Silent ginger

A young ginger tom has moved into our house. It's a nice tame, clean
cat but we can't find out who it belongs to.

It is totally silent. It repeatedly opens it's mouth wide when it
wants to go out (or come in) and a cry should emerge but nothing is
heard.

What could be wrong with it?


Steve
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A young ginger tom has moved into our house. It's a nice tame, clean
cat but we can't find out who it belongs to.

It is totally silent. It repeatedly opens it's mouth wide when it
wants to go out (or come in) and a cry should emerge but nothing is
heard.

What could be wrong with it?

Nothing horrible and contagious, I'd warrant. Perhaps an old injury. Perhaps
a genetic thing so he's mute. Perhaps he IS making a sound, just above your
hearing range. Perhaps he just never learned to meow. I had to teach Jeffrey.
Truly feral cats make lots of sounds, but they rarely meow.

Congrats on your new cat. *EG*

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enlightened us with...
A young ginger tom has moved into our house. It's a nice tame, clean
cat but we can't find out who it belongs to.

It is totally silent. It repeatedly opens it's mouth wide when it
wants to go out (or come in) and a cry should emerge but nothing is
heard.

What could be wrong with it?

Nothing horrible and contagious, I'd warrant. Perhaps an old injury. Perhaps
a genetic thing so he's mute. Perhaps he IS making a sound, just above your
hearing range. Perhaps he just never learned to meow. I had to teach Jeffrey.
Truly feral cats make lots of sounds, but they rarely meow.

Congrats on your new cat. *EG*

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He's your God, they're your rules - you burn in Hell.
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace

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wrote on 10/26/04 12:53 PM:

A young ginger tom has moved into our house. It's a nice tame, clean
cat but we can't find out who it belongs to.

It is totally silent. It repeatedly opens it's mouth wide when it
wants to go out (or come in) and a cry should emerge but nothing is
heard.

What could be wrong with it?


Steve

It is a master of the "silent meow". I think it's yours now. Many cats do
the silent meow as a tactic, but some just are silent meowers. I had one
like that once. Never heard a peep from him. Then my dad accidently closed
him in the trunk of a car where he kept his tools. We couldn't figure out
where he was and were calling and calling. He started yelling loud and we
found him. Other than that, never heard a meow in the 15 or so years he was
with us.

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wrote on 10/26/04 12:53 PM:

A young ginger tom has moved into our house. It's a nice tame, clean
cat but we can't find out who it belongs to.

It is totally silent. It repeatedly opens it's mouth wide when it
wants to go out (or come in) and a cry should emerge but nothing is
heard.

What could be wrong with it?


Steve

It is a master of the "silent meow". I think it's yours now. Many cats do
the silent meow as a tactic, but some just are silent meowers. I had one
like that once. Never heard a peep from him. Then my dad accidently closed
him in the trunk of a car where he kept his tools. We couldn't figure out
where he was and were calling and calling. He started yelling loud and we
found him. Other than that, never heard a meow in the 15 or so years he was
with us.

Karen Chuplis wrote in
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at wrote on 10/26/04 12:53 PM:

A young ginger tom has moved into our house. It's a nice tame, clean
cat but we can't find out who it belongs to.

It is totally silent. It repeatedly opens it's mouth wide when it
wants to go out (or come in) and a cry should emerge but nothing is
heard.

What could be wrong with it?


Steve

It is a master of the "silent meow". I think it's yours now. Many cats
do the silent meow as a tactic, but some just are silent meowers. I
had one like that once. Never heard a peep from him. Then my dad
accidently closed him in the trunk of a car where he kept his tools.
We couldn't figure out where he was and were calling and calling. He
started yelling loud and we found him. Other than that, never heard a
meow in the 15 or so years he was with us.



You will now have to read "The Silent Miaow" by Paul Gallico. It can be a
bit precious, as it is purportedly written by a cat, but it is really
very funny and sweet. My first cat, Nickleby, was a master of the silent
meow, it was heartbreakingly cute and would earn him anything his little
heart desired!

--Catherine
& Rosalie the calicohead, a chirper rather than a meower

Karen Chuplis wrote in
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at wrote on 10/26/04 12:53 PM:

A young ginger tom has moved into our house. It's a nice tame, clean
cat but we can't find out who it belongs to.

It is totally silent. It repeatedly opens it's mouth wide when it
wants to go out (or come in) and a cry should emerge but nothing is
heard.

What could be wrong with it?


Steve

It is a master of the "silent meow". I think it's yours now. Many cats
do the silent meow as a tactic, but some just are silent meowers. I
had one like that once. Never heard a peep from him. Then my dad
accidently closed him in the trunk of a car where he kept his tools.
We couldn't figure out where he was and were calling and calling. He
started yelling loud and we found him. Other than that, never heard a
meow in the 15 or so years he was with us.



You will now have to read "The Silent Miaow" by Paul Gallico. It can be a
bit precious, as it is purportedly written by a cat, but it is really
very funny and sweet. My first cat, Nickleby, was a master of the silent
meow, it was heartbreakingly cute and would earn him anything his little
heart desired!

--Catherine
& Rosalie the calicohead, a chirper rather than a meower

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A young ginger tom has moved into our house. It's a nice tame, clean
cat but we can't find out who it belongs to.

It is totally silent. It repeatedly opens it's mouth wide when it
wants to go out (or come in) and a cry should emerge but nothing is
heard.

What could be wrong with it?

We had a ginger stray (neighbour's cat) that used to visit. It lost it's
voice for a while, but we never knew why. It was quite loud, so perhaps they
had it silenced? It also had a fight with a Coon, so it might have been an
infection.

Our cat is also very quiet, rarely meows aloud. Usually just opens her mouth
and nothing comes out.

wrote in message
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A young ginger tom has moved into our house. It's a nice tame, clean
cat but we can't find out who it belongs to.

It is totally silent. It repeatedly opens it's mouth wide when it
wants to go out (or come in) and a cry should emerge but nothing is
heard.

What could be wrong with it?

We had a ginger stray (neighbour's cat) that used to visit. It lost it's
voice for a while, but we never knew why. It was quite loud, so perhaps they
had it silenced? It also had a fight with a Coon, so it might have been an
infection.

Our cat is also very quiet, rarely meows aloud. Usually just opens her mouth
and nothing comes out.

wrote in message
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A young ginger tom has moved into our house. It's a nice tame, clean
cat but we can't find out who it belongs to.

It is totally silent. It repeatedly opens it's mouth wide when it
wants to go out (or come in) and a cry should emerge but nothing is
heard.

What could be wrong with it?


Steve


I have a big old ginger tom who adopted me but never makes a sound other
than a low crackling sound when he tries to meow. He's had chronic ear
problems and my vet thinks that may have affected his voice. I drop his ears
every month or so just to try to try to help keep things in check.
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