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Old April 2nd 04, 05:58 AM
Lotte
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Chelle -- He sounds like one of my cats, whom I rescued as a stray. She is
just "talkative." She's constantly meowing, but doesn't necessarily want me
to pet her or touch her -- she'll often shy away if I try, just like the cat
you describe. I honestly don't know what she wants when she's yakking at me
(at first I gave her food when she did it, but often she didn't want it, so
I figured that wasn't what she was asking for), so I've started to just talk
back to her. We have a little conversation, which she seems to enjoy.
Maybe he is trying to make friends with you -- if he's making a noise like
"meeow?" that goes up in pitch at the end, that's an invitation to make
friends. If he does a loud "meoooowwrrrr," that's lower in pitch, that's
aggressive or fearful. There's a call in between the two that's a "hello is
anyone out there?" sound, but I dunno how to describe it in words. It's
louder than the invitation meow, and more drawn out, but it's not low and in
the back of the throat like the aggressive meow. He may just be trying to
placate you with friendly verbal greetings. Keep feeding him and talk back
and see if he likes that. Please post again and tell what happens, because
I'm curious on behalf of my yakky cat -- M9

"RedRiver35" wrote in message
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Good morning:

Well ...

He acts like he wants me to pet him but when I open the door he runs.

He also cries when going around the gate in the next yard.

He hever has let us pet him.

I wonder if he wants me to follow him, which I can't do because the

neighbor
gate is such that I can't open it, it is a privacy fence, and the neighbor

is
gone.

He has been coming up and crying several times a day ever since he showed

up
again.

I can, however, talk to him, and he does seem to pay attention to me.

Chelle.

Maybe he wants to come in...... does he let you pet him?


"The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those

rights
which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of

tyranny.
The question is not can they REASON, nor can they TALK, but can they

SUFFER?"
-- Jeremy Bentham