can cats loose their voice?

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'cuz my seems like she has!! this morning she opened her mouth to mew, but nothing came out, but later she could meow a little, not much tho...so is it possible?
 

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Lukas (very vocal Siamese
) will become hoarse if he goes on along talking session usually to vets & back-he'll meow but nothing but a squawk comes out for a day or two-he gets look on his face as if to say what was that noise-wasn't me
 

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My sis-in-law has a persian that never meows but he opens his mouth and you can tell that's what he's doing, he's done that for a long time, you can hear sounds but I think he's to lazy to use his voice
 

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We had a chocolate persian who passed away earlier this year. During the last year of his life, he slowly lost his voice - it was really sad! He would open his mouth to make a sound but instead of a meow it was a soft "ehhh" noise... Awww!
 

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"Katferd" our loud siamese has lost her voice a few times as well. That could be because she meows so much though
 

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Originally Posted by GlamourPuss

We had a chocolate persian who passed away earlier this year. During the last year of his life, he slowly lost his voice - it was really sad! He would open his mouth to make a sound but instead of a meow it was a soft "ehhh" noise... Awww!
Our little Mika was the runt of the litter and was born with a defect (she has no voice and makes the same little "ehhh" sounds. She can make it louder if she really wants your attention. (She's such a little sweetie I just want to hold her all the time!). Bijou only really talks (whines) to my husband when he wants to go outside. He never talks to me because he's smart enough to realize I won't let him out. So basically we have 2 very quiet Siamese.
 

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I would have it checked out by the vet if it lasts more than just today. My cat had kitty laryngitis, and we had to get her some antibiotics. (not meaning to be cruel, but it is sort of funny when they open their mouth and absolutely nothing comes out!)
 

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Originally Posted by kluchetta

I would have it checked out by the vet if it lasts more than just today. My cat had kitty laryngitis, and we had to get her some antibiotics. (not meaning to be cruel, but it is sort of funny when they open their mouth and absolutely nothing comes out!)
That is kinda funny....
 
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