I think it's a "howdy" or "Hey dude, I'm here." Our Roxie is the most
vocal and will announce herself walking into a room or passing by us when
we're watching the idiot box. Except she doesn't meow so much as trill.
The trill is her primary means of communication and I'm still getting used
to it.

My RB Fritzie was part Burmese and was a vary mouthy kid. Stosh, after 10
months with him, is just starting to take part in two-way verbal
communication; the past few days he's been pretty meowy but he's quiet,
not a loudmouth like his predecessor. Brandy's getting more into speech as
well. It's as if both are picking up from Roxie.

Brandy and Stosh have plenty to say to each other. They're fond of
wrestling one another, so they pass threats and insults between
themselves. They fight very fairly though, so it seems okay. One crazy
thing though; Brandy, who was raised in her shelter's foster-home with a
dog, growls.

Blessed be,
Baha

Singer709 wrote:

We all get harangued by our cats when they want food or to go outside,
or often when their cat boxes need cleaning.

For example, my super-smart Vanilla (now RB) would come to where I
was, and DEMAND that I get up instantly and take care of whatever she
wanted. She would lead me to the fridge, or the cat box, (she was 100%
indoor) and sit there mewing until I acted. She would also watch
carefully while I cleaned the cat box to ensure that I did a proper
job. Same when I fixed her dinner or a snack. Everything had to be
just so.

And when it was 10-11pm or so, she'd DEMAND that I turn off the TV and
come to bed!

RJ, my present huge orange fuzzball, isn't as sharp as Vanilla was, so
when he wants something he mews, but can't figure out how to lead me
to the job at hand, so I have to guess. Most of the time is for him to
"play out" on the fenced patio. He loves this since the patio has a
high fence and no gaps (his former owners declawed him in front --
boo) but at least the benefit of that is he can go play out and
there's no way he can get away.

Anyway, sometimes our cats will just come over and meow at us, for no
apparent reason. Naturally Siamese will speak volumes, whole
paragraphs of cat lingo. But even non-Siamese will often simply have
something to say to us.

Any idea what it is? It's not "I love you" because that tone we can
identify immediately. And it's not "Angry" or "Scared" either. The
"words" are articulate and not stressed with high emotion.

Do you think that our cat is simply saying "Hi there"?