I am interested to know about anyone's experiences or opinions as to whether meowing is something adult cats do by themselves or mostly practiced by those kept as pets.
Here is a quote of one online comentary:
"The 'meow' (also spelled 'miau', 'miow' or 'miao') is a vocalization used by kittens to signal a request to their mother. Adult cats do not normally meow to each other, and so the meowing to humans that domesticated cats exhibit is likely partly an extension of the use of this plaintive signal, this time to an unrelated caretaker of a different species"
Our two cats, Taz and Morgan were both raised, here at home, from an early age, both meow, frequently for many reasons.
Kasey does not meow. She "eeps & squeeks", goes "maaa" and purrs. She also makes a noise that sounds like a (small) cougar when she wants down, sounds nasty but she doesn't try to harm you and rubs around your ankles when you set her down so it doesn't seem like a threat sound, even if it sounds like one.
Kasey was not "house raised", she was at an industrial setting, from an early age, where she never knew which person at any given time would treat her. Some were good, some were very bad.
I guess I will never figure it out but I wonder if that the sounds she makes is just her voice, or given her upbringing, she just never retained the meow sound as an adult.
Here is a quote of one online comentary:
"The 'meow' (also spelled 'miau', 'miow' or 'miao') is a vocalization used by kittens to signal a request to their mother. Adult cats do not normally meow to each other, and so the meowing to humans that domesticated cats exhibit is likely partly an extension of the use of this plaintive signal, this time to an unrelated caretaker of a different species"
Our two cats, Taz and Morgan were both raised, here at home, from an early age, both meow, frequently for many reasons.
Kasey does not meow. She "eeps & squeeks", goes "maaa" and purrs. She also makes a noise that sounds like a (small) cougar when she wants down, sounds nasty but she doesn't try to harm you and rubs around your ankles when you set her down so it doesn't seem like a threat sound, even if it sounds like one.
Kasey was not "house raised", she was at an industrial setting, from an early age, where she never knew which person at any given time would treat her. Some were good, some were very bad.
I guess I will never figure it out but I wonder if that the sounds she makes is just her voice, or given her upbringing, she just never retained the meow sound as an adult.