That "prey" sound

Since my kitties are indoors and pretty pest free, I just don't recognize
certain meows. Last night, I heard Sugar making this funny merrrrowlly owly
sound over and over. I kept sleepily calling "Sugar, come to bed" and the
like. Finally, I had to get up because I suddenly thought "Maybe she is
sick!!" I flip on the light and see that she is nose to the floor and
obviously interested in something ALIVE. I thought "Jeez I hope it's not a
mouse or something." Get over to her and find a huge cricket!! She quite
obviously didn't really know what to do with it, but nose it around. I'm not
sure what all her meowing was about. But I couldn't stand the though of her
eating something that big (though, she'd sure had plenty of time and it was
not the fastest thing ever). I got a jar and put it outside. At least I know
the "prey" alert sound now.

Karen wrote:
Since my kitties are indoors and pretty pest free, I just don't recognize
certain meows. Last night, I heard Sugar making this funny merrrrowlly owly
sound over and over. I kept sleepily calling "Sugar, come to bed" and the
like. Finally, I had to get up because I suddenly thought "Maybe she is
sick!!" I flip on the light and see that she is nose to the floor and
obviously interested in something ALIVE. I thought "Jeez I hope it's not a
mouse or something." Get over to her and find a huge cricket!! She quite
obviously didn't really know what to do with it, but nose it around. I'm not
sure what all her meowing was about. But I couldn't stand the though of her
eating something that big (though, she'd sure had plenty of time and it was
not the fastest thing ever). I got a jar and put it outside. At least I know
the "prey" alert sound now.

I knew cricket season was getting pretty close. Was she terribly upset
because you took it away from her?

Karen wrote:
Since my kitties are indoors and pretty pest free, I just don't recognize
certain meows. Last night, I heard Sugar making this funny merrrrowlly owly
sound over and over. I kept sleepily calling "Sugar, come to bed" and the
like. Finally, I had to get up because I suddenly thought "Maybe she is
sick!!" I flip on the light and see that she is nose to the floor and
obviously interested in something ALIVE. I thought "Jeez I hope it's not a
mouse or something." Get over to her and find a huge cricket!! She quite
obviously didn't really know what to do with it, but nose it around. I'm not
sure what all her meowing was about. But I couldn't stand the though of her
eating something that big (though, she'd sure had plenty of time and it was
not the fastest thing ever). I got a jar and put it outside. At least I know
the "prey" alert sound now.

Aw, poor Sugar. You spoiled her fun. ;o) I remember that throaty yowling
well. Nikki used to do it every time she brought home prey, and
sometimes she would sing to her piggy in the same way.

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"Karen" wrote in message
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At least I know
the "prey" alert sound now.


Waffles tells me in remarkably good English when she's caught something, as
she announces it by meowing, "MOWZ! MOWZ!" loudly. Then the rodent gets
dropped at my feet

Speaking of which, I have a live one in the rescue box which can go out in
the garden this morning!

Cheers, helen s

"Karen" wrote in message


Since my kitties are indoors and pretty pest free, I just don't recognize
certain meows.//

Tigers hunting meow is "YOW!!...YOWYOWYOW!!!! MRRRRROWWWWWW!". He sounds
like he's been hit by a truck. ;o)

Helen M



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On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:44:08 +0000 (UTC), "Helen Miles"
yodeled:

"Karen" wrote in message


Since my kitties are indoors and pretty pest free, I just don't recognize
certain meows.//

Tigers hunting meow is "YOW!!...YOWYOWYOW!!!! MRRRRROWWWWWW!". He sounds
like he's been hit by a truck. ;o)

Helen M


Stinky goes "wah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah!" I alwasy say to him "How can
you sneak up on anything when you make all that noise?"

Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Kreisleriana wrote:
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:44:08 +0000 (UTC), "Helen Miles"
yodeled:

"Karen" wrote in message


Since my kitties are indoors and pretty pest free, I just don't
recognize certain meows.//

Tigers hunting meow is "YOW!!...YOWYOWYOW!!!! MRRRRROWWWWWW!". He
sounds like he's been hit by a truck. ;o)

Helen M


Stinky goes "wah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah!" I alwasy say to him "How can
you sneak up on anything when you make all that noise?"

Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Persia just "chatters", high picked and squeaky, when she sees wild birds or
squirrels on the patio. Were she out there with them, no way could she
catch one.

Jill

Melody (RB) did that, too. I learned to recognize her "Come running! I
caught something" sound pretty darn quickly, after she uttered it right
before dropping a LIVE bug at my feet. (I have a really major bug
phobia.)

In Melody's case, she'd holler, "AaaaAAAAOW! AaaaAAAAOW!" at the top of
her lungs, while holding said bug in her mouth. The first time she did it,
I got scared that she was sick or hurt. Until she dropped the bug in front
of me, and I nearly had a heart attack, lol.

From then on, every time I heard her make that noise, I knew what it
meant. From HER point of view, it might have been an attempt to teach me
to hunt like a feline. To my mind, it meant, "Oh, no. A bug. Where's my
shoe, so I can dispatch it rapidly, human style?"

Fortunately (IMO, lol), I proved to be SO disappointing as a student, she
eventually gave up trying to give me hunting lessons. Thank goodness.

Donna, and the kitties who'd probably rather play soccer with a bug rather
than teach me to hunt it, Captain and Stanley

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:01:16 -0400, "Gabey8"
yodeled:

Melody (RB) did that, too. I learned to recognize her "Come running! I
caught something" sound pretty darn quickly, after she uttered it right
before dropping a LIVE bug at my feet. (I have a really major bug
phobia.)

In Melody's case, she'd holler, "AaaaAAAAOW! AaaaAAAAOW!" at the top of
her lungs, while holding said bug in her mouth. The first time she did it,
I got scared that she was sick or hurt. Until she dropped the bug in front
of me, and I nearly had a heart attack, lol.

From then on, every time I heard her make that noise, I knew what it
meant. From HER point of view, it might have been an attempt to teach me
to hunt like a feline. To my mind, it meant, "Oh, no. A bug. Where's my
shoe, so I can dispatch it rapidly, human style?"


It's so funny how the POVs are different. There are people who think
of cats as a means of "pest control," and think they "get rid" of
vermin. The cat doesn't think it's vermin, he thinks it's food or
toys, and he doesn't want to "get rid" of it, he just wants more!


Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Gabey8 wrote:

Melody snip boring crap

**** you're boring. You spend a lot of Saturday nights alone dontcha?