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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2005Kitty FC spoke!
I don't know why Kitty can't speak, but she can't. She opens her mouth but no sound ever comes out. Because I know she cannot alert me by noise if she needs the outside toilet - which she insists upon, I hang an apron on the doorknob which she will scratch at when she needs the out and I can hear that. Today she said something. Like Ech, eee, orr. Nothing to do with wanting to go out, but her very first communication. Tweed > I don't know why Kitty can't speak, but she can't. She opens her > mouth but no sound ever comes out. Because I know she cannot alert [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Like Ech, eee, orr. Nothing to do with wanting to go out, but her > very first communication. That's pretty cool. Maybe she can teach herself to speak.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Well fancy that! Even an old cat can learn new tricks! > I don't know why Kitty can't speak, but she can't. She opens her mouth but > no sound ever comes out. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Tweed Abelard is the same way, except when Eli attacks him, and when I try to bathe him. I bet KFC would find her voice under similar circumstances, and I bet it would be loud. > Abelard is the same way, except when Eli attacks him, and when I try to > bathe him. I bet KFC would find her voice under similar circumstances, and > I bet it would be loud. Oh yes, she can make other noises, like that up & down yowling if she meets another cat on her property and she launched herself at "The Enemy" (the black cat from two doors away) with a terrible shriek when he came looking to pick a fight with Boyfriend a few months ago. She just doesn't seem able to miaow within my hearing range. Tweed >I don't know why Kitty can't speak, but she can't. She opens her mouth but >no sound ever comes out. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Today she said something. Like Ech, eee, orr. Nothing to do with wanting to >go out, but her very first communication. Spooky was like that for about eight years - he's been talking for about five yeaars now. SignatureT.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. That's wonderful! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek > I don't know why Kitty can't speak, but she can't. She opens her mouth but > no sound ever comes out. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Tweed > I don't know why Kitty can't speak, but she can't. She opens her > mouth but no sound ever comes out. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Tweed That's progress. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > I don't know why Kitty can't speak, but she can't. She opens her mouth > but no sound ever comes out. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Tweed When I first got TuTu she was speechless too. When she tried to meow, it was just a tiny squeak for a big cat. Then one day she was out on the enclosed patio when a big windstorm started. She was truly frightened and I heard yowling that was hard to believe -- she had discovered her voice. She talks now, but her voice is usually soft -- unless she is anxious. MLB >> I don't know why Kitty can't speak, but she can't. She opens her mouth >> but no sound ever comes out. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >voice. She talks now, but her voice is usually soft -- unless she is >anxious. MLB When I was a child, my father accidently ran over one of our cat's back legs. Fortunately, this was on a gravel driveway, which cushioned the pressure enough that the leg was broken but not mashed flat. Tige (a large yellow tiger-striped tomcat) had to wear a cast for several weeks, but he eventually regained the full use of his leg. The only permanent damage was that he apparently sprained his vocal cords when he screamed as his leg was broken. From that point on, he could meow out loud, but his purrs were too soft to hear unless your ear was up against his chest. 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 > When I was a child, my father accidently ran over one of our cat's > back legs. Fortunately, this was on a gravel driveway, which [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > could meow out loud, but his purrs were too soft to hear unless your > ear was up against his chest. Smokey was like this from the day we took him in from the wild...he can warble, meow, sing and shriek but his purr sounds more like a rude phone call--just heavy breathing. And he rarely purrs, preferring to express bliss through squinting. --Fil >I don't know why Kitty can't speak, but she can't. She opens her mouth but >no sound ever comes out. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Today she said something. Like Ech, eee, orr. Nothing to do with wanting to >go out, but her very first communication. I seem to remember hearing or reading somewhere that many cats don't vocalize much unless they're raised around hoomins, since most of the cummunication with other cats is through body language - course that would depend on the breed as some oriental breeds are known as very vocal. I'm not sure where that tidbit of information came from, but it was offered as a possible explanation as to why Rocky seldom spoke. For the first couple years he didn't speak at all, and then when he did start is was a very soft squeaky sound. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) 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 > I seem to remember hearing or reading somewhere that many cats don't > vocalize much unless they're raised around hoomins, since most of the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > For the first couple years he didn't speak at all, and then when he > did start is was a very soft squeaky sound. I've read that, too, Steve. Caliban was pretty quiet here at first, but now he chatters away in his little kitten voice. Miranda always sounds like she is complaining about something, and with her permanently wrinkled forehead, she seems like a very worried little kitty. SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> I seem to remember hearing or reading somewhere that many cats don't >> vocalize much unless they're raised around hoomins, since most of the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >like she is complaining about something, and with her permanently >wrinkled forehead, she seems like a very worried little kitty. Dante is great at entertaining himself, but as soon as he becomes aware that he has nothing to do, or that he wants company, the squeaking starts. "Squeeeek! Squeeeek! Squeeeek!" He was squeaking when I first saw him, and I thought that was just because he was in the cage. When I got it home, after a little while, I realized that it wasn't. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War >>> I seem to remember hearing or reading somewhere that many cats don't >>> vocalize much unless they're raised around hoomins, since most of the [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War I'd love to hear that! >>I don't know why Kitty can't speak, but she can't. She opens her mouth >>but [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > For the first couple years he didn't speak at all, and then when he > did start is was a very soft squeaky sound. I've heard that too. Kitty did live in the out for a number of years so perhaps that's the explanation. Boyfie certainly doesn't have any trouble understanding her! She has conveyed to him that *she* must always eat first, although they both have their own dish about 10 feet apart. She will go from one to the other to check out if there's any favouritism flavour-wise and he always lets her, even if she makes him come away from his dish so she can make sure ;-) He has to eat from the dish she doesn't want. He doesn't seem to mind. Tweed >She has conveyed to him that *she* must always eat >first, although they both have their own dish about 10 feet apart. She will >go from one to the other to check out if there's any favouritism >flavour-wise and he always lets her, even if she makes him come away from >his dish so she can make sure ;-) >He has to eat from the dish she doesn't want. He doesn't seem to mind. This is the pattern for Heidi and Will, too. She gets to choose which bowl she wants to eat from. If, after they start, she decides she may have missed a bet, she even gets to change her mind. He will let her dislodge him and will go to the bowl she has abandoned. However, that's the limit. If she changes her mind again, he puts his foot down -- or perhaps I should say he puts his face down. She can't move him a second time. At first, she was very confused and a little upset by this inconsistency, but now she seems to have accepted it and doesn't bother trying to dislodge him more than once. SignatureWayne M (indulged by Will and Heidi) >>She has conveyed to him that *she* must always eat >>first, although they both have their own dish about 10 feet apart. She [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > inconsistency, but now she seems to have accepted it and doesn't > bother trying to dislodge him more than once. Kitty seems to realise that there are only two bowls and once she has examined them both that's *it* in the choice department. She will chow down on the one she wants and Boyfie has has to have other one. My cats prefer pouches over tins and sometimes I have taken out two pouches of different flavours to feed them with. I watch this now and always choose two of the same so there is nothing to swap dishes about. Kitty still has to check in case Boyfriend is getting nicer food than her. He always lets her push him off his food, such a polite chap he is. She is so tiny he could easily intimidate her, but somehow he chooses not to. Tweed >>>She has conveyed to him that *she* must always eat >>>first, although they both have their own dish about 10 feet apart. She [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Tweed That usually seems to be the rule when you have pets of different genders. The girls get away with murder and the boys let them. It used to be so funny to watch just how "henpecked" our male parakeet was. The dogs and cats have never been as extreme but do act pretty much the same way. Molly weighs in at around eight pounds and Jake is pushing thirteen. But every so often she takes it in her head to attack him. And he pretty much doesn't fight back. Its so funny to watch her grace stroll around the house, and watch him pretty much give her plenty of room to do it. He will ambush her sometimes, but won't attack head on. Jo |
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