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Some cats are more vocal than others\u2014but then you\u2019ve noticed that. Purrsonally, I prefer the fluffy quiet type. I had a talkative cat once. Drove me crazy. Maybe that\u2019s because I like to do the talking.<\/p>\nSome cats are more vocal than others\u2014but then you\u2019ve noticed that. Purrsonally, I prefer the fluffy quiet type. I had a talkative cat once. Drove me crazy. Maybe that\u2019s because I like to do the talking.<\/p>\n
Lily vocalizes for only two reasons. She sort of yowls when she has captured one of her stuffed toys and is on her way to drop it at my feet. If she decides to play-hunt in the middle of the night, she\u2019ll announce her arrive with her play-prey even then. And she mews sweetly when she wants food or a drink out of the spigot.<\/p>\n
Sophie has been a very quiet tortie for most of her 14 years. Lately, however, she has a lot to say. She has developed quite an opinion. She doesn\u2019t like it when Dennis goes outside. She\u2019ll sit at the screen door and call to him to ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_3743-2-300x200.jpg\")
come back in. And she has become demanding. Every evening she demands grass. In fact she threatens us. She\u2019ll look at my philodendron hungrily and cries until someone brings her a few strands of grass from outside or we put her container of grass on the floor where she can reach it. She also meows politely when I place her food bowl on the floor. I consider that a thank you and always respond with, \u201cYou\u2019re welcome, Sophie.\u201d<\/p>\n
When I visit a neighbor, her cat Joy welcomes me with her meows and chirps. She tells me what she\u2019s been doing that day, describes how she\u2019s fe-line, shares secrets from the neighborhood, and probably asks for treats. She\u2019s part Siamese and very vocal. Her counterpart, George, has never said a catty word to me.<\/p>\n
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My mother\u2019s cat Smokey (AKA Rags in the Klepto Cat Mysteries) vocalizes, but not excessively. He will respond with a soft \u201cme-aaa\u201d when you speak to him. And when he wants a treat (he lives for treats), he won\u2019t stop chattering until you\u2019ve done your job as a visitor\u2014give him a treat. His voice is soft. But if he\u2019s outside and wants inside and his kitty door is blocked, he\u2019s been known to MEOW!!! so loudly that everyone in the house at the time fears for his very life. When we rush toward the sound, we discover Smokey sitting quietly at the door patiently waiting for someone to open it.<\/p>\n
Cats sure know how to get our attention whether it\u2019s through meow-words or actions. Have you noticed your cat mewing at you when you\u2019re on the phone? Does she think you\u2019re talking to her?<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve read that cats don\u2019t communicate the same way with each other as they do with people\u2014that they\u2019re imitating people when they \u201cverbalize.\u201d I\u2019m not quite sure that\u2019s true. Cats snarl at one another, yowl, hiss, growl and I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ve heard a mother cat make chirping sounds to calm or warn her kittens.<\/p>\n
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Some cats are more vocal than others\u2014but then you\u2019ve noticed that. Purrsonally, I prefer the fluffy quiet type. I had a talkative cat once. Drove me crazy. Maybe that\u2019s because I like to do the talking. Lily vocalizes for only … Continue reading