Hi all,

Can anyone explain the peculiar effect certain noises have on my 2 moggies?
In particular it happens with the ringtones on my mobile phone, and if I
whistle a tune. My female cat immediately comes running, and goes a bit
dopey - chirruping, rolling around and headbutting either me or the phone,
or whatever the source of the noise is (can be annoying if it's the speakers
on my laptop that get her attention - several pounds of cat rolling around
on the keyboard can't be good for it).

For my male cat (they're litter mates, both neutered, approx 2.5 years old),
it's a different story. He seems to go into randy mode, and tries to hump
his sister (poor thing) - biting her neck, climbing on top of her, and she
has to fight him off. I have a cuddly toy cat that 'meows' if you squeeze
its tummy - if I set that off, he tries to hump that too...!

As soon as the noise stops though, he snaps out of it, and is perfectly
normal again.

Suffice to say, I tend to avoid the urge to whistle a tune whilst I do the
housework, and I've set my mobile to vibrate instead of ring, but I was
wondering if anyone can explain this behaviour, and if it's common amongst
cats?

Thanks!

M