Calling kitty...

Another thread got me thinking about this question.
Do you cats come when you call their name or call kitty kitty or something else? Or do they just come when they feel like it?



My kitties come when I call their name. Sometimes they come when they just hear my voice. I rarely have to call kitty kitty though.


Note:I made this poll multiple choice.

Diddy will come when you call her name. The rest will come to kitty kitty.

Eightball will come when I call any name in the house.

Sage and Dakota come when I meowl for them.

Koko comes when I sing the "Koko-ko-ko-ko" song.

The rest pretty much come when they feel like it (by calling their names).

Cosmo is still learning his name, but he looks at me when I call him by his name... then he comes when he's good and ready

He seems to like when I call him Cosmo-Cosmo or Cosmo-Kramer

Also the standard "kissing" sounds or "sssssssw-ssssssw-sssssw" seems to get him moving.

Kandie when good and ready or when food is involved...

Zoey comes to her name.. but she is an exceptional kid ..

I don't really "call" Nano -- as in, "come here!" But if I say her name and then start talking she will make a noise to let me know where she is. If I respond to that noise in a certain way, she will get up and come to see what is happening.

Charlotte and Pie will come when they're good and ready. Esse comes when she's called. Simon comes when he's called, and will go try to get the others when I call them.

Pengy is still trying to decide if she likes me...

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Michele

Mashka usually comes when I call her name. I don't use Kitty Kitty, cause that's what Precious--the DOG--comes to. She's weird.

Another thing that brings her when I want her is snapping my fingers. She'll usually come if I do that... I often use that when I don't want to wake the dog. LOL

The other thing she comes to is something I picked up years ago caring for mamas and babies... I make a little Mrr ee ee sound--like a mother cat does when she's calling her kittens. Works more often than not.

Mattie & her kids

Nepheline comes when I call her name but usually she is already underfoot since I live in such a small apartment!

Pixie responds to something kinda strange. I look at her, snap my fingers, and point to the floor in front of me. I think she likes the no nonsense approach. She also responds to pretty kitty (she's very vain )
Milo is pretty much always underfoot in our little apartment, so I never have to call him. However, since the bathroom door is always closed, he'll run in when I do to play for a few minutes. He won't leave until I say "come on, beastly", lol.

pssssssswssssssswssssss gets her everytime actually, so does kitty kitty

Sasuke will come to anything- the other cat's names, kitty kitty, clicking sounds.

Kamikazee and Purple will look at me when I call them by their names, but unless I have food they will come when they are good and ready.

Rosie and Sophie come when i call their names, but they also come to "Dinner or Breakfast"

Marsh comes when i call his name

My kitties are guaranteed to come only when pouring their food into their dishes!!!

If I have been out of the house Meish comes as soon as I open the door. Hubby is bent out of shape about it because she doesn't do it for him. lol

She also comes to her name or when I shake her treat jar.

Most of my cats respond to their names, but I know they also respond to the voice I use with them. My cat Roger, for instance, comes almost every time he's called (he's even been known to get up from a sound sleep!), but he only responds to other people when they mimic my "Roger voice" when they call him.

I'm trying to train Limerick to come when he is called with a treat reward of course. It's for saftly reasons. Just in case he were to get out.

Sam will answer to his name, and Frodo's, and my husband's...he believes that any conversation in the house is directed at him! I talk to Sam and he talks back, but it's been 2 years now and I've finally gotten Frodo to speak to me. I guess that's probably because Sam was talking for him.

I responded "Other". Charlotte will come if I call her name followed by a command like "Come here" or "Hungry" or "Wanna play". Today, I was in the livingroom and I had some treats. Charlotte was in the kitchen (I think because that's where she had been snoozing 5 minutes before I called) and I yelled "Charlotte. Hungry?". Dang it if she didn't come bolting into the room and jumped onto the sofa with me!!!

My kitten Izzie is only 7 months and is still learning. She knows her name and sometimes she does come to me. The easiest way to get her to come to me from another room is for me to start singing. She'll come bolting to me, jump onto my lap, and start meowing or rubbing against me. I think she's just trying to say "Shut up. You're tone deaf"!!