Do you ever meow back at your cat when it meows at you?

[TheMightyFavog]

Am I the only one here who does this?

[madinmaryland]

1. My wife and I both do that.

We have one cat we have nicknamed the squeak toy, because of all of her meowing. I think she understands us, if we squeak back at her.

[meow2u3]

23. That's funny. My cat Max sounds like a squeak toy

But he's a huge, 17-pound squeak toy! He mews like a little kitten and gets happy when I try to mimic him.

[Eyerish]

2. Mine gets excited when I meow back to him....

I've sometimes wondered if I've actually said something of importance to them they've gotten so excited... :rofl:

[tabbycat31]

3. all the time

in fact you are not alone

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[TZ]

4. Yep.

All the time. I have no idea of what we are talking about but they seem to enjoy it...

[LynneSin]

5. Abbott and I have major cat conversations

Not sure what I am saying but a few times he countered with a bit of catitude!

[MrCoffee]

6. I meow at barking dogs

[arcadian]

7. Yes, and they meow back after I meow at them.

[Kaleva]

8. I've mooed at cows, barked at dogs and meowed at cats.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. I don't actually meow, but I usually say "What?" in the same tone.

That will almost always result in a conversation. My dog uses little yips and whines to elicit a response from me. I've had my girls for 9 and 11 years respectively, so we've gotten to know each other quite well. I think my dog has the vocabulary of a two or three year old child. She understands a lot of what I say.

[charlie and algernon]

10. Yeah, same here, I give short replies in English using the same tone

My cat talks and responds to that. Of course she may also be saying, "NO! I didn't say THAT!"

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. Thassa good way to get a slashed nose.

[hamsterjill]

12. Absolutely.

I can usually tell what he wants by the way he meows at me to begin with. One kind of inflection means "belly rub", one means "food", one means "get the other SOB away from me now", and one DEFINITELY means "I've had a rough day and you need to leave me the ***### alone"!!!

[mzteris]

13. mine is constantly

bitching at me to open the door, turn on the water (he likes it fresh!), leave him alone, rub his head, - he panics if the dogs are outside and it's dark and cold/wet out. Oh and god forbid that his food has run out - or if I should either A) wake him up; or B) make him move when he's all comfy. (No matter that my leg has gone completely numb from his lying there!)

I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure I've heard him call me "stupid" on occasion.

[Kerrytravelers]

14. All the time. He meows to us and we respond in kind.

But when we talk to him, he doesn't return in kind. He just meows. He hasn't learned English yet. :rofl:


I also meow songs to Pitter-pat, who we also nicknames our Little Squeak Toy. And, when I sing to him, he will try and join in. It is so cute.

Our neighbors in our building say that when we're gone, they can hear him still talking to himself and singing. He entertains everyone. He has never met a stranger, you know. :)

[Arugula Latte]

15. Constantly. We carry on many conversations.

Cats have an amazing variety of vocalizations. Almost all of them are pleasing -- yet another reason I greatly prefer cats over canines.

[yellowdogintexas]

16. no you are not

we have conversations with ours

[goldcanyonaz]

17. I thought everyone did this?

[applegrove]

18. I'll bite him back sometimes when mine bites me.

[Skittles]

19. ? I thought everyone did

[Orsino]

20. Hell, yeah.

The minute I fail to acknowledge the worth of their opinions, I'm cat food.

[MiddleFingerMom]

21. NoName was not very vocal...

.
...but we had countless LONG conversations blinking
back-and-forth at each other.
.

[meow2u3]

22. I call my Ruby "Mrow-mrow"

You can say I meow back at her when she meows at me. Her habit is that she meows twice, hence the nickname "Mrow-mrow."

[rurallib]

24. earned myself a bite on the nose from a siamese we had long ago

so - not so much any more. My kids laughed.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

25. I would be rude not to, wouldn't it? (nt)

[Beer Snob-50]

26. i have one who will sit there and stare at me

when i acknowledge her with a "what" she will open her mouth but nothing will come out of it.

she does meow at other times but for some reason at those times no sound will come out. she just assumes i know what she wants. food, belly rub, go outside.