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Cat Forum / General Topics / October 2006Cat meow...
Here is another thing I am curious about, my Princess seems change her meow sounds when she seems to want food or other particular things... has any body ever heard of some one translating a cat's meow? What about you? This doctor says he can help you translate from Catterese to English. http://www.caninecountryclub.com/DrNic.php I know a little Catterese. When I fail to keep the bowl full Isis has an angry irritated meow. It's unmistakable and it's directed right at me. When she wants to investigate one of the Forbidden Rooms it's a shrill, reedy, plaintive and desperate meow. Prior to a high jump onto the dishwasher she lets out with a courage building meow, like what Karate guys do before they land a punch. Finally, she has a softer meow, as a courtesy to me, which she uses before she climbs over the back of my chair and walks down my chest while I'm busy working. Mike in Illinois > Here is another thing I am curious about, my Princess seems change her > meow sounds when she seems to want food or other particular things... has > any body ever heard of some one translating a cat's meow? What about you? > This doctor says he can help you translate from Catterese to English. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> things... has any body ever heard of some one translating a cat's >> meow? What about you? With my current cat no but with my previous cat, topper, I could decipher a few (some are like Mike's). I think this is most of them. my water or food dish is below half full (critical alert!) here I go! (The karate yell) there are birds out my window someone (a human) is coming up the walk to the house hello Hello, where have you been?! open this closed door and this one was only heard once and was more a growl but I give it an honorable mention: THERE IS DOG OUT MY WINDOW AND HE'D BETTER LEAVE! He would also converse with you as long as you would bother. Anything I would say he would answer back which was fun when guests were around. Andy Big Mama has very distictive cries. meeeeoooooooow = could you please let me inside/outside now mrao, mrao, mrao = I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm here... Ow = get up! muuraouh? = what are you doing? grraoow? = what is that? muuuuuuuur = come here (can be very soft) murrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruh = don't come any closer (can be very loud) which can lead sometimes to the... Reeeeeeeeear! = I'm fighting now! meeoow = hello meaaaoow = I'm hungry these 2 have very subtle differences and can lead to potential injury... meeraoow = pet me merraoooow = don't pet me Her cries are always the same dependant on what action she is undertaking. That's as close to the English language I can put it, though from what I can tell, a question still sounds like a question and an exclamation still sounds like an exclamation. Just a couple more observations... I could be wrong, but I think females may be slightly more vocal than male cats. There may also be variations in cries from male-female or different breeds of cats. My Big Mama has about a total of 15-20 distinct cries, but I'm not sure if a few of those cries are the same... i.e. if shes purring and cries, it sounds different than if she wasn't purring and wanted to make the same cry. (Even all purrs are not the same, or for the same reasons). Cats are very subtle creatures, so you have to look and listen closely to them to gain better understanding of what they're trying to say. As I stated before, a good reference point for you to gain better understanding is to listen whether kitty is trying to emote a question, an explamation, or a statement dependent on what they're doing. these 2 have very subtle differences and can lead to potential injury... meeraoow = pet me merraoooow = don't pet me The above sound like the dangerous ones. This is where hazard pay and expertise come into play. Mike in Illinois > Big Mama has very distictive cries. > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > a question still sounds like a question and an exclamation still sounds > like an exclamation.
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