If you have more than 1 cat...

Can you tell the difference in the sounds of your cats meowing? My 3 have pretty different sounds to them so I can tell who is talking or yowling

Absolutely. Their meows, and purrs, and trills are way different, and each of them have a huge vocabulary of sounds. Although I am sure that they are learning some sounds from each other, because they both have "new" words since I adopted Bailey. So they will use similar types of sounds for the same situation, like "I'm starving", but in their own distinctive voice, if that makes any sense.

My kitties all have different meows. whiner just talks a lot, all the time! Rascal whines all the time too, and loves attention, and the other kitties don't really voice their opinions lots, unless they are really hungry and you go out the door without food, then you get little meows and big meows and quiet ones and loud ones.....everything! You even get a hiss or two in there from the other kitties that came along....lol

oh most definitely, i can tell the difference between my two based on sound. Li has a very warm trilling chirp and i can tell what he wants based on the tone and inflection. the only time he doesn't trill is when he wants to be picked up or i have to shut them in my bedroom when i'm at work...then he CRIES. Sakura has a very delicate feminine meow. she doesn't seem to have the Raggie chirp in her yet, but she's still young!!

I can tell which one is talking here too.

Spaz has a deep long meow and Pandora has a squeeky high pitched
quick meow. Spaz has a quiet purr and Pandora has about
the loudest purr I've ever heard, you can hear her purring
in a different room. Spaz meows all the time and Pandora
hardly ever talks, only when she wants in a room I'm
in and the doors shut does she start up usually lol

Most of the time I can't tell which of my boys is meowing. But when Legolas is all alone and by that I mean that Peter accidentally locked Aragorn in the closet or bathroom.

Legolas will let out a Yowl like I've never heard before. He's definately telling us to let his brother out of the closet or bathroom.

I would not claim to be able to tell all 14 by voice without a mistake, but a few are easy to distinguish and most are possible to distinguish.

most defintley. Suma talk all the time, you can hear her little meow anywhere. Matty does more of a quite chirp , almost a little more than a gasp, I can even tell the purrs apart. Matty purrs like a big block chevy, Suma has to be next to you to hear it.

Yup!!! Of course!

oh yea, my 2 are very different, stripey is loud and blackie is more quite, but they both can get your attention when they want they are from the same litter, well they were the litter only 2 babies but they are so different not just their meow, that is so strange to me, they are just like people i think

99% of the time, yes. Sometimes Sylvestra & Mr. can sound similar (they're siblings), but I can almost always tell the difference. They each have their own distinct personality and voice.

Originally posted by MamaKat
Can you tell the difference in the sounds of your cats meowing?

My 3 have pretty different sounds to them so I can tell who is talking or yowling

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You bet I can and I'm even able to make the specific meows back of at least 3 of them The *only* sound I can not differentiate as to which cat is making it is retching <G>.

To 99 % I can tell who does the meowing . It is funny how each cat is differend

Oh yeah. Tailer, although she is female, has a lower voice that Toes and a little harsher sounding (when she's bitching you out you KNOW IT!). Toes has a very lyrical voice, but hardly ever uses it.

The weird part, though, is when they're trying to imitate one another. I caught it happening once and it freaked me out.

Yep! I can tell the difference. I've never heard Carmella meow. She only hisses. Henrietta has a kitten mew (and it's quick like that). And Peaches has a regular meow. It's softer then most cats but a little louder then Henrietta's.

Each one has a different Meeow sound. It's easy to tell which one is talking without even seeing him.

Most of the time, yes. Their meows are distinctive. When it is a yowl, it's a lot harder to tell. Their purrs are different, too. Some purr softly, some like a buzz saw

This is such a cute thread to read. My sister's adult cat Jess doesn't meow much, but it always makes me melt. Her kitten Onyx definitely has different meows. I really wish I could hear all your kitties though.

Oh yeah Oscar and the Sammycat have very different voices. Sammycat is a much louder sound than Oscar, especially when it is feeding time

Oh yeah...most definitely, my 3 are very different. Faline has a wide range of vocals, she tends to be the "most talkative" of the 3. She has a great dramatic "MMEEEEEEEOOOWWWWWWWWW" when she wants us to pay attention and she wants something and her meow will sound like a long cry when she is going to the vets. She has no problem letting us know she wants attention, and then she'll come up to us and coo and purr to us when she wants to socialize with us and have us pet her. Simba's voice tends to be very high pitched, a lot higher sound than Faline's, except when he's going to the vet's in his pet cage, then it's a high pitched wail.
Then Nala won't hardly meow at all, cause she lets Faline do most of the talking, but when she meows, it is soft and dainty and so darling.
I can definitely tell "who's who"