sounds like a placid chap to me :-)
maybe its because he know you don't talk cat ;-)

My cat (Tosca) doesn't meow either!  She squeaks occassionally.  The only
time I have ever heard her come close to a meow was when she was travelling
in the car with me.  I think she's just not very vocal - quite nice really!

"Spinal" <nooo@spaaaammmm.com> wrote in message news:3fdf4c14$0

I have no definite explanation really, just some guesses. I just know that
some cats are simply not as chatty as others. I have 4 now, and they all
talk occasionally: Shaddow only when she wants a cuddle(usually 3am)-very
sad meow, almost a cry; Tiara when she wants something like food or a
scratch, Tigger when he is looking for Charlie to play, or when he wants me
to adjust my hand to a position in which he can curl up in and sleep; and
Charlie if he wants to go out. Other times they just don;t. If I sometimes
accidently step on one's tail, the scream they produce is so highpitched, I
am often left with a  feeling that even though it was suppose to have been
loud, I haven;t actually heard it in full. It made me come to a conclusion
that the sound moved to a frequency I cannot hear.

A neighbour's cat Poppy was similar to yours: she'd open the mouth and meow,
but no sound was coming out. Untill she was extremely upset, like your cat
and others-being driven to the vet, or being hurt.

Perhaps they do produce the sounds. We musn;t forget that we are only humans
and as such way behind the cats in a hearing sense. What we hear is probably
only a tiny portion of what cats can hear. So really, we don;t know if they
meow or not. They just might be using different frequency.

Finally, there is always a medical possibility there. Some humans can;t
speak. Who is to say it can;t happen to a cat. Perhaps born with some
disability, or even got ill at some point and infection damaged something.
Always worth getting vet to check the cat, but if there is nothing medially
wrong, perhaps we humans are just "deaf" :)

Gee

When I was caring for an older stray he never ever meowed. Had him for
several months and never a peep out of the old guy.

I asked the same question here and several people said that cats
raised away from humans are frequently silent. Cats that meow
apparently do so because they've learned that it works with humans. If
you've never had a human, I can see why a cat would not learn to meow.

If your cat has always been with humans, then I have no explanation.

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We had a cat (Daisy) around 20 years ago, the most we ever got from her
was a faint squeak if you caught her by surprise..!

Ivor

Did you check to see if Casper had Oscar's tongue?

;-p

Wilson never meowed but then I stepped on his tail because
when they dont talk, you *dont*know they are there and actually
he squealed but not too loudly voice found, but he only talks
quietly, and just now I turned round to catch something on the telly
and there he was, sitting at the veranda door and staring at what
had been my back,I suppose he thought he had willed me to turn
around, I went and opened it for him anywayI have heard of other cats
that dont meow I know of three I used to think Wilson had something
wrong with his throat, but no-one seems to know why. Sorry I cant
help you but thought you might like to know that you and he are
not alone in this cheers   Jean P.