"Mousey, want, mad, I don't understand" is an incredible statement altogether. In a more human parsable sentence, it's rather like "I want the food in the mousey puzzle, but I'm frustrated because I don't know how".

@CynAnne1

10 ай бұрын

KidarWolf - Exactly what I took from it, as well...Billi wanted her mousey instead, and was puzzled by Mom adding this new, 'unfriendly' puzzle. And 'rather displeased', as that "Mad!" button-push indicated.

@dwsel

10 ай бұрын

It sounded pretty clear to me, especially that "I don't understand" part. It's like I don't see her using that expression often, but she uses it appropriately here 🤯

@3DJapan

10 ай бұрын

I was thinking she wanted the food mousey instead because this one was frustrating.

@aisha2370

10 ай бұрын

@@CynAnne1 I think perhaps Billi saw the rats (?) in the new puzzle and called it a 'mousey' food game.

@RK-it9jb

10 ай бұрын

She actually said I want the food but I don't understand how this puzzle works! It's incredible! Btw, that would make me mad too.

Her cute little face when she was making the animal pop up was adorable 🥰

@CDWCAULDRON

10 ай бұрын

the look on Billi face when she made it pop up, Billi Why ? just why mother ...

@minniemouse5960

10 ай бұрын

I think she forgot about the food for a second or two while she tried to figure out what was happening. I laughed so hard at the look on her face 😂

@ziggystardog

10 ай бұрын

When she let it down and stared, I half-expected her to wait a moment and pounce like they do with toys after they stop moving

@gadgetgirl02

10 ай бұрын

I swear all cats had former lives as scientists or engineers. "What happens if I only press the lever a little bit?"

@naylisyazwina6836

10 ай бұрын

Same here. Hahah it was so cute. She couldn't look away for a long while

Billi was REAL offended by you laughing at her. Her face when she looked at you! "You LAUGH at Billi?! Mother is so MEAN! 😡 "

@naolucillerandom5280

10 ай бұрын

She even did airplane ears 😂

@Patricia-vd9xh

10 ай бұрын

😢😢😢

@kathyjohnson2043

10 ай бұрын

Apparently the first sentence I ever said was 'Mommy is mean'. I expect Billi would agree

@girlz0r

10 ай бұрын

Jail! Jail for Mother! 😾

@nicsxnin6786

10 ай бұрын

Lol very true, cats absolutely hate to be laughed at. 😂

It's so cute how enthralled she was in watching the little thing popping up. It was like she had an epiphany that pressing on the level made the little thing pop up. 😂

@BilliSpeaks

10 ай бұрын

Her little face when it would appear 👀👀😭😂

@davemcdave6849

10 ай бұрын

followed by the control test of "if i dont press it does it pop up anyway"

@angelcollina

10 ай бұрын

Almost like human children when their object permanence is just starting to dawn on them and they play peek-a-boo. That enthralled “maybe THIS is it…”

@bekindist

10 ай бұрын

@@BilliSpeaks She was like, "Wow, this is amazinggg...but I still don't get how it gives me food"😄

Billi: I don’t understand why I have to work so hard for my daily bread Humans: we feel ya, Billi

I like when she puts her paw on your hand like “ yeah, we’re doing it together “

@BilliSpeaks

10 ай бұрын

“I can help!”

@mirjanbouma

10 ай бұрын

It reminds me of the 'Billi pets mom' video 😊❤

@JMA864

10 ай бұрын

@@mirjanboumaI love the “Billi pets Mom” video!

@mirjanbouma

10 ай бұрын

@@JMA864 it's one I come back to every now and then, it's so sweet! 😊

I need more videos of Billi figuring this contraption, its adorable :D

@BilliSpeaks

10 ай бұрын

I’m sure we’ll have a never ending supply 😹

@MarlaSingersCancer

10 ай бұрын

Same, I love seeing her recognize how to use her paws in some way right away, most cats wouldn't understand the link

@dwsel

10 ай бұрын

​@@MarlaSingersCancerIt's due to Billi's button use and regular "paw-target" training

@MazerTime

10 ай бұрын

​@dwsel right! She understand the motion, its the whole "do it on the gray not button shaped thing, and it sometimes give food and sometimes dont" that confuse her

@allison4644

10 ай бұрын

My kitty loves to open her trixie box (food challenge) drawer with the rope handle, uses levers to access food but the lid is not her fav- she has not grasped that if she pushes far enough- it will stay open & not lean against her head.

Looks like she's using her paw to push your hand down. "You do it" 😂

@Dmittry

9 ай бұрын

She knows how to delegate tasks.

"Cats can't learn to talk, they just push buttons to get food" Billi: talks with buttons Also Billi: can't manage to figure out the food button

@dwsel

10 ай бұрын

This 👆😂

@emile_fa

10 ай бұрын

😄

@craigstege6376

10 ай бұрын

I don't know how long cats maintain neuroplasticity for. Some animals (Orangutans are an example) literally can not learn new high concepts passed a certain point. Not an "It's difficult" rather a "The brain has fully matured and shall no longer perform this task." It's possible Billi is getting old enough that her learning process is staltifying if cats are like that.

OMG Her little face! I was laughing so hard, I couldn't breath, when she was hitting the pedal and seeing that she was controlling the animal pop-up. Mind blown!

Okay, but at the very end when she feigns incompetence and then you encourage her saying "you can do it" and give her a little kiss, she IMMEDIATELY presses the correct lever. My heart!!

"Enough of these games, mother. I act cute, you give me food. That's the deal."

The fascination with the peek a boo, the irritated tail whipping. Love it.

If I had a mad button learning subtraction, I would have pushed it.

@acatnamedm4529

10 ай бұрын

Currently trying to teach fractions to kid so I can turn her into my sous chef, she totally needs a Mad button 🤣

@kittehboiDJ

7 ай бұрын

I am going to make a Mad Button bracelet.

The 'mind blown' look on Billi's face as she figured out 'this lever makes that pop up. THE POWER I HAVE!' was so cute. That expression.

Oh gosh, when she discovered the mouse that moved she was too cute 😂

I love how self-aware and honest Kendra is in her edits; all the little descriptions of the I-cannot-even laughter noises~🤣

@mirjanbouma

10 ай бұрын

Same! She doesn't spare herself, and her subtitles are hilarious ❤😂

That face! Those tentative paws not touching the lever! 😂

She amazes me everyday. Her saying “I don’t understand” was clearly her expressing her frustration at having to work for the food and figure out a new way to do so. Also, her finding the whack-a-mole fake out was TOO CUTE 😂

"ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME MOTHER?!"

Billi has the cutest, most expressive face I've ever seen. 😍

Lol, I could feel dad’s judgment through my screen 😂 but it was really, really adorable.

I actually read it as Billi was touching the "fake out" lever repeatedly because she was curious about the cat head popping up, sort of like a baby playing with a busy box toy. "Yes, Mom, I *know* it's not right, but it's still kinda fascinating."

@Catherinzsl

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's only a "fake out" as far as getting food is concerned. As far as making the cause-and-effect mouse appear, it's a solid win.

@dwsel

10 ай бұрын

@@Catherinzsl I wonder if for little cat babies it's more appropriate to start with buttons or with this. I guess the lever is heavier than buttons 🤔

😂👏🏼 All the "YAY!"'s that came from our house when Billi made that last successful food attempt...👏🏽🤣🤣

Billi: mad Mom: *gasping, tea kettle noises. 😂😅

An animal trusting you with their feelings is the greatest honor.

This I think is further evidence that Billi's word usage has contributed to overall improvement in cognition and even non-verbal communication. She plainly seems to understand pointing. Cats do not like being laughed at.

@SK-jf7dq

10 ай бұрын

"Cats do not like being laughed at." Agreed. Perhaps that's why Billi uses the word "mad" less frequently, she senses Kendra's amusement.

@alisons9740

10 ай бұрын

I was worried for a minute she would get offended and have a negative experience with the new toy, but the repeated “cute” and pets smoothed over the laughter situation. Plus Billi knew she was learning well. Those eyes tho, every time! 🥰😻

@TheYoshi3579

10 ай бұрын

Cats absolutely HATE being laughed at. My Kashi knows if my husband or I laugh at her and will actively show her displeasure at being laughed at

@CynAnne1

10 ай бұрын

@@TheYoshi3579 - I get glared at, *then* shown a furry, round rumpus for the next 10-15 minutes (or I offer a treat as an apology)... 😼

@19TheFallen

10 ай бұрын

Well, I've seen it go both ways. My last cat, a black and white tuxedo cat, was the epitome of proud! It showed in his bearing and posture, and was quite easily seen in his expressions. There's one picture I have of him where he's sitting there, with this.....Mufasan air to him.......He was king of his domain, and he knew it! So, if he did something goofy or klutzy, and you laughed about it, it kind of embarrassed him, and he'd get this look like "You didn't see that!" before running out of the room. The cat I've got now.........Let's just say the picture I have of him at his proudest is a shot of him sprawled out on his back, back legs stretched out, front paws curled in and his head tilted to the side. He......is the most laid back, mischievous and goofy cat I've ever seen! Personality wise, he's like that one kid at school who goes out of their way to make people laugh, and upon making them laugh, makes it their mission to figure out how to make them laugh again! He sees making me laugh as him doing something right, and his eyes seem to light up when I do!

The absolute wonder on her face and in her posture as she pushed the lever and made the mouse appear was the best thing I've seen all day. I think I was uttering incomprehensible sounds, too.

Her face looking at the puzzle then looking at you. Mom, are you laughing at me? Mad! Puzzle made Billi mad. She is adorable when mad.🐈❤

It's really cool that she used "I don't understand" there Can that puzzle be reconfigured or is it always the same lever that gives the food?

@teijaflink2226

10 ай бұрын

That really shows that she understands exactly what the words mean because she really seemed frustrated in the end that she didn't quite understand the toy.

@BilliSpeaks

10 ай бұрын

There’s 2 that release food and 2 that make the mouse pop up!

@Kram1032

10 ай бұрын

@@BilliSpeaks ah that makes sense

@dwsel

10 ай бұрын

It's like left one gives food and right one gives a pop up toy. Then you turn it 180 degrees and again left one gives food and right one a toy.

@dwsel

10 ай бұрын

No worry Billi. I don't get that part with the toy either, like: "what's the point?" 🤷‍♀️

Billi entranced with the mouse popping up & down might be my new favorite thing. Its good we dont use film anymore, because this part would get damaged with time for over use :)

Ow my I laughed with tears on that wack-a-mole part. Billi's face of confusion with mom's tea-kettle laugh. This just made my day! Thank you!

I like how she acted like she didn't know how to do it til she got encouragement and kisses from Mom, then she's like, "Ok... watch me!" And the part with her being fascinated by the mouse popping up was hysterical! I haven't rewound and re-watched a Billie video that many times in a while! Adore Billie and her Mom's relationship!

@dobsplace9148

10 ай бұрын

Oh and I forgot to say that I can't wait to see if the pop-up feature is something she plays with just for entertainment!

I love watching the tip of her tail going while she figures things out. It’s like a buffering symbol for cats

At the end I was like "Yay!" 😆 Good job Billi! 😺

My heart melts when I watch Billi. She's so smart. I wish I could have toys like that laying around, but with 4 dogs, just one of those dogs would be hogging everything....if he could figure it out. He'd probably eat the toy.

@Jockdog

10 ай бұрын

My cat has big paws, so he sometimes does better with dog puzzle toys than cat ones! Outward Hound has some really great toys (that also stand up to some chewing, haha). One has grooves for kibbles so small that it must be for tiny dogs. I got several secondhand, so no idea what their specs were, hah! But my cat enjoys them, kibbke was already much more fun individually pulled from his food dish 🙄😅

Billi was trying to train mom to use the feeder :)

She's too adorable for words. It's nice to see her fur coming back! ETA: and her patting your hand at the end!! "YOU push it!" :D

Billi never fails to amaze me! 😳My guess here is that “Mousey” equates to any puzzle toy that rewards her with snacks right now. Same as any cat fishing toy might equal Fantoy. The fact the she can grasp that concept is freaking awesome! 🧐 Kisses and pets for queen Billi her majesty from Canada 😀🥰😘❤🇨🇦

@mirjanbouma

10 ай бұрын

I think the puppets look like mice? Maybe?

@chrisrgfield

10 ай бұрын

@@mirjanbouma oh, I’m pretty sure the puppets are mice and Billi recognizes that as well. So I guess, whether she’s keying in on the fact Mousey would apply to both toys or that both toys are food puzzles would be hard to tell. Hey Kendra! If you read this. Give the queen 3 puzzle toys please. The two in question (Original Mousey + new mice puzzle) and another puzzle toy not mouse related at all. Or try and give all three individual names and see how Billi reacts. LOL I swear this channel has turned me part amateur animal psychologist! 😳🧐 😂

@shastahill

10 ай бұрын

​@@chrisrgfieldyou may well know, but Billi has watermelon and twirly food toys and buttons for both .. I'm pretty sure ;)

@heatherbryant4197

10 ай бұрын

@@chrisrgfield I think "whack-a-mole" would be a good name for this new toy. Peek-a-boo would also work, but perhaps best to save that phrase for the more general meaning. Among her puzzle toys, this one is most comparable to "Watermelon," which she seemed to pick up the name of pretty quickly, so I think she would get it, if given a button for it. Of course "Mad Mousey" might also work 😸

Me watching Billi play whack-a-mole: OMG! THATS SO CUTE!😂😂😂😂 My 73yr old mother watching next to me as Billi says "I don't understand": Did she just say... 😲😲😲😲 Mom, you ain't seen nuthin yet!😂😂😂🥰🥰😻

I was not prepared for how adorbale that was either.❤ The little wheels turning in her head... and the juxtaposition of the her tail tip going up and down as she tried to figure out how to push the up and down function of the levers... Absolute gold! 😂

She knows 60+ words that all look the same but a few pedals with very high win rate, that's too frustrating 😀 We'd love such lottery odd with unlimited free tickets! 😀

@dwsel

10 ай бұрын

It's like I sometimes feel like she's going to graduate at 16 and start to write PhD in linguistics, but then I remember that she's still a cat 😸

@firecwby1999

10 ай бұрын

@@dwsel I'm halfway convinced the reason she hasn't started running for President is the lack of opposable thumbs.

@akinpaws

10 ай бұрын

74!

Yeah I’m with Kendra on this one, that was RIDICULOUSLY cute!! THAT LITTLE PAW/concentration combo 😍😂 I gotta say though, as a teacher I never found feigned incompetence from the teens cute so much as amusing - but thank GOD I didn’t teach kitties, or I’d have completely enabled them 😍 soooooooo damn cute!

Maybe Mom was supposed to sit by the new toy while Billi used it? "Mousey" "want" = I want food mousey. (I know how to get the food out of that one.) "I don't understand" "mad" = I don't understand how this new food toy works, and it is really annoying me. But then, if she had demanded "training," our minds would have been totally blown.

Oh yes, cats are smart enough to work out we're weak minded enough to let them get away with the minimum of work! 1i taught my Lilly to 'High Five' me for certain treats. Nowadays she tries to just wave her paw in the air, and has to be reminded to 'touch my hand' before she gets anything!

Waiting for the day Billi hits you with "I'm not mad, just disappointed."

Not prepared for that level of adorable!!!😻😻😻😻😻

Just love Billie and want to thank you for sharing her with us! 😺😻😻

@BilliSpeaks

10 ай бұрын

You’re too kind! 🩷🩷

I loved her repeatedly pushing the levee that made the mouse pop up.

When she asks for the twirly we’ll really know she’s fed up with this!

"I don't undertand" 🥺

Her face when you were laughing at her 😡😂😂

If it makes you feel any better, Kendra, I was also doing my best tea kettle impression at the whack-a-mole part. 🤣

Billi's so adorable it's gotta be illegal. She's also the first cat I've ever seen willing to problem solve while being watched.

1:31 😾 That face when Kendra was laughing at Billi 💀

This was awesome. Her Royal Purriness had a reason to be MAD. Also that look like “what are you laughing about Mom? Food is no laughing matter”

That was SO cute!!! Her just pawing the mousey, watching it slowly taunt her. I also love how she’d flinch like she was gonna pounce, then she let’s go and it “disappears 😮” 😂😂😂 And the “I don’t understand” !?!? I just 🥹😭💜

It's so cute how she clearly expressed "Want... Mad ... I don't understand" !!! It's that last one that shows she knows exactly what she's expressing.

That was just to cute!! Especially the, "I don't understand" 😂😂

I gather Billi's not a big fan of a jack-in-the-box unless along with the pop-up head, food showers out like confetti. I get it. Dinner AND a floor show is much better than a floor show then dinner.

Mindblowing, hilarious and adorable all at once. Hearing you crack up at how cute she was icing on the cake. Amazing that she pressed "I don't understand". 😻

Watching her first comprehend the mouse whack-a-mole pedal was like watching the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey where the ape-man grabs a bone and realizes he can use it as a weapon. I had "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" playing in my head as I watched Billi.

I love the side eye you got for laughing! She KNOWS when you're laughing at her!

This was exactly me with my Zoey last night! We got her a spinning puzzle - kind of like twirly without the bird aspect. She's target trained, so she kept touching my hand. LOL She got it by the end of the night, though. I love watching them figure it out

Her face watching the mouse pop up was priceless! Too cute!!

aww the lil smooch in the end i think she needed it! what a cutie

That swishing tail shows how hard her mind was working on puzzling out the new food dispenser. Frustrated, sure, but she's definitely engaged.

@silencedogood7297

9 ай бұрын

That swishing tail is an angry tail. Read a book on cat behavior to learn more.

@patrikhjorth3291

9 ай бұрын

@@silencedogood7297 I have read books, and I've lived with cats since I was three. I can tell the difference between an angry tail and a "thinking" tail.

It's cute how she has learned and memorized so many buttons but gets stumped by four pedals

I really didn't think she was going to fall for the pop-up mouse. She did recognize it as a mousey, though.

@animalntelligence3170

10 ай бұрын

perhaps mousey is a general term for a food-giving toy.

@denisesudell2538

10 ай бұрын

@@animalntelligence3170I think the food puzzle that looks like a watermelon is “watermelon,” though.

@jesscarrier4180

10 ай бұрын

I thought Billi was saying that she wants a mousey (the food puzzle toy that she knows already) instead of this new thing that she doesn't understand

I love her determination!

I lost it at “tea kettle-esque.” I think my favourite thing about these videos is the captions for the non-speaking noises

Billi putting her paw on Mom's hand cracked me up. It was as if she was saying "You do it, Mother." Reminded me of teaching an old lady how to use her smartphone :-) Also Billi's outrage at the notion that she has to work for her food was hilarious. Aren't we all mad when we have to go to work?

How cute is Billie with that you when she's trying to figure it out. And I'm absolutely amazed that a cat can push buttons for I don't understand and mad when she doesn't quite understand a cat-toy and that this you was bit frustrating for her (though seems she was bit unpatient).

We are liking our new Pawaii orange water bowl. I really wanted Raymond, who's almost 15, to drink more water. He loves it! Pecan still acts like it's going to bite him but he uses it. Good recommendation!💜💜💜💜

@BilliSpeaks

10 ай бұрын

Yay!!

This is one of the best videos of Billi ever. I so needed that laugh and was waiting for the MAD. (Please don't tell her I laughed, but it was so darn cute)

1:42. Cats do like to copy, but usually other cats. I have NEVER seen a cat imitating a teaching prompt on cue like that. In fact, it’s unusual for dogs to respond in imitation unless they take it into their own head as a kind of bonding activity (like imitating yoga).

Thanks for the fantastic belly laugh! 🤣 I really needed it. The look in her eyes during discovery of the mole...that is one adorable cat!

My girl always get really flustered and irritated with new puzzles, as well, but she gets so fast with the old ones, I have no choice!

@BilliSpeaks

10 ай бұрын

Exactly!

'Mother these new buttons make no useful sounds!'

Billi is so precious and adorable. It's just unreal.

Oh Kendra when you laughed and I saw this big eyes of Billie, I had to laugh too😂, thank you!!! Greetings from 🇳🇱

Billi is like _"Let's see you try it then!"_

it's a treat to see Billi learning new things! I can relate- it can be tough when you can't figure something out

How odd that it dumps it out to the side, but not far enough away, so you almost have to push the puzzle feeder away to get to the food. I feel ya Billi!

I got my cat a different type of puzzle feeder for her treats and it has been one of my best ever purchases. I love to see her excitement when it is treat time and then her concentration as she works out how to get every last treat.

She will have it figured out in no time. She's not just a pretty face.

@frankad6044

10 ай бұрын

Definitely, also these trainings are super stimulating for her brain and will keep her mind in great condition well into old age

The look when you were laughing at how cute she was with the mole. It was adorable the way she did it!!!❤❤❤❤❤

what a sweet kitty. It was adorable how she was tapping the one lever and the little toy was popping up and down

Omg I lost it too! Billi is just too damn cute; she should come with a warning label! 😂❤

It occurred to me while watching this video that Billi appears to be left-pawed. She only ever uses her left paw to press the buttons and levers. I knew cats have “handedness” like humans do, but it’s another thing entirely to see it. Fascinating!

Billi has the best mom 😺

Bought my cat that a few months ago, it's still his favorite but I have to limit how many treats are in there. Took a day or 2 for him to realize if he pushes the lever, a mouse pops up. He loves it!

I could see the look on her face when that cat popped up. She was surprised and wow'd by it lol. It was so cute. Its funny how she wanted to push your hand down on the lever. She's so smart. So cute too.

The frequency that Billi uses mad is just hilarious when you actually stop and think about it

Billi is so smart and so adorable…

She is so adorable and has such a presence because of her ability to communicate

Maybe the grey levers blend in with the floor too much for Billi to differentiate? Sometimes I have to point out my cat's brown treats on the brown wood floors, or she doesn't notice them. The whack-a-mole clip was priceless 🥺 I can't believe how cute and smart she is

I was amazed with the "I don't understand" she knew to press that button, wow!! And I love her fascination with the mousey mole part. Lovely video & hilarious! Thank you!

Billi is so adorable as she did the peekaboo fake ones … I can understand why u laughed….she’s so adorable…🥰😘🫶🫰love u Billi…

First! Good job Billi. I get frustrated learning new things too.