Miaw or not miaw

[Randi]

Boots, da KAT, arrived as a *tiny* kitten - barely able to walk. He snuck past Shadow, jumped through the torn screen door and announced his arrival on the arm of the 'kliner chair
with a series of Chirrps and Merrps in my sleeping ear.

No wonder you fell in love with him. I miss Boots too, and reading his happier stories.

Boots often 'communicated' by mental telepathy ... I'd *feel* a STARE and look around to find da KAT throwing A Look from across the room.

Oh yes, I know that one! Isn’t it amazing how a cat can just LOOK at you from a distance and you MUST obey!

Bengalz, Eve sounds like a sweet girl, but also as if she has you trained well.

Donna, it sounds like you don’t get much of your beauty sleep! Neither do I. Fister will come trotting in, half an hour after I fall asleep to tell me what he just saw out of the window.

Jenn Librarian, yours really sound very different. Fister will shout at me non stop if he thinks I’m up too late. He needs his reading time in bed with me.

I am definitely hoping her meowing will calm down as she gets older.

Don't hold your breath! It will most likely get worse.

But he can YELL his MEOW

LOL! Fister certainly can too, especially when he wants me to come to bed!

After being in cat hotels over the years, we noticed that Fister would miaw more for each time, so I'm sure he picked it up from the other cats - or he he wanted to make sure we completely understood that he was not amused!!

[jennielynn1970]

My mom and dad's one cat, Issabelle, is quite a character. She is VERY vocal. She's a very self possessed TORTIE (I think that's part of it).

She will scream at them for their attention. Whether it's the "Play ball with me on the stair steps" = where she will literally BAT the foil ball or whatever they are using, back down the stairs at them. She will yell for them to come and feed her treats on top of my dad's roll top desk.

Lately, she stands at the top of the steps and YELLS for my dad to come up to bed. She's totally bonded to him, and sleeps with him every night. She will chase the crap out of any other cat who tries to sleep on the bed with her and my dad! She has such a funny litter personality!

Issabelle

[catmandu]

MICHAEL THE DRAEMS THE MOST VOCAL NOW, HE HAS LOST HIS HEARING SO WHEN HE WANTS SOMETHINGHE BELLOWS SO LOUD THAT THEY CAN HEAR HIM NEXT DOOR!!!
WITH THE DOOR OPEN OF COURSE
SCRAPY 2S VERY LOCAL IF SHE SMELLS CHEESE
AND JJ3S VERY LOCAL AT NIGHT WHEN HE WANTS TO CUDDLE
POUNCIERGE HAS THE ODDEST MEEOW , A SORT OF A GURGLING SOUND THATS HARD TO DESCRINE WHILE JOHN HANCOCKS IS A MERRRRROOOO!!
PRINESS IS VOCAL TOO, YOU CAN REALLY HEAR HER WHEN I COME UP THE STAIES. MRREOW!!MREOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!
AND SHES NOT HUNGRY, JUST GLAD TO SEE ME
AND TUBSTER PANTHER HARDLY MAKES A SOUND ALTHOUGH HE WAS PURRING AFTER HE HAD HIS CHEESE SAUSAGES!!!
THEY LOVE THIER JOHNSONVILLES!!!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

I must agree with you Randi!!

Maya didn't meow at all when she was little; all we heard was a "eew!"
She is now getting more and more vocal!! When mylady wants something from me now (food, petting her head), she produces a nice "meow", in a very high voice

Inka has always been a vocal cat, and she is getting louder and louder all the time ; Oh my, one of her serenades is enought to tell the others that mommy is getting the catfood out!! They all come rush to were I am like rockets!

Zazou only "mow"'s when she wants to get your attention, or when you pet her or talk to her.

And then there is our little Snoopy . The poor thing has no idea how to produce a nice loud meow. She is like a tv without the sound; in other words: you see her mouth say meow, but you cannot hear anything. Little lovely Snoopy, I love you so much

[phesina]

Elmer still has a kitteny-sounding MEW!

Bob doesn't talk much, but when he does it's kind of a SQUEAK! So far that I've heard, anyway.

Sydney talks a LOT when he wants me to pay attention, mostly at 5:30 am or so if I haven't gotten up yet to serve kitty-breakfast. He goes MEOW, MEOW, MEOW as he pokes my face with his paw.

Peony talks mostly when she wants to complain about something I'm doing to her, such as picking her up so I can give her her sub-Q fluid or something nasty-tasting like a pill or hairball paste. She does a rather drawn-out sound so I'm sure to get the message that she's VERY annoyed.

Poppy.. she talks rarely if ever. Right now I can't think of what sound she makes!

[Freedom]

My first cat Amber (RB Mr. Amber Cat) was very vocal. No one else needed to say a meow, he had it covered. He was my heart cat. He was a chatter-er non stop mutterings all the time. (Gosh how I miss that boy!)

He left us when Chestnut was 4 and within a month, Chestnut was a talker. Can't shut him up now!

Sparkle only talks for food.

The rest only seem to verbalize when they want something from a human. Food, petting, food, cuddling, food, brushing (Vita is the only one who asks for brushing, she is my only long haired kitty). And of course, food.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Storm- He has a very tiny baby meow and he was quiet for many years until my fur family grew. Now he's learned to speak up to get my attention especially when there's food involved.

Sunny- He's always been very vocal and he's my cat alarm clock in the morning. He also cat calls in the evening and sometimes in the morning too. He thinks that this will make at least one of his siblings come out and play with him but it usually back fires.

Sky- He's usually very quiet so sometimes I forget he's even in the room. When he does meow it's a very raspy baby meow and he'll usually do it to get my attention to let me know that he's hungry or needs some loving.

Starr- He doesn't really meow but he chirps. He's very quiet except when there's food involved and then he'll get so excited that he can't stop chirping. If I say the words "Hungry", "Crunchies", or "Chow Chow" he'll start chirping like crazy because he then knows that it's feeding time.

Pearl- She's my loudest most talkative cat. If I go to the bathroom she has to be in there meowing like crazy. When I get out of the shower she goes in there and meows like crazy. When I try to get ready in the mornings she's in the bathroom meowing like crazy. She has a lot of meezer in her and can carry on a conversation for quiet a while.

Ziggy Stardust- She has a very tiny baby meow and most of the time she's very quiet. She's now become much more comfortable in her home so lately she's been much more vocal. She'll meow to me because she wants me to play with her or to just give her some loving. She also gets very excited when there's food involved.