Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, “I’d take my 100 dogs home and live like a king.”

Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn’t teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren’t scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

    • TXL@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      8 days ago

      This is probably worth starting with even when you already know which one is yours.

  • you_are_dust@lemmy.world
    33·
    9 days ago

    I’d try and use the bathroom. I’d assume that the two cats that follow me in are mine. If it turns out that all cats will just follow strangers into the bathroom, then one cat is immediately going to jump in the bathtub and start messing with the curtain. Another cat is going to try and dive head first into the toilet. Those will be mine.

  • lengau@midwest.social
    27·
    9 days ago

    Lie down and take out my phone. The two cats who immediately get between my face and my phone are mine, as are my 198 new cats.

  • BlueLineBae@midwest.socialEnglish
    21·
    9 days ago

    My dog is the most cowardly dog I’ve ever met. All I would have to do is bring the toy he is afraid of. All the other dogs will either ignore it or want to play with it. But my dog will recognize the scary toy and cower. I got him that toy for Christmas and it was a really nice expensive toy. Same brand as all his other toys he loves. But for whatever reason, he’s scared of it. So I gave it to my parent’s dogs who think it’s just the best toy they’ve ever seen.

  • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    9 days ago

    Well, first I’d be asking what you did to the eye on 99 other pets. After that, I’d find a stairway and take home the first one that tried to trip me going up the stairs

  • Pyr@lemmy.ca
    17·
    8 days ago

    I would bring my bed into the room and turn on the floor fan.

  • brokenlcd@feddit.it
    16·
    9 days ago

    If there was just my cat? I’d just get a hoodie on and pretend to start studying. The cat that climbs my back and snuggles up into the hood is mine.

    If my dog is also there? I’d just say “where’s the cat?” In my dialect. My dog would just waltz over to the cat and sit on them. Or just point at them like he does with quails (hunting dog) if he can’t reach her.

  • Jerb322@lemmy.world
    171·
    9 days ago

    Seymour has a little pink spot on his muzzle, and I’m not sure if could tell Will from a shag rug…

  • faltryka@lemmy.world
    14·
    9 days ago

    Oh easy. I’d go sit on the porcelain throne and close the door. He’ll show up incensed that the door was closed soon enough.

    Alternately, I could walk within 10 feet of the cabinet that has the treat bag in it.

  • Perspectivist@feddit.uk
    14·
    9 days ago

    I’ve had the same gerbil for almost 30 years. I doubt I’d notice if someone swapped it into identical colored one in the middle of the night.