What affects us affects cats
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 …
On the Internet some cat owners ask: “How can I stop my cat meowing?” and I find the question rather strange to be perfectly honest. It implies that their cat is making too much noise. Although the question is about meowing which is a specific vocalization of the domestic cat. Meowing is normally used …
People are asking to translate the vocalisations that this sweet bicolour cat is making at the front door of a house which he used to visit. The ownership of the house changed hands. The new owner will not let the cat in. The cat wants to come in and I am going to suggest …
Initial note: some feral cats do meow but please read on… It is believed that cats have learned to meow as a form of communication with their human caretaker in making a demand for food normally. As feral cats don’t have human caretakers they have not learned to meow and in any case in …
I am going to answer the question without reference to books or the internet. I think I can do this because there is a common sense element to this question. Disagree? Tell me. Don’t hold back! The problem is inherent in the human to cat relationship. We are different species with very different habits. …
A person emailed me with the above question. My initial response was to tell him that you have got to know how much your cat meows normally before you can decide whether he is meowing more than normal and therefore “so much”. Then there is the person’s expectations… Vocal Cat Some cats are more …
Bradshaw in his book “Cat Sense: The Feline Enigma Revealed” writes that cats can modify their meows to suit different situations. Some meows he says coax us to do something while others are more demanding and urgent. These variations of the meow are accomplished by varying the duration and pitch. Sometimes the meow is …
Does your cat make incessant, meowing demands for food or something else that you find irritating? Bengal cats have a demanding sort of meow that is similar to the Siamese meow. It is general accepted that Bengal cats can be more demanding than the typical random bred cat. It is the wild cat blood …
