Please educate me on talkative cats

[nadine_mn]

Our first cat meowed when he was hungry, made that little "vrrrup" sound when jumping up, and meowed back at us when we said his name.

Good lord our new cat Charlie has more to say than I do (and honestly that is saying something) - he talks before he eats, after he eats, whenever I leave a room he follows and "scolds" me - I don't know what else to call it. Follows me meowing, meows when he explores stuff, meows when it's play time, meows when it is bed time. Sometimes he just wanders off into another room meowing to no one in particular. Apparently he also meows at my husband when he is in the shower.

The only time he doesn't meow is when I try to record it.

He is 1 1/2, clean bill of health, a rescue we have had for just over a month....there he goes...as I am typing this I hear him meowing away in another room...oh it's getting closer.

Some meows sound mournful, some sound like just random mutterings. So any advice - I don't mind it - just want to make sure he is ok


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[TexasTowelie]

1. Free advice:

Learn how to speak LOLCatese.

[angstlessk]

2. Here I googled for ya...have fun with your new kitty

very talkative cat: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=very+talkative+cat

[nadine_mn]

6. I got worried when I first googled - so many said

it's a sign of pain. So of course like any one who reads PetMD, I assumed the worst.

He is so freaking adorable...I love it.

[Phoenix61]

3. Does he sound almost like a goat?

Not a cute little "meow" more of a "MAAHH"? I have a very large, solid black that sounds like that. It's typical of a Siamese which are loud and talkative. He was a foundling so I don't know his lineage but suspect Siamese is in there somewhere. He's 18 now so doesn't talk as much. When he was young he wouldn't shut up, talked all the time.

[nadine_mn]

8. He makes probably every cat noise you can imagine

sometimes all at once. Maybe it was from being in a cat sanctuary - he learned the languages of many cats and thinks I am stupid because I don't understand. He just keeps trying a new one.

[catrose]

18. Black cats are often born in Siamese mixed litters

They don't look much like their sibs, but they sure can make the noise!

[csziggy]

41. Genetically seal point Siamese are black modified with a mutated albino gene

The mutated albino gene removes the melanin from the body while leaving color on the points (ears, face mask, legs, tail). Other Siamese colors have different base colors changed by the same gene.

The same gene is responsible for dun, buckskin and grulla horses which I bred for many years. One of my mares has the same coloration as a seal point Siamese. In horses, there are different combinations of base colors so the horses can have a gold body with dark points, rather than the cream color body - in that case the red melanin is removed but the yellow is left. In the case of my mare, both red and yellow melanin are removed from her coat.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Doubtful there's anything wrong with him - he's just a chatterbox.

Some of them are like that. One of mine doesn't talk much unless he wants something like food or attention; but then he lets out loud, sharp MEOWs that make it impossible to ignore him. His meows are almost always pitched at high E-flat. Another, the noisiest one, will sometimes wander around the house going YOW YOW ROWR WOW in a loud scratchy voice (I think he's part Siamese), which I figured out usually means YOU NEED TO GO INTO THE KITCHEN RIGHT NOW AND GIVE ME TREATS. But sometimes I think he just talks to hear his head rattle, as my dear departed Dad would say. The third seldom meows but communicates in trills, hums and chirps. Whenever you talk to her or touch her she says "Prrrrp?"

Chatty kitties are the most fun, I think.

[nadine_mn]

5. Oh yes when you touch him he makes that same noise

He has quite a range - I guess meow doesn't do it just it - he has chirps, yowls, mews, and oh man can he purr.

It's kinda fun. He has no stealth ability - any prey could hear him coming.

But you know when you are a pet parent and you just wish there was a magic sound that would tell you that hey this noise you need to take seriously, the rest is just normal chit chat.

We have only been together for 6 wks - I look forward to learning all his noises.

[Fresh_Start]

7. if he has food and a clean litter box...most likely he's bored

and wants attention

[shenmue]

9. Squee!

[nadine_mn]

17. Now you did it - he is ready to ship himself to you

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[shenmue]

19. Welcome, kitteh

[Siwsan]

10. When I first got my little rescue Tuxedo, Sophie Stinky Toes, she never stopped talking

She'd follow me down the hallway, meowing. Sit on my lap and meow. Always had something to tell me. Now she's settled into mainly meowing to wake me up, in the morning, and for a few casual conversations, though out the day. Or, and to alert me to the fact that she has found and killed another pair of socks, before they could attack me.

[nadine_mn]

15. Currently the deadly threat to my safety

is a paper bag in the kitchen we were going to put recycling in that he decided must die...repeatedly.

[bettyellen]

11. It's often a breed thing. Siamese chatter a lot. Mine do it for food and attention...

One wishes I never had guests and complains everytime I do.

[Bayard]

12. I have a Siamese

Mostly. He showed up at my barn one day when I was still in Calif. We bonded almost immediately.

He is at his loudest and most persistent when he's ready to go to bed and I'm not. Follows me around yowling. He wants to get under the covers and snuggle.

[nadine_mn]

13. That is so sweet!! How cute!

Charlie will be asleep (making soft snoring noises) and when I get up to go to bed he follows me meowing like "hey...I was just resting my eyes, it's not bed time yet...here watch me kill this paper bag"

[Laffy Kat]

34. Mine does that at bed time, too.

She gets zoomy and loud before giving it up for the night.

[Duppers]

43. Another similarity. My Siamese slept me

Every night and under the covers when she was cold. Talked all the time and just had to have the last word. Dang I miss her. She live almost 18yrs (17 with us).

[wryter2000]

14. Tuxedo cat

I guessed as much. Just like my former kitty. Best cat I ever had. Talked all the time.

Whenever I got home from a trip, he'd read me the riot act for being gone even though my hubby fed him while I was gone.

[nadine_mn]

16. I have read that about Tuxedo cats... but since they

really aren't a breed of their own...it's weird

Maybe they know they look so damn fabulous in their formal wear that they want to make sure everyone knows. I love it

[left-of-center2012]

20. Any part Siamese?

We had two cats, brother and sister from the same litter. They were part Siamese.
The male talked his head off all the time; the female didn't.

[nadine_mn]

22. He doesn't look like it

But I am not sure what traits of a Siamese I would notice... he is just adorable and mouthy

[left-of-center2012]

24. "... he is just adorable and mouthy"

My wife would caring on "conversations" with our cat,
meowing back and forth.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

25. My loud cat is a gray tabby, but he is long and slinky

with big ears, a pointy nose and a long whippy tail - typical Siamese body. And a voice that could curdle gin. But noisiness isn't exclusive to Siamese cats. The cat who is actually part Siamese is very fluffy and stocky and mostly creamy-white, but she has blue, slightly crossed eyes and dark brown ears and tail (her only Siamese traits). But she's the one who trills and hums; her voice is not Siamese-y at all.

[Lisa0825]

21. One of mine makes that mournful sounding meow, and I used to wonder if he was OK.

Then I realized that he always did it several times before he pounced on of of his housemates. So I think it's "I'M BORED! SOMEBODY PLAY WITH ME! HMMPH! I'LL SHOW YOU FOR IGNORING ME!" *POUNCE*

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. My loud one is doing it again right now.

Waaoow! Yow! Yow! Waah! Waroow! Yaaah! Just walking around. I fed him a few minutes ago. I don't know what he wants.

[nadine_mn]

33. probably knows you are talking about him

Wants to make sure you paint him in a good light. Maybe he likes the food you gave him and is bragging. Our first cat Scout would get hard core kitty zooms even through his teen years after a tasty meal.

Charlie's stealth game is just sad - he meows loudly and his pre-pounce butt wiggle is very exaggerated.

[kimbutgar]

26. My part Siamese is a talker

She tells us at exactly 5 pm it is time to feed her. Then she will demand we feed her cookies. If she wants to play she will will meow In a certain way. The other day I was I the kitchen and my husband was brushing her I came into the room and she meowed at me as if to say, "go leave us alone". I was laughing at that! Cats "train us" by meowing their wants and desires!

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I was reading the newspaper and she jumped up on my paper and meowed at me,"pay attention to me".

[nadine_mn]

36. Oh my what a gorgeous kitty

Hang on let me supply your kitty with my kitty's "Hey Girl" pose

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[kimbutgar]

38. They have the same spot on the nose and the v

Does your cat have a v neck? Our cats look similar. Mine has brown hair with a black tail. Tasha was given to me by my best friend who had to give up one of her cats and knew I was thinking about getting another cat. She is 11 now.

[Warpy]

27. He's still a teenager

He'll settle down a bit after his second birthday but he'll still most likely be a talker.

Factoid: cats in feral or semi feral situations don't meow. That's a noise they've developed specifically to communicate with humans, so he really is trying to tell you something when he's being talkative.

With that mustache, you missed a great opportunity. You should have named him Groucho.

[nadine_mn]

30. We went for Charlie (for Charlie Chaplin)

He was a lone kitty for awhile before he was surrendered to a rescue. My vet said that he was only recently neutered (at a least a year) so he was briefly all man (we were joking about the size of his paws). The fact that they can tell when neutered by the size of the head and muscle structure is so cool.

I look forward to figuring out all he has to say!

[Motley13]

28. enjoy the communication

talk back to him

[nadine_mn]

31. I think he thinks my cat accent is bad

I made the mistake of watching a video on cat vocalizations - he came running to the laptop and was demanding to know who I was talking to.

He looks frustrated when I try to talk to him... although he does love it when he attacks my foot and I squeal.

[Motley13]

35. He sounds very smart to me

[littlebit]

29. My Charlie is the same way.

He usually sounds like he is yelling at me. Last night I accidentally kicked him off the bed. He jumped back up and started howling in my ear. It took forever to get him to shut up and lay down.
.

[nadine_mn]

32. Hilarious! I love that he gave you what for!

So cute!

[applegrove]

37. I do not think cats meow to other cats as much as they do humans. He is obviously

thrilled to have a human of his own. We had a cat named Gerry who would not stop meowing. Even with a poor bird in this mouth...he was all talk.

[crazycatlady]

47. the only time cats meow is to humans

Cats only meow to each other when it is kittens communicating with their mother.

[applegrove]

48. Mine will make noise when they play fight and I am not in the room. Come to think of it maybe

they are calling me to mediate

[Doreen]

39. I have a black and white boy who talks a lot also.

He meows about everything. I mean everything as in he meows to let me know he is about to use the pan. He is a very healthy kitty and very loving. His odd behavior is that EVERYTHING must be on his terms only. If I go up and pet him he walks away or holds my hands still with his paws. He does not like being picked up. He is a big time lap cat and loves to cuddle and puts his paws on you to get pet but you can not initiate it.

[Marthe48]

40. I have a black tom

who is the best non-talking communicator I've ever seen. When I get up in the morning, he opens all the cupboard doors, so I can find his food. Then he slaps his dish until I feed him. Through the day, if I don't feed him on time, he slaps the dish. If I drop something on the floor, he tracks it and stares back and forth between it and me until I pick it up. If there is something on the floor that shouldn't be there, he stares at it and me until I realize I need to pick it up. He does other things too and we understand each other. I've heard that Siamese are talky. Hope it doesn't get tiresome for you.

[nadine_mn]

44. This made me laugh so hard I snorted

Which is high praise let me tell you. I love the bond you have!

[Marthe48]

45. He's a smartie

I have 3 cats and they have unique characters. They are all good company Have fun with your guy

[diane in sf]

42. he's mostly black, he's probably part Siamese. My black cat is very talkative, and loud.

[irisblue]

46. Nadine does Charlie talk to your dogs?

One of my cats did talk to my elderly golden, I'm pretty sure it was once a request to get up off the dog bed do the cat could have it for a nap.

[nadine_mn]

49. The only conversation they had was early on

Was when Charlie would hiss and growl at them his first 2 weeks (while he was establishing his turf and figuring them out).

Now he is pretty quiet - but he does enjoy resting next to them. I am amazed at how quickly he realized the dogs were not a threat to him.