks or months on the trail to finally return home. Does providing cat training aid in the cause? Or does the familiar acoustic image and trail marks aid in the recovery of the cat. There are no direct conclusions to explain these incidents.

There are also arguments that cats are ultra sensitive to the surroundings and very much in receptive in emissions to force field. The physics of magnetic field and electrical charges in the environment can alter or give guidance to the cats to journey through home. Perhaps cats are able to align and orientate themselves within their internal “compass” to reach home.

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