I am pleased to be able to bring you some wild cat vocalisations thanks to Balázs Buzás. He is currently the Head of Department in the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife (BCEAW) in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Before that he worked with cat species and other carnivores in the Rare Species Conservation Centre …
by Michael My cat opens her mouth but no sound comes out. Sometimes sound does come out. She is ill and old so that is almost certainly a factor because she did not do it before. But I have seen this in healthy, robust British Shorthair cats at Helmi Flick’s home. She has two …
by c salzano (columbia, md) Our cat has been getting into our bed and kneading the comforter and hissing at the same time, sometimes when we are in it. Do you know what this means? Thanks! c salzano Hi… thanks for visiting and asking. I will assume the “conforter” is what we call a …
by Michael (London, UK) Male Serval Morpheus Hissing – photo copyright Michael Broad – please respect it. In this video showing the serval hiss, it is my fault that she hissed. I provoked her. The reason for provoking her was to get her to move away from a homemade cat tease I made and …
by Michael Howling Cat – Photo by SingChan Here are a list of reasons for a howling cat and the various sources of that information. My cats have never yowled at night but my girl cat has on occasions meowed rather plaintiff at night and woken me up as a consequence. The typical question …
Fisher cat sounds are scary sounds. Perhaps the better description is harrowing sounds. They sound a bit like a person screaming when the victim of a violent attack. For people interested in cats I would guess that you realize that the fisher cat is not a cat! It is not part of the cat …
by Michael (London, UK) Only a Cut-Throat Would Devocalize a Dog or Cat. My thanks to Beth of the Coalition to Protect and Rescue Pets for this photo. I would like if I may to write once again about this abusive procedure. Elisa first wrote about it and I followed up with a report …
by Michael (London) Photo by Sappymoosetree Cat sounds can seem strange or familiar. I’ve lived with a moggie cat for a long time and provide for a couple of moggie strays who come in to say hello and stay and eat a while. I have also met Ken and Helmi Flick’s cats, two British …
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