I don't mean the ones I hear in my head, lol, but cats actual meow. Some of my cats are crazy vocal, but one of my cats barely croaks. He really tries, most of the time, he's just making the mouth movements, but if he's really agitated (vet time) he sounds like some scary wild animal. Why is that? I've always wondered why some cats can't seem to meow?
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Kitty voices
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I have 3 cats from the same family... momma's meow is sweet and petite, Loki only meows when something is *relatively* important and his voice sounds like it. Pippen is the whiney boy... always begging for attention, and Belle... she's the 18 year old, and she sounds like an ex-smoker.
I have 3 cats from the same family... momma's meow is sweet and petite, Loki only meows when something is *relatively* important and his voice sounds like it. Pippen is the whiney boy... always begging for attention, and Belle... she's the 18 year old, and she sounds like an ex-smoker.
I think just like people, cats have the same variety when it comes to individual voices. I'm someone with a small voice, and my personality is generally pretty quiet. I can be loud if I really want to be, but that isn't very often. Then there are polar opposites of me who just blah-blah-blah all the time just because they can, to hear their own voice, to be heard, etc.
Quieter cats may just be, by personality, quieter cats. Rabbits don't make any noise unless they're screaming for their life, but they are capable of it when necessary.
I love the "typical" Siamese cats because they have that gruff, chain-smoking old man voice and they REALLY use it loud and clear.
Our 10 year old big built male has the babiest meow, but he uses it to HOWL and whine over and over again to echo through the entire apartment ("MEOW. MEEEE-OW. MRA-OWR") or whine. Our 1 year old petite female has a tiny meow, but when she wants to converse, she has a deeper voice and uses drawn out multi-meows ("mreo-row, mao-roa-ourw, meeeeeeeee-yooooooooow"). Some of her meows are teeny tiny, barely audible, like she'll open her mouth but no sound will come out. Depends on the mood of the cats just as much as personality.
Quieter cats may just be, by personality, quieter cats. Rabbits don't make any noise unless they're screaming for their life, but they are capable of it when necessary.
I love the "typical" Siamese cats because they have that gruff, chain-smoking old man voice and they REALLY use it loud and clear.
Our 10 year old big built male has the babiest meow, but he uses it to HOWL and whine over and over again to echo through the entire apartment ("MEOW. MEEEE-OW. MRA-OWR") or whine. Our 1 year old petite female has a tiny meow, but when she wants to converse, she has a deeper voice and uses drawn out multi-meows ("mreo-row, mao-roa-ourw, meeeeeeeee-yooooooooow"). Some of her meows are teeny tiny, barely audible, like she'll open her mouth but no sound will come out. Depends on the mood of the cats just as much as personality.
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I wonder if there's a problem though, sometimes. Like Furmonster Mom's oldest cat, my guy (Bubbs) is 6 but he really does sound like he's got a pack a day habit! I understand that cats personalities dictate the level and intensity of their meow, but when he tries so hard to make a noise and all that comes out is a bullfrog croak, are his vocal chords in tact? *shrugs* I'm just curious I guess. Not that I mind, he's the best cuddler in the house, and his purrs of contentment are loud and clear!
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Sinbad and Tempest have very different cat voices, I was actually talking about it the other day while helping out at the shelter where we adopted them because the difference is so funny.
Sinbad is constantly talking. And I mean CONSTANTLY. His range of vocal sounds is amazing, and he continues popping out with more every time we think we have his full vocabulary down. It's funny when he and my hubby start talking. Sinbad will walk up to him and let out a series of sounds, and my hubby will respond back with funny things, Sinbad will reply and they'll just go back and forth in a conversation. Sinbad can make so many different sounds, with so many emotive pitches, it really does sound like he's just talking to my hubby in a foreign language. This morning's conversation went something like this:
Sinbad's sentence.
Hubby: Really? That seems kind of strange.
Sinbad's reply.
Hubby: I know, it's not like I think you're lying, but mommy usually likes purple.
Sinbad's reply.
Hubby: Well don't complain too much, that's why she bought your favorite blanket.
Sinbad's reply.
Hubby: Hey, you're the one who likes to snuggle in it.
It went on for quite a while in that vein.
I've heard them "talking" about everything from my favorite color to gremlins hiding in bookshelves, whether the Flash tv series is closer to Barry Allen or Wally West, what we should have for dinner.. it's pretty hilarious. It does make him pretty easy to understand, which is cool. He vocalizes differently for different things that he wants - even distinguishing between things like wanting mommy snuggles or daddy snuggles.
Tempest doesn't make nearly as many sounds. Actually I have yet to even her sound like a cat. She mostly trills and squeaks, though when she gets really excited she makes a screeching type of sound that reminds me of a chimpanzee.
The squeaks are the cutest. They sound like mmSQUEE! mmSQUEE!!
Sinbad is constantly talking. And I mean CONSTANTLY. His range of vocal sounds is amazing, and he continues popping out with more every time we think we have his full vocabulary down. It's funny when he and my hubby start talking. Sinbad will walk up to him and let out a series of sounds, and my hubby will respond back with funny things, Sinbad will reply and they'll just go back and forth in a conversation. Sinbad can make so many different sounds, with so many emotive pitches, it really does sound like he's just talking to my hubby in a foreign language. This morning's conversation went something like this:
Sinbad's sentence.
Hubby: Really? That seems kind of strange.
Sinbad's reply.
Hubby: I know, it's not like I think you're lying, but mommy usually likes purple.
Sinbad's reply.
Hubby: Well don't complain too much, that's why she bought your favorite blanket.
Sinbad's reply.
Hubby: Hey, you're the one who likes to snuggle in it.
It went on for quite a while in that vein.
Tempest doesn't make nearly as many sounds. Actually I have yet to even her sound like a cat. She mostly trills and squeaks, though when she gets really excited she makes a screeching type of sound that reminds me of a chimpanzee.
Sylvia Rose chatters so much we let her name a couple of the zebra finches. We held her up to the cage and she said "Mawah!!!" and then "Ffft!" so that's what we called them!
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That's hilarious!
