Can you tell your cats apart by their meows?

Yeah, I can. Loki complains and whines a lot! It's this "MUROW" or just "RROW". Possum has this little sweet "mew" and sometimes does this little chirp sound. His voice is real high and it sounds feminine to me. He was neutered way before he matured. However I had to take him to the vet once, and his meows got significantly deeper to voice his displeasure of being in the cat carrier. It was quite shocking at the time, but it's funny now.

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I can tell the difference between everyones meows, and they all have different tones too! I cant really explain the meows, but I do meow back But here we go, Willie has the softest meow and its like meow and he also is mostly trilling whenever he starts to meow! Then Midnight has a loud meow, and it too goes Mrreoow! Bella, the one who rarely meows, well she meows at me when she wants me and my attention but hers is simple, its a deep meow but pitchy and of course it goes Mreoow! Stormie, the most talkitive cat in the house! Well her meow is simply a meow to a mreow and well its a normal tone to me, and well we hold convos, she often meows whenever she is looking for me. But her meow changes a lot in tones of course but I can identify them all! Blue, blue only meows every once in a while and its meow, and its very deep but feminime lol! Then there is Tessa the siamese, who I must add is a weird non talkitive siamese, she meows rarely but mostly when she wants to be petted. Her meow is very soft but pitchy I guess you could say!

So there goes my crews meows! They all have different ones and well it is hard for me to explain it, but I hope I did it good

Scratch rarely meows since the tinsel incident, but when she does it's very gravelly. Sort of like a feline Janis Joplin voice. Squee likes to trill and chirp. So yes I can tell them apart by their meows.

I have just been sitting here laughing at you all! Boy we love our cats dont we? Pepsi never says much at all and Milo sounds like an old Trill phone kinda "pring!"
Just a little story for you. My friend's cat went missing which was traumatic for her as you can imagine. She called everywhere, frantic. She got a call about 3 days later from a local resue centre saying that a cat had been bought in matching her missing cats description. She went down and was talking to the receptionist when she heard her cat meowing from the distance. She took the nurse staright to her cat from the sound and as soon as the cat saw her it shut up! The nurse said that it hadnt shut up for about 3 hours and it was driving them nuts!
Ahh Happy ending.

Definitely!
Polly has a wide variety of ranges but it's usually loud with a bit of a demanding tone. She also does it much more often than Molly. When I meow at her she meows right back. We go on forever like that sometimes.
Molly has a small, delicate meow that is sometimes barely audible. When she meows it's also a bit longer, and Polly's is usually a one syllable meow.
They both coo like a dove, too. I don't know how to explain it but it's so cute! It's like a mixture between a meow, a purr and a dove.

With 18 cats it's important that I learn the different meows!

Yep, I can tell who it is by their meow and also by the way they jump on the bed.

Originally Posted by Mcat

Paisley say "Ra" in an indignant loud voice. Josie says "mow" usually. Arthur is a Turk so he trills. Peaches is very quiet; she says "meep" whenever she's bothered.

I can tell who's talking if and when they do that. Can you?

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Yes, this one is easy! Persi thinks he is a lion and really lets loose with a loud king of the hill meow! Alley sort of chirps like a bird so for me I have no trouble knowing who is "talking".

Originally Posted by lady_tiger61

i can't think of any two cats that sound the same!

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I can't tell mine apart. I really can't. I always try to guess who's talking to me before I look at them, but their voices just sound the same to me. Maybe it's because they're brothers and don't have any "other cat" influences?

I only have two, but they're very easy to tell apart. Swanie doesn't talk much, but it's usally a low pitched Mrow. Cindy is a shrill meow! Or a trill.

Oh heck yes! Enzo has a cute louder meow and he talks A LOT!!! Leya has a very high pitched meow and she usually includes a purr.

I don't think their meows are "influenced" by other kitties. I have 2 kitty sisters and their meows could not be more different by comparison!

Originally Posted by Mollysmom

I don't think their meows are "influenced" by other kitties. I have 2 kitty sisters and their meows could not be more different by comparison!

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Well maybe this means I'm deaf, or maybe it just means that my boys' voices are very similar, but I sure can't tell my brother-cats voices apart!

Heck yeah! Her majesty NEVER speaks unless she is unhappy with you or something. She doesn't even ask in or out she works her paws on the door or the screen (to get in)

Mr. Faust he asks "OUT" to go out, and talks at the door the second he hears you up in the morning (at least he used to) Since his episode he stays on the bed all night and does not talk nearly as much as he used to. However if you talk to him he talks back and sometimes you don't have to understand cat to know exactly what he said.

I can almost always tell my cats voices apart. I wanted to name Red Cat "Caruso" because he is always "singing" and has such incredible volume. However, when he is telling me that the litter box has been used and his human servant had better get in there and clean it NOW, he has a distinct whine.

Purdy makes a distinct "ah-oo" sound, except when he is wandering around aimlessly in the night, when he makes a sound I can't describe but is totally different than I've heard from any other cat.

Sheba, my only female, is a delicate little thing and has a small voice that is definitely soprano.