Marek Williams wrote in message . ..
Has anyone ever run into a cat that never meows?

There is a stray I am in the process of adopting. When I started with
him he was semi-feral. He wouldn't let anyone get close enough to
touch him. If anyone was successful in touching him he hissed at them
and lashed out with claws and mouth.

After a month of playing the cat-whisperer, I have gotten him to the
point where he loves to have me pet him, rub his ears, and talk to
him. He comes running, tail in the air, as soon as he sees me coming.
He's actually starting to act just like a cat. I have a ways to go,
and there are other worries -- like when I get him to my house will he
understand about litter boxes and such. No way to tell yet.

In the meantime, I am curious because he never meows. He's been around
the neighborhood for several years, and no one has ever heard him
meow. He doesn't even try. His sole vocal ability seems to be hissing
and purring. If he lost his voice at some time, I would think he would
still make the attempt, even if nothing came out. He doesn't growl
either. I've never heard of a mute cat. Has anyone else?

Our cat never meows. I've never heard him do it (he did hiss once,
though). What the little boy does do is to 'argue' with either me or
my wife when he is ordered away for the nite (away to his own seperate
bedroom where his active enjoyment of the nitelife will not disturb
our sleep, that is). Anyway, when he is told "Chop-Chop!!" (he knows
this means away to bed), as he trots by, he will 'mouth' little
sounds, almost like he is back-talking us! It's so funny! Sometimes,
he goes on and on as he jumps off the bed and makes for his exile.
I've never heard of an animal back-talking before. He's so cute!



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