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What is our cat saying to us?
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"? |
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On 20 Sep 2004 00:15:20 -0700, (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. My gang aren't very talkative. Sammy hardly every says anything, when she wants my attention she comes over and paws me - or pokes me with a claw if I don't pay attention as quickly as I should. LB is the most talkative, but she has a very soft voice. Mainly she talks about dirty litterboxes and when she wants outside. As far as she's concerned a box that has been used once needs to be scooped NOW. And, since Sammy follows me around, supervising scooping, and then jumps in and uses it as soon as I've finished, there is no such thing as a clean box in our house. (Sammy even follows me from one box to the next and tries to make a deposit in both.) Rocky has little to say, I didn't think he knew how to meow until last year. snip -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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On 20 Sep 2004 00:15:20 -0700, (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. My gang aren't very talkative. Sammy hardly every says anything, when she wants my attention she comes over and paws me - or pokes me with a claw if I don't pay attention as quickly as I should. LB is the most talkative, but she has a very soft voice. Mainly she talks about dirty litterboxes and when she wants outside. As far as she's concerned a box that has been used once needs to be scooped NOW. And, since Sammy follows me around, supervising scooping, and then jumps in and uses it as soon as I've finished, there is no such thing as a clean box in our house. (Sammy even follows me from one box to the next and tries to make a deposit in both.) Rocky has little to say, I didn't think he knew how to meow until last year. snip -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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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"? |
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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"? |
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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"? |
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On 20 Sep 2004 00:15:20 -0700, (Singer709) yodeled:
(snip) 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"? Stinky is very vocal, too. If he sees me after not seeing me for awhile (e.g. 10 minutes), he will chirp or meow. I've described here how he walks around in the evening in roaring lion mode. He will meow at me, too, when it isn't apparent that he wants anything in particular. My mother always thought that since this is a house where people talk a lot, Stinky just figured when he was a kitten that the best thing to do is join in. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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On 20 Sep 2004 00:15:20 -0700, (Singer709) yodeled:
(snip) 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"? Stinky is very vocal, too. If he sees me after not seeing me for awhile (e.g. 10 minutes), he will chirp or meow. I've described here how he walks around in the evening in roaring lion mode. He will meow at me, too, when it isn't apparent that he wants anything in particular. My mother always thought that since this is a house where people talk a lot, Stinky just figured when he was a kitten that the best thing to do is join in. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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On 20 Sep 2004 00:15:20 -0700, (Singer709) yodeled:
(snip) 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"? Stinky is very vocal, too. If he sees me after not seeing me for awhile (e.g. 10 minutes), he will chirp or meow. I've described here how he walks around in the evening in roaring lion mode. He will meow at me, too, when it isn't apparent that he wants anything in particular. My mother always thought that since this is a house where people talk a lot, Stinky just figured when he was a kitten that the best thing to do is join in. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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