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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2004Brando gives Wolfie H*ll
Now, I have always heard that cats communicate with each other via body language rather than sounds, with the exception of growls and hisses. But meowing, I have heard, is reserved for communicating with us two-leggeds. So the other day, Wolfie is sitting on top of one of our dead TVs in the living room (believe me, old, used TVs have short lifespans!), and Brando is sitting on the floor in front of him. The day before, Wolfie had been picking on Brando because Brando stole his food (the nerve!). But sitting on top of the biggest dead TV is also a favorite spot for the cat crew. Suddenly, Brando lets loose with a *loud* stream of meowing at Wolfie. I mean, I swear I could hear cat curse words in there! "Mrrrroowwww MEEEOOOWWW mrrrrowwwwwww!," he said. We were utterly astonished. Was Brando giving Wolfie hell for picking on him? A little later, we looked over, and there was Brando, contentedly sitting in the spot Wolfie had been in during the tirade. I guess Brando just wanted that spot! Ginger-lyn >Now, I have always heard that cats communicate with each other via >body language rather than sounds, with the exception of growls and [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >MEEEOOOWWW mrrrrowwwwwww!," he said. We were utterly astonished. Was >Brando giving Wolfie hell for picking on him? My little Mimi's (RB) vocabulary changed completely when I brought Stinky home. The only time in her entire life I had ever heard her hisspit was when I once accidentally stepped on her tail. Once Stinky joined the houshold, her language got a lot more shocking for a little nun. ;) >A little later, we looked over, and there was Brando, contentedly >sitting in the spot Wolfie had been in during the tirade. > >I guess Brando just wanted that spot! > >Ginger-lyn Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) > Now, I have always heard that cats communicate with each other via > body language rather than sounds, with the exception of growls and > hisses. But meowing, I have heard, is reserved for communicating with > us two-leggeds. I hadn't thought about it but generally that's true: cats do see to reserve their "talking" for us. One exception a couple weeks ago ... Beastie started his yowl and Quinn looked up and uttered a single meow. Beast stopped and came over and Quinn give him a headbutt. We had noticed how Quinn seems to favor the Beast and look after him. Apparently Quinn was just saying, "Hey, over here" and comforted him. Very anthropormorphic but it fits their behavior all the same. Norm -- "The web has got me caught. I'd rather have the blues than what I've got." <via Nat King Cole > Now, I have always heard that cats communicate with each other via > body language rather than sounds, with the exception of growls and [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > I guess Brando just wanted that spot! Well, every night (just as I want to go to sleep), Chaos hops up on a wicker clothes hamper. Killer hurries over and glares at her. Then they spend 20-30 minutes calling each other obscene names and arguing. He raises up and tries to bite her feet - she whaps him on the head 8 or 7 times very quickly, then they go back to cursing, followed by more bite/whapwhapwhap...  SignatureThe One-and-only Holy Moses sounds like my house - Elmo and Stumbles don't get along so every now and then Elmo decides it's time to pick on Tumbs. Then there's Mama Zoo, one minute she's sweet and lovable, next minute she's growling, complaining and then swats at anyone in her vicintiy. Ah the sweet sounds of home :) JoJo http://home.comcast.net/~zookeepr/fosters.html > > Now, I have always heard that cats communicate with each other via > > body language rather than sounds, with the exception of growls and [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > -- > The One-and-only Holy Moses >> Now, I have always heard that cats communicate with each other via >> body language rather than sounds, with the exception of growls and [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >to bite her feet - she whaps him on the head 8 or 7 times very quickly, then >they go back to cursing, followed by more bite/whapwhapwhap... Hee hee-- sounds like Stinky and the late lamented Mimi. Mimi was about a third his size, and always pound him on the head. ;) Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) |
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