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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2004Persia's silent meow
Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes out! Yet she appears to be very sincere and fully intending to tell me something. What's this about? The other morning she was walking along the edge of the bathtub, and she went " " (really, she looked like she was meowing but nothing came out). Other times, minutes later, she just chatters away at me. I don't quite know what to think about this. Jill http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0517556839/103-0203178-9474227?v=glance Highly recommended. > Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes out! > Yet she appears to be very sincere and fully intending to tell me something. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jill Oh, yes! That's a great book! Skeeter's meows are always vocal, but Lindy uses the "silent meow" several times a day, although she is very vocal for a non-Siamese. -- Joy Owned and operated by Lindy and Skeeter http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0517556839/103-0203178-947 4227?v=glance > Highly recommended. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > > Jill << "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:OAbjc.92036$Lh2.5765@bignews1.bellsouth.net... Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes out! Yet she appears to be very sincere and fully intending to tell me something. What's this about? Jill >> One of my 4 week old kittens, Belle, does this. Yesterday, when I went into their room to check on them, they started mewing. W went over to their box and looked in, and she looked up at me and went {mow}, and she seemed to be quite sincere about it, so I picked her up. (Which is what she wanted.) They are so adorable! Patti On Mon, 26 Apr, Jill wrote: >Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes out! >Yet she appears to be very sincere and fully intending to tell me something. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Jill Hard to say, I'd guess it depends on the context. For those who haven't read it, I suggest most strongly that you get a copy of, "The Silent Meow." It's a book about a little boy cat written in the mock heroic style with advice for a homeless kitten out to make his or her way in the world. Subjects include picking a proper owner, how to get those little extras that make a cat's life full, and of course, how to beg from the table. For the last, he recommends the 'silent meow'. He suggests that a properly behaved cat should wait near their hoomin almost till the end of the meal (but of course while there are still goodies left). Then apply a few gentle pats to the hoomin's leg and give the silent meow. This, according to our hero, almost never fails to get a treat from any worthwhile hoomin. Anyone who enjoys sharing their life with a cat will find their heart warmed by this book. Regards and Purrs, O J Gritmon > On Mon, 26 Apr, Jill wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J Gritmon Ha! This book was recommended to me by Spider and his human companion, Scott McKenzie (of the "San Francisco" song fame). Okay, so she's just after something... I can live with that! Jill > > On Mon, 26 Apr, Jill wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Jill I thought of the book too when I saw the subject line. LOL. I have had this book for a long, long time. Someone gave it to me 20 some odd years ago. It's one of my most cherished. I too highly recommend it! If you have trouble finding it the title is: "The Silent Miaow" subtitled, A manual for kittens, strays and homeless cats, translated from the feline by Paul Gallico. I have the hardcover with the gray and white cat on the cover. I think you can get it in paperback now! TJ O J <OJTB@pacbell.net> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Persia's silent meow: > For those who haven't read it, I suggest most strongly that you >get a copy of, "The Silent Meow." It's a book about a little boy cat >written in the mock heroic style with advice for a homeless kitten out >to make his or her way in the world. Subjects include picking a >proper owner, how to get those little extras that make a cat's life >full, and of course, how to beg from the table. Hate to be a pain, but the title is spelled "Silent Miaow", or so thinks my public library system's online search [just put in a request for this book]. :-)  Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL > Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes out! > Yet she appears to be very sincere and fully intending to tell me something. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jill Sammy does this too! It's not uncommon to see him open his mouth to meow something but not hear anything come out. He usually follows this up with his usuall "squeak squeak squeak" (he doesn't meow, he squeaks). I don't know what causes the silent meows, but I find them to be very cute. Dan Victor Velcro, 5 year old, Russian Blue Mix, also know as the Brat Cat and other unprintable names, can not pronounce his M's. So he yow's. And in a very deep kitty voice for one weighing only 8 pounds. It is surely funny to have a conversation with him. Charleen >Victor Velcro, 5 year old, Russian Blue Mix, also know as the Brat Cat and >other unprintable names, can not pronounce his M's. So he yow's. And in a >very deep kitty voice for one weighing only 8 pounds. It is surely funny to >have a conversation with him. > >Charleen Can he do other sounds? Stinky wows, yows and rrrrows. Sometimes just owws. My tiny Mimi (RB) had a rather deep harsh voice, too, for a little shrimp cat. She had a very harsh kind of "Where the HELL were you?" meow for when I came home. ;) 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) > >Victor Velcro, 5 year old, Russian Blue Mix, also know as the Brat Cat and > >other unprintable names, can not pronounce his M's. So he yow's. And in a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > shrimp cat. She had a very harsh kind of "Where the HELL were you?" > meow for when I came home. ;) He just yows, does a great hiss spit, and finally after 3 years of not purring has finally started purring. He would purr but you could only tell by putting your hand on his rib cage and feel it rumble. It sounds like fun to figure out what they mean by what they say. Charleen > 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) >>Victor Velcro, 5 year old, Russian Blue Mix, also know as the Brat >>Cat and other unprintable names, can not pronounce his M's. So he [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >shrimp cat. She had a very harsh kind of "Where the HELL were you?" >meow for when I came home. ;) Annabel Lee (RB) sometimes would say the full meow, but often said just "Me! Me!", so I nicknamed her Squeaky. She would sometimes meow while scratching an itch, resulting in "Meow!..ow!..ow!..ow!", syncopated by the scratching. It sounded like she was trying to bark like a dog. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria Sounds like Victor Velcro (I LOVE THAT NAME!!!) has some siamese in him! Karen > Victor Velcro, 5 year old, Russian Blue Mix, also know as the Brat Cat and > other unprintable names, can not pronounce his M's. So he yow's. And in a > very deep kitty voice for one weighing only 8 pounds. It is surely funny to > have a conversation with him. > > Charleen > Sounds like Victor Velcro (I LOVE THAT NAME!!!) has some siamese in him! > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > You know that a cat slave usually lets the cat name his or her self. When we brought Victor home from the shelter (sign on cage read Gray Female--ha, ha) we put him down on the carpet. His claws stuck in it. Picked him up and his claws stuck to our clothes. Velcro was a natural and Victor sounded so good with Velcro. At one point when he was still a kitten my friend Loretta was standing looking as my computer figuring something out. The next thing we know Victor climbs up her right side and perched on her shoulder. "Humph," said my friend, "climbing Mt. Loretta are you?" Always something going on with him! Charleen >> Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes >> out! Yet she appears to be very sincere and fully intending to tell [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Dan Persia is a "talker" - she squeaks, chirrups, ow-ows, meows... and when she's upset by that neighbor cat on the patio she RRRROOWW's! So it's pretty funny to see her open her mouth and then nothing comes out. Jill >Sammy does this too! It's not uncommon to see him open his mouth to meow >something but not hear anything come out. He usually follows this up [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Dan I never really thought about it before this thread, but I wonder if maybe the silent meow is really just one out of range for the poor human to hear? Round here it usually occurs in a situation where a hoomin kid might be saying "pretty please, dad, can I, please have/do this" or in my Sammy's case where a hoomin teenager would be mumbling (along with the rolling of eyes) about Mom or Dad ruining her life. LOL SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >> Sammy does this too! It's not uncommon to see him open his mouth to >> meow something but not hear anything come out. He usually follows [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > (along with the rolling of eyes) about Mom or Dad ruining her life. > LOL Hmmm, Steve, that's entirely plausible! Persia wouldn't have been worrying about my ruining her life, except perhaps that I boarded her at the vet and then she got poked, prodded and medicated and I wasn't there. But with the last silent meow she did look particularly disturbed that was I soaking in a tub of water yet again :) Jill > Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes out! > Yet she appears to be very sincere and fully intending to tell me something. > What's this about? > Jill It's odd when your cat does that. We had a cat named Herbie who'd give us a long silent meow - except at the very end, when a loud short raspy "ack!!" would come out. it was startling if you weren't used to it. >> Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes out! >> Yet she appears to be very sincere and fully intending to tell me [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >long silent meow - except at the very end, when a loud short raspy "ack!!" >would come out. it was startling if you weren't used to it. Was he related to Bill the Cat? ;) 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) ROFL..... I remember Bill the Cat. "Ack!" : >> Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes out! : >> Yet she appears to be very sincere and fully intending to tell me [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] : claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. : (Aldous Huxley) > >> Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes out! > >> Yet she appears to be very sincere and fully intending to tell me [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Was he related to Bill the Cat? ;) > Theresa Funny you say that. I thought of Bill as I was posting, but Herbie didn't add "Plbb, plbb, plbb" after the "ack". BTW if you want to join the Bill the Cat Cult, here's their initiation ritual... http://www.bimc.org/bimc/oldweb/bill.html > > >> Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes > out! [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Cat Cult, here's their initiation ritual... > http://www.bimc.org/bimc/oldweb/bill.html WARNING: it gets ruder as it progresses. If you are of delicate sensibilities, do NOT click above. >> >> Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes >out! [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >http://www.bimc.org/bimc/oldweb/bill.html BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 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) Heh. In my memory, Bill the Cat was never subtle nor genteel......LOL. : >> >> Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes : >out! [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] : claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. : (Aldous Huxley) >Funny.... sometimes she opens her mouth and meows but nothing comes out! >Yet she appears to be very sincere and fully intending to tell me something. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Jill Amber usually gives the silent meow, usually with a penetrating stare, like he is psychically trying drive the message into my brain. And when he actually makes a sound it is barely there. Robin has a soft meow, as well. Neither cat meows very often. Djoser doesn't meow often; but when he does, it is a normal cat sound. Sheba, though, is a talker and nagger; with a very penetrating voice. -- CATherine Abelard almost never makes anything but a breath sound when he "cries" but once in a great while he will let out a tiny little squeak. I've had other cats do the silent miaow on occasion. I read "The Silent Miaow" years ago, so I've known why they do it. Abelard is The Master of the silent miaow. |
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