Now once we depart for the day, we put the TV on for him and set it to YouTube channels that stream squirrels, birds, and different wildlife. He fortunately engages with nature on the display screen, and we really feel higher figuring out that he’s occupied. He even has a favourite channel (he acknowledges the opening theme). With out additional ado, these are just a few channels which have sustained Alfred when my partner and I dare to run errands or permit ourselves a date night time.
8+ Hours of Birds, Squirrels, and Different Wildlife
The YouTube channel Birder King boasts greater than 100,000 subscribers and—on the time of writing—147 eight-hour, high-definition movies of birds, squirrels, bunnies, and geese cavorting with one another.
Based on the creator’s About section, the inspiration is straightforward: “I like cats. I like birds. Cats love watching birds. I created this devoted Cat TV channel for cats to observe. Cat-approved all over the world.” The channel has been posting nature movies weekly since 2018.
Claims about cats’ seal of approval may appear overblown (notably to those that imagine that cats are incapable of pleasure), however the proof rests within the view rely: Almost all the channel’s content material approaches (or surpasses) 100,000 views, with some videos exceeding 2 million views. That’s lots of joyful cats—or nature lovers generally.
In contrast to many different channels we’ve explored, every of Birder King’s movies opens with a signature soundtrack that consists of a brief sequence of fowl whistles Alfred can acknowledge from a number of rooms away. This was a shrewd alternative on the creator’s half—Alfred doesn’t reply to theme music geared towards human tastes. I’m pressured to wonder if cats the world over acknowledge when a Birder King video has been queued up for them, due to these distinctive whistles.
Alfred comes operating when he hears Birder King’s signature whistle and doesn’t appear to note if we depart the home. Whether or not he watches for the whole two or three hours that we’re gone is anybody’s guess (we now have not but planted pet cameras round the home, as we’re nonetheless attempting to find out whether or not that’s a bridge too far).
Given the best way he responds to the soundtrack, my hunch is that Birder King is Alfred’s favourite, however he’ll watch any video of birds and squirrels doing fowl and squirrel issues. We’ve realized, nevertheless, that he appears a bit frightened of chickens, so we keep away from movies by which chickens are the star of the present.
Content material That includes Fish and Mice: An Apparent Selection
Fortunately, fish and mice don’t scare the ever-loving crap out of our odd feline, and he does generally get tired of content material starring birds. That is the place YouTube channels like Cat Video games and Cat Trumpet come in useful.
Cat Games boasts greater than 300,000 subscribers and has been within the cat leisure sport since 2016 (ha, see what I did there?). They concentrate on mouse hunts, antagonizing laser toys, and fishing. This channel could be finest for brief journeys out of the home, as their movies vary from a few minutes to 2 hours.
