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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2004Cat snorting
OK, we've had the cat panting question. Cali also does the mouth breathing thing with stinky shoes BTW. Anyone seen their cat snort? Cali does this when she's in bed and Smokey comes in the room. It's like she's expressing her disgust or just trying to get the Smokey stink out of her nose. in article bm9ueW1vdXo=.13d347c33a0d4a2973ec81d1c0586dce@1089257882.nulluser.com, Tigger at Tigger@TheLitterBox.com wrote on 7/7/04 10:38 PM: > OK, we've had the cat panting question. Cali also does the mouth > breathing thing with stinky shoes BTW. > > Anyone seen their cat snort? Cali does this when she's in bed and > Smokey comes in the room. It's like she's expressing her disgust or > just trying to get the Smokey stink out of her nose. PEarl. Anytime I tell her to stop doing something she shouldn't be doing. She does stop but she snorts in disgust. >PEarl. Anytime I tell her to stop doing something she shouldn't be doing. >She does stop but she snorts in disgust. ROFL. That's the funniest thing. Just like a kid. I bet she rolls her eyeballs at you when you turn your back, too. Has she ever given you "the ear"? Sherry >> PEarl. Anytime I tell her to stop doing something she shouldn't be doing. >> She does stop but she snorts in disgust. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Sherry Yes. She's VERY cheeky. > >> PEarl. Anytime I tell her to stop doing something she shouldn't be doing. > >> She does stop but she snorts in disgust. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Yes. She's VERY cheeky. Sounds like Cali, who's been known to give the ear and the TAIL. But then what do you expect from the Queen of the Calicos. :) > >PEarl. Anytime I tell her to stop doing something she shouldn't be doing. > >She does stop but she snorts in disgust. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Sherry Beware of the dreaded ear! If you do something offensive enough to get "the ear" the next time you turn your back, the cats will have their revenge! > >PEarl. Anytime I tell her to stop doing something she shouldn't be doing. > >She does stop but she snorts in disgust. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Sherry Around here a cat giving "the ear" is treated pretty much like a child swearing. Charlie always hollers at them to "put your ears back up right now" and they always give him a dirty look but they always do. Jo > Around here a cat giving "the ear" is treated pretty much like a child > swearing. Charlie always hollers at them to "put your ears back up right > now" and they always give him a dirty look but they always do. LOL!! This really cracked me up. I can just hear him ("Young man, you put those ears right back up, do you hear me?"). Actually, I get a kick out of my cats giving me the ear. It's among the most amusing cat expressions. Roxy often gives me the "half ear" (ie, only one ear to the side). I take that to be a bit wry, kind of like rolling one's eyes at someone, rather than like out-and-out swearing. Joyce In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", > > Around here a cat giving "the ear" is treated pretty much like > > a child swearing. Charlie always hollers at them to "put your [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > LOL!! This really cracked me up. I can just hear him ("Young > man, you put those ears right back up, do you hear me?"). LOL  SignatureCheryl >In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >LOL I just mentioned to DH again that the expression 'giving someone ears' or 'giving the ear' has caught on to describe the behavior. She's delighted and sends her best regards to everyone. I wish I could get her to join the group, but while she's great at researching things on the web, she's never used newsgroups. I'd just love to hear Charlie tell a kitty to put their ears back up, and I'm more than a little surprised that it works. We'll have to try that -- we just comment on it when it happens and laugh at the cat. Regards and Purrs, O J >OK, we've had the cat panting question. Cali also does the mouth >breathing thing with stinky shoes BTW. Quite possibly a flehmen response: it allows cats, and some other animals, to push air (and scents) into their Jacobson's organ which has two small openings just behind the upper incisor teeth. The cat often appears to be grimacing and may seem to be in some sort of trance. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. > >OK, we've had the cat panting question. Cali also does the mouth > >breathing thing with stinky shoes BTW. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > often appears to be grimacing and may seem to be in some sort of > trance. Yes Cali has a foot fetish. She's been known to sleep in/on guest's shoes. Most are freaked out about her leaving them a deposit or chewing the leather. > T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) > SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." > somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. SO, you're the evil TED I've heard so much about. :) > Anyone seen their cat snort? I've _heard_ them snort. Sometimes when I've teased Spot a little too much she'll make a little noise of exasperation just before walking away. > > Anyone seen their cat snort? > > I've _heard_ them snort. Sometimes when I've teased Spot a little > too much she'll make a little noise of exasperation just before > walking away. Chatterley (RB) had a very distinct exasperated sound, but it was more of a quack than anything else. "You woke me up for WHAT?" In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "Tigger" <Tigger@TheLitterBox.com> artfully composed this message within <news:bm9ueW1vdXo=.13d347c33a0d4a2973ec81d1c0586dce@1089257882.null user.com> on 07 Jul 2004: > OK, we've had the cat panting question. Cali also does the mouth > breathing thing with stinky shoes BTW. > > Anyone seen their cat snort? Cali does this when she's in bed > and Smokey comes in the room. It's like she's expressing her > disgust or just trying to get the Smokey stink out of her nose. Shadow grunts. But he can't meow, so I think he thinks he is roaring. :) SignatureCheryl |
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