Cats and Music

[KitCat]

My cat has 2 special songs I wrote for him, and he purrs when I sing them.

[Pumacat]

My aunt had a horse that would start acting a little roudy when she played Dwight Yoacam. He would throw his head and if he could get ahold of something to grab and toss he would.

[Emeraldgreen]

I was watching this really neat show on Animal Planet the other week about cats and music. They were showing clips of Nora, the cat that is famous on Youtube for playing the piano (here is the video). The whole show was about vibrations and how cats are attracted to some music because of the vibrations. The purring a cat makes is the ultimate vibration that goes to the core of their muscles and bones and there are scientists doing all kinds of studies on how cats are actually healing themselves when they purr. I knew that purring was something that helped them to calm themselves but I never knew it could be healing them!

The show stated that cats don't have near the prevalence of orthopedic disease or ligament and muscle traumas as dogs do and it was thought that the purring was the reason. The scientists on the show were working on creating mechanical vibration for people based on what purring does in a cat to aid in the healing of muscles and bones. I only caught half the show but hopefully it will come on again. It was so interesting!

[Catlady711]

It's not music but I have an alarm clock with 'nature sounds' that includes an owl hooting. Cami cannot stand it when she hears that and runs to hide. I had to change the sounds on it so it would quit scaring her.

Jack hates riding in the car and meows the whole time. I've found that some easy listening, particularly Air Supply, and alot of country music, particularly Louise Mandrell, seems to calm him down. I think he likes the base and deep voiced singing sounds. When we play those for him he seems to calm down, lays down in his carrier, and only meows very softly occasionally. If the wrong song comes on he'll stand up and start this horrible screaming meowing tirade until we get the song changed.