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Bobcat - 18 Feb 2008 15:36 GMT
This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
favourite napping spot of The Girls, especially in the winter. It was
Martha snoring. It's a delightful sound much like a human snore but
much quieter. All three Girls do it, and it's on my list of favourite
sounds: (1) cats purring, (2) cats snoring, and (3)Mooch our resident
stray talking to me while I give him his food and water on the
veranda.

What are your favourite kitty sounds?
Annie W - 18 Feb 2008 15:59 GMT
> ... It was
> Martha snoring. It's a delightful sound much like a human snore but
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>
> What are your favourite kitty sounds?

Hi Bobcat,
Our Rosie snores.  It is kind of a squeak and can be loud enough to be
heard from another room.  I love that sound because it means she is
comfortable and feels safe enough to sleep soundly, unlike her start
in life without a home.
I also love the sound of purring.  Ironically, when my husband
occasionally snores, it sounds like a purr, too.  Cinder and Rosie
both purr.  When I am surrounded with purrs, it gives me a peaceful
feeling that where I am at that moment, all is well.
The chattering sound they make at birds amuses me.
I appreciate the sound of someone scratching around in the litter
box.  It sure beats the alternative.
Annie
jmcquown - 18 Feb 2008 16:30 GMT
On Feb 18, 9:36 am, Bobcat <bob_c...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> ... It was
> Martha snoring. It's a delightful sound much like a human snore but
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> What are your favourite kitty sounds?

Hi Bobcat,
Our Rosie snores.  It is kind of a squeak and can be loud enough to be
heard from another room.  I love that sound because it means she is
comfortable and feels safe enough to sleep soundly, unlike her start
in life without a home.
I also love the sound of purring.  Ironically, when my husband
occasionally snores, it sounds like a purr, too.
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LOL  John says I don't snore, I purr!  I figure it's because I'm a Leo ;)

Jill
Adrian - 18 Feb 2008 16:13 GMT
> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
> Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
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>
> What are your favourite kitty sounds?

Snoopy snores, quite loudly sometimes.
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Cheryl P. - 18 Feb 2008 18:13 GMT
>> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
>> Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
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>
> Snoopy snores, quite loudly sometimes.
I noticed the late Mandy snore, only once. When she was a young cat, she
got out and was hit by a car. When I retrieved her from the vet, she was
still a big groggy and must have slept quite heavily in the special bed
I made up for her downstairs, where she could easily find her food,
water and litter if she woke up during the night. I didn't want her
over-exerting herself!

I woke in the middle of the night to find her on my pillow, her nose
wedged in my ear, and snoring loudly. So much for the special convenient
bed!

Cheryl
jmcquown - 18 Feb 2008 16:29 GMT
> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
> Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> stray talking to me while I give him his food and water on the
> veranda.

Persia sometimes snores very softly.  It's cute :)

> What are your favourite kitty sounds?

I love it when Persia gets very vocal, as if there's something extremely
important I MUST know (akin to Lassie the dog barking, ""Timmy fell into the
well!").  It usually has to do with food, of course.

Jill
Adrian - 18 Feb 2008 17:20 GMT
>> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard
>> The Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the
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> course.
> Jill

Your post made me think of this.
http://ihasahotdog.com/2008/02/12/loldogs-cute-puppy-pictures-lassie-no-cares/
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Marina - 18 Feb 2008 17:28 GMT
> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
> Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
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>
> What are your favourite kitty sounds?

caliban snores. he will lay on my arm and go 'honkshu... honkshu...
honkshu...' sometimes when he's very happy, instead of purring, he
grunts. it's so cute.

mir has a very quiet purr usually, so when she actually purrs aloud, i
feel very honoured. another sound i love is when she yodels. her meow
goes into a falsetto in the middle, then back to her normal voice.

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leopardusweidii@yahoo.co.uk - 18 Feb 2008 17:40 GMT
> All three Girls do it, and it's on my list of favourite
> sounds: (1) cats purring, (2) cats snoring, and (3)Mooch our resident
> stray talking to me while I give him his food and water on the
> veranda.
>
> What are your favourite kitty sounds?

HRFL Tiger snoring (he has a loud squeaky snore!). HRFL Tiger purring
(he has a deep rumbly purr that he only ever uses with me).
Miss Lily Whiskers trilling to say hello and her constant yapping and
chatting to the dog as she orders Cara around.

Helen M
Kreisleriana - 18 Feb 2008 17:42 GMT
> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
> Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> stray talking to me while I give him his food and water on the
> veranda.

My boys absolutely snore, and it's adorable.  Tiny little honk-shus.  Stinky
makes a noise on the exhale like the world's tiniest harmonica. ;)

But all the noises they make are my favorites, and they make a lot of them.
I particularly love the little "oof!" sound Stinky lets out when he jumps
down to the floor.
Bobcat - 18 Feb 2008 18:08 GMT
> My boys absolutely snore, and it's adorable.  Tiny little honk-shus.  Stinky
> makes a noise on the exhale like the world's tiniest harmonica. ;)
> But all the noises they make are my favorites, and they make a lot of them.
> I particularly love the little "oof!" sound Stinky lets out when he jumps
> down to the floor.

I'm so glad Stinky is well and healthy. Theresa. He's be one of the
luckiest kitties ever - rescued from a New York subway track and taken
to a loving home.

As for the "oof" sound, Sophie and Emily are both overweight and their
"oofs" when they land on the floor are my fourth favourite kitty
noises!
Kreisleriana - 18 Feb 2008 19:15 GMT
On Feb 18, 12:42 pm, "Kreisleriana" <drtm...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> My boys absolutely snore, and it's adorable. Tiny little honk-shus. Stinky
> makes a noise on the exhale like the world's tiniest harmonica. ;)
> But all the noises they make are my favorites, and they make a lot of
> them.
> I particularly love the little "oof!" sound Stinky lets out when he jumps
> down to the floor.

I'm so glad Stinky is well and healthy. Theresa. He's be one of the
luckiest kitties ever - rescued from a New York subway track and taken
to a loving home.

As I posted a few days ago, I'm the lucky one.  That was one good deed that
was its own reward.
Bobcat - 18 Feb 2008 19:35 GMT
> "Bobcat" <bob_c...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> I'm so glad Stinky is well and healthy. Theresa. He's be one of the
> luckiest kitties ever - rescued from a New York subway track and taken
> to a loving home.

> As I posted a few days ago, I'm the lucky one.  That was one good deed that
> was its own reward.

I know what you mean, Theresa. Mooch our resident stray came into our
lives about three years ago. Ever since we've fed him and given him a
warm bed in the winter. And I feel the same as you do - that it's "one
good deed that was its own reward".

http://www.flippyscatpage.com/merrilymooch.html
Karen - 18 Feb 2008 18:15 GMT
> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
> Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> What are your favourite kitty sounds?

Oh yeah. Pearl wheeze snores at times because of her asthma I suppose.
Soemtimes now she likes to sleep next to my head, with her head on my
pillow and sometimse her snoring transmits through the pillow and wakes
me up. I often too hear Sugar snoring on the cat tree behind the chair
I sit in. It's very funny.
NeeCee - 18 Feb 2008 21:48 GMT
Oreo does
> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
> Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> What are your favourite kitty sounds?
Sherry - 18 Feb 2008 22:42 GMT
> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
> Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> What are your favourite kitty sounds?

Don't want to alarm you--but cats normally don't snore. Or that's what
I was told
by a vet. Boots snores, because she has polyps in her nose. She also
has them
in her ears. It kind of goes along with herpes.
It *is* a cute sound though.

Sherry
Bobcat - 18 Feb 2008 22:58 GMT
> Don't want to alarm you--but cats normally don't snore. Or that's what
> I was told
> by a vet. Boots snores, because she has polyps in her nose. She also
> has them
> in her ears. It kind of goes along with herpes.
> Sherry

I disagree with your vet, Sherry, and so does our vet. She says it's
normal, depending on how the cats are lying when they're snoring -
just like people. Also, many people here and at another cat group say
their cats snore. I can only assume they can't all be ill, just as
snoring people can't all have illnesses. But Emily is due for her
annual booster shots this week, and I'll check with our vet again. If
she says something different, I'll get back here.
Granby - 18 Feb 2008 23:05 GMT
Well, my orange guy snores and there is no doubt it is a snore.  He sleeps
on his back with all paws in the air, his mouth partly open and snores.
Sometimes Piglet, the alpha cat,  will go slap him on the head to make him
turn over so he will be quiet.  Much like humans do!.  Vet checked him out
and said all is well that some cats just do this.
On Feb 18, 5:42 pm, Sherry <sridd...@aol.com> wrote:

> Don't want to alarm you--but cats normally don't snore. Or that's what
> I was told
> by a vet. Boots snores, because she has polyps in her nose. She also
> has them
> in her ears. It kind of goes along with herpes.
> Sherry

I disagree with your vet, Sherry, and so does our vet. She says it's
normal, depending on how the cats are lying when they're snoring -
just like people. Also, many people here and at another cat group say
their cats snore. I can only assume they can't all be ill, just as
snoring people can't all have illnesses. But Emily is due for her
annual booster shots this week, and I'll check with our vet again. If
she says something different, I'll get back here.
Sherry - 19 Feb 2008 04:58 GMT
> > Don't want to alarm you--but cats normally don't snore. Or that's what
> > I was told
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> annual booster shots this week, and I'll check with our vet again. If
> she says something different, I'll get back here.

But,  many snoring people *do* have an illness/physical problem that
causes the snoring. Enlarged adenoids, too-small airways, or polyps,
etc..
Polyps in cats aren't anything to worry about. It's just something she
has. Boots
snores regardless of what position she's sleeping in, unlike DH who
can be shoved
over on his side and the snoring stops. I suppose we could fit Bootsie
with a
little kitty-CPAP machine. :-)

Sherry
bastXXXette@sonic.net - 19 Feb 2008 03:19 GMT
> Don't want to alarm you--but cats normally don't snore. Or that's what
> I was told
> by a vet. Boots snores, because she has polyps in her nose. She also
> has them
> in her ears. It kind of goes along with herpes.
> It *is* a cute sound though.

Roxy's the snorer around here, and she does have herpes, so it doesn't
surprise me. She's often a little bit stuffed up. Another cute noise she
makes involves begging for food. I eat dinner in the living room, and
use the coffee table as a dinner table. I sit on the floor and lean back
against the couch. Roxy gets on the couch behind me, puts one paw on
my shoulder and leans forward so that her nose is close to my ear. Then
she sniffs loudly into my ear, in-out-in-out-in-out. It's really funny.
Not a very subtle hint. :)

They all have wonderful and different-sounding purrs. Licky's is loud
and deep, and he loves to purr in the bathtub so it gets maximum resonance.

Roxy has a little, multi-syllabic squeak for a meow. She does it when
she's excited about being fed.

Joyce
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Sherry - 19 Feb 2008 05:01 GMT
On Feb 18, 9:19 pm, bastXXXe...@sonic.net wrote:

>  > Don't want to alarm you--but cats normally don't snore. Or that's what
>  > I was told
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Boots (the snorer)...also only has that little squeak for a
meow. ....I don't
think the polyps are anything to worry about. The vet found the ear
polyps with
the ear-light-thingy (what's that called?)...the image showed up on
the computer
screen so that I could see them too. Grosssss.....he then asked if she
snored, and
when I said yes, he said she most definitely has them in her nose too,
since they're
usually found along with ear polyps. Said they shouldn't cause a
problem.

Sherry
Daniel Mahoney - 18 Feb 2008 23:05 GMT
> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
> Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> What are your favourite kitty sounds?

Harri kitten snores sometimes, depending on the position she's in. When
she jumps into my lap and assumes the position for an arm snuggle, she
snores with the cutest little wheezing sound. I've asked the vet about it,
and he says it's nothing to worry about.

Amelia loves to sleep in the upstairs bathroom on top of the heater grate.
As soon as I walk into the bathroom she greets me with a trilling meow.

Sammy occasionally walks into the bathroom as I'm drying off from the
shower and gives me a long dissertation about something of great
importance. I haven't yet figured out what it is, so I don't know whether
he's telling me the winning numbers for the next Powerball drawing or
telling me that my feet stink.

And Ranger has a special meow that seems to be reserved for times when he
thinks other kitties are getting too much attention. It has a special
whining quality that, were it coming from a human child, would indicate
displeasure. It always results in more pets for the Rangemaster.
Shiral - 19 Feb 2008 08:07 GMT
> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
> Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> What are your favourite kitty sounds?

The girls don't really snore, but every now and then in their sleep
I'll hear one of them  make this little grunt that sounds like
"HRRRRRRNnnrrrumbbbbblllle ending with a few kitty lipsmacks.

Nina's signature sound is not so much a  mew as it is a high pitched
double chirp, as if she were a canary, or had recently ingested one.
(An impossibility, as she has no accesss to any  canaries.) But it's a
very cute sound.

I love both their purrs--Francesca's is deep and rapid, while Nina's
is slow and soft, unless she's feeling VERY affectionate.

Melissa
Wayne Mitchell - 19 Feb 2008 14:32 GMT
>What are your favourite kitty sounds?

Both Will and Heidi can purr loud and long, and there's no sound that
beats it.  When I get caught in the middle, it's just like being in a
twin-engine aircraft.

Heidi snores a lot, and Will snores occasionally.

But the most startlingly delightful sound I hear is the little "yike!"
that Will makes occasionally when encouraging his toys to play their
hardest.  I wish I could hear that one more often.
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Jack Campin - bogus address - 22 Feb 2008 14:06 GMT
> This morning I was sitting on the bed tieing my shoes when I heard The
> Sound. It came from the cat bed on the floor beside the radiator, a
> favourite napping spot of The Girls, especially in the winter. It was
> Martha snoring. It's a delightful sound much like a human snore but
> much quieter.

Splodge used to snore a lot.  He also had a phenomenally loud sneeze
for a cat.  But he seems to have grown out of both - maybe it's a
phase flat-face Persians go through before their nasal passages grow
to full size?

> All three Girls do it, and it's on my list of favourite sounds:
> (1) cats purring, (2) cats snoring, and (3) Mooch our resident
> stray talking to me while I give him his food and water on the
> veranda.
> What are your favourite kitty sounds?

I like hearing them talk in their sleep.  They come out with things
they'd never say when awake - something like "mrrrp..mmm...mmm...mmm...
weeble...prrr...meepmeepMROWRRRmmmm...mmmm...pfffff...."

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Marina - 22 Feb 2008 16:30 GMT
> I like hearing them talk in their sleep.  They come out with things
> they'd never say when awake - something like "mrrrp..mmm...mmm...mmm...
> weeble...prrr...meepmeepMROWRRRmmmm...mmmm...pfffff...."

poor caliban apparently has terrible nightmares sometimes. he will go
'woooooowoooogrrrrrmrrrrowwoooooo'. the first time he did that in the
middle of the night, i woke up thinking there was a ghost in the flat.
then i woke up completely.

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