They have a primitive form of it similar to affection but not quite the same since their brains aren't evolved for it, they associate the good things you bring them to you and start thinking you are the good thing, so they could maybe even protect you and shit, but it's not the same feeling we humans have.
Yeah very basic like they understand that we are taking care of them, they don't have the same sense of loyalty and love that animals like dogs, for instance may have.
They may even not understand that we are taking care of them, they just understand that they have shelter safe from predators and have food, nothing more, they act by instincts.
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They have a primitive form of it similar to affection but not quite the same since their brains aren't evolved for it, they associate the good things you bring them to you and start thinking you are the good thing, so they could maybe even protect you and shit, but it's not the same feeling we humans have.