I provide my answer because, to the best of my knowledge, there is no authoritative answer to the question: “Why do cats do silent meows?” We therefore have to work it out for ourselves. If you research the question on the Internet, the first two listed results on Google search produces very poor answers. …
The reason why some domestic cats meow silently is because it is a very close-range pseudo-vocalisation which has become a visual signal rather than a vocal one. You’ll find that in the cat world there is an understandable difference in the quality and volume of the sounds that they make depending on distance that …
Introduction: the title refers to the feline meow. It is a request sound – “I’d like some food please”. The cat makes other sounds which are used in interactions between adult cats such as the agonistic hiss and growl. It is the meow which is the standard vocalisation of the domestic cat and it …
The origin of the word “meow” is an onomatopoeic representation of the actual sound that domestic cats make, usually when requesting something such as food, albeit that it is a stereotypic representation because the domestic cat meow is very variable and often does not sound like a typical meow at all. The word ‘meow’ …
Yes, normally a domestic cat’s meow will change with age. We can expect it because anatomically speaking the domestic cat is very similar to humans and we know that the human voice changes in old age. I am of the firm belief that the same changes and the same reasons apply to domestic cats. …
Can cats have more melodic and beautiful meows than other cats? Yes, absolutely. Some cats, the Siamese comes to mind, have quite harsh and demanding meows. They are effective though! But this pretty cat has a sweet voice. If she was a person she’d have a signing voice! In fact there are meows of …
Does your cat meow too much? Meowing is a request. It is a vocalisation that the domestic cat has learned in order to ask their human caregiver for something, usually food. Or it might be to wake you up at some unholy hour for interactions and, yes, breakfast. It has to be said that …
I think I can answer this in one sentence but I welcome the input of others. If you meow at a domestic cat they will hear a sound but they won’t relate to it as a meow from a cat. They will relate to it as a sound from a human being who they …
