Skip to main content
. 2023 Dec 14;13:20456. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47409-w

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of cat and fetching demographics (N = 1154 cats).

Cat sex and neuter status Cat status Training status Breed

Female spayed

501 (43.4%)

Previous cat

301 (26.1%)

Untrained

1089 (94.4%)

Mixed

994 (86.1%)

Female intact

36 (3.1%)

Current cat

853 (73.9%)

Trained

65 (5.6%)

Purebred

160 (13.9%)

Male neutered

601 (52.1%)

Male intact

15 (1.3%)

Male unknown

1 (0.1%)

Cat age in months at time fetching first noticed (SD) Life stage at time fetching first noticed Duration of time in months the cat had fetched for (SD)

15.90 (23.53)

0–204

Kitten (< 1 year)

701 (60.7%)

51.53 (48.72)

0–244

Young adult (< 7 years)

415 (36%)

Mature adult (< 10 years)

22 (1.9%)

Senior (≥ 10 years)

16 (1.4%)

Count of who initiated the fetching sessions on average Count of who ended the fetching sessions on average
Cat 553 (47.9%) Cat 675 (58.5%)
Owner 249 (21.6%) Owner 248 (21.5%)
About equal 352 (30.5%) About equal 231 (20%)

Frequencies and percentages are presented along with the mean, SD (in brackets) and ranges of age and duration.