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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

in which the BELLY button is spammed, mum attempts to interpret, and it's probable that I think the whole situation is BUTT #talkingcat #fluentpet #caturday

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

they (often) make more sense when you teach them to talk

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

jumping on bandwagon with my talking cat

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

and then every hour (sometimes twice):

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

in which G gives an honest review of the racket made by the roofers, asks for consolation kibble, settles for cuddles (note: STUPID HAT is her favorite cuss word, followed by MEDICINE and NOISE) #talkingcat #fluentpet #catsky #augmentativeinterspeciescommunication

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

in which G acts peevishly and the delicious button tastes good #catsofbluesky #catsky #talkingcat

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

G, Saturday, eating some Delicious

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

we've been working on two-handed choices (in addition to buttons) #talkingcat

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

in which I do not fetch the requested catnip fast enough, get distracted, and am called a STUPID HAT for my trouble note: STUPID HAT is an e-collar, not as in "dunce cap," as in: "where's that stupid hat??" said with appropriate exasperation. it's now her fave cuss word #AIC #talkingcat

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

in which g uses the FRUSTRATED button appropriately after initiating a conversation telling me she wants something while also refusing to be explicit about what she wants #talkingtuesday #catsofbluesky #catsky #fluentpet #talkingcat

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

snapshot of the withering look of a cat who'd just gnawed on the stereo, banged the shades, clawed my pants when I responded by musing aloud that she looked v mad, she sauntered to the soundboard, pressed FRUSTRATED, then theatrically flopped by her empty food dish. #caturday #talkingcat #catsky

pic of a cream tabby cat, sitting on a chair at the kitchen table, staring menacingly at the photographer, the perfect snapshot of the withering look she gave me after she gnawed on the stereo, banged the shades, clawed at my pants

here's the full conversation we had after photo was taken (we use the principles of AIC, #fluentpet buttons to communicate)

g: CUDDLE
me: come here, I’ll give you a cuddle

g: doesn't move, resumes glaring

me: what is going on? what can I do for you?
g: flops down by her empty food dish, tail whipping furiously.

me: um… that does *not* look like you want cuddles. In fact, Gilda, you look v v *mad*

G lifts her head, stares briefly, marches over to the board: FRUSTRATED

me: ...! (gobsmacked into silence, I'd given her the button for FRUSTRATED ~18 hours before this interacton)

me (trying again): um...thank you for being specific

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

transcript: HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY [GILDA] (not activated) LOVE YOU LOVE YOU  GILDA might have been a little more heartwarming had she not, 5 min earlier, sat whipping her tail around and then commented: GILDA MAD MUM (alas no video) #ficklefriday #catsofbluesky #catsky #talkingcat #theycantalk

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

throwback to august 2025, after a solid month of me trying to figure out how to get G to figure out that pressing a button would get her something (narrator: while any button interaction is worthwhile, this did not produce intended result) #tbt #throwbackthursday #theycantalk #catsky #catsofbluesky

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

not quite the Socratic dialog I was dreaming about when I first ordered buttons, but I have zero regrets & more buttons arriving today #theycantalk #talkingcat #talkingtuesday #catsky #catsofbluesky #cats transcript: KIBBLE HMM? WET FOOD WET FOOD WET FOOD MUM WET FOOD WET FOOD MUM WET FOOD WET FOOD

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

currently at twenty words, and when she heard me musing aloud about ordering additional buttons to give her a larger vocabulary she pressed MORE MORE MORE and I can't even #friyay #catsofbluesky #catsky #fluentpet #theycantalk #cats

cream tabby cat crouches on foam hextiles containing buttons that play a recorded word when pressed

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

the smug cat who jettisoned a nearly-full quart glass jar of water from bedside table, neatly knocking a dime-sized piece of glass out of corner of said jar, water flooding power strip with no fewer than 5 plugs, and survived. both the risks of electrocution and murder. what? #caturday #catsky #cats

a cream tabby cat stands on a black-tiled floor, an open doorway, looking smugly out at her mum.

photo depicts the cat who successfully jettisoned a nearly-full quart glass jar of sparkling water off the bedside table, neatly knocking a dime-sized piece of glass out of the corner of said jar, water flooding a power strip housing no fewer than 5 plugs, narrowly missing the laptop that was also on the floor.

many little miracles happened here: the glass jar didn't shatter into hundreds of pieces, no one was electrocuted, the plugs and electronics managed to survive. as did the cat who was threatened with murder.

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

that time I was so tired I fell asleep in a weird position on mum's lap #tbt #throwbackthursday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

a cream tabby cat lies horizontally across her mum's lap in a v weird position (mum is wearing a red and pink striped terrycloth robe, photo is taken from above)

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

an off-brand Abbott and Costello routine, part 2 (we got there in the end, no one was harmed) #theycantalk #talkingtuesday #fluentpet #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

yesterday's enigmatic conversation ("what" "what" "love you" "pets" then reaches toward but doesn't activate the "love you" button) #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

that time two weeks ago when I couldn't string together words (4am this morning: HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP MUM MUM WET FOOD WET FOOD, my response: LATER. 10 min later I heard: WANT WANT WANT WANT HMM? HMM? HMM? HMM? HMM? MUM MUM WET FOOD) #tbt #theycantalk #fluentpet #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

cream tabby cat sitting at a Fluent Pet button board, using her right front paw to press a button. her head is down and ears are forward in concentration/interest

cream tabby cat sitting at a Fluent Pet button board.

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

4:30am: this menace wouldn't take "WET FOOD LATER" as an answer and only by sheer dumb luck did I catch *most* of a glass of water nearly soaked my phone. in response to MUM VERY MAD, a new phrase: "GILDA" "LOVE YOU" "MUM"--ummm was that an apology? #fluentpet #whiskerwednesday #catsofbluesky #cats

a cream tabby cat, sitting on a cream flokati and leaning against a red flokati pillow, yawns widely, whiskers prominent. the color of the cat's furn matches the color of the cream flokati and the color of the cat's nose and mouth is very similar to the red flokati pillow.

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I cannot take credit--FluentPet did an hour-long live event called "Surviving the Spamming Stage," which was recorded, and this suggestion was extremely helpful community.fluent.pet/c/mentorship...

screen capture of FluentPet's recorded class called "Surviving the Spamming Stage." details a technique called "Diminishing Returns"--a way to let your learner understand that they're heard when activating a food button, while diminishing the "value" of the food with multiple presses.

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

no spam last night, no spam this morning. instead: a sweet cat who waited until she heard me rouse, gave me two head butts, hopped off the bed to the soundboard to say, exactly once, "MUM" "WET FOOD." v polite, v demure, mindful. this vid from yesterday. #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky #fluentpet

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

the face of a cat, who, for the first time, found and appropriately used the "WET FOOD" button. 27 times. at 4:17am. tbf, she is on a diet, so she is legitimately v hungry. is it spamming when she’s really just advocating for herself? #friyay #catsofbluesky #catsky #fluentpet #theycantalk #cats

a cream tabby cat stares (slightly menacingly) at her mum. she's just learned to communicate using FluentPet buttons and now everyone is in trouble

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

me: teaching my cat to communicate because I want her to have another tool to express agency, advocate for herself, reduce frustration also me: but tantrums #fluentpet #theycantalk #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #AIC

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

that time I spammed mum by activating the comb button seventeen times and got increasingly annoyed that I got combed after each press (and not kibble) #tbt #throwbackthursday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

screenshot of cream tabby cat with her paw on a FluentPet button (button that, when pressed, activates the recording of a word). cat looks very focused

screen capture of a video in cream tabby cat is pulling a face while getting her face combed with a blue comb

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

we have openly nagging here. thinking of a new button: rude

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

this escalated quickly (*you can hear me off-screen, to the right, frantically pressing “later” “all done” “now”) #fluentpet #wordywednesday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

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decornery.bsky.social @decornery.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

this morning's insistent button press is brought to you by steroid-induced manic hunger #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #fluentpet #theycantalk

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