My cat chirps at birds

jmc wrote:

Had a cat do this as well. I called it her "kill. kill! KILLL!" noise:
she'd make that weird noise while rapidly knashing her teeth together.

So, instead of blonde, perhaps your cat's a wannabe homicidal maniac?


i've had cats make that noise, i read along time ago that the reason
cats make that noise is because they can't get at the prey.

cobra

jmc

Suddenly, without warning, Hayley exclaimed (17-Sep-05 8:35 AM):

Hi,
Yes my cat does exactly the same,she is a female rescue cat and when
we first saw her do this at the birds we were not sure if this was
normal or not,but i guess it is.
Hayley
"Frodos Prophet" wrote in message
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Both of ours do this. The exception is that the older and much
bigger, (18lbs worth of cat muscle), does it only when he wants to
play. The younger and smaller female, chirps at the yard rats,
(Squirrels), any bird, and roaming male cats, from her favorite
window perch. She also does this to the bulldog we have in an outside
kennel. Drives him into a frenzy of barking and snarling. Recently,
she's taken to chirping at the wife's gerbils and at the imitation
mouse toys we found at Petsmart. Did I mention that shes all light
gray, but apparently touched with a bit of blonde somewhere in her..;-)

Syrano...


"Adam Helberg" wrote in message
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My cat Freddy has an unusual behavior I've not seen in other cats
and was wondering if others have seen.

When he hears a bird singing he sits looking up and makes a chirping
sound with his lower jaw vibrating and his tail sweeping from side
to side. It's very bizarre. Has anyone else seen a cat do this?

Adam

Our cats do this, chirp at birds...They are indoors, so there's no chance of
them catching them and killing them.

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"jmc" wrote in message
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Had a cat do this as well. I called it her "kill. kill! KILLL!" noise:
she'd make that weird noise while rapidly knashing her teeth together.

So, instead of blonde, perhaps your cat's a wannabe homicidal maniac?

jmc

Suddenly, without warning, Hayley exclaimed (17-Sep-05 8:35 AM):
Hi,
Yes my cat does exactly the same,she is a female rescue cat and when we
first saw her do this at the birds we were not sure if this was normal or
not,but i guess it is.
Hayley
"Frodos Prophet" wrote in message
om...

Both of ours do this. The exception is that the older and much bigger,
(18lbs worth of cat muscle), does it only when he wants to play. The
younger and smaller female, chirps at the yard rats, (Squirrels), any
bird, and roaming male cats, from her favorite window perch. She also
does this to the bulldog we have in an outside kennel. Drives him into a
frenzy of barking and snarling. Recently, she's taken to chirping at the
wife's gerbils and at the imitation mouse toys we found at Petsmart. Did
I mention that shes all light gray, but apparently touched with a bit of
blonde somewhere in her..;-)

Syrano...


"Adam Helberg" wrote in message
rthlink.net...

My cat Freddy has an unusual behavior I've not seen in other cats and
was wondering if others have seen.

When he hears a bird singing he sits looking up and makes a chirping
sound with his lower jaw vibrating and his tail sweeping from side to
side. It's very bizarre. Has anyone else seen a cat do this?

Adam

In article W_QWe.502428$5V4.195675@pd7tw3no, says...
jmc wrote:

Had a cat do this as well. I called it her "kill. kill! KILLL!" noise:
she'd make that weird noise while rapidly knashing her teeth together.

So, instead of blonde, perhaps your cat's a wannabe homicidal maniac?


i've had cats make that noise, i read along time ago that the reason
cats make that noise is because they can't get at the prey.

cobra
I do believe that is the reason. I think it's a sound of frustration. If
it's accompanied by a swishing of the tail back and forth it's
definitely frustration.

In our case, the chirping is accompanied by teeth chattering.

Paula

"? Cobra ?" wrote

i've had cats make that noise, i read along time ago that the reason
cats make that noise is because they can't get at the prey.


Yeah, I heard it simulated the action they make when they break
the neck of a small prey like a mouse.

My cats also do this - the first poster mentioned the lower jaw
vibrating and the tail swishing from side to side - I believe this means
the cat can't get to the "prize" and is expressing his/her frustration!

KR2T

Hayley wrote:

Hi,
Yes my cat does exactly the same,she is a female rescue cat and when we
first saw her do this at the birds we were not sure if this was normal or
not,but i guess it is.
Hayley
"Frodos Prophet" wrote in message
om...
Both of ours do this. The exception is that the older and much bigger,
(18lbs worth of cat muscle), does it only when he wants to play. The
younger and smaller female, chirps at the yard rats, (Squirrels), any
bird, and roaming male cats, from her favorite window perch. She also does
this to the bulldog we have in an outside kennel. Drives him into a frenzy
of barking and snarling. Recently, she's taken to chirping at the wife's
gerbils and at the imitation mouse toys we found at Petsmart. Did I
mention that shes all light gray, but apparently touched with a bit of
blonde somewhere in her..;-)

Syrano...


"Adam Helberg" wrote in message
link.net...
My cat Freddy has an unusual behavior I've not seen in other cats and was
wondering if others have seen.

When he hears a bird singing he sits looking up and makes a chirping
sound with his lower jaw vibrating and his tail sweeping from side to
side. It's very bizarre. Has anyone else seen a cat do this?

Adam