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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2006They really talk
Tinùviel and Teti, my two indoor Devon Rex cats, are the world's best friends, I think. Of course they fight and chase eachother from time to time, sometimes it looks very serious, but... After a while they get a bit tired, and one of them will go up to the other and sort of say: "Hey, that was fun! How about some lunch?" And the other one replies "Mmmrrr..." (Something like "Yeah, why not?"), and they both head for the food bowl, standing side by side eating. I always have dry food out for them, so they can eat whenever they want, but they almost always go together. Tonight I could observe this again. They had been meatloafing in different parts of the living room for about an hour or more, when suddenly Tinùviel got up, went over to Teti and asked "Mmmrrriii?" Teti answered "Mrrr!" and they went off together to have supper. After the meal, Tinùviel retired to the bathroom, while Teti found a pile of clothes where he laid down to do ... absolutely nothing. They are so cute when they do this, and it's obvious to me that they talk to eachother, sometimes with sound, most of the time without. Do your cats communicate in the same way?  SignatureHans Schrøder han-schr@online.no > Tinùviel and Teti, my two indoor Devon Rex cats, are the world's best > friends, I think. Of course they fight and chase eachother from time to [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > eachother, sometimes with sound, most of the time without. Do your cats > communicate in the same way? With my two, it's usually Nanki-Poo saying, "Come on! Let's play!" and/or Lindy saying, "Go away and leave me alone!" Usually if one of them is on my lap, or lying on top of me in bed, and the other tries to come up, Lindy objects vocally, and one of them goes away. This morning I woke up and Nanki-Poo was lying on top of me. Lindy is more inclined to lie next to my legs, but this time she climbed up and laid down facing Nanki. I was amazed, but even more so when she leaned toward Nanki-Poo. He responded by washing her face thoroughly. A few minutes later, Lindy left, but I was really pleased by her gesture. Joy >Tinùviel and Teti, my two indoor Devon Rex cats, are the world's best >friends, I think. Of course they fight and chase eachother from time to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >(Something like "Yeah, why not?"), and they both head for the food bowl, >standing side by side eating. (snip) >They are so cute when they do this, and it's obvious to me that they talk to >eachother, sometimes with sound, most of the time without. Do your cats >communicate in the same way? Silver and Scouty talk to each other too... Silver's the vocal one, and every now and then she stops and gives her 'meow of command' and Scouty will look up and usually get up and go to her and they sniff noses... she's obviously saying 'hey, Sissyfur, where ARE you?! Come and play!' Signature~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com Online photo album - http://community.webshots.com/user/kajikit >>Tinùviel and Teti, my two indoor Devon Rex cats, are the world's best >>friends, I think. Of course they fight and chase eachother from time to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > noses... she's obviously saying 'hey, Sissyfur, where ARE you?! Come > and play!' Mine don't speak the same language. Cali squeeks and meeps with the occaisonal meh, but almost never a meow. Smokey yowls in basic cat speak. Cleo mrrrs (nickname MrrrMrrr) and trills a lot, with the occaisonal meow. In fact Cleo objects to Smokey's dialect; if Smokey is yowling for her bowl Cleo will walk up to her and smack an ear. "Stop that undignified Hoomin speak". But then she also smacks Smokey for the way she smells. One morning a few weeks ago I was laying on my side in bed and Cleo was perched on my bicep purring in my ear. So I started telling her what a good girl she was and she reached out and put her paw on my lips. "Stop talking now Pa!" :) "Bill Stock" <me7@privacy.net> wrote in snip > One morning a few weeks ago I was laying on my side in bed and Cleo > was perched on my bicep purring in my ear. So I started telling her > what a good girl she was and she reached out and put her paw on my > lips. "Stop talking now Pa!" :) Or she didn't like your morning breath ;-) > Tinyviel and Teti, my two indoor Devon Rex cats, are the world's best > friends, I think. Of course they fight and chase eachother from time to [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > to eachother, sometimes with sound, most of the time without. Do your cats > communicate in the same way? I read somewhere that cats not only vocalize in a range humans can hear, but also in a range that they can hear each other but we cannot hear them. At least that would explain some of the things I see my two do. Jo >Tinùviel and Teti, my two indoor Devon Rex cats, are the world's best >friends, I think. Of course they fight and chase eachother from time to [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >eachother, sometimes with sound, most of the time without. Do your cats >communicate in the same way? This reminds me of the cartoon characters "The Goofy Gophers" who are always so excessively polite to each other. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War > Tinùviel and Teti, my two indoor Devon Rex cats, are the world's best > friends, I think. Of course they fight and chase eachother from time to [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > eachother, sometimes with sound, most of the time without. Do your cats > communicate in the same way? Oh yes. When I put out breakfast in the morning, if Ripley is asleep or merely taking his time about ambling into the kitchen, Cav will seek him out and loudly and excitedly vocalise to him before coming back for his breakfast. Before we had Cav, we had Izzi and Fenda. Izzi was vocal with humans, but never 'spoke' to other cats. Fenda wasn't vocal at all, and neither was Ripley. When we lost Izzi and Fenda, we adopted Cav, and he is one of the most chatty cats I've ever known. He doesn't just talk to humans, he talks to Ripley too. At first Ripley seemed to be completely bemused by all this, but he's getting the hang of it, and is getting quite chatty himself! The poor old chap used to sit outside the back door waiting to be noticed and let in, but now he uses his voice to wail and let us know that he's there. Jeanette > Tinùviel and Teti, my two indoor Devon Rex cats, are the world's best > friends, I think. Of course they fight and chase eachother from time [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > replies "Mmmrrr..." (Something like "Yeah, why not?"), and they both > head for the food bowl, standing side by side eating. Persia is my only cat so the only experience I've had with her talking to another cat has been to fling herself at the window and scream bloody murder when she sees one. She does, however, sometimes slip up and talk to me in a way I most definitely understand. It also makes me chuckle to see her marching ahead of me when I go in the direction of the kitchen and she comes to a standstill when I say, "Not time yet!" She knows this means she's not tricked me into feeding her again before it's time so she doesn't bother to even approach her bowl or the kitchen. (She's on a diet, twice a day prescription kibble.) Doesn't stop her from trying, though :) She's a very bright cat; she understands a lot more than she lets on. Jill >> Tinùviel and Teti, my two indoor Devon Rex cats, are the world's best >> friends, I think. Of course they fight and chase eachother from time [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > very > bright cat; she understands a lot more than she lets on. With Cali, it's "toooo soon Cali, toooo soon". She's got some very devious techniques for scamming extra meals. We had to start leaving notes, in order to prevent the double breakfast. "Hans Schrøder" <han-schr@online.no> wrote in message > They are so cute when they do this, and it's obvious to me that they talk to > eachother, sometimes with sound, most of the time without. Do your cats > communicate in the same way?/// Mine never shut up - they are always saying something to either me or each other. The kitten wanders around talking to herself all the time, Robbie keeps a running commentary up with him and the other cats and with me, and Cleo answers me as soon as I call her. All they do is Yap! Helen M >"Hans Schrøder" <han-schr@online.no> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Helen M Cinders will sometimes be quiet for hours, and other times will walk through the house, calling out Meerooow? Meerooow?, as if she is declaring the house her territory and challenging any other cats (there aren't any) to show themselves. 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 Lily talks to me all the time. She tells me to fill up her food bowl, she tells me to rescue the little birdie she just tossed up on top of the refrigerator and she scolds me when I come through the door after I've been away on an errance or a visit. Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > >>"Hans Schrøder" <han-schr@online.no> wrote in message [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > declaring the house her territory and challenging any other cats > (there aren't any) to show themselves. >"Hans Schrøder" <han-schr@online.no> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Mine never shut up - they are always saying something to either me or >each other. The kitten wanders around talking to herself all the time, Dante does that, too. "Mew? Whooo! Whrrrrrrrrrr! Nyow-wow?" "Nyow-wow?" is the favorite noise. When you hear "Nyow-wow?" you know it's Dante. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War
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