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post #31 of 37
2/21/11 at 2:35pm
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Originally Posted by GoldyCat View Post
Of course I talk to my cats. Doesn't everyone?
Miss Patchwillow is the only one who talks back to me, though, and she doesn't do it very often. Guess I just have a quiet bunch. Well, make that nonverbal. They aren't exactly quiet when they're drag racing through the house. More like a demolition derby.
All of them but Lazlo were silent until Flowerbelle meowed for a year. They put 2+2 together and started talking.

I do have conversations with Flowerbelle, though they're sign language, as she's deaf. We "chat" with her paw and my waving hand.

But I talk to them ALL the time. And like a bad mom, I talk to their Dad through them sometimes.

But they really don't talk back - though they do talk. They mostly ask for things* - though I'm sure they understand what I'm saying to them!

*The exceptions:

Chumley greets me every morning, and we have a lovely "head grooming" ritual.

Lazlo is an alien and communicates with the mothership.

Billy frequently talks to himself.
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post #32 of 37
2/21/11 at 2:57pm
I talk to Holland ALL the time. I was blessed with a silent cat. She doesn't meow for anything, she is the quietest creature I have ever known. HOWEVER... in the morning and at night, I can ask her one of two questions that will elicit a response about 90% of the time: Are you hungry? Do you want to eat? Those are the only things I say to her that ever get a verbal response...
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post #33 of 37
2/21/11 at 2:59pm
Yes, I talk to both of my girls. I can mimic Ginga but it hurts my voice I've tried mimicing Jazzy but that never works. I always get responses when talking to them though
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post #34 of 37
2/21/11 at 3:07pm
I miss my deep conversations with Bella. She was deaf and not much of a talker but would respond to me by touching my cheek or my hand. She was so smart! I had taught her a couple words in sign language which she picked up quickly. She couldn't hear my words but certainly knew my expressions and energy.
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post #35 of 37
2/21/11 at 4:27pm
Yes I do talk to Pixie quite a bit, my sis thinks I am crazy, and she tends to be a bit chatty at times.
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post #36 of 37
2/23/11 at 5:41am
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Originally Posted by Rosiemac View Post
Rosie....what do you all think?!
That Rosie! Life is very interesting with that little girl in the house!

DH and I talk to our kids all the time. About everything: the weather, what they might like for lunch or dinner. Do they want Sip (well, that's a stupid question!). DH will tell Mollipop to "go find Mom" and she'll come running back to the bedroom or the computer room. Then when she finds me, she'll start to meow. And when I'm cooking in the kitchen, Mollipop is usually sitting on a chair to su-purr-vise what I'm doing. I'll talk to her and she talks back.

Oh, and we also have to spell certain words: l-u-n-c-h, t-r-e-a-t, S-i-p, D-a-B-i-r-d, to name just a few. Those kids know exactly what those words mean. One night DH and I were talking about Hallween and I said, "trick or treat" and the cats came running to the kitchen. If I'm on the phone talking to a GF, I even spell l-u-n-c-h because it's easier to spell the word than it is to deal with six "starving" cats. (One day, my co-worker and I were trying to figure out where to go for lunch and I spelled the word out by accident....he looked at me and started laughing. He has a cat; he understands.)

And when I need to do a head count, I'll just holler "Treat!" and they call come running. Meowing the whole time because, they're all starving.
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post #37 of 37
2/23/11 at 10:32am
I think this video answers for itself http://www.youtube.com/carolinaalves.../1/dDMrS0jwXso
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