Purring

All of my kitties purr although some do it a lot louder than others. Imhotep especially has a very soft fur.

i've had cats that purr so loudly that the tv needs to be turned up to hear over them, and i also have a cat that purrs so quietly that you need to press your ear against him to hear it (it's mostly just detected by feeling his vibration). i think there's a broad purr spectrum

maybe your kitty purrs, but it's just a quiet one.

Any cat on the place that I can touch will purr and one purrs so loud I can hear him over the tractor engine, the rest range from almost inaudible to what I consider normal volume. I also have one that hisses - she has done so since she was a kitten, and still hisses at feeding time if food doesn't come fast enough to suit her; she does meow, but very rarely and very softly and she does purr, rather loudly for such a little cat.

She's started hissing? Has anything happened to make her a bit defensive? Any changes in the household, did you accidentally scare her somehow? Is she spay?


Most of mine purr, though you can't really hear Sho. The kittens are all very loud, as is Siri. The only one that doesn't purr for me is my semi-feral Boo. He'll take more time and I can tell when he's content/happy. I settle for happy cat meows out of him (he actually sounds like a person saying meow instead of a cat).

Kato seldom purrs. He will do it early in the morning when he crawls up to get under the covers and lay on my chest. It is low you can hardly hear it.

Has she been to the vet recently to make sure there's nothing medically going on to cause this behavior? Do you have Feliway plug-ins to use? That might help some.

This is what I was thinking, especially since the new information in the last post.

My cat purrs so loud I can't hear much of anything. Purrrrr bucket I would say. Some don't however. She is not a hisser.

Please don't "snip her" on the nose for hissing at you or scratching you. I don't know what the problem is, but blow a short, sharp puff of air into her face. Physical correction doesn't work for cats and will make her distrust you and become hissier in the long run.

We had a kitty that didn't want a whole lot to do with us for her two years, then slowly came around to enjoy a few pets and her purr was so slight you couldn't hear it, you could only feel it. She's 5 now and climbs on our laps and purrs up a storm.

If I were you, I'd take her to the vet for a check-up and start working with her like a kitty that needs to be socialized. I'd buy Feliway, and use it around your home (avoid anywhere near litter boxes and scratching posts). I'd consider getting Bach's Rescue Remedy and putting a few drops in her water dish when you clean it every day and dab it behind her ears, at the base of her tail, and under her chin. http://www.bachflower.com/Pets.htm

I'd get a couple of t-shirts really good and sweaty, and I'd put one under her food dish. I'd put one in her favorite place to sleep, and I'd give her a lot of play time with a wand toy - at the end of a play session, I'd put treats down on one for her.

Apart from the daily play time, I'd ignore her completely for the next few weeks. Don't look her in the eyes - this is a sign of aggression. Don't walk toward her - avoid her. Walk around her.

Does she have much vertical space? I'd provide some for her. A cat tree, a window seat, whatever you can.

How old was she when she was taken from her mom? I wonder if part of the problem is that she never learned kitty manners? Or that you've tried to train her by lightly bopping her on the nose?